| West Staffordshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | Two |
| Next: | Lichfield Division, North-Western Division (both created of part only in 1885) Wolverhampton West, Stafford, Cannock (remainder) |
| Region: | England |
| Year2: | 1885 |
| Abolished2: | 1918 |
| Type2: | County |
| Elects Howmany2: | One |
West Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament until 1885, and then one member until 1918.
The constituency was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
1868–1885: The Hundreds of Pirehill South, Cuttlestone and Seisdon (excluding the parish of Rushall), and the Townships of Willenhall and Wednesfield.[1] [2]
1885–1918: The sessional divisions of Penkridge (except the parishes of Great Wyrley and Norton Canes), Stafford (including the whole of the parish of Gnosall), and Stone, and the Municipal Borough of Stafford.[3]
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Sir Smith Child, Bt. | Conservative | Hugo Meynell-Ingram | Conservative | |||
| 1871 | Francis Monckton | Conservative | |||||
| 1874 | Alexander Staveley Hill | Conservative | |||||
| 1885 | representation reduced to one member | ||||||
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Hamar Bass | Liberal | ||
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | |||
| 1898 by-election | Sir Alexander Henderson | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1906 | Henry McLaren | Liberal | ||
| 1910 | George Lloyd | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1912 | Conservative | |||
| 1918 | constituency abolished | |||
Ingram's death caused a by-election.
Bass's death caused a by-election.
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;