Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Liverpool Edge Hill
Type = Borough
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1983
members = one

Liverpool Edge Hill was a borough constituency within the city and metropolitan borough of Liverpool, in the English county of Merseyside, centred around Edge Hill. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created in 1918 and abolished in 1983.

History

There were two by-elections in Liverpool Edge Hill, following the deaths of its incumbent Members of Parliament. At the 1947 by-election, Labour held the seat with a reduced majority, but the 1979 by-election saw a large swing against Labour who lost the seat to the Liberal David Alton — a defeat which foreshadowed Labour's defeat in the 1979 general election.

When the constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, half of its territory was included in the new Liverpool Mossley Hill constituency, where Alton was re-elected.

Michael Howard, later leader of the Conservative Party, was twice a candidate in the constituency, in the general elections of 1966 and 1970. During that time he started to support Liverpool FC.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

Election box begin
title=Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1947Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Irvine
votes = 10,827
percentage = 52.1
change = −12.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. R. Bevins
votes = 8,874
percentage = 42.6
change = +7.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir H. W. Young
votes = 910
percentage = 4.4
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = David Gibson
votes = 154
percentage = 0.7
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = C. Foster
votes = 48
percentage = 0.2
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 1,953
percentage = 9.5
change = −20.3Election box turnout
votes = 20,813
percentage = 62.7
change = −3.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +10.2

Elections in the 1950s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1950: Liverpool Edge HillElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Irvine
votes = 21,834
percentage = 50.9
change = −1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = E. Errington
votes = 18,830
percentage = 43.9
change = +1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J. Bowen
votes = 2,247
percentage = 5.2
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 3,001
percentage = 7.0
change = −2.5Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1951: Liverpool Edge HillElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Irvine
votes = 22,906
percentage = 53.9
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = H. M. Steward
votes = 19,569
percentage = 46.1
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 3,337
percentage = 7.8
change = −0.4Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Election box begin
title=Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1979Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = David Alton
votes = 12,945
percentage = 64.1
change = +36.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Wareing
votes = 4,812
percentage = 23.8
change = −28.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Ward
votes = 1,906
percentage = 9.4
change = −11.3Election box candidate
party = Law and Order
candidate = Joan Jonker
votes = 337
percentage = 1.7
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Unity (UK)
candidate = Ann Walker
votes = 127
percentage = 0.6
change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Gay Liberal
candidate = Michael Taylor
votes = 40
percentage = 0.2
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bill Boaks
votes = 32
percentage = 0.2
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 8,133
percentage = 40.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 20,199
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 30.2

See also

* Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1947
* Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1979

References

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