Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1974 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Smethwick was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Smethwick in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Smethwick | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | one |
Created from | Warley |
1918–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Handsworth |
Replaced by | Warley East |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the 2024 general election. It will be formed from the (to be abolished) Warley constituency, with the addition of most of the Blackheath ward.[1]