Birmingham Acock's Green was a short-lived constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
| Birmingham Acock's Green | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1945–1950 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Birmingham Moseley |
| Replaced by | Birmingham Yardley and Birmingham Hall Green |
Boundaries
editThe County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green and Hall Green.[1]
Before 1945 the area formed part of the Birmingham Moseley constituency. That division had over 100,000 electors and was considered to be overlarge. As an interim measure, before the Boundary Commission for England carried out the first periodic review of Parliamentary boundaries, it was authorised by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo. 6, c. 41) to divide the largest constituencies.
In the first periodic review, which was given effect by the Representation of the People Act 1948 (which applied from the United Kingdom general election, 1950), Acock's Green ward became part of Birmingham Yardley and Hall Green ward gave its name to the new seat of Birmingham Hall Green.
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Henry Usborne | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
Election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Charles Usborne | 19,951 | 49.5 | ||
| Conservative | Arthur Terence Maxwell | 15,797 | 39.2 | ||
| Liberal | William Papel Hamsher | 4,546 | 11.3 | ||
| Majority | 4,154 | 10.3 | |||
| Turnout | 55,880 | 72.1 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1945. SI 1945/701". Statutory Rules and Orders 1945. Vol. I. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1946. pp. 682–698.
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Revised edition - Macmillan Press 1977)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)