Birmingham Central (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Birmingham Central Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Birmingham Central is a former parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created in upon the abolition of the Birmingham constituency in 1885, and was itself abolished for the 1918 general election.
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Before 1885 the city of Birmingham, in the county of Warwickshire, had been a three-member constituency (see Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency) for further details). Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the parliamentary borough of Birmingham was split into seven single-member divisions, one of which was Birmingham Central.
The division was bounded to the west and south-west by Birmingham Edgbaston, to the north by Birmingham North, to the north-east by Birmingham East and to the south and south-east by Birmingham South.
In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve new Birmingham divisions. The Central division was abolished.
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- Constituency created (1885)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | John Bright | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1889 | John Albert Bright | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1895 | Sir Edward Ebenezer Parkes | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1912 | Conservative | ||
- Constituency abolished (1918)
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
