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 ElectionMemberParty 1832 Charles Smith Forster Tory 1834 Conservative 1837 Francis Finch Radical February 1841 John Neilson Gladstone Conservative June 1841 Robert Scott Whig 1847 Edward Littleton Whig 1852 Sir Charles Forster Radical 1859 Liberal 1891 by-election Edward Thomas Holden Liberal 1892 Frank James Conservative 1893 by-election Sir Arthur Hayter Liberal 1895 Sydney Gedge Conservative 1900 Sir Arthur Hayter Liberal 1906 Edward Marten Dunne Liberal January 1910 Sir Richard Cooper Conservative 1918 National 1922 Pat Collins Liberal 1924 William Preston Conservative 1925 by-election 1929 John James McShane Labour 1931 Joseph Leckie Liberal 1935 Liberal National 1938 by-election Sir George Schuster Liberal National 1945 William Wells Labour 1955 constituency abolished: see Walsall North and Walsall South
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 BrownBlack Country History
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 StanleyReport of the Annual Conference, 1939
Elections in the 1950s
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