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 (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill and Liverpool Garston[2] |
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.[3] 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.[4]
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,[3] with more inner-city denser housing estates home to constituents on a lower income than the average in the North West.[5]
In the 2010 election, the Liberal Democrats targeting of the seat led to high turnout[6] 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.[6] 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
MPs 1997-present
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Jane Kennedy | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Luciana Berger | Labour Co-operative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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 Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Luciana Berger | 20,132 | 53.1 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | K.A. | |
Socialist Labour | Kim Singleton | 200 | 0.5 | −0.2 | |
BNP | Steven McEllenborough | 150 | 0.4 | K.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 Elizabeth Kennedy | 18,441 | 52.4 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Elizabeth Kennedy | 20,155 | 62.7 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | K.A. | |
Socialist Alliance | Mark Terence O'Brien | 349 | 1.1 | K.A. | |
UKIP | Neil Lawrence Miney | 348 | 1.1 | K.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 Elizabeth Kennedy | 29,592 | 64.4 | +23.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | K.A. | |
Liberal | Keith McCullough | 391 | 0.9 | K.A. | |
ProLife Alliance | Mrs. Racheal A. Kingsley | 346 | 0.8 | K.A. | |
Workers Revolutionary | Mrs.Carole Corkhill | 178 | 0.4 | K.A. | |
Majority | 19,701 | 42.9 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 45,918 | 62.7 | K.A. | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 41.3 | K.A. | |||
Liberal Democrats | 34.7 | K.A. | |||
Conservative | 12.5 | K.A. | |||
Others | 11.5 | K.A. | |||
Majority | 6.6 | K.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 S. 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 | 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 | K.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 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary | 15,611 | 35.3 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | James Platt | 13,711 | 31.2 | −46.7 | |
Ind. Conservative | Randolph Churchill | 10,575 | 23.9 | K.A. | |
Liberal | A.Morris | 4,208 | 9.5 | K.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 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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir 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 | Sir Alfred Allen 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. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "'Liverpool Wavertree', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b Liverpool polling station runs out of ballots, BBC News, 7 May 2010
- ^ a b 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