Kingswinford | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Brierley 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 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.
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
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;