Birmingham Acock's Green was a short-lived
constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1945 to 1950. It elected one
Member of Parliament (MP)
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by the
first past the post
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system of
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green and Hall Green.
Before 1945 the area formed part of the
Birmingham Moseley constituency. That division had over 100,000 electors and was considered to be overlarge. As an interim measure, before the
Boundary Commission for England
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* Boundary Commission for E ...
carried out the first periodic review of Parliamentary boundaries, it was authorised by the
House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944
The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo.6. c.41) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that established permanent boundary commissions for each of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, and provide ...
(7 & 8 Geo. 6, c. 41) to divide the largest constituencies.
In the first periodic review, which was given effect by the
Representation of the People Act 1948
The Representation of the People Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections. It is noteworthy for abolishing plural voting for parliamentary elections, including ...
(which applied from the United Kingdom general election, 1950), Acock's Green ward became part of
Birmingham Yardley and Hall Green ward gave its name to the new seat of
Birmingham Hall Green
Birmingham Hall Green is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Tahir Ali of the Labour Party.
It has become in recent years a Labour sa ...
.
Members of Parliament
Election
See also
*
List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
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References
* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Revised edition - Macmillan Press 1977)
* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979'', edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
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Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1945
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
Politics of Warwickshire
Parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham, West Midlands (historic)