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Walsall — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Walsall was won by Labour at the 1951 general election, with a majority of 10,473 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Walsall from 1832 to 1951.

Full Election History, 1832–1951

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Charles Smith Forster (Conservative) 304 56.8% George de Bosco Attwood (Radical) 73 (13.6 pts) 89.6%
1835 Charles Smith Forster (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Francis Finch (Radical) 316 51.6% Charles Smith Forster (Conservative) 20 (3.3 pts) 82.0%
1841 Robert Wellbeloved Scott (Whig) 334 51.7% John Neilson Gladstone (Conservative) 22 (3.4 pts) 80.0%
1847 Edward Richard Littleton (Whig) 289 41.6% Charles Forster (Radical) 7 (1.0 pts) 81.2%
1852 Charles Forster (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 Charles Forster (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Charles Forster (Liberal) 495 56.4% Charles Bagnall (Conservative) 112 (12.8 pts) 80.4%
1865 Charles Forster (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 Charles Forster (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1874 Charles Forster (Liberal) 3,364 66.0% William Morrison Bell (Conservative) 1,633 (32.0 pts) 58.7%
1880 Charles Forster (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1885 Charles Forster (Liberal) 5,112 59.8% Frank James (Conservative) 1,677 (19.6 pts) 79.6%
1886 Charles Forster (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Frank James (Conservative) 5,226 51.2% Edward Thomas Holden (Liberal) 237 (2.3 pts) 85.7%
1895 Sydney Gedge (Conservative) 5,145 51.6% Arthur Divett Hayter (Liberal) 317 (3.2 pts) 90.5%
1900 Arthur Divett Hayter (Liberal) 5,610 51.5% Sydney Gedge (Conservative) 325 (3.0 pts) 84.8%
1906 Edward Marten Dunne (Liberal) 7,092 54.6% Bernall Bagshawe (Conservative) 1,199 (9.2 pts) 91.9%
Jan 1910 Richard Ashmole Cooper (Conservative) 7,290 51.9% Edward Marten Dunne (Liberal) 545 (3.9 pts) 95.4%
Dec 1910 Richard Ashmole Cooper (Conservative) 7,174 52.9% John Morgan (Liberal) 789 (5.8 pts) 92.2%
1918 Richard Ashmole Cooper (National Party) 14,491 52.2% Joseph Thickett (Labour) 6,155 (22.2 pts) 64.7%
1922 Patrick Collins (Liberal) 14,674 38.6% Alice Cooper (Unionist) 325 (0.9 pts) 84.4%
1923 Patrick Collins (Liberal) 16,304 43.5% Sydney Kersland Lewis (Unionist) 2,163 (5.8 pts) 82.6%
1924 William Preston (Unionist) 15,168 37.9% Patrick Collins (Liberal) 2,434 (6.1 pts) 86.2%
1929 John James McShane (Labour) 20,524 39.6% William Preston (Unionist) 4,706 (9.1 pts) 85.9%
1931 Joseph Alexander Leckie (Liberal) 30,507 56.0% John James McShane (Labour) 6,555 (12.0 pts) 86.3%
1935 Joseph Alexander Leckie (National Liberal) 28,563 57.5% William Graham (Labour) 8,969 (18.1 pts) 75.3%
1945 William Thomas Wells (Labour) 28,324 53.9% George Ernest Schuster (National Liberal) 4,127 (7.9 pts) 76.2%
1950 William Thomas Wells (Labour) 36,483 56.0% John Denman Barlow (Conservative) 7,783 (11.9 pts) 86.2%
1951 William Thomas Wells (Labour) 33,556 52.3% Frank Roper (Conservative) 10,473 (16.3 pts) 83.1%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Smith Forster Conservative 30456.8% Yes
George de Bosco Attwood Radical 23143.2% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Smith Forster Conservative Unopposed Yes

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Finch Radical 31651.6% Yes
Charles Smith Forster Conservative 29648.4% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Wellbeloved Scott Whig 33451.7% Yes
John Neilson Gladstone Conservative 31248.3% No

