Walsall (UK Parliament constituency)

Walsall
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1832 (1832)–1955 (1955)
Number of members one

Walsall was a borough constituency centred on the town of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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History

In 1955 it was abolished and replaced by Walsall North and Walsall South constituencies.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1832 Charles Smith Forster Conservative
1837 Francis Finch Liberal
Feb. 1841 John Neilson Gladstone Conservative
Jun. 1841 Robert Scott Liberal
1847 Edward Richard Littleton Liberal
1852 Sir Charles Forster Liberal
1891 Edward Thomas Holden Liberal
1892 Frank James Conservative
1893 Sir Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal
1895 Sydney Gedge Conservative
1900 Sir Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal
1906 Edward Marten Dunne Liberal
Jan. 1910 Sir Richard Ashmole Cooper Conservative
1922 Patrick Collins Liberal
1924 William Preston Conservative
1925
1929 John James McShane Labour
1931 Joseph Leckie Liberal (Later Liberal National)
1938 Sir George Ernest Schuster Liberal National
1945 William Thomas Wells Labour
1955 constituency abolished: see Walsall North and Walsall South

Election results

References