Birmingham West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham West Borough constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Birmingham West is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of Birmingham in 1885 and abolished in 1950.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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 West.

In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve Birmingham divisions - one of which was designated as the West Birmingham constituency. In 1945 one of the other Birmingham seats was split in two, as it had over 100,000 electors, but that change did not affect the other divisions.

The constituency included, in 1918, the then Birmingham City Council ward of St. Paul's and parts of the wards of All Saints' and Lozells.

In the redistribution which took effect in the United Kingdom general election, 1950, the Representation of the People Act 1948 redivided Birmingham into thirteen constituencies. The West division disappeared. St. Paul's and Lozells wards became part of Birmingham Aston. All Saints' ward was made part of Birmingham Ladywood.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1885)

	Member	Party
1885	Joseph Chamberlain	Liberal
1886		Liberal Unionist
1912		Conservative
1914	Sir Austen Chamberlain	Conservative
1937	Walter Frank Higgs	Conservative
1945	Charles James Simmons	Labour