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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945–1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1945–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Birmingham Moseley |
Replaced by | Birmingham Yardley and Birmingham Hall Green |
The 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.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1945 | Henry Usborne | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
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