Wolverhampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Wolverhampton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History
The constituency was created under the Great Reform Act, and first used at the 1832 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when it was replaced for the 1885 general election by three new single-member constituencies: Wolverhampton East, Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West.

Elections in the 1850s
Villiers was appointed Judge-Advocate-General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.

Bethell was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

Villiers was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s
Bethell resigned after being appointed Lord Chancellor, causing him to become Lord Westbury and a by-election to be called.