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Richard Littleton Whig 28941.6% Yes
Charles Forster Radical 28240.6% No
William Henry Cooke Conservative 12417.8% No

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Radical Unopposed Yes

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Radical Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Liberal 49556.4% Yes
Charles Bagnall Conservative 38343.6% No

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Liberal Unopposed Yes

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Liberal 3,36466.0% Yes
William Morrison Bell Conservative 1,73134.0% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Liberal Unopposed Yes

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Liberal 5,11259.8% Yes
Frank James Conservative 3,43540.2% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Forster Liberal Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank James Conservative 5,22651.2% Yes
Edward Thomas Holden Liberal 4,98948.8% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sydney Gedge Conservative 5,14551.6% Yes
Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal 4,82848.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Divett Hayter Liberal 5,61051.5% Yes
Sydney Gedge Conservative 5,28548.5% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Marten Dunne Liberal 7,09254.6% Yes
Bernall Bagshawe Conservative 5,89345.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Ashmole Cooper Conservative 7,29051.9% Yes
Edward Marten Dunne Liberal 6,74548.1% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Ashmole Cooper Conservative 7,17452.9% Yes
John Morgan Liberal 6,38547.1% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Ashmole Cooper National Party 14,49152.2% Yes
Joseph Thickett Labour 8,33630.0% No
William Henry Brown Liberal 4,91417.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick Collins Liberal 14,67438.6% Yes
Alice Cooper Unionist 14,34937.8% No
Robert Dennison Labour 8,94623.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick Collins Liberal 16,30443.5% Yes
Sydney Kersland Lewis Unionist 14,14137.8% No
Arthur Carr Osburn Labour 7,00718.7% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Preston Unionist 15,16837.9% Yes
Patrick Collins Liberal 12,73431.8% No
Gladstone Lothian Rosebery Small Labour 11,47428.7% No
John Joseph Lynch Independent 6221.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John James McShane Labour 20,52439.6% Yes
William Preston Unionist 15,81830.6% No
Thomas James Macnamara Liberal 15,42529.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Alexander Leckie Liberal 30,50756.0% Yes
John James McShane Labour 23,95244.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Alexander Leckie National Liberal 28,56357.5% Yes
William Graham Labour 19,59439.5% No
Joseph Wilfred Harper Christian Socialist 1,4803.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Wells Labour 28,32453.9% Yes
George Ernest Schuster National Liberal 24,19746.1% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Wells Labour 36,48356.0% Yes
John Denman Barlow Conservative 28,70044.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Wells Labour 33,55652.3% Yes
Frank Roper Conservative 23,08336.0% No
Barbara Estelle Lewis Liberal 7,51711.7% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Conservative margin 13.6 pts 1837: Radical margin 3.3 pts 1841: Whig margin 3.4 pts 1847: Whig margin 1.0 pts 1859: Liberal margin 12.8 pts 1874: Liberal margin 32.0 pts 1885: Liberal margin 19.6 pts 1892: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 1895: Conservative margin 3.2 pts 1900: Liberal margin 3.0 pts 1906: Liberal margin 9.2 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 3.9 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 5.8 pts 1918: National Party margin 22.2 pts 1922: Liberal margin 0.9 pts 1923: Liberal margin 5.8 pts 1924: Unionist margin 6.1 pts 1929: Labour margin 9.1 pts 1931: Liberal margin 12.0 pts 1935: National Liberal margin 18.1 pts 1945: Labour margin 7.9 pts 1950: Labour margin 11.9 pts 1951: Labour margin 16.3 pts 1832 1837 1841 1847 1859 1874 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951

Trend

Walsall has been contested at 30 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Radical, Whig, Liberal, National Party, Unionist, Labour, National Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Walsall in the 1951 general election?

Labour won Walsall in 1951 with 33,556 votes (52.3%), a majority of 10,473 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Walsall since 1832?

Since 1832, Walsall has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, National Liberal, National Party, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Walsall?

The closest result on record for Walsall was 1922, when Liberal beat Unionist by just 325 votes (0.9 percentage points).

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