Kingswinford (constituency)

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

Kingswinford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Kingswinford in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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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.

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

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

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

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

Boundaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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