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Бирмингем Хэндсворт
Бывший избирательный округ
в Палате общин
округзападное Средиземье
1918 - 1983 гг.
Количество участниковОдин
Заменен наБирмингем Ледивуд , Бирмингем Перри Барр и Бирмингем Смолл Хит [1]
Handsworth
Бывший округ округа
для Палаты общин
1 885 - 1 918
Создано изВосточный Стаффордшир

Бирмингем Handsworth был парламентский избирательный округ с центром в Handsworth районе Бирмингема . Он вернулся один член парламента в Палате общин в парламенте Соединенного Королевства . Он был отменен в 1983 году.

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1885–1918 : Сессионные подразделения Рушалла Типтона, Веднсбери и Вест-Бромвича, а также муниципального района Уолсолл. Округ был создан как округ графства для всеобщих выборов 1885 года, когда это было подразделение Хэндсворт в Стаффордшире . В 1885 году этот район находился к северу от парламентского городка Бирмингема и являлся юго-восточной территорией графства Стаффордшир. Бирмингем, который с 1889 года был округом со статусом города, был в основном расположен в географическом графстве Уорикшир , но постепенно расширился на прилегающие районы Стаффордшира и Вустершира.

Округ граничил с западом Уэст Бромвич , Веднсбери и Уолсолл ; к северу от Личфилда ; к востоку от Тамворта и к югу от Бирмингема Западный и Бирмингемский Северный .

1918–1955 : Район графства Бирмингема, отделения Хэндсворта, Сандвелла и Сохо. К 1918 году район Хэндсворта был включен в растущий город Бирмингем. Для всеобщих выборов 1918 года он стал избирательным округом городка как Бирмингем Хэндсворт .

1955–1974 : Район графства Бирмингема, отделения Хэндсворта, Лозеллса и Сандвелла. Подопечный Лозеллс раньше находился в Бирмингеме, Астон . Приход Сохо стал частью Birmingham All Saints .

1974–1983 : район графства Бирмингем, отделения Астон, Хэндсворт и Сандвелл.

Избирательный округ исчез на всеобщих выборах 1983 года . Подопечный Sandwell стал 32,9% от Birmingham Ladywood , приход Handsworth стал 24,8% от Birmingham Perry Barr, а приход Aston стал 11,9% от Birmingham Small Heath .

Члены парламента [ править ]

ГодЧленВечеринка
1885 г.Генри ВиггинЛиберальный
1886 г.Либеральный юнионист
1892 г.Сэр Генри Мейси-ТомпсонЛиберальный юнионист
1906 г.Эрнест Мейси-ТомпсонЛиберальный юнионист
1912Unionist
1922Oliver Locker-LampsonUnionist
1945Harold RobertsConservative
1950Sir Edward BoyleConservative
1970Sydney ChapmanConservative
1974John LeeLabour
1979Sheila WrightLabour
1983constituency abolished

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1880s[edit]

General election 1885: Handsworth [2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Wiggin 7,057 63.2
ConservativeHarry Robert Graham4,10736.8
Majority2,95026.4
Turnout11,16474.5
Registered electors14,988
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Handsworth [2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistHenry WigginUnopposed
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

General election 1892: Handsworth [2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Henry Meysey-Thompson 7,370 57.6 N/A
LiberalHugh Reid5,43342.4New
Majority1,93715.2N/A
Turnout12,80378.4N/A
Registered electors16,325
Liberal Unionist holdSwingN/A
General election 1895: Handsworth [2][3][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistHenry Meysey-ThompsonUnopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

General election 1900: Handsworth [2][3][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistHenry Meysey-ThompsonUnopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election 1906: Handsworth [2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Ernest Meysey-Thompson 13,407 60.8 N/A
LiberalHerbert Leon8,63639.2New
Majority4,77121.6N/A
Turnout22,04384.0N/A
Registered electors26,243
Liberal Unionist holdSwingN/A

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

General election January 1910: Handsworth [2][6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Ernest Meysey-Thompson 14,594 60.6 -0.2
LiberalGeorge Jackson9,48839.4+0.2
Majority5,10621.2-0.4
Turnout24,08283.2-0.8
Liberal Unionist holdSwing-0.2
General election December 1910: Handsworth [2][6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistErnest Meysey-ThompsonUnopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Unionist: Ernest Meysey-Thompson
  • Labour: John Davison
General election 1918: Birmingham Handsworth[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CUnionistErnest Meysey-Thompson12,01956.4N/A
IndependentNorman Tiptaft4,69722.1New
Independent LabourHarry Joseph Odell4,57621.5New
Majority7,32234.3N/A
Turnout21,29257.2N/A
Unionist holdSwing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

