Birkenhead West (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia
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| Birkenhead West | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Birkenhead and Wirral |
| Replaced by | Birkenhead |
Birkenhead West was a parliamentary constituency that returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election when the Parliamentary Borough of Birkenhead was split between the East and West Divisions.
It was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, when it was included in the reconstituted constituency of Birkenhead.
The County Borough of Birkenhead wards of Claughton, Cleveland, Grange, and Oxton.[1]
Members of Parliament
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| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Sir Henry Grayson | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | William Henry Stott | Conservative | |
| 1923 | William Henry Egan | Labour | |
| 1924 | Ellis Nuttall | Conservative | |
| 1929 | William Henry Egan | Labour | |
| 1931 | John Sandeman Allen | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Percy Collick | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Birkenhead |
Election in the 1910s
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Elections in the 1920s
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Elections in the 1930s
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Election in the 1940s
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- ^ Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes. University of California Libraries. London : Sweet and Maxwell.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 78. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.