Wolverhampton East (constituency)

Wolverhampton East
Wolverhampton East
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Wolverhampton
Replaced by	Wolverhampton North East and Wolverhampton South West

Wolverhampton East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Fowler	3,752	58.8	−1.0
	Conservative	John Underhill	2,629	41.2	+1.0
Majority			1,123	17.6	−2.0
Turnout			6,381	80.6	−2.6
Registered electors			7,917
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Fowler	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Fowler	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

History

Wolverhampton East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Wolverhampton
Replaced by	Wolverhampton North East and Wolverhampton South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Fowler	4,011	57.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Rupert Edward Cooke Kettle*	2,977	42.6	New
Majority			1,034	14.8	N/A
Turnout			6,988	82.7	N/A
Registered electors			8,446
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Fowler	5,610	67.1	*N/A*
	Liberal Unionist	Leo Amery	2,745	32.9	New
Majority			2,865	34.2	N/A
Turnout			8,355	85.6	N/A
Registered electors			9,756
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Thorne	4,514	50.0	−17.1
	Liberal Unionist	Leo Amery	4,506	50.0	+17.1
Majority			8	0.0	−34.2
Turnout			9,020	89.7	+4.1
Registered electors			10,058
	Liberal hold		Swing	−17.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Thorne	5,276	54.2	−12.9
	Liberal Unionist	Leo Amery	4,462	45.8	+12.9
Majority			814	8.4	−25.8
Turnout			9,738	95.1	+9.5
Registered electors			10,238
	Liberal hold		Swing	−12.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Thorne	5,072	56.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Robert Borras Whiteside	3,881	43.3	−2.5
Majority			1,191	13.4	+5.0
Turnout			8,953	87.4	−7.7
Registered electors			10,238
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Thorne	7,660	51.8	−4.9
C	National Democratic	James A Shaw	7,138	48.2	New
Majority			522	3.6	−9.8
Turnout			14,798	48.6	−38.8
	Liberal hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Thorne	11,577	45.9	−5.9
	Unionist	Charles Henry Pinson	9,410	37.3	New
	Labour	William Thomas Augustus Foot	3,076	12.2	New
	National Liberal	James A Shaw	1,169	4.6	−43.6
Majority			2,167	8.6	+5.0
Turnout			25,232	80.4	+31.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Thorne	11,066	42.1	*N/A*
	Unionist	Thomas Strangman	10,013	38.1	New
	Labour	D Rowland Williams	5,188	19.8	New
Majority			1,053	4.0	N/A
Turnout			26,267	80.6	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Mander	15,391	44.8	+2.7
	Unionist	Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	10,163	29.5	−8.6
	Labour	D Rowland Williams	8,840	25.7	+5.9
Majority			5,228	15.3	+11.3
Turnout			34,394	81.5	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.7

General election 1931: Wolverhampton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Mander	14,945	44.1	−0.7
	Conservative	A T Waters-Taylor	12,628	37.2	+7.7
	Labour	John Smith	6,340	18.7	−7.0
Majority			2,317	6.9	−8.4
Turnout			33,913	78.6	−2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

General election 1935: Wolverhampton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Mander	15,935	48.5	+4.4
	Conservative	J Brockhouse	11,935	36.3	−0.9
	Labour	H E Lane	4,985	15.2	−3.5
Majority			4,000	12.2	+5.3
Turnout			32,855	73.3	−5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Baird	17,763	47.7	+32.5
	Liberal	Geoffrey Mander	11,206	30.1	−18.4
	Conservative	William Garthwaite	8,266	22.2	−14.1
Majority			6,557	17.6	N/A
Turnout			37,235	73.3	0.0
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing