| Walsall | |
| Type: | Borough |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1955 |
| Elects Howmany: | one |
| Succeeded By: | Walsall North and Walsall South |
Walsall was a borough constituency centred on the town of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Throughout its existence, the seat included the entirety of the County Borough of Walsall. In 1955, it was split into Walsall North and Walsall South[1]
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Charles Smith Forster | Tory[2] | ||
| 1834 | Conservative | |||
| 1837 | Francis Finch | Radical[3] | ||
| February 1841 | John Neilson Gladstone | Conservative | ||
| June 1841 | Robert Scott | Whig[4] | ||
| 1847 | Edward Littleton | Whig[5] [6] | ||
| 1852 | Sir Charles Forster | Radical[7] [8] [9] | ||
| 1859 | Liberal | |||
| 1891 by-election | Edward Thomas Holden | Liberal | ||
| 1892 | Frank James | Conservative | ||
| 1893 by-election | Sir Arthur Hayter | Liberal | ||
| 1895 | Sydney Gedge | Conservative | ||
| 1900 | Sir Arthur Hayter | Liberal | ||
| 1906 | Edward Marten Dunne | Liberal | ||
| January 1910 | Sir Richard Cooper | Conservative | ||
| 1918 | National | |||
| 1922 | Pat Collins | Liberal | ||
| 1924 | William Preston | Conservative | ||
| 1925 by-election | ||||
| 1929 | John James McShane | Labour | ||
| 1931 | Joseph Leckie | Liberal | ||
| 1935 | Liberal National | |||
| 1938 by-election | Sir George Schuster | Liberal National | ||
| 1945 | William Wells | Labour | ||
| 1955 | constituency abolished: see Walsall North and Walsall South | |||
Finch resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Forster's death caused a by-election.
The election was declared void on petition.
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;
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election and by the end of the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;