Birmingham North (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Created from	Birmingham

Birmingham North was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, England. 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 in upon the abolition of the Birmingham constituency in 1885, and was itself abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

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

This division was compact and almost square shaped. It was bounded to the west by Birmingham West, to the north by Handsworth and Aston Manor, to the east by Birmingham East and to the south by Birmingham Central.

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

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	William Kenrick	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1899	John Middlemore	Liberal Unionist
	1912		Unionist
	1918	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Matthews

General Election 1885: Birmingham North ^[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Kenrick	4,179	54.0	n/a
	Conservative	Henry Matthews	3,561	46.0	n/a
Majority			618	8.0	n/a
Turnout				82.1	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

Kenrick

General Election 1886: Birmingham North ^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	William Kenrick	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Birmingham North ^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	William Kenrick	4,814	69.7	n/a
	Lib-Lab	Eli Bloor	2,089	30.3	n/a
Majority			2,725	39.4	n/a
Turnout				71.8	n/a
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1895: Birmingham North ^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Rt Hon. William Kenrick	4,547
	Liberal	William James Lancaster	1,213
Majority			3,334
Turnout
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

Birmingham North by-election, 1899^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	John Throgmorton Middlemore	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Birmingham North ^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	John Throgmorton Middlemore	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1906: Birmingham North ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	John Throgmorton Middlemore	5,172
	Liberal	Joseph Hood	1,275
Majority			3,897
Turnout
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Birmingham North ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	John Throgmorton Middlemore	5,189
	Liberal	Joseph Dawson	988
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Birmingham North ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	John Throgmorton Middlemore	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: John Throgmorton Middlemore
• Liberal: William Norman Birkett

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

References

1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
2. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
3. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
5. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
7. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
8. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
9. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
10. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
11. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
12. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
13. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
14. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
15. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)