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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.

Boundaries

Throughout its existence, the seat included the entirety of the County Borough of Walsall. In 1955, it was split into Walsall North and Walsall South

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Finch resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Forster's death caused a by-election.

The election was declared void on petition.

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Richard Cooper
• Liberal: William Henry Brown

• Cooper founded the National Party and had the support of the local Unionist Association. However, his candidature was not supported by Unionist party HQ or the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

• Conservative candidate, William J Talbot, withdrew.

Elections in the 1940s

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 and by the end of the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal National: George Schuster
• Labour: A J Stanley

Elections in the 1950s

References

1. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
2. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 50. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via Google Books.
3. "State of Polls, & Members Returned". Worcester Journal. 27 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 21 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Members Returned". Norfolk Chronicle. 3 July 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "The General Election". Morning Post. 29 July 1847. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. Miller, Henry (2015). Politics Personified: Portraiture, Caricature and Visual Culture in Britain, c. 1830-80. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-7190-9084-4. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via Google Books.
7. ^ "Walsall". Globe. 29 July 1847. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "The Elections and their Results". Manchester Times. 10 July 1852. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "The Elections". Morning Post. 30 July 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
11. "The Elections". Hereford Journal. 21 July 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Walsall Election". Walsall Free Press and General Advertiser. 21 May 1859. p. 1. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "The General Election". The Morning Post. 31 January 1874. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 22 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 201. ISBN 9781349022984.
15. Black Country History
16. ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
17. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
18. Report of the Annual Conference, 1939
19. ^ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
20. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)

• Politics of Walsall
• Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county) (historic)
• Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955