Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool, Wavertree
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Liverpool, Wavertree in Merseyside.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	61,679 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Luciana Berger (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Liverpool, Wavertree is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Luciana Berger of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton, Garston, Much Woolton, Wavertree, and Wavertree West.

1950-1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Old Swan, Wavertree, and Wavertree West.

1997-2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Broadgreen, Childwall, Church, Kensington, Old Swan, and Picton.

2010–present: The City of Liverpool wards of Childwall, Church, Kensington and Fairfield, Old Swan, Picton, and Wavertree.

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool, and covers the localities in the eastern parts of the city such as Wavertree, Broadgreen, Childwall, Edge Hill, Kensington, Fairfield, part of Mossley Hill and Old Swan.

History

The present Liverpool Wavertree constituency dates from 1997. It contained parts of the former constituencies of Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill. It was held by Jane Kennedy of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2010, the former Broadgreen MP. The Liberal Democrats are the main and realistic challenge to Labour since 1997, as is the case in other Liverpool constituencies - in the 2005 election the Labour lead over the Liberal Democrats was cut from 38 points to 15 points.^[2] For the 2010 election Jane Kennedy stood down (retired as an MP) and Luciana Berger was announced as Labour's new candidate, which caused some friction and controversy in the local constituency party, such as concerns that Berger is not locally-rooted (she is originally from North London), and her associations with out-going MP Kennedy.^[3]

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), a direct comparison must take into account the differing boundaries since the 1997 recreation,^[2] with more inner-city denser housing estates home to constituents on a lower income than the average in the North West.^[4]

In the 2010 election, the Liberal Democrats targeting of the seat led to high turnout^[5] however it was comfortably held by Labour with a 2.1% swing away from the Liberal Democrats. The unexpected turnout led unusually to one polling station running out of ballot papers.^[5] This seat also produced the BNP's worst result for a candidate standing in the 2010 election, their candidate polling just 0.4% of the vote, considerably less than the 5% score needed for retention of a deposit, and bottom out of an unusually high number of candidates for the area, seven.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918-1983

Election		Member^[6]	Party
	1918	Nathan Raw	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Sir Harold Smith	Conservative
	1923	Hugh Reynolds Rathbone	Liberal
	1924	John Abraham Tinne	Conservative
	1931 by-election	Ronald Nall-Cain	Conservative
	1935 by-election	Joseph Jackson Cleary	Labour
	1935	Peter Stapleton Shaw	Conservative
	1945	Victor Raikes	Conservative
	1950	John Tilney	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Anthony Steen	Conservative
1983		Constituency abolished

MPs 1997-present

Election		Member^[6]	Party
	1997	Jane Kennedy	Labour
	2010	Luciana Berger	Labour Co-operative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Liverpool Wavertree^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Luciana Berger	28,401	69.3	+16.2
	Conservative	James Pearson	4,098	10.0	+2.5
	UKIP	Adam Heatherington	3,375	8.2	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Leo Evans	2,454	6.0	-28.2
	Green	Peter Cranie	2,140	5.2	+3.6
	TUSC	David Walsh	362	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Niamh McCarthy	144	0.4	+0.4
Majority			24,303	59.3	+40.4
Turnout			40,974	66.4	+5.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+6.9

General Election 2010: Liverpool Wavertree^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Luciana Berger	20,132	53.1	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Eldridge	12,965	34.2	−3.5
	Conservative	Andrew Garnett	2,830	7.5	+1.0
	UKIP	Neil Miney	890	2.3	+0.4
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	598	1.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Kim Singleton	200	0.5	−0.2
	BNP	Steven McEllenborough	150	0.4	N/A
Majority			7,167	18.9
Turnout			37,914	60.6	12.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Elizabeth Kennedy	18,441	52.4	−10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Eldridge	13,268	37.7	+13.3
	Conservative	Jason W. Steen	2,331	6.6	−3.0
	UKIP	Mark E. Bill	660	1.9	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Gary Theys	244	0.7	−0.4
	Democratic Socialist Alliance	Paul Filby	227	0.6	−0.5
Majority			5,173	14.7	−23.9
Turnout			35,171	50.8	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.8

General Election 2001: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Elizabeth Kennedy	20,155	62.7	−1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Newby	7,836	24.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Geoffrey Samuel Allen	3,091	9.6	−1.2
	Socialist Labour	Michael John Lane	359	1.1	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Mark Terence O'Brien	349	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Miney	348	1.1	N/A
Majority			12,319	38.3	−4.6
Turnout			32,138	44.3	−18.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Elizabeth Kennedy	29,592	64.4	+23.1
	Liberal Democrat	Richard C. Kemp	9,891	21.5	−13.2
	Conservative	Kit Malthouse	4,944	10.8	−1.7
	Referendum	Peter A. Worthington	576	1.3	N/A
	Liberal	Keith McCullough	391	0.9	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Mrs. Racheal A. Kingsley	346	0.8	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Mrs.Carole Corkhill	178	0.4	N/A
Majority			19,701	42.9	N/A
Turnout			45,918	62.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

