Kingswinford (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Kingswinford
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Brierley Hill and Rowley Regis and Tipton
Created from	West Staffordshire

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.[1]

1918-1950

The Urban Districts of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Quarry Bank, and Rowley Regis, and the Rural District of Kingswinford.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	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	Labour
1950		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

Decades:

1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s

Elections in the 1880s

Hill

General election 1885: Kingswinford [2][3][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Staveley Hill	5,161	53.3
	Liberal	George King Harrison	4,530	46.7
Majority			631	6.6
Turnout			9,691	79.0
Registered electors			12,272
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Kingswinford [2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Staveley Hill	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Kingswinford [2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Staveley Hill	5,371	58.6	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Parker	3,800	41.4	New
Majority			1,571	17.2	N/A
Turnout			9,171	78.0	N/A
Registered electors			11,757
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Kingswinford [2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Staveley Hill	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

Webb

General election 1900: Kingswinford [2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William George Webb	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

1905 Kingswinford by-election [2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Staveley-Hill	5,490	52.9	N/A
	Liberal	Edward Marten Dunne	4,887	47.1	New
Majority			603	5.8	N/A
Turnout			10,377	78.0	N/A
Registered electors			13,301
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Guest

General election 1906: Kingswinford [2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Staveley-Hill	6,311	53.6	N/A
	Liberal	Frederick Guest	5,470	46.4	N/A
Majority			841	7.2	N/A
Turnout			11,781	84.7	N/A
Registered electors			13,912
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Kingswinford [2][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Staveley-Hill	7,267	58.2	+4.6
	Liberal	Frederick L. Coysh	5,226	41.8	-4.6
Majority			2,041	16.4	+9.2
Turnout			12,493	88.8	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

General election December 1910: Kingswinford [2][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Staveley-Hill	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

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;

• Unionist: Henry Staveley-Hill
• Liberal: Geoffrey Mander[7]

Election results 1918-1949

Decades:

1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Kingswinford[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Sitch	10,397	47.6	New
	Unionist	Arthur Edward Beck	7,509	34.4	N/A
	Liberal	Henry Ernest Brown	3,943	18.0	New
Majority			2,888	13.2	N/A
Turnout			21,849	57.6	N/A
Registered electors			37,924
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Kingswinford[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Sitch	15,232	51.6	+4.0
	National Liberal	Gilbert Hugh Beyfus	14,313	48.4	+30.4
Majority			919	3.2	−10.0
Turnout			29,545	75.2	+17.6
Registered electors			39,306
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Kingswinford[10][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Sitch	15,174	49.5	−2.1
	Unionist	William Harcourt-Webb	10,862	35.4	New
	Liberal	Cecil Patrick Blackwell	4,633	15.1	−33.3
Majority			4,312	14.1	+10.9
Turnout			30,669	76.6	+1.4
Registered electors			40,045
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.6

General election 1924: Kingswinford[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Sitch	17,235	51.5	+2.0
	Unionist	William Harcourt-Webb	16,208	48.5	+13.1
Majority			1,027	3.0	−11.1
Turnout			33,443	82.6	+6.0
Registered electors			40,470
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.6

General election 1929: Kingswinford[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Sitch	22,479	53.2	+1.7
	Unionist	Sidney Garcke	12,151	28.7	−19.8
	Liberal	Alfred William Bowkett	7,639	18.1	New
Majority			10,328	24.5	+21.5
Turnout			42,269	79.0	−3.6
Registered electors			53,530
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Kingswinford[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Todd	21,934	52.94	+24.2
	Labour	Charles Sitch	19,495	47.06	-6.2
Majority			2,439	5.88	N/A
Turnout			41,429	75.14	-3.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+15.2

General election 1935: Kingswinford[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Henderson	20,925	50.02	+2.9
	Conservative	Alan Todd	20,909	49.98	-2.9
Majority			16	0.04	N/A
Turnout			41,204	71.52	-3.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Kingswinford[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Henderson	34,307	69.16	+16.2
	Conservative	E.G. Taylor	15,297	30.84	-16.2
Majority			19,010	38.32	+32.3
Turnout			49,604	73.71	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+16.2

References

1. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
3. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
7. Evening Despatch, West Midlands, 25 May 1914
8. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
9. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
10. The Liberal Year Book, 1926

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)