West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Staffordshire
County constituency
Created: 1868
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: Two until 1885, then one

West Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and then one member.

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[edit] History

The constituency was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1868-1885

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1868 Sir Smith Child, Bt. Conservative Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram Conservative
1871 Francis Monckton Conservative
1874 Alexander Staveley Hill Conservative
1885 representation reduced to one member

[edit] MPs 1885-1918

Election Member Party
1885 Hamar Alfred Bass Liberal
1898 Sir Alexander Henderson Liberal Unionist
1906 Henry Duncan McLaren Liberal
1910 George Ambrose Lloyd Liberal Unionist
1912 Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results


[edit] References