Smethwick was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Smethwick in West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... Smethwick (pronounced Smethick) is a town adjacent to Birmingham and West Bromwich in England. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, the United Kingdom, formed in 1974. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ...

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ... The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ...

Members of Parliament

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