Birmingham Deritend (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham Deritend
Borough constituency
Created: 1918
Abolished: 1950
Type: House of Commons

Birmingham Deritend was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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[edit] Boundaries

Prior to 1918 the parliamentary borough of Birmingham (within its boundaries in 1885) was split into seven single-member divisions. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the city contained twelve divisions, one of which was Birmingham Deritend.

This division of Birmingham was composed of the City Council Wards of St. Bartholomew's, St. Martin's and Deritend as they existed in 1918.

In the redistribution which took effect in 1950, the then Deritend ward became part of Birmingham Sparkbrook.

[edit] Member of Parliament

  • 1918 John William Dennis Coalition Conservative
  • 1922 John Smedley Crooke Conservative
  • 1929 Fred Longden Labour Cooperative
  • 1931 Sir John Smedley Crooke Conservative
  • 1945 Fred Longden Labour Cooperative

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)