Talk:Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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There may have been an earlier one: see Tamworth Manifesto --Henrygb 00:41, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

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boundaries
The article says that the Municipal Borough of Birmingham was part of the constituency 1885-1918. I suspect this should be Sutton Coldfield, as the City of Birmingham was a separate constituency in that period.

Furthermore, should it not be in Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire (historic). Anciently, the borough was divided between Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:01, 22 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Between 1885-1918 every borough constituency was concurrently part of a county constituency; certain voters in the borough had voting rights in the county seat as well. Full details here - https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog/page/n177/mode/2up?view=theater FieldOfWheat (talk) 11:52, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

1945
This would benefit from saying what happened in 1945. I suspect it largely became Sutton Coldfield but I am not sure. There may also be some strange Warwickshire/Staffordshire issue I do not understand. 2A00:23C6:148A:9B01:5C3E:1182:6DF3:74A0 (talk) 11:21, 7 September 2023 (UTC)


 * From 1950 to 1983 the town was part of the Lichfield and Tamworth constituency. But to which constituency was it allocated for the 1945 election?Ntmr (talk) 17:10, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * This will need double checking, but according to a report in the Tamworth Herald of 2 June 1945:
 * "The new Sutton Coldfield division, comprising the municipal borough of Sutton Coldfield and the rural districts of Meriden, and Tamworth, will have an electorate of 57,681. It is formed from the present Tamworth Division, which will disappear.... The new Solihull Division is formed of the Urban District of Solihull and parts of the Birmingham suburbs and Stretchford, Washford Heath, and Bromford Bridge, all formerly in the Tamworth Division.  It will have an electorate of 53,236."
 * Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tamworth-herald-etc-tamworth/133751054/ Dannyno (talk) 07:14, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
 * This is useful, but it is still curious that it does not mention the municipal borough of Tamworth - see my point in 1918 - 1945 (below).Ntmr (talk) 09:42, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

1918 - 1945
There is almost certainly an omission in the details of the area covered by the constituency, as there was at the time a Tamworth Municipal Borough, which would surely have been included in the constituency - unless there is again some Warwickshire / Staffordshire issue. But it would be very strange for a constituency not to contain its eponymous town.17:14, 19 October 2023 (UTC) Ntmr (talk) 17:14, 19 October 2023 (UTC)