Birkenhead East (UK Parliament constituency)

Birkenhead East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members one

Birkenhead East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Birkenhead area of Merseyside. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system

Contents

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Alfred Bigland Coalition Conservative
1922 Henry Graham White Liberal
1924 William Henry Stott Conservative
1929 Henry Graham White Liberal
1945 Frank Soskice Labour
1950 'constituency abolished: see Birkenhead'

Election results

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Birkenhead East:[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Soskice 14,790 45.43
Liberal Henry Graham White 10,140 31.15
Conservative R N Butcher 7,624 23.42
Majority 4,650
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Birkenhead East:[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Graham White 16,548 48.1
Conservative S J Hill 9,854 28.6
Labour M A Mercer 8,028 23.32
Majority 4,650

References

  1. ^ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i02.htm
  2. ^ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge35/i02.htm