Southport (UK Parliament constituency)
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Southport Borough constituency |
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Southport shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
Created: | 1885 |
MP: | John Pugh |
Party: | Liberal Democrats |
Type: | House of Commons |
County: | Merseyside |
EP constituency: | North West England |
Southport 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.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the northern part of the metropolitan borough of Sefton, including the town of Southport and the localities of Ainsdale, Birkdale, and Crossens. The constituency is bordered to the north by Ribble South, to the east by West Lancashire, and to the south by Crosby.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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1885 | George Augustus Pilkington | Liberal | |
1886 | George Nathaniel Curzon | Conservative | |
1898 | Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland | Liberal | |
1899 | George Augustus Pilkington | Liberal | |
1900 | Edward Marshall-Hall | Conservative | |
1906 | John Meir Astbury | Liberal | |
1910 | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | Conservative | |
1923 | John Fowler Leece Brunner | Liberal | |
1924 | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | Conservative | |
1931 | Robert Hudson | Conservative | |
1952 | Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh | Conservative | |
1959 | Ian Percival | Conservative | |
1987 | Ronnie Fearn | Liberal | |
1992 | Matthew Banks | Conservative | |
1997 | Ronnie Fearn | Liberal Democrats | |
2001 | John Pugh | Liberal Democrats |
[edit] History
The constituency has been a Liberal - Conservative marginal for much of its history, changing hands 10 times between the two parties since it was created in 1885. Its most notable MPs were George Nathaniel Curzon, future Viceroy of India, Edward Marshall-Hall one of the most notable trial Lawyers of the early 20th century and Sir John Brunner the leading Industrialist. On the decline of the Liberal Party in the 1930's the constituency became a safe Conservative Party seat.
With the rise again of the Liberal Party in the early 1970's, it again became a closely contested marginal. The constituency changed hands again in the 1987 general election, when it was taken by Ronnie Fearn of the Liberal Party for the SDP-Liberal Alliance (shortly before the two parties merged to form the Liberal Democrats).
Fearn lost the seat to the Conservatives' Matthew Banks at the 1992 election, only to regain it at the 1997 election. The Liberal Democrats have held the seat since then, with John Pugh representing the constituency since Fearn stood down in 2001. The constituency is at present the only one on Merseyside not held by the Labour Party.
An interesting note is that the current Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott ran for the seat in 1966, but came in second place.
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | John Pugh | 19,093 | 46.3 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Bigley | 15,255 | 37.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Paul Brant | 5,277 | 12.8 | -3.8 | |
UK Independence | Terry Durrance | 749 | 1.8 | +0.5 | |
Your Party | Bill Givens | 589 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Veritas | Harry Forster | 238 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 3,838 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 41,201 | 69.4 | +10.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.0 |
General Election 2001: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | John Pugh | 18,011 | 43.8 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Laurence Jones | 15,004 | 36.5 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Paul Brant | 6,816 | 16.6 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | David Green | 767 | 1.9 | +1.1 | |
UK Independence | Gerry Kelley | 555 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,007 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 41,153 | 58.6 | -13.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Fearn | 24,356 | 48.1 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Banks | 18,186 | 35.9 | ||
Labour | S Norman | 6,129 | 12.1 | ||
Referendum Party | F Buckle | 1,368 | 2.7 | ||
Liberal | S Ashton | 386 | 0.8 | ||
Natural Law | E Lines | 93 | 0.2 | ||
National Democrats | M Middleton | 92 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 6,170 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 50,610 | 72.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 8.9 |
General Election 1992: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Matthew Banks | 26,801 | 47.0 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Fearn | 23,018 | 41.5 | -6.4 | |
Labour | J King | 5,637 | 10.2 | +3.8 | |
Green | J Walker | 545 | 1.0 | -0.2 | |
Natural Law | G Clements | 159 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 3,063 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 55,440 | 77.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 4.5 |
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 26,110 | 47.9 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Nigel Thomas | 24,261 | 44.5 | -5.9 | |
Labour | Audrey Moore | 3,483 | 6.4 | -1.9 | |
Green | Justin Walker | 653 | 1.2 | ||
Majority | 1,849 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 54,507 | 76.3 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.7 |
General Election 1983: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Percival | 25,612 | 50.4 | -0.4 | |
Liberal | Ian Brodie-Browne | 20,573 | 40.5 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Francis Brady | 4,233 | 8.3 | -2.9 | |
Independent | K Wood | 374 | 0.7 | ||
Majority | 5,039 | 9.9 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,792 | 72.5 | -2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Percival | 25,953 | 50.8 | ||
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 19,426 | 38.0 | ||
Labour | I G James | 5,725 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 6,527 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 51,104 | 74.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election October 1974: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Percival | 23,014 | 47.2 | ||
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 17,387 | 35.7 | ||
Labour | I G James | 8,323 | 17.1 | ||
Majority | 5,627 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,724 | 73.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election February 1974: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Percival | 23,975 | 47.2 | ||
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 20,093 | 39.6 | ||
Labour | P R Ward | 6,690 | 13.2 | ||
Majority | 3,882 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 50,758 | 77.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1970: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Percival | 22,950 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 13,809 | 30.2 | ||
Labour | B T George | 8,950 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 9,141 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 45,709 | 70.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Percival | 22,324 | 51.0 | ||
Labour | John Prescott | 12,798 | 29.2 | ||
Liberal | C J Coleman | 8,630 | 19.7 | ||
Majority | 9,526 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 43,752 | 72.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1964: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Percival | 23,917 | 51.9 | ||
