Birmingham Bordesley
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyWarwickshire
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Created fromBirmingham
Replaced byBirmingham Moseley, Birmingham Deritend

Birmingham Bordesley was a borough constituency in the city of Birmingham, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created upon the abolition of the multi-member Birmingham seat in 1885 and abolished in 1918.

Boundaries

Before 1885 Birmingham, in the county of Warwickshire, had been a three-member constituency (see Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency) for further details). Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the parliamentary borough of Birmingham was split into seven single-member divisions, one of which was Birmingham Bordesley. It consisted of the wards of Bordesley and St Bartholomew's.

The division was located in the south-east corner of the city, within its boundaries in 1885. To the west was Birmingham South, to the north Birmingham East, to the east Tamworth and to the south East Worcestershire.

In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve new Birmingham divisions. The Bordesley division was abolished.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 Henry BroadhurstLiberal/Labour
1886 Jesse CollingsLiberal Unionist
1912 Unionist
1918 Constituency abolished

Note: Broadhurst was an official Liberal MP who, as a leading Trade Unionist, was known as a Liberal/Labour politician. He was Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee (equivalent to the later office of General Secretary of the TUC) 1876-1885 and 1886–1890.

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Broadhurst
General election 1885: Birmingham Bordesley [1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Henry Broadhurst 5,362 57.2
Conservative Walter Showell 4,019 42.8
Majority 1,343 14.4
Turnout 6,705 83.9
Registered electors 11,178
Lib-Lab win (new seat)
Tait
General election 1886: Birmingham Bordesley [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Jesse Collings 4,475 81.1 +38.3
Liberal Lawson Tait 1,040 18.9 -38.3
Majority 3,435 62.2 N/A
Turnout 5,515 49.3 -34.6
Registered electors 11,178
Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab Swing +38.3

Elections in the 1890s

Collings
General election 1892: Birmingham Bordesley [1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Jesse Collings 6,380 70.6 -10.5
Lib-Lab William John Davis 2,658 29.4 +10.5
Majority 3,722 41.2 -21.0
Turnout 9,038 70.2 +20.9
Registered electors 12,876
Liberal Unionist hold Swing -10.5
General election 1895: Birmingham Bordesley [1][2][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Jesse Collings 6,004 73.6 +3.0
Liberal William Cook 2,154 26.4 -3.0
Majority 3,850 47.2 +6.0
Turnout 8,158 59.0 -11.2
Registered electors 13,824
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Birmingham Bordesley [1][2][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Jesse Collings Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
Glasier
General election 1906: Birmingham Bordesley [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Jesse Collings 7,763 66.1 N/A
Labour Repr. Cmte. John Bruce Glasier 3,976 33.9 New
Majority 3,787 32.2 N/A
Turnout 11,739 70.5 N/A
Registered electors 16,653
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Birmingham Bordesley [1][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Jesse Collings 9,021 72.3 +6.2
Labour Fred Hughes 3,453 27.7 -6.2
Majority 5,568 44.6 +12.4
Turnout 12,474 71.9 +1.4
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +6.2
General election December 1910: Birmingham Bordesley [1][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Jesse Collings Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

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;

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  3. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
  5. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  7. ↑ Birmingham Daily Gazette, 17 Jul 1914
  8. ↑ "Mr. Jesse Collins", Manchester Guardian, 20 January 1914
  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
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