Birmingham South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham South
Borough constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Birmingham South was a parliamentary constituency in Birmingham which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

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Before 1885 the city of Birmingham 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 South.

The division was bounded to the west by Birmingham Edgbaston, to the north-west by Birmingham Central, to the north by Birmingham East, to the east by Birmingham Bordesley and in the south by the then city boundary and the East Worcestershire constituency.

In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve new Birmingham divisions. The South division was abolished.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1885)
Year Member Party
18851886 Joseph Powell-Williams Liberal
18861904 Liberal Unionist
19041911 Charles Howard, Viscount Morpeth Liberal Unionist
19111912 Leopold Stennett Amery Liberal Unionist
19121918 Conservative
  • Constituency abolished (1950)

[edit] Election results

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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


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