Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Liverpool Wavertree Borough constituency |
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| Liverpool Wavertree shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918, 1997 |
| MP: | Jane Kennedy |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Liverpool Wavertree is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool, and covers eastern parts of the city. It contains areas such as Broad Green, Childwall, Old Swan and Knotty Ash as well as Wavertree itself.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Wavertree constitiuency.
The electoral wards used in this future version of Wavertree are:
- Childwall, Church, Kensington and Fairfield, Old Swan, Picton and Wavertree
[edit] History
The present Liverpool Wavertree constituency dates from 1997. Since then it has been held by Jane Kennedy of the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats are the main challengers to Labour, as is the case in other Liverpool constituencies.
An earlier Liverpool Wavertree constituency existed until 1983; this seat was a safe Conservative seat. While the Conservatives have fared badly in the new Wavertree constituency (polling under 7% in the 2005 general election), it is perhaps not a fair comparison, as the new constituency covers a different area, with more inner-city areas.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Seat created 1918
- 1918 – 1922: Nathan Raw
- 1922 – 1923: Sir Harold Smith
- 1923 – 1924: Hugh Reynolds Rathbone
- 1924 – 1931: John Abraham Tinne
- 1931 – 1935: Arthur Nall-Cain
- 1935 – 1935: Joseph Jackson Cleary
- 1935 – 1945: Peter Stapleton Shaw
- 1945 – 1950: Victor Raikes, Conservative
- 1950 – 1974: Sir John Tilney, Conservative
- 1974 – 1983: Anthony Steen, Conservative
- Seat abolished in 1983; re-created in 1997
- 1997 – present:Jane Kennedy Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jane Kennedy | 18,441 | 52.4 | -10.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Eldridge | 13,268 | 37.7 | +13.3 | |
| Conservative | Jason Steen | 2,331 | 6.6 | -3.0 | |
| UK Independence | Mark Bill | 660 | 1.9 | +0.8 | |
| Socialist Labour | Gary Theys | 244 | 0.7 | -0.4 | |
| Democratic Socialist Alliance | Paul Filby | 227 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 5,173 | 14.7 | |||
| Turnout | 35,171 | 50.8 | +6.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jane Kennedy | 20,155 | 62.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Newby | 7,836 | 24.4 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Allen | 3,091 | 9.6 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Michael Lane | 359 | 1.1 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | Mark O'Brien | 349 | 1.1 | ||
| UK Independence | Neil Miney | 348 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 12,319 | 38.3 | |||
| Turnout | 44.3 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
