Liverpool West Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool West Toxteth | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Liverpool |
Replaced by | Liverpool Toxteth and Liverpool Exchange |
Liverpool West Toxteth was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
[edit]1885–1918: Part of the civil parish of Toxteth.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Brunswick, Dingle, and Prince's Park.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Year | Member[1] | Party[2][3] | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Thomas Royden | Conservative | |
1892 | Robert Houston | Conservative | |
1924 | Joseph Gibbins | Labour | |
1931 | Clyde Wilson | Conservative | |
1935 | Joseph Gibbins | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Royden | 3,754 | 67.9 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Sutherst | 1,771 | 32.1 | ||
Majority | 1,983 | 35.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,525 | 71.9 | |||
Registered electors | 7,684 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Royden | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Houston | 3,604 | 59.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Ellis Griffith | 2,479 | 40.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,125 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,083 | 74.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,118 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Houston | 3,610 | 68.6 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | William Mulholland | 1,653 | 31.4 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 1,957 | 37.2 | +18.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,263 | 65.2 | −9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,067 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.4 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Houston | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Houston | 3,373 | 56.5 | N/A | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | James Sexton | 2,592 | 43.5 | New | |
Majority | 781 | 13.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,965 | 71.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,347 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Houston | 3,928 | 57.5 | +1.0 | |
Labour | James Sexton | 2,909 | 42.5 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,019 | 15.0 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,837 | 75.8 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Houston | 3,936 | 61.7 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Thomas Molony | 2,445 | 38.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,491 | 23.4 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,381 | 70.8 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Robert Houston
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Robert Houston | 13,083 | 65.6 | +3.9 |
Labour | William Robinson | 6,850 | 34.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,233 | 31.2 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 19,933 | 55.7 | −15.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Houston | 15,030 | 59.6 | −6.0 | |
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 10,209 | 40.4 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 4,821 | 19.2 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,239 | 69.1 | +13.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Houston | 12,457 | 50.3 | −9.3 | |
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 12,318 | 49.7 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 139 | 0.6 | −18.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,775 | 66.1 | −3.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 15,505 | 54.3 | +4.6 | |
Unionist | Thomas White | 13,034 | 45.7 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 2,471 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,539 | 76.2 | +10.1 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 15,542 | 50.6 | −3.7 | |
Unionist | Thomas White | 15,163 | 49.4 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 379 | 1.2 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,705 | 79.7 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 19,988 | 55.1 | +4.5 | |
Unionist | Geoffrey Watson | 16,309 | 44.9 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 3,679 | 10.2 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,297 | 76.2 | −3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clyde Wilson | 20,633 | 57.9 | +13.0 | |
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 14,978 | 42.1 | −13.0 | |
Majority | 5,655 | 15.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,611 | 76.1 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 14,908 | 60.9 | +18.8 | |
Conservative | John William Jones Cremlyn | 9,565 | 39.1 | −18.8 | |
Majority | 5,343 | 21.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,473 | 53.9 | −22.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 18,543 | 52.9 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | Randolph Churchill | 16,539 | 47.1 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 2,004 | 5.8 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,082 | 78.6 | +24.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―8.0 |
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Evelyn Walkden[10]
- Conservative:
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 14,780 | 59.7 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Reginald Bevins | 9,966 | 40.3 | ―6.8 | |
Majority | 4,814 | 19.4 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,746 | 68.5 | ―10.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 |
References
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 146. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 183. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939