Wolverhampton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wolverhampton
Borough constituency
Created: 1832
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons
Members: two

Wolverhampton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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[edit] History

The constituency was created under the Great Reform Act, and first used at the 1832 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when it was replaced for the 1885 general election by three new single-member constituencies: Wolverhampton East, Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West.

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1832-1885

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 William Wolryche-Whitmore Richard Fryer
1835 Charles Pelham Villiers Liberal Thomas Thornley
1859 Sir Richard Bethell Liberal
1861 Thomas Matthias Weguelin
1880 Henry Hartley Fowler Liberal
1832 constituency divided: see Wolverhampton East, Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West.

[edit] Election results

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

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