wolverhampton, south, parliament, constituency, wolverhampton, south, parliamentary, constituency, town, wolverhampton, west, midlands, england, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, wolverhampton, southformer, borough, con. Wolverhampton South was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Wolverhampton SouthFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of Commons1885 1918SeatsoneCreated fromWolverhamptonReplaced byBilston Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4 1 Elections in the 1880s 4 2 Elections in the 1890s 4 3 Elections in the 1900s 4 4 Elections in the 1910s 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory editThe constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election when the former two seat Wolverhampton constituency was divided into three single member constituencies It was abolished for the 1918 general election Boundaries editThe civil parish of Bilston and part of the civil parish of Sedgley Members of Parliament editYear Member Party1885 Charles Pelham Villiers Liberal1886 Liberal Unionist1898 John Lloyd Gibbons Liberal Unionist1900 Henry Norman Liberal1910 T E Hickman Conservative1918 constituency abolishedElections editElections in the 1880s edit General election 1885 Wolverhampton South 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Villiers UnopposedLiberal win new seat General election 1886 Wolverhampton South 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist Charles Villiers UnopposedLiberal Unionist gain from LiberalElections in the 1890s edit General election 1892 Wolverhampton South 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist Charles Villiers UnopposedLiberal Unionist holdGeneral election 1895 Wolverhampton South 1 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist Charles Villiers UnopposedLiberal Unionist holdVilliers death caused a by election nbsp George Thorne1898 Wolverhampton South by election 1 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist John Lloyd Gibbons 4 115 50 7 N ALiberal George Rennie Thorne 4 004 49 3 NewMajority 111 1 4 N ATurnout 8 119 88 3 N ARegistered electors 9 194Liberal Unionist hold Swing N AElections in the 1900s edit nbsp Henry NormanGeneral election 1900 Wolverhampton South 1 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry Norman 3 701 51 2 N ALiberal Unionist W Oulton 3 532 48 8 N AMajority 169 2 4 N ATurnout 7 233 76 8 N ARegistered electors 9 414Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing N AGeneral election 1906 Wolverhampton South 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry Norman 4 823 53 8 2 6Liberal Unionist Charles Hyde Villiers soldier 4 137 46 2 2 6Majority 686 7 6 5 2Turnout 8 960 89 8 13 0Registered electors 9 974Liberal hold Swing 2 6Elections in the 1910s edit General election January 1910 Wolverhampton South 1 4 Party Candidate Votes Conservative T E Hickman 4 989 51 9 5 7Liberal Henry Norman 4 619 48 1 5 7Majority 370 3 8 N ATurnout 9 608 93 7 3 9Registered electors 10 253Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N A nbsp Arthur LeverGeneral election December 1910 Wolverhampton South 1 4 Party Candidate Votes Conservative T E Hickman 4 784 51 9 0 0Liberal Arthur Lever 4 440 48 1 0 0Majority 344 3 8 0 0Turnout 9 224 90 0 3 7Registered electors 10 253Conservative hold Swing 0 0See also editList of Members of Parliament for Wolverhampton List of parliamentary constituencies in WolverhamptonReferences edit a b c d e f g h i Craig F W S ed 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 London Macmillan Press p 213 ISBN 9781349022984 a b c d e f g The Liberal Year Book 1907 a b c Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1901 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1916 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with W part 5 This former constituency in the United Kingdom or its predecessor states article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wolverhampton South UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1082149379, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
