Wolverhampton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832, and first used at the 1832 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when it was replaced for the 1885 general election by three new single-member constituencies: Wolverhampton East, Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 William Wolryche-Whitmore Whig Richard Fryer Whig 1835 Charles Pelham VilliersRadical Thomas Thornely Radical 1859 Liberal Sir Richard Bethell Liberal 1861 by-election Thomas Matthias Weguelin Liberal 1880 Henry Fowler Liberal1885 constituency divided: see Wolverhampton East, Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West.
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Villiers was appointed Judge-Advocate-General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.
Bethell was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Villiers was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s Bethell resigned after being appointed Lord Chancellor, causing him to become Lord Westbury and a by-election to be called.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
See also List of Members of Parliament for Wolverhampton List of parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton
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