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The constituency was created in upon the abolition of the Birmingham constituency in 1885, and was itself abolished for the 1918 general election. Birmingham was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the city of Birmingham, in what is now the West Midlands County, but at the time was Warwickshire. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ...

Boundaries

Before 1885 the city of 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 Central. The city from above Centenary Square. ... A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced //, //, or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Birmingham was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the city of Birmingham, in what is now the West Midlands County, but at the time was Warwickshire. ... The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. ...

The division was bounded to the west and south-west by Birmingham Edgbaston, to the north by Birmingham North, to the north-east by Birmingham East and to the south and south-east by Birmingham South. Birmingham, Edgbaston is a constituency located in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. ... Birmingham South was a parliamentary constituency in Birmingham which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election. ...

In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve new Birmingham divisions. The Central division was abolished. The Representation of the People Act 1918 widened suffrage by abolishing practically all property qualifications for men and by enfranchising women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications. ...

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1885)

• Constituency abolished (1918)
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

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Elections

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

This is a list of former Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom, organised by date of abolition. ...

Reference

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)