Wolverhampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Wolverhampton
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1885
Number of members Two
Replaced by Wolverhampton East, Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West
Created from Staffordshire

Wolverhampton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created under the Great Reform Act, and first used at the 1832–33 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when it was replaced for the 1885 general election by three new single-member constituencies: Wolverhampton East, Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 William Wolryche-Whitmore Liberal Richard Fryer Liberal
1835 Charles Pelham Villiers Radical[1][2][3] Thomas Thornley Radical[4][5]
1859 Liberal Sir Richard Bethell Liberal
1861 by-election Thomas Matthias Weguelin Liberal
1880 Henry Fowler Liberal
1885 constituency divided: see Wolverhampton East, Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West.

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Radical Charles Pelham Villiers Unopposed
Radical Thomas Thornley Unopposed
Registered electors 3,587
Radical hold
Radical hold

Villiers was appointed Judge-Advocate-General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 January 1853: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Radical Charles Pelham Villiers Unopposed
Radical hold
General Election 1857: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Radical Charles Pelham Villiers Unopposed
Radical Thomas Thornley Unopposed
Registered electors 3,611
Radical hold
Radical hold
General Election 1859: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Pelham Villiers Unopposed
Liberal Richard Bethell Unopposed
Registered electors 3,821
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Bethell was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 27 June 1859: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard Bethell Unopposed
Liberal hold

Villiers was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 July 1859: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Pelham Villiers Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Bethell resigned after being appointed Lord Chancellor, causing him to become Lord Westbury and a by-election to be called.

By-election, 3 July 1861: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Matthias Weguelin 1,363 48.7 N/A
Liberal Samuel Griffiths[7] 772 27.6 N/A
Conservative Alexander Staveley Hill[8] 665 23.8 N/A
Majority 591 21.1 N/A
Turnout 2,800 68.1 N/A
Registered electors 4,110
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1865: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Pelham Villiers 1,623 50.9 N/A
Liberal Thomas Matthias Weguelin 1,519 47.6 N/A
Conservative Thomas Thornycroft[9] 47 1.5 N/A
Majority 1,472 46.2 N/A
Turnout 1,618 (est) 33.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 4,830
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1868: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Pelham Villiers Unopposed
Liberal Thomas Matthias Weguelin Unopposed
Registered electors 15,772
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Pelham Villiers 10,358 43.1 N/A
Liberal Thomas Matthias Weguelin 10,036 41.8 N/A
Conservative Walter Williams[10] 3,628 15.1 N/A
Majority 6,408 26.7 N/A
Turnout 13,825 (est) 59.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 23,257
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Wolverhampton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Pelham Villiers 12,197 41.1 −2.0
Liberal Henry Fowler 11,606 39.1 −2.7
Conservative Alfred Hickman 5,874 19.8 +4.7
Majority 5,732 19.3 −7.4
Turnout 17,776 (est) 77.9 (est) +18.5
Registered electors 22,821
Liberal hold Swing −2.2
Liberal hold Swing −2.5

See also

References

  1. ↑ Howe, A. C. (8 October 2009) [2004]. "Villiers, Charles Pelham (1802–1898)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28286. Retrieved 22 July 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ "District News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 26 June 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ Swift, Roger (2017). Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-315-26797-5. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ The Christian Reform; Or, Unitarian Magazine and Review: New Series, Vol. XVIII. London: Edward T. Whitfield. 1862. pp. 361–384. Retrieved 23 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Turner, Michael J. (2014). Liberty and Liberticide: The Role in Nineteenth-Century British Radicalism. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7391-7817-1. Retrieved 23 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 338–339. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. ↑ "Advertisements & Notices". Birmingham Daily Post. 2 July 1861. p. 1. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "To the Electors of the Borough of Wolverhampton". Staffordshire Advertiser. 29 June 1861. p. 4. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Wolverhampton". Evening Mail. 14 July 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 25 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Wolverhampton Borough Election". Birmingham Daily Post. 4 February 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.


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