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Birmingham South (UK Parliament constituency)

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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;
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the parliamentary borough of Birmingham was split into seven single-member divisions, one of which was
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
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provided for twelve new Birmingham divisions. The South division was abolished.
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Parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham, West Midlands (historic)
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In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the
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Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972
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Index

borough constituency
House of Commons
1885
1918
Birmingham
Birmingham Deritend
Birmingham Moseley
parliamentary constituency
Birmingham
Member of Parliament
House of Commons
Parliament of the United Kingdom
1885
1918 general election
first-past-the-post
Birmingham
Birmingham UK Parliament constituency
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham Central
Birmingham East
Birmingham Bordesley
East Worcestershire
Representation of the People Act 1918
1885
Joseph Powell-Williams
Liberal
Liberal Unionist
1904
Viscount Morpeth

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