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.Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
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 Labour1950 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
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
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: Henry Staveley-Hill Liberal: Geoffrey ManderEvening Despatch, West Midlands, 25 May 1914
Election results 1918-1949
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
References