Birmingham Acock's Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Acock's Green
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1945–1950
Number of members One
Replaced by Birmingham Yardley and Birmingham Hall Green
Created from Birmingham Moseley

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.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green and Hall Green.

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1945 Henry Usborne Labour
1950 Constituency abolished

Election

General Election 1945: Birmingham Acock's Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Usborne 19,951 49.5 N/A
Conservative A.T. Maxwell 15,797 39.2 N/A
Liberal W.P. Hamsher 4,546 11.3 N/A
Majority 4,154 10.3 N/A
Turnout 55,880 72.1 N/A
Labour gain from new seat Swing N/A

See also

References

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