Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)
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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] |
Major settlements | Broad Green, Edge Hill, Wavertree |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Paula Barker (Labour) |
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] |
Created from | Liverpool East Toxteth and Liverpool Walton |
Liverpool Wavertree is a borough constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1997 and every election since has been won by a Labour Party candidate.
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[]
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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 Broadgreen, Childwall, Church, and Old Swan.
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 1997-2010, who was also the former MP for Liverpool Broadgreen. At the 2005 general election, the Labour lead over the Liberal Democrats was cut from 38 points to 15 points.[3] At the 2010 general election, Jane Kennedy retired, and Luciana Berger was selected as the official Labour candidate, which caused some friction in the local CLP, especially due to 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 1970s caused it to be split between Liverpool Garston, the newly-formed Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill constituencies. While the Conservatives have fared badly in the new Wavertree constituency (polling under 7% at the 2005 general election), a direct comparison must take into account the differing boundaries since the 1997 recreation:[3] with more inner-city areas than its previous incarnation, the seat is home to constituents on a lower income than the average in the North West[5] and who are traditionally less sympathetic to Conservative policies. The 2015 general election result made the seat the seventh-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[6]
At the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats' targeting of the seat led to a high turnout;[7] however, it was comfortably retained 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[]
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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1918 | Nathan Raw | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Sir Harold Smith | Unionist | |
1923 | Hugh Rathbone | Liberal | |
1924 | John Tinné | Unionist | |
1931 by-election | Ronald Nall-Cain | Conservative | |
1935 by-election | Joseph Cleary | Labour | |
1935 | Peter Stapleton Shaw | Conservative | |
1945 | Victor Raikes | ||
1950 | John Tilney | ||
Feb 1974 | Anthony Steen | ||
1983 | Constituency abolished | ||
1997 | Jane Kennedy | Labour | |
2010 | Luciana Berger | Labour | |
2019 | Change UK | ||
Independent | |||
The Independents | |||
Liberal Democrats | |||
2019 | Paula Barker | Labour |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Barker | 31,310 | 72.2 | –7.3 | |
Conservative | Catherine Mulhern | 4,225 | 9.7 | –2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 4,055 | 9.3 | +2.8 | |
Brexit Party | Adam Heatherington | 1,921 | 4.4 | New | |
Green | Kay Inckle | 1,365 | 3.1 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Mick Coyne | 501 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 27,085 | 62.4 | –5.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,377 | 68.4 | –1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Luciana Berger | 34,717 | 79.5 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Denise Haddad | 5,251 | 12.0 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 2,858 | 6.5 | +0.5 | |
Green | Ted Grant | 598 | 1.4 | -3.8 | |
Independent | Adam Heatherington | 216 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 29,466 | 67.5 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,640 | 70.1 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 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 | New | |
Independent | Niamh McCarthy | 144 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 24,303 | 59.3 | +40.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,974 | 66.4 | +5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 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 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Kim Singleton | 200 | 0.5 | −0.2 | |
BNP | Steven McEllenborough | 150 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,167 | 18.9 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,914 | 60.6 | +12.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane 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 | −23.6 | ||
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 Democrats | Christopher Newby | 7,836 | 24.4 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Allen | 3,091 | 9.6 | −1.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Michael Lane | 359 | 1.1 | New | |
Socialist Alliance | Mark O'Brien | 349 | 1.1 | New | |
UKIP | Neil Miney | 348 | 1.1 | New | |
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 | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane 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 | New | |
Liberal | Keith McCullough | 391 | 0.9 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Racheal A. Kingsley | 346 | 0.8 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Carole Corkhill | 178 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 19,701 | 42.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,918 | 62.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Steen | 21,770 | 50.3 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Roy Morris | 14,828 | 34.2 | -5.0 | |
Liberal | C. W. Roberts | 6,705 | 15.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 6,942 | 15.9 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,303 | 73.4 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Steen | 18,971 | 45.85 | +2.83 | |
Labour | Roy Morris | 16,216 | 39.19 | +8.10 | |
Liberal | Anthony Limont | 6,193 | 14.97 | ||
Majority | 2,755 | 6.66 | |||
Turnout | 41,380 | 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 | 44,229 | 74.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Tilney | 19,127 | 46.6 | -2.0 | |
Liberal | Cyril Carr | 11,650 | 28.4 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Gordon Woodburn | 10,253 | 25.0 | -9.3 | |
Majority | 7,477 | 18.2 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,030 | 69.2 | -0.9 | ||
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 | 39,479 | 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 | 41,655 | 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 | New | |
Majority | 16,232 | 38.48 | |||
Turnout | 42,177 | 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 | 40,724 | 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 | 47,881 | 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 | 50,235 | 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 Hall Storey | 7,063 | 13.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,221 | 9.8 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,782 | 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 | -19.4 | |
Labour | Joseph Cleary | 19,068 | 41.5 | +19.4 | |
Majority | 7,847 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,983 | 73.2 | -2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Cleary | 15,611 | 35.3 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | James Platt | 13,711 | 31.2 | −46.7 | |
Ind. Conservative | Randolph Churchill | 10,575 | 23.9 | New | |
Liberal | Tudor Artro Morris | 4,208 | 9.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,840 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
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 | -3.9 | ||
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 | ||
Registered electors | 53,989 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Tinné | 14,063 | 47.4 | +12.7 | |
Labour | William Robinson | 10,383 | 35.0 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | Hugh Rathbone | 5,206 | 17.6 | −19.7 | |
Majority | 3,680 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,652 | 80.3 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 36,936 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Rathbone | 9,349 | 37.3 | New | |
Unionist | Harold Smith | 8,700 | 34.7 | −26.9 | |
Labour | James Vint Laughland | 7,025 | 28.0 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 649 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,074 | 71.9 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 34,869 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Harold Smith | 14,372 | 61.6 | +1.7 | |
Labour | James Vint Laughland | 8,941 | 38.4 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 5,431 | 23.2 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 23,313 | 69.5 | +9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 33,558 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Nathan Raw | 11,326 | 59.9 | |
Labour | Charles Wilson | 5,103 | 27.0 | ||
Liberal | Alfred Allen Booth | 2,484 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 6,223 | 32.9 | |||
Turnout | 18,913 | 60.5 | |||
Registered electors | 31,262 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
See also[]
- List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside
Notes and references[]
- Notes
- References
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
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- ^ "BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Liverpool Wavertree". news.bbc.co.uk.
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- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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