North Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, which 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.

North Worcestershire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Replaced by	Stourbridge and Kidderminster

It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency included the Sessional Divisions of Halesowen and Oldbury, the Municipal Borough of Dudley, and the parishes of Cradley, Lutley, Lye, and Northfield.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Benjamin Hingley	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892		Liberal
	1895	John William Wilson	Liberal Unionist
	1903		Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Sir Benjamin Hingley

General election 1885: North Worcestershire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benjamin Hingley	5,774	72.8
	Conservative	John Willis-Bund	2,155	27.2
Majority			3,619	45.6
Turnout			7,929	75.0
Registered electors			10,573
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: North Worcestershire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Benjamin Hingley	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: North Worcestershire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benjamin Hingley	5,329	62.7	New
	Conservative	William Bridgeman	3,171	37.3	N/A
Majority			2,158	25.4	N/A
Turnout			8,500	79.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,744
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	N/A

John Wilson

General election 1895: North Worcestershire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John Wilson	5,012	55.5	+18.2
	Liberal	Robert Waite	4,024	44.5	−18.2
Majority			988	11.0	N/A
Turnout			9,036	80.6	+1.5
Registered electors			11,209
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+18.2

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North Worcestershire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John Wilson	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist hold

General election 1906: North Worcestershire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wilson	6,908	51.8	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	William Campion	6,429	48.2	N/A
Majority			479	3.6	N/A
Turnout			13,337	84.8	N/A
Registered electors			15,732
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North Worcestershire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wilson	8,272	51.0	−0.8
	Liberal Unionist	William Campion	7,953	49.0	+0.8
Majority			319	2.0	−1.6
Turnout			16,225	89.1	+4.3
Registered electors			18,200
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.8

General election December 1910: North Worcestershire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wilson	7,894	50.9	−0.1
	Conservative	D. T. Timins	7,625	49.1	+0.1
Majority			269	1.8	−0.2
Turnout			15,519	85.3	−3.8
Registered electors			18,200
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: John Wilson
• Unionist:

References

1. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1916
2. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 423. ISBN 9781349022984.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 423. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.