Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Bilston. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Bilston O41area
Bilston UD/MB
Bilston SubD
Bilston LabMkt
Bilston USD
Bilston EP
Bilston St Luke EP
Bilston St Mary EP
Bilston CP/Ch/Tn

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Bilston.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Bilston.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Wolverhampton Bilston PBDivCon	1918	1948
Bilston BCon	1949	1973

Additional constituencies that covered Bilston may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Bilston:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Wolverhampton Tn/AP/CP/Ch
Bilston CP/Ch/Tn
Bilston UD/MB
Wolverhampton CB/MB
Wolverhampton District
Bilston O41area
Wolverhampton PLU
Wolverhampton RegD
Staffordshire AdmC
Staffordshire AncC
the West Midlands Met.C
Staffordshire RegC
the West Midlands GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Bilston.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Wolverhampton PBCon	1832	1884
Wolverhampton South PBDivCon	1885	1917
Wolverhampton Bilston PBDivCon	1918	1948
Bilston BCon	1949	1973
Wolverhampton South East BCon	1974	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Bilston. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.