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 Ba M POLITICAL HISTORY By the Reform Act of 1867 the county was freshly divided into three divisions with two members each, the northern, eastern, and western, while a new borough, Wednesbury, with one member, was created, and Lichfield lost one of its representatives. 380 The first Parliament after the Act was distinguished in the county history by the strong representation of the brewing interest, Mr. M. A, Bass being one of the members for the eastern division of the county and r. S. C. Allsopp another for the same division in 1873, while Mr. Thomas Salt was elected for Stafford borough in 1869. In the same Parliament Sir William Henry Lytton Bulwer, afterwards Lord Balling and Bulwer, was one of the members for Tamworth. 881 By the Redistribution Act of 1885, Lichfield and Tamworth ceased to be represented as boroughs. Newcastle under Lyme, Stafford, and Stoke on Trent each lost one member. On the other hand Wolverhampton gained one member, and the new boroughs of Hanley and West Bromwich were created with one member each, while the county was re-divided into the following seven divisions with one member each : Leek, Burton, Western, North-western, Lichfield, Kingswinford, and Handsworth. 382 sso p ar i j ccts _ and Papers, Ixii (2), 485 ; 30 & 31 Viet. cap. 102. 881 Par/. Accts. and Papers, Ixii (2), 485. S6a 48 & 49 Viet. cap. 23. 273 35