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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885
Wolverhampton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of
Wolverhampton in
Staffordshire . It elected two
Members of Parliament to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom .
History
The constituency was created under the
Great Reform Act , and first used at the
1832 general election . It was abolished by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 , when it was replaced for the
1885 general election by three new single-member constituencies:
Wolverhampton East ,
Wolverhampton South and
Wolverhampton West .
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Villiers was appointed
Judge-Advocate-General of the Armed Forces , requiring a by-election.
Bethell was appointed
Attorney General for England and Wales , requiring a by-election.
Villiers was appointed
President of the Poor Law Board , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Bethell resigned after being appointed
Lord Chancellor , causing him to become Lord Westbury and a by-election to be called.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
See also
References
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"Page 1" . Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser . 12 July 1837. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via
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"Advertisements & Notices" .
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"To the Electors of the Borough of Wolverhampton" . Staffordshire Advertiser . 29 June 1861. p. 4. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via
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