Labour | L Goldwater | 11,572 | 25.1 | ||
Liberal | C J Coleman | 10,609 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 12,345 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 46,098 | 76.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Percival | 26,905 | 56.0 | ||
Liberal | S Goldberg | 11,292 | 23.5 | ||
Labour | C W Hadfield | 9,805 | 20.4 | ||
Majority | 15,613 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,002 | 76.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1955: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh | 30,268 | 70.2 | ||
Labour | P Cameron | 12,827 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 17,441 | 40.5 | |||
Turnout | 43,095 | 68.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-election 1952: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh | 24,589 | |||
Labour | A L Tillotson | 11,310 | |||
Liberal | H D Bentliff | 3,776 | |||
Majority | 13,279 | ||||
Turnout | 39,675 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1951: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 30,388 | 60.2 | ||
Labour | H O Ellis | 12,535 | 24.8 | ||
Liberal | H D Bentliff | 7,576 | 15.0 | ||
Majority | 17,853 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | 50,499 | 77.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1950: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 29,766 | 56.3 | ||
Labour | J P Bonney | 14,159 | 26.8 | ||
Liberal | H Ellington | 8,933 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | 15,607 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 52,858 | 81.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 26,792 | 52.7 | -19.5 | |
Labour | W Hamling | 13,596 | 26.8 | -1.0 | |
Liberal | R Martin | 10,404 | 20.5 | ||
Majority | 13,196 | 25.9 | -18.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,792 | 74.2 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 29,652 | 72.2 | +3.8 | |
Labour | R C Willis | 11,419 | 27.8 | ||
Majority | 18,233 | 44.4 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,071 | 70.9 | -8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1931: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 30,307 | 68.4 | +20.1 | |
Liberal | R M Hughes | 13,983 | 31.6 | -7.8 | |
Majority | 16,324 | 36.8 | +27.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,290 | 79.7 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 21,161 | 48.3 | -12.7 | |
Liberal | C B Ramage | 17,220 | 39.4 | +0.4 | |
Labour | A L Williams | 5,380 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 3,941 | 8.9 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,761 | 79.6 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1924: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 17,430 | 61.0 | +12.8 | |
Liberal | John Fowler Leece Brunner | 11,158 | 39.0 | -12.8 | |
Majority | 6,272 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 28,588 | 78.7 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
General Election 1923: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | John Fowler Leece Brunner | 13,704 | 51.8 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | T W Comyn-Platt | 12,776 | 48.2 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 928 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 26,480 | 75.9 | -0.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
General Election 1922: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 13,733 | 53.2 | -18.8 | |
Liberal | John Fowler Leece Brunner | 12,068 | 46.8 | ||
Majority | 1,665 | 6.4 | -37.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,801 | 76.3 | +14.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Coalition Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 14,707 | 72.0 | +19.7 | |
Labour | A Greenwood | 5,727 | 28.0 | ||
Majority | 8,980 | 44.0 | +39.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,434 | 61.6 | -24.0 | ||
Coalition Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election December 1910: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 7,467 | 52.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | H B D Woodcock | 6,798 | 47.7 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 669 | 4.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,265 | 85.6 | -3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election January 1910: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 7,637 | 51.4 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Baron De Forest | 7,218 | 48.6 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 419 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 14,855 | 89.2 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1900s
General Election 1906: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | John Meir Astbury | 6,607 | 50.9 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Marshall-Hall | 6,367 | 49.1 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 240 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 12,974 | 87.3 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
General Election 1900: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Edward Marshall-Hall | 5,522 | 51.0 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 5,313 | 49.0 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 209 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 10,835 | 82.3 | -2.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1890s
By-election 1899: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 5,635 | 52.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | C B Balfour | 5,052 | 47.3 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 583 | 5.4 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,687 | 84.4 | +4.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
By-election 1898: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland | 5,100 | 51.4 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Lord Skelmersdale | 4,828 | 48.6 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 272 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 9,928 | 80.1 | -2.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
General Election 1895: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | George Nathaniel Curzon | 5,162 | 54.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland | 4,399 | 46.0 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 763 | 8.0 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,561 | 83.0 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1892: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | George Nathaniel Curzon | 4,752 | 53.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | G H Pollard | 4,148 | 46.6 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 604 | 6.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,900 | 84.6 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1880s
General Election 1886: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | George Nathaniel Curzon | 3,723 | 53.3 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 3,262 | 46.7 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 461 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,985 | 82.8 | -4.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
General Election 1885: Southport | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 3,741 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | J E Edwards-Moss | 3,581 | 48.9 | ||
Majority | 160 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,322 | 86.8 |
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Historical list of MPs
- Election results, 1950 - 2005
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949