Birmingham Bordesley (UK Parliament constituency)
# Birmingham Bordesley (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Bordesley was a borough constituency in the city of Birmingham, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created upon the abolition of the multi-member Birmingham seat in 1885 and abolished in 1918.

## Boundaries

Before 1885 Birmingham, in the county of Warwickshire, had been a three-member constituency (see Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency) for further details). Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the parliamentary borough of Birmingham was split into seven single-member divisions, one of which was Birmingham Bordesley. It consisted of the wards of Bordesley and St Bartholomew's.

The division was located in the south-east corner of the city, within its boundaries in 1885. To the west was Birmingham South, to the north Birmingham East, to the east Tamworth and to the south East Worcestershire.

In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve new Birmingham divisions. The Bordesley division was abolished.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1885 | Henry Broadhurst | Liberal/Labour |
| 1886 | Jesse Collings | Liberal Unionist |
| 1912 | Jesse Collings | Unionist |
| 1918 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

Note: Broadhurst was an official Liberal MP who, as a leading Trade Unionist, was known as a Liberal/Labour politician. He was Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee (equivalent to the later office of General Secretary of the TUC) 1876-1885 and 1886–1890.

## Elections

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Birmingham Bordesley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lib-Lab | Henry Broadhurst | 5,362 | 57.2 | |
| | Conservative | Walter Showell | 4,019 | 42.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,343 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,705 | 83.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,178 | | |
| | Lib-Lab win (new seat) | Lib-Lab win (new seat) | Lib-Lab win (new seat) | Lib-Lab win (new seat) | Lib-Lab win (new seat) |

General election 1886: Birmingham Bordesley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jesse Collings | 4,475 | 81.1 | +38.3 |
| | Liberal | Lawson Tait | 1,040 | 18.9 | -38.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,435 | 62.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,515 | 49.3 | -34.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,178 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab | Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +38.3 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Birmingham Bordesley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jesse Collings | 6,380 | 70.6 | -10.5 |
| | Lib-Lab | William John Davis | 2,658 | 29.4 | +10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,722 | 41.2 | -21.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,038 | 70.2 | +20.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,876 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -10.5 | |

General election 1895: Birmingham Bordesley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jesse Collings | 6,004 | 73.6 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal | William Cook | 2,154 | 26.4 | -3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,850 | 47.2 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,158 | 59.0 | -11.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,824 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +3.0 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Birmingham Bordesley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jesse Collings | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold |

General election 1906: Birmingham Bordesley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jesse Collings | 7,763 | 66.1 | N/A |
| | Labour Repr. Cmte. | John Bruce Glasier | 3,976 | 33.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,787 | 32.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,739 | 70.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,653 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Birmingham Bordesley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jesse Collings | 9,021 | 72.3 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | Fred Hughes | 3,453 | 27.7 | -6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,568 | 44.6 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,474 | 71.9 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +6.2 | |

General election December 1910: Birmingham Bordesley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jesse Collings | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold |

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;

* Unionist: John William Dennis
* Liberal: George Jackson
