Southport (UK Parliament constituency)

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Southport Borough constituency
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 borough 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 History 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 4.3 Elections in the 1980s 4.4 Elections in the 1970s 4.5 Elections in the 1960s 4.6 Elections in the 1950s 4.7 Elections in the 1940s 4.8 Elections in the 1930s 4.9 Elections in the 1920s 4.10 Elections in the 1910s 4.11 Elections in the 1900s 4.12 Elections in the 1890s 4.13 Elections in the 1880s 5 See also 6 Sources

[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

Election		Member	Party
	1885	George Augustus Pilkington	Liberal
	1886	George Nathaniel Curzon	Conservative
	1898	Sir Herbert 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
	1988		Liberal Democrats
	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 Fowler Leece Brunner, son of the leading industrialist Sir John Tomlinson Brunner. 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 former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott ran for the seat in 1966, but came in second place.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Next United Kingdom general election: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UK Independence	Terry Durrance
	Liberal Democrat	John Pugh

General Election 2005: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	+1.0

General Election 2001: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ronnie Fearn	24,356	48.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Matthew Banks	18,186	35.9	-11.1
	Labour	S Norman	6,129	12.1	+1.9
	Referendum Party	F Buckle	1,368	2.7
	Liberal	S Ashton	386	0.8
	Natural Law	E Lines	93	0.2	-0.1
	National Democrats	M Middleton	92	0.2
Majority			6,170	12.2
Turnout			50,610	72.1	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	8.9

General Election 1992: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Banks	26,801	47.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing	4.5

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Southport
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Southport by-election, 1952
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Southport by-election, 1899
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

Southport by-election, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Herbert 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Nathaniel Curzon	5,162	54.0	+0.6
	Liberal	Sir Herbert 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
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
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
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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

[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

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