| West Staffordshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | Staffordshire |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Created from | South Staffordshire |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
West Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and then one member.
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The constituency was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
| 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 | |||||
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Hamar Alfred Bass | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1898 by-election | Sir Alexander Henderson | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1906 | Henry Duncan McLaren | Liberal | |
| 1910 | George Ambrose Lloyd | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1912 | Conservative | ||
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||