Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool Edge Hill | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Liverpool Abercromby |
Replaced by | Liverpool Mossley Hill and Liverpool Broadgreen[1] |
Liverpool Edge Hill was a
The constituency was created in 1918 and abolished in 1983.
History
There were two
When the constituency disappeared for the 1983 general election, 59.85% of its territory was transferred to the new constituency of Liverpool Mossley Hill, where David Alton was re-elected. The remaining 40.15% of the seat fell into Liverpool Broadgreen, which was won by the Labour left-winger Terry Fields.
Michael Howard, later leader of the Conservative Party, was twice a candidate in the constituency, in the general elections of 1966 and 1970.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Edge Hill and Low Hill, and part of Kensington ward.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Edge Hill, Fairfield, Kensington, and Low Hill.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fairfield, Kensington, Picton, and Smithdown.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fairfield, Kensington, Low Hill, Picton, and Smithdown.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | William Watson Rutherford
|
Conservative | |
1923 by-election | John Henry Hayes | Labour | |
1931 | Sir Hugo Rutherford, Bt
|
Conservative | |
1935 | Alexander Critchley | Conservative | |
1945 | Richard Clitherow | Labour | |
1947 by-election | Arthur Irvine | Labour | |
1979 by-election | David Alton
|
Liberal | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Election in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist
|
William Rutherford | 9,832 | 63.8 | |
Labour | Peter Tevenan | 5,587 | 36.2 | ||
Majority | 4,245 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 15,419 | 50.3 | |||
Registered electors | 30,683 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat)
| |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
William Rutherford | 14,186 | 59.8 | −4.0 | |
Labour | Jack Hayes | 9,520 | 40.2 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 4,666 | 19.6 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,706 | 70.5 | +20.2 | ||
Registered electors | 33,634 | ||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | −4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Hayes | 10,300 | 52.7 | +12.5 | |
Unionist
|
John Waller Hills
|
9,250 | 47.3 | −12.5 | |
Majority | 1,050 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,550 | 58.1 | −12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 33,634 | ||||
Unionist
|
Swing | +12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Hayes | 13,538 | 56.9 | +16.7 | |
Unionist
|
Oliver Stanley | 10,249 | 43.1 | −16.7 | |
Majority | 3,289 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,787 | 69.9 | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 34,021 | ||||
Unionist
|
Swing | +16.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Hayes | 14,168 | 53.0 | −3.9 | |
Unionist
|
D.C. Williams | 12,587 | 47.0 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 1,581 | 6.0 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,755 | 78.1 | +8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,254 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Hayes | 17,650 | 55.4 | +2.4 | |
Unionist
|
Hugo Rutherford | 11,622 | 36.5 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | Arthur Donald Dennis | 2,581 | 8.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,028 | 18.9 | +12.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,853 | 74.9 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 42,516 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugo Rutherford
|
19,901 | 62.8 | +26.3 | |
Labour | Jack Hayes | 11,772 | 37.2 | ―17.8 | |
Majority | 8,129 | 25.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,673 | 74.7 | ―0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Critchley | 13,882 | 50.6 | ―12.2 | |
Labour | Jack Hayes | 13,581 | 49.5 | +12.3 | |
Majority | 301 | 1.1 | ―24.5 | ||
Turnout | 27,463 | 68.1 | ―6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―12.2 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Clitherow | 13,150 | 64.9 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | Wilfrid Clothier | 7,111 | 35.1 | ―15.5 | |
Majority | 6,039 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,261 | 66.3 | ―1.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ―15.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 10,827 | 52.1 | ―12.8 | |
Conservative | Reginald Bevins | 8,874 | 42.6 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | Hubert Winthrop Young | 910 | 4.4 | New | |
Ind. Labour Party | David Gibson
|
154 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent
|
Cyril Foster | 48 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,953 | 9.5 | ―20.3 | ||
Turnout | 20,813 | 62.7 | ―3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.2 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 21,834 | 50.9 | ―14.0 | |
Conservative | Eric Errington | 18,830 | 43.9 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | John Bowen | 2,247 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,004 | 7.0 | ―22.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,911 | 78.3 | +12.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 22,906 | 53.9 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Harold Steward | 19,569 | 46.1 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 3,337 | 7.8 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,475 | 76.4 | ―1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 20,060 | 51.4 | ―2.5 | |
Conservative | Harry Sibson Leslie Rigg | 18,940 | 48.6 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,120 | 2.8 | ―5.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,000 | 68.0 | ―8.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 19,725 | 50.9 | ―0.5 | |
Conservative | Joseph Norton | 19,026 | 49.1 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 699 | 1.8 | ―1.0 | ||
Turnout | 38,751 | 70.7 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―0.6 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 19,221 | 59.0 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Neil S. Jamieson | 13,335 | 41.0 | ―8.1 | |
Majority | 5,886 | 18.0 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,556 | 65.6 | ―5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 18,203 | 63.1 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Howard | 10,662 | 36.9 | ―4.1 | |
Majority | 7,541 | 26.2 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,865 | 60.5 | ―5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 14,752 | 57.7 | ―5.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Howard | 10,804 | 42.3 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 3,948 | 15.4 | ―10.8 | ||
Turnout | 25,556 | 58.7 | ―1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 12,979 | 47.9 | ―10.1 | |
Liberal | David Alton
|
7,229 | 26.7 | New | |
Conservative | Stephen Nicholas Perry | 6,871 | 25.4 | ―16.6 | |
Majority | 5,557 | 18.2 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,079 | 66.6 | +7.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Irvine | 13,023 | 51.9 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | David Alton
|
6,852 | 27.3 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Nicholas Perry | 5,208 | 20.8 | ―4.6 | |
Majority | 6,171 | 24.6 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,083 | 61.2 | ―5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Alton
|
12,945 | 64.1 | +36.8 | |
Labour | Bob Wareing | 4,812 | 23.8 | ―28.1 | |
Conservative | Charles John Nicholas Ward | 1,906 | 9.4 | ―11.3 | |
Law and Order | Joan Jonker | 337 | 1.7 | New | |
Socialist Unity | Ann Walker | 127 | 0.6 | New | |
Gay Liberal | Michael Taylor | 40 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent
|
Bill Boaks | 32 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,133 | 40.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,199 | 20.2 | ―41.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +30.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Alton
|
12,701 | 52.0 | +24.7 | |
Labour | Bob Wareing | 8,453 | 34.6 | ―17.3 | |
Conservative | Charles John Nicholas Ward | 3,098 | 12.7 | ―8.1 | |
National Front
|
Howard Hawksley | 152 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,248 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,404 | 69.0 | +7.8 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +21.0 |
See also
References
- ^ "'Liverpool Edge Hill', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 8 April 2016.