West Bromwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Bromwich Borough constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1974
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

West Bromwich was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1974. It was based around West Bromwich, in the West Midlands. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 1940s 4.2 Elections in the 1950s 4.3 Elections in the 1960s 4.4 Elections in the 1970s 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was divided into West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West.

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1885	John Horton Blades
	1886	Sir James Ernest Spencer	Conservative
	1906	Alfred Ernest William Hazel	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	Viscount Lewisham	Conservative
	1918	Frederick Owen Roberts	Labour
	1931	Alexander Ramsay	Conservative
	1935	Frederick Owen Roberts	Labour
	1941	John Dugdale	Labour	Died 1963.
	1963	Maurice Foley	Labour	Resigned 1973
	1973	Betty Boothroyd	Labour	Later Speaker of the House of Commons
1974		constituency abolished: see West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

1941

• West Bromwich by-election, 1941: John Dugdale returned unopposed

General Election 1945: West Bromwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dugdale	27,979	69.9	+18.6 1
	Conservative	Gerald Nabarro	12,028	30.1	−18.6 1
Majority			15,951	39.8	+37.2 1
Turnout			40,007	72.5	−2.3 1
	Labour hold		Swing	+18.6 1

¹Changes are calculated against the results of the 1935 general election, rather than the uncontested 1941 by-election

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: West Bromwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dugdale	26,702	57.4	−4.2
	Conservative	A. H. Windrum	19,809	42.6	+4.4
Majority			6,893	14.8	−8.8
Turnout			46,511	72.6	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.2

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

West Bromwich by-election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Foley	20,510	58.7	+1.3
	Conservative	G. Hawkins	8,246	26.5	−16.1
	Liberal	N. R. W. Mawle	6,161	17.6	N/A
Majority			12,264	35.1	+20.3
Turnout			34,917
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

West Bromwich by-election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betty Boothroyd	15,907	53.21	-2.02
	Conservative	David Bell	7,582	25.36	-19.41
	National Front	Martin Webster	4,789	16.02	N/A
	Independent	Joshua Churchman	1,616	5.41	N/A
Majority			8,325	27.85
Turnout			29,894
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page