Liverpool Kirkdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Kirkdale
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1983
Number of members	one

Liverpool Kirkdale was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom covering Kirkdale, Liverpool. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[1]	Party
	1885	Sir George Baden-Powell	Conservative
	1898 by-election	David MacIver	Conservative
	1907 by-election	Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist
	1910 by-election	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	Conservative
	1915 by-election	John Pennefather	Conservative
	1929	Elijah Sandham	Labour
	1931	Sir Robert Rankin	Conservative
	1945	William Keenan	Labour
	1955	Norman Pannell	Conservative
	1964	James Dunn	Labour
	1981	James Dunn	SDP
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	17,043	56.1	−5.3
	Conservative	M. Fitzsimmons	9,334	30.7	+2.2
	Liberal	P. Mahon	3,819	12.6	+2.5
	National Front	W. Williams	198	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,709	25.4
Turnout			30,394	70.2	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.8

General Election October 1974: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	17,686	61.4	+8.7
	Conservative	M.J. Jones	8,205	28.5	−3.3
	Liberal	M. Storey	2,908	10.1	−5.5
Majority			9,481	32.9
Turnout			28,799	63.5	−6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

General Election February 1974: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	16,443	52.7	−3.8
	Conservative	J. Gillin	9,918	31.8	−11.7
	Liberal	P. Mahon	4,866	15.6	N/A
Majority			6,525	20.9
Turnout			31,227	69.5	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

General Election 1970: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	17,678	56.5	−2.8
	Conservative	Michael P. Tinne	13,615	43.5	+2.8
Majority			4,063	13.0
Turnout			31,293	63.7	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.8

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	19,233	59.3	+3.8
	Conservative	Norman Pannell	13,219	40.7	−3.8
Majority			6,014	18.5
Turnout			32,452	65.7	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

General Election 1964: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	20,128	55.5	+8.8
	Conservative	Norman Pannell	16,120	44.5	−8.8
Majority			4,008	11.1
Turnout			36,248	69.1	−4.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.8

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Pannell	22,416	53.3	+1.2
	Labour	T.H. Hockton	19,669	46.7	−1.2
Majority			2,747	6.5
Turnout			42,085	73.7	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

General Election 1955: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Pannell	22,356	52.1	+3.1
	Labour	William Keenan	20,542	47.9	−3.1
Majority			1,814	4.2
Turnout			42,898	70.6	−7.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.1

General Election 1951: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Keenan	19,637	51.0	+2.3
	Conservative	D.J. Lewis	18,879	49.0	+1.9
Majority			758	2.0
Turnout			38,516	77.9	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

General Election 1950: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Keenan	19,219	48.7	−5.4
	Conservative	D.J. Lewis	18,591	47.1	+14.5
	Liberal	June Stannaught Pritchard	1,648	4.2	N/A
Majority			628	1.6
Turnout			39,458	79.7	+15.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.0

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Keenan	10,640	54.1	+17.4
	Conservative	Aled Owen Roberts	6,414	32.6	−6.2
	Independent	Rev. H.D. Longbottom	2,601	13.2	−11.4
Majority			4,226	21.5
Turnout			19,655	64.3	−5.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.8

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert Rankin	10,540	38.8	−6.4
	Labour	J. Hamilton	9,984	36.7	N/A
	Independent	Rev. H.D. Longbottom	6,677	24.6	−0.1
Majority			556	2.0
Turnout			27,201	69.5	−8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert Rankin	14,303	45.2
	Ind. Labour Party	Elijah Sandham	9,531	30.1
	Liverpool Protestant Party	Rev. H.D. Longbottom	7,834	24.7
Majority			4,772	15.1
Turnout			31,668	77.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elijah Sandham	15,222	51.3
	Conservative	Sir Robert Rankin	14,429	48.7
Majority			793	2.6
Turnout				72.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, December 1885 ^[2] new seat Electorate: 8,346 Turnout: 6,317 (73.5%)	Conservative Majority: 1,410 (22.9%)	George Baden-Powell	Conservative	3,391	55.2	n/a
		J. Samuelson	Lib-Lab	1,981	32.3	n/a
		John Edward Redmond	Irish Nationalist	765	12.5	n/a
General election, July 1886 ^[2] Electorate: 8.346 Turnout: 5,156 (63.0%) −10.5	Conservative hold Majority: 912 (17.4%) −5.5 Swing: 2.8% from Con to Lib	George Baden-Powell	Conservative	3,084	58.7	+3.5
		Ralph Neville	Liberal	2,172	41.3	+9.0
General election, July 1892 ^[2] Electorate: 9,567 Turnout: 6,523 (68.2%) +5.2	Conservative win Majority: 977 (15.0%) −2.4 Swing: 1.2% from Con to Lib-Lab	George Baden-Powell	Conservative	3,750	57.5	−0.8
		T. R. Threlfall	Lib-Lab	2,773	42.5	+0.8
General election, July 1895 ^[2] Electorate: 9,631 Turnout: 65.3% (−2.9)	Conservative hold Majority: 1,350 (21.4%) +6.4 Swing: 3.2% from Lib to Con	Sir George Baden-Powell	Conservative	3,818	60.7	+3.2
		B. S. Johnson	Liberal	2,468	39.3	−3.2
By-election, December 1898 ^[2]	Conservative hold	David MacIver	Conservative	unopposed
General election, October 1900 ^[2] Electorate: 10,695 Turnout: 6,071 (56.8%) −8.5	Conservative hold Majority: 2,595 (42.8%) +21.4 Swing: 10.7% from Lib to Con	Sir George Baden-Powell	Conservative	4,333	71.4	+10.7
		Richard Cherry	Liberal	1,738	28.6	−10.7
General election, January 1906 ^[2] Electorate: 10,596 Turnout: 6,284 (65.2%) +8.4	Conservative hold Majority: 592 (8.6%) −34.2	David MacIver	Conservative	3,749	54.3	−17.1
	Conservative hold Majority: 592 (8.6%) −34.2	J. Conley	Labour	3,157	45.7	n/a
By-election, September 1907 ^[2] death of MacIver Electorate: 10,529 Turnout: 7,330 (69.6%) +4.4	Conservative hold Majority: 670 (9.2%) +0.6 Swing: 0.3% from Lab to Con	Charles MacArthur	Conservative	4,000	54.6	+0.3
		John Hill	Labour	3,330	45.4	−0.3
General election, January 1910 ^[2] Electorate: 10,361 Turnout: 6,065 (77.8%) +8.2	Conservative hold Majority: 223 (2.8%) −6.4 Swing: 3.2% from Con to Lab	Charles MacArthur	Conservative	4,144	51.4	−3.2
		A. G. Cameron	Labour	3,921	48.6	+3.2
By-election, July 1910 ^[2] death of MacArthur Electorate: 10,361 Turnout: 74.3% (−3.5)	Conservative hold Majority: 841 (11.0%) +8.2 Swing: 4.1% from Lab to Con	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	Conservative	4,268	55.5	+4.1
		A. G. Cameron	Labour	3,427	44.5	−4.1
General election, December 1910 ^[2] Electorate: 10,361 Turnout: 7,197 (69.5%) −4.8	Conservative hold Majority: 1,213 (16.8%) +5.8 Swing: 2.9% from Lab to Con	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	Conservative	4,205	58.4	+2.9
		T. McKerrell	Labour	2,992	41.6	−2.9
By-election, February 1915 ^[2] resignation of Kyffin-Taylor	Conservative hold	John Pennefather	Conservative	unopposed

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 142. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.