^[9]

General Election 1992: Liverpool Wavertree (Notional)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour			41.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat			34.7	N/A
	Conservative			12.5	N/A
	Others			11.5	N/A
Majority				6.6	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Steen	21,770	50.27
	Labour	Roy Morris	14,828	34.24
	Liberal	C. W. Roberts	6,705	15.48
Majority			6,942	16.03
Turnout				73.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Steen	18,971	45.85
	Labour	Roy Morris	16,216	39.19
	Liberal	Anthony Limont	6,193	14.97
Majority			2,755	6.66
Turnout				69.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Steen	19,027	43.02
	Labour	Ian Levin	13,752	31.09
	Liberal	Cyril Carr	11,450	25.89
Majority			5,275	11.93
Turnout				74.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tilney	19,127	46.62
	Liberal	Cyril Carr	11,650	28.39	+11.2
	Labour	Gordon Woodburn	10,253	24.99
Majority			7,477	18.22
Turnout				69.22
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tilney	19,179	48.58
	Labour	Robert Ashcroft	13,529	34.27
	Liberal	Cyril Carr	6,771	17.15
Majority			5,650	14.31
Turnout				70.97
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tilney	20,598	49.45
	Labour	Stanley Thorne	12,338	29.62
	Liberal	Cyril Carr	8,719	20.93
Majority			8,260	19.83
Turnout				73.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tilney	26,624	63.12
	Labour	Milicent Aspin	10,392	24.64
	Liberal	Tom S. Rothwell	5,161	12.24
Majority			16,232	38.49
Turnout				75.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tilney	28,172	69.18
	Labour	Milicent Aspin	12,552	30.82
Majority			15,620	38.36
Turnout				70.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tilney	28,179	58.85
	Labour	William Hamling	19,702	41.15
Majority			8,477	17.70
Turnout				78.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tilney	26,164	52.08
	Labour	William Hamling	18,559	36.94
	Liberal	Thomas John Vernon Parry	5,512	10.97
Majority			7,605	15.14
Turnout				82.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Victor Raikes	25,470	48.2	−10.3
	Labour	Derek Maurice Van Abbé	20,249	38.4	−3.1
	Liberal	Leslie H. Storey	7,063	13.4	N/A
Majority			5,221	9.8	−7.2
Turnout				73.1	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.6

A general election was planned for 1939/1940 but was postponed because of war. By the end of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Peter Stapleton Shaw
Labour: Clifford Kenyon
Liberal: Nelia Muspratt

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Stapleton Shaw	26,915	58.5	+27.3
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	19,068	41.5	+6.1
Majority			7,847	17.0
Turnout			45,983	73.2	+0.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+10.6

Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 6 February 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	15,611	35.3	+13.2
	Conservative	James Platt	13,711	31.2	−46.7
	Independent Conservative	Randolph Churchill	10,575	23.9	N/A
	Liberal	A.Morris	4,208	9.5	N/A
Majority			1,840	4.1
Turnout			44,165	72.3	−2.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	−30.0

General Election 1931: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Nall-Cain	33,476	77.9	+12.9
	Labour	Colin Grant Clark	9,504	22.1	−12.9
Majority			23,972	55.8	+25.8
Turnout			42,980	75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.9

Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 23 June 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Nall-Cain	18,687	65.0	+25.0
	Labour	Samuel L. Treleaven	10,042	35.0	+2.8
Majority			8,645	30.0	+22.2
Turnout			28,729	51.7	−26.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.2

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Abraham Tinne	16,880	40.0	−7.4
	Labour	Samuel Lewis Treleaven	13,585	32.2	−2.8
	Liberal	Hugh Reynolds Rathbone	11,723	27.8	+10.2
Majority			3,295	7.8	−4.6
Turnout			42,188	78.1	−2.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	−2.3

General Election 1924: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Abraham Tinne	14,063	47.4
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	10,383	35.0
	Liberal	Hugh Reynolds Rathbone	5,206	17.6
Majority			3,680	12.4	15.0
Turnout				80.3
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Liverpool Wavertree ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Reynolds Rathbone	9,349	37.3	n/a
	Unionist	Sir Harold Smith	8,700	34.7	-26.9
	Labour	James Vint Laughland	7,025	28.0	-10.4
Majority			649	2.6	25.8
Turnout				71.9	+
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	n/a

General Election 1922: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Harold Smith	14,372
	Labour	James Vint Laughland	8,941
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lt-Col. Nathan Raw	11,326
	Labour	Charles Wilson	5,103
	Liberal	Sir Alfred Allen Booth	2,484
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
1 2 General Election Results from the Electoral Commission
↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/crash-landing-for-labour-candidate-parachuted-into-liverpool-1951962.html Crash landing for Labour Candidate parachuted into Liverpool,The Independent 23 April 2010
↑ 2001 Census
1 2 Liverpool polling station runs out of ballots, BBC News, 7 May 2010
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
↑ "Liverpool Wavertree". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
↑ BBC News, Election result, 7 May 2010
↑ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EB2.html
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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