Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Wednesbury
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyStaffordshire
18681974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth Staffordshire
Replaced byWalsall North, Walsall South, West Bromwich West

Wednesbury was a borough constituency in England's Black Country which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Wednesbury became a parliamentary borough under the Reform Act 1867, taking territory that previously belonged to the constituency of South Staffordshire.[1]

  1. ^ Hackwood, F. W. (2002) [1902]. Wednesbury Ancient and Modern.