General election 1922: Birmingham Handsworth[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Oliver Locker-Lampson 18,859 59.6 +3.2
IndependentNorman Tiptaft12,79040.4+18.3
Majority6,06919.2−15.1
Turnout31,64982.9+25.7
Registered electors38,164
Unionist holdSwing−7.6
General election 1923: Birmingham Handsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistOliver Locker-LampsonUnopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1924: Birmingham Handsworth[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Oliver Locker-Lampson 20,056 65.6 N/A
LabourPhilip Noel-Baker10,51634.4New
Majority9,54031.2N/A
Turnout30,57278.6N/A
Registered electors38,872
Unionist holdSwingN/A
General election 1929: Birmingham Handsworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Oliver Locker-Lampson 22,036 53.9 −11.7
LabourLouis Anderson Fenn11,96929.3−5.1
LiberalArthur Gordan Bagnall6,85716.8New
Majority10,06724.6−6.6
Turnout40,85178.5−0.1
Registered electors52,025
Unionist holdSwing−3.3

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

General election 1931: Birmingham Handsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Locker-Lampson 30,989 78.4 +24.5
LabourLouis Anderson Fenn8,54821.6-8.7
Majority22,44156.8+32,2
Turnout39,53775.1-3.4
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1935: Birmingham Handsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Locker-Lampson 24,135 73.0 -5.4
LabourA G Chattaway8,91027.0+5.4
Majority15,22546.0-10.8
Turnout33,04561.7+4.9
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Conservative: Oliver Locker-Lampson
  • Labour: A G Chattaway[9]
General election 1945: Birmingham Handsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Roberts 15,607 37.9 -35.1
LabourCyril Bence13,14234.3+7.3
IndependentNorman Tiptaft5,11212.4New
LiberalBarbara Lewis4,94512.0New
CommunistJessie Eden[10]1,3903.4New
Majority1,4653.6-42.4
Turnout40,18072.5+10.8
Conservative holdSwing+21.2

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

General election 1950: Birmingham Handsworth [11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Roberts 24,246 50.5 +12.6
LabourCyril Bence18,77439.2+4.9
LiberalRonald William Eades4,92610.3-1.7
Majority5,47211.3+7.7
Turnout47,97283.1+10.6
Conservative holdSwing+4.3
1950 Birmingham Handsworth by-election [11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Boyle 22,083 60.7 +10.2
LabourCyril Bence13,85238.1-1.1
IndependentSW Keatley4531.2New
Majority8,23122.6+11.3
Turnout36,38863.2-19.9
Conservative holdSwing+5.65
General election 1951: Birmingham Handsworth [11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Boyle 27,201 59.5 +9.0
LabourRichard William Evely18,49440.5+1.3
Majority8,70719.0+7.7
Turnout45,69579.0+15.9
Conservative holdSwing+1.9
General election 1955: Birmingham Handsworth [11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Boyle 24,349 60.0 +0.5
LabourAlexander Murie14,06434.7-5.8
Independent
  • SW Keatley
2,1485.3New
Majority10,28525.3+6.3
Turnout38,41569.6-9.4
Conservative holdSwing+3.15
  • Independent Peace candidate
General election 1959: Birmingham Handsworth [11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Boyle 23,243 60.8 +0.8
LabourAlexander Murie13,11634.3-0.4
IndependentSW Keatley1,8674.9-0.4
Majority10,12726.5+1.1
Turnout38,22668.8-0.8
Conservative holdSwing+0.6

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

General election 1964: Birmingham Handsworth [11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Boyle 16,841 47.5 -13.3
LabourSheila Wright11,90933.6-0.7
LiberalWallace Lawler6,24917.6New
IndependentSW Keatley4591.3-3.6
Majority4,93213.9-13.6
Turnout35,45966.6-2.2
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1966: Birmingham Handsworth [11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Boyle 16,225 49.9 +2.4
LabourSheila Wright14,93146.0+12.4
Union MovementJeffrey Hamm1,3374.1New
Majority1,2943.9-10.0
Turnout32,49363.2-3.4
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

General election 1970: Birmingham Handsworth [11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 16,122 53.0 +3.1
LabourSheila Wright14,31047.0+1.0
Majority1,8126.0+2.1
Turnout30,43265.2+2.0
Conservative holdSwing+2.05
General election February 1974: Birmingham Handsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Lee 14,290 43.5 -3.5
ConservativeSydney Chapman12,66738.6-14.4
LiberalP Tilsley5,56616.9New
Marxist-Leninist (England)S. Thompson3341.0New
Majority1,6234.9-1.1
Turnout32,85772.4+7.2
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing+5.45
General election October 1974: Birmingham Handsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Lee 15,011 49.4 +5.9
ConservativeR Tyler11,11537.0-1.6
LiberalDI Grant-Smith3,20510.6-7.3
More Prosperous BritainTom Keen1050.3New
Marxist-Leninist (England)J. L. Hutchinson1030.3New
Majority3,89612.4+7.5
Turnout29,33966.5-5.9
Labour holdSwing+3.75
General election 1979: Birmingham Handsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Wright 16,998 55.2 +5.8
ConservativeR Tyler13,78944.8+7.8
Majority3,20910.4-2.0
Turnout30,78768.4+2.9
Labour holdSwing-1.0

See also[edit]

  • List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

References[edit]

  1. ^ "'Birmingham Handsworth', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  3. ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  5. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  7. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922
  8. ^ a b c d Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 85. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
  9. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  10. ^ Stevenson, Graham. "Eden Jessie (McCullough)". Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h The Times House of Commons, 1950-70
  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)