Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool, Wavertree | |
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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 |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill and Liverpool Garston[2] |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Liverpool, Wavertree is a borough constituency[n 1] of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[n 2] It was created in 1997 and has been held continuously for Labour, currently by Luciana Berger. An earlier constituency of the same name existed between 1918 and 1983, but lay further to the south-east, and was a predominantly Conservative seat.
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.[3] For the 2010 election Jane Kennedy stood down (retired as an MP) and Luciana Berger was announced as Labour's candidate, which caused some friction in the local constituency party, especially her close connection with Kennedy.[4]
An earlier Liverpool Wavertree constituency existed until 1983; this was further to the south-east in the city and was predominantly a Conservative seat, occasionally with large majorities. It had been created in 1918, but a declining population in the 1970's caused it to be split between Liverpool Garston and the newly-formed Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill constituencies. 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,[3] with more inner-city areas, home to constituents on a lower income than the average in the North West[5] and traditionally less sympathetic to Conservative policies. The 2015 result made the seat the 7th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[6]
In the 2010 election, the Liberal Democrats targeting of the seat led to high turnout[7] 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.[7]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Luciana Berger | 34,717 | 79.5 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Denise Haddad | 5,251 | 12.0 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Kemp | 2,858 | 6.5 | 0.5 | |
Green | Ted Grant | 598 | 1.4 | -3.8 | |
Independent | Adam Heatherington | 216 | 0.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 29,466 | 67.5 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,640 | 70.1 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
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 | New | |
Independent | Niamh McCarthy | 144 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 24,303 | 59.3 | +40.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,974 | 66.4 | +5.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Kennedy | 20,155 | 62.7 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Newby | 7,836 | 24.4 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Allen | 3,091 | 9.6 | −1.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Michael Lane | 359 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Mark O'Brien | 349 | 1.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Neil 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane 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 | Racheal A. Kingsley | 346 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Carole Corkhill | 178 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,701 | 42.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,918 | 62.7 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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
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 | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Tilney | 26,624 | 63.12 | ||
Labour | Milicent Aspin | 10,392 | 24.64 | ||
Liberal | Tom Stuttard Rothwell | 5,161 | 12.24 | ||
Majority | 16,232 | 38.49 | |||
Turnout | 75.75 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Stapleton Shaw | 26,915 | 58.5 | +27.3 | |
Labour | Joseph 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph 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 | Tudor 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Nall-Cain | 33,476 | 77.9 | +12.9 | |
Labour | Colin Clark | 9,504 | 22.1 | −12.9 | |
Majority | 23,972 | 55.8 | +25.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,980 | 75.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Nall-Cain | 18,687 | 65.0 | +25.0 | |
Labour | Samuel Lewis 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Tinné | 16,880 | 40.0 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Samuel Lewis Treleaven | 13,585 | 32.2 | −2.8 | |
Liberal | Hugh 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Tinné | 14,063 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | William Robinson | 10,383 | 35.0 | ||
Liberal | Hugh Rathbone | 5,206 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 3,680 | 12.4 | 15.0 | ||
Turnout | 80.3 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Rathbone | 9,349 | 37.3 | n/a | |
Unionist | 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Harold Smith | 14,372 | |||
Labour | James Vint Laughland | 8,941 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 11,326 | ||||
Labour | Charles Wilson | 5,103 | |||
Liberal | Alfred Booth | 2,484 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
See also
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. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "'Liverpool Wavertree', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- 1 2 "Electoral Commission - Previous UK general elections". www.electoralcommission.org.uk.
- ↑ Brown, Jonathan (23 April 2010). "Crash landing for Labour candidate parachuted into Liverpool". The Independent. London. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. line feed character in
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- 1 2 "BBC News - Liverpool polling station runs out of ballots". news.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
- ↑ http://liverpool.gov.uk/media/1356176/sopn-nop-liverpool-wavertree.docx
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Liverpool Wavertree". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Liverpool Wavertree". news.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "British Parliamentary Election results 1997-: English Boroughs part 2". www.election.demon.co.uk.
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig