Kingswinford
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Seatsone
Created fromWest Staffordshire
Replaced byBrierley Hill and Rowley Regis and Tipton

Kingswinford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Kingswinford in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when the new Brierley Hill constituency took over much of the area, Brierley Hill Urban District having already absorbed much of Kingswinford Rural District more than a decade earlier.

Boundaries

1885-1918

The Sessional Divisions of Bilston, Kingswinford, Wordsley, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, Willenhall, Wolverhampton and the municipal borough of Wolverhampton.[1]

1918-1950

The Urban Districts of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Quarry Bank, and Rowley Regis, and the Rural District of Kingswinford.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Alexander Staveley Hill Conservative
1900 William George Webb Conservative
1905 by-election Henry Staveley-Hill Conservative
1918 Charles Sitch Labour
1931 Alan Todd Conservative
1935 Arthur Henderson Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Brierley Hill

Contributions in Parliament by Kingswinford MPs

Mr Alexander Hill November 24, 1885 - October 1, 1900

Mr William Webb October 1, 1900-June 14, 1905

Mr Charles Sitch December 14, 1918-October 27, 1931

Mr Alan Todd October 27, 1931-November 14, 1935

Mr Arthur Henderson November 14, 1935-February 23, 1950

Election results 1885-1918

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

Hill
General election 1885: Kingswinford [2][3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Staveley Hill 5,161 53.3
Liberal George King Harrison 4,530 46.7
Majority 631 6.6
Turnout 9,691 79.0
Registered electors 12,272
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Kingswinford [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Staveley Hill Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Kingswinford [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Staveley Hill 5,371 58.6 N/A
Liberal Thomas Parker 3,800 41.4 New
Majority 1,571 17.2 N/A
Turnout 9,171 78.0 N/A
Registered electors 11,757
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Kingswinford [2][3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Staveley Hill Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

Webb
General election 1900: Kingswinford [2][3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William George Webb Unopposed
Conservative hold
1905 Kingswinford by-election[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Staveley-Hill 5,490 52.9 N/A
Liberal Edward Marten Dunne 4,887 47.1 New
Majority 603 5.8 N/A
Turnout 10,377 78.0 N/A
Registered electors 13,301
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Guest
General election 1906: Kingswinford [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Staveley-Hill 6,311 53.6 N/A
Liberal Frederick Guest 5,470 46.4 N/A
Majority 841 7.2 N/A
Turnout 11,781 84.7 N/A
Registered electors 13,912
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Kingswinford [2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Staveley-Hill 7,267 58.2 +4.6
Liberal Frederick L. Coysh 5,226 41.8 -4.6
Majority 2,041 16.4 +9.2
Turnout 12,493 88.8 +4.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
General election December 1910: Kingswinford [2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Staveley-Hill Unopposed
Conservative 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;

Election results 1918-1949

Decades:

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Kingswinford[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Sitch 10,397 47.6 New
Unionist Arthur Edward Beck 7,509 34.4 N/A
Liberal Henry Ernest Brown 3,943 18.0 New
Majority 2,888 13.2 N/A
Turnout 21,849 57.6 N/A
Registered electors 37,924
Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Kingswinford[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Sitch 15,232 51.6 +4.0
National Liberal Gilbert Hugh Beyfus 14,313 48.4 +30.4
Majority 919 3.2 −10.0
Turnout 29,545 75.2 +17.6
Registered electors 39,306
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Kingswinford[10][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Sitch 15,174 49.5 −2.1
Unionist William Harcourt-Webb 10,862 35.4 New
Liberal Cecil Patrick Blackwell 4,633 15.1 −33.3
Majority 4,312 14.1 +10.9
Turnout 30,669 76.6 +1.4
Registered electors 40,045
Labour hold Swing +15.6
General election 1924: Kingswinford[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Sitch 17,235 51.5 +2.0
Unionist William Harcourt-Webb 16,208 48.5 +13.1
Majority 1,027 3.0 −11.1
Turnout 33,443 82.6 +6.0
Registered electors 40,470
Labour hold Swing −5.6
General election 1929: Kingswinford[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Sitch 22,479 53.2 +1.7
Unionist Sidney Garcke 12,151 28.7 −19.8
Liberal Alfred William Bowkett 7,639 18.1 New
Majority 10,328 24.5 +21.5
Turnout 42,269 79.0 −3.6
Registered electors 53,530
Labour hold Swing +10.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Kingswinford[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Todd 21,934 52.94 +24.2
Labour Charles Sitch 19,495 47.06 -6.2
Majority 2,439 5.88 N/A
Turnout 41,429 75.14 -3.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +15.2
General election 1935: Kingswinford[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 20,925 50.02 +2.9
Conservative Alan Todd 20,909 49.98 -2.9
Majority 16 0.04 N/A
Turnout 41,204 71.52 -3.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Kingswinford[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 34,307 69.16 +16.2
Conservative E.G. Taylor 15,297 30.84 -16.2
Majority 19,010 38.32 +32.3
Turnout 49,604 73.71 +2.2
Labour hold Swing +16.2

References

  1. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
  5. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  7. ↑ Evening Despatch, West Midlands, 25 May 1914
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  9. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
  10. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1926
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