Wolverhampton South (UK Parliament constituency)

Wolverhampton South
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Wolverhampton
Replaced by	Bilston

Wolverhampton South was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the former two-seat Wolverhampton constituency was divided into three single-member constituencies.

It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The civil parish of Bilston, and part of the civil parish of Sedgley.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1898	John Lloyd Gibbons	Liberal Unionist
	1900	Henry Norman	Liberal
	1910	T. E. Hickman	Conservative
	1918	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Wolverhampton South[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Villiers	Unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: Wolverhampton South[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Villiers	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Wolverhampton South[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Villiers	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist hold

General election 1895: Wolverhampton South[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Villiers	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist hold

Villiers' death caused a by-election.

George Thorne

1898 Wolverhampton South by-election[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John Lloyd Gibbons	4,115	50.7	N/A
	Liberal	George Rennie Thorne	4,004	49.3	New
Majority			111	1.4	N/A
Turnout			8,119	88.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,194
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

Henry Norman

General election 1900: Wolverhampton South[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Norman	3,701	51.2	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	W Oulton	3,532	48.8	N/A
Majority			169	2.4	N/A
Turnout			7,233	76.8	N/A
Registered electors			9,414
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	N/A

General election 1906: Wolverhampton South[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Norman	4,823	53.8	+2.6
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Hyde Villiers (soldier)	4,137	46.2	−2.6
Majority			686	7.6	+5.2
Turnout			8,960	89.8	+13.0
Registered electors			9,974
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Wolverhampton South[1][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. E. Hickman	4,989	51.9	+5.7
	Liberal	Henry Norman	4,619	48.1	−5.7
Majority			370	3.8	N/A
Turnout			9,608	93.7	+3.9
Registered electors			10,253
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Arthur Lever

General election December 1910: Wolverhampton South[1][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. E. Hickman	4,784	51.9	0.0
	Liberal	Arthur Lever	4,440	48.1	0.0
Majority			344	3.8	0.0
Turnout			9,224	90.0	−3.7
Registered electors			10,253
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

See also

• List of Members of Parliament for Wolverhampton
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton

References

1. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 213. ISBN 9781349022984.
2. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
3. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)