Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 53°26′20″N 2°53′28″W / 53.439°N 2.891°W / 53.439; -2.891

Liverpool, West Derby
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Liverpool, West Derby in Merseyside.
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Location of Merseyside within England.
County Merseyside
Electorate 62,709 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament Stephen Twigg (Labour Co-operative)
Number of members One
Created from Liverpool
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European Parliament constituency North West England

Liverpool, West Derby is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool. It covers the north-east of the city, including Croxteth, Gillmoss, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook, Stoneycroft as well as West Derby itself.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified West Derby constituency, which was fought at the 2010 general election.

Their original proposal to create a cross-border "Croxteth and Kirkby" seat (which would have contained with electoral wards from Knowsley borough, as well as from Liverpool) was dropped following public consultation. The electoral wards used in the modified West Derby constituency are:

[edit] History

The seat can be considered a safe seat for the Labour Party, with them having been victorious in every general election since 1964. However, in the early 1980s it was briefly held by the Social Democratic Party after the sitting Labour MP Eric Ogden defected. Labour regained the seat at the 1983 general election, when Bob Wareing first took office.

Prior to 1964, it was held by the Conservatives, although their share of the vote has declined considerably; so much so that in the last four general elections, they have finished in fourth place.

The seat was notable in the general elections of 1997 and 2001 for being the only constituency in England in which a minor party came second, namely the Liberal Party. In the 2005 election, however, the Liberals were pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Stephen Twigg who sits as a Labour Co-operative

Election Member[2] Party
1885 Lord Claud Hamilton Conservative
1888 by-election Hon. William Cross Conservative
1893 by-election Walter Long Conservative
1900 Samuel Wasse Higginbottom Conservative
1903 by-election William Rutherford Conservative
1918 Sir F. E. Smith, Bt Conservative
1919 by-election Sir William Reginald Hall Conservative
1923 Charles Sydney Jones Liberal
1924 Sir John Sandeman Allen Conservative
1935 David Maxwell Fyfe Conservative
1954 by-election John Woollam Conservative
1964 Eric Ogden Labour
1981 SDP
1983 Bob Wareing Labour
2007 Independent
2010 Stephen Twigg Labour Co-operative

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Stephen Twigg 22,953 64.1 +3.6
Liberal Democrat Paul Twigger 4,486 12.5 −2.7
Liberal Steve Radford 3,327 9.3 −2.5
Conservative Pamela Hall 3,311 9.3 +1.1
UKIP Hilary Jones 1,093 3.1 +1.1
Socialist Labour Kai Anderson 614 1.7 '−0.6
Majority 18,467 50.6
Turnout 35,784 56.7 +11.0
Labour hold Swing 3.2

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Wareing 19,140 62.83 −3.4
Liberal Democrat Patrick Moloney 3,915 12.85 +2.0
Liberal Steve Radford 3,606 11.84 −3.1
Conservative Peter Garrett 2,567 8.43 +0.4
Socialist Labour Kai Anderson 698 2.3 N/A
UKIP Peter Baden 538 1.8 N/A
Majority 15225 50.0 −1.3
Turnout 30464 47.16 +1.7
Labour hold Swing -2.7
General Election 2001: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Wareing 20,454 66.2
Liberal Steve Radford 4,601 14.9
Liberal Democrat Patrick Moloney 3,366 10.9
Conservative William Clare 2,486 8.0
Majority 15,853 51.3
Turnout 30,907
Labour hold Swing -1.9

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Wareing 30,002 71.2 +3.0
Liberal Steve Radford 4,037 9.6 +7.0
Liberal Democrat A Hines 3,805 9.0 -3.2
Conservative N Morgan 3,656 8.7 -7.9
Referendum Party P Forest 657 1.6 +1.6
Majority 25,965 61.6
Turnout 61.3
Labour hold Swing +5.5
General Election 1992: Liverpool West Derby[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Wareing 27,014 68.2 +2.9
Conservative Stephen Fitzsimmons 6,589 16.6 −2.6
Liberal Democrat Miss Gillian S. Bundred 4,838 12.2 −3.3
Liberal Derek Curtis 1,021 2.6 N/A
Natural Law C.J. Higgins 154 0.4 N/A
Majority 20,425 51.6 +5.5
Turnout 39,616 69.8 −3.6
Labour hold Swing +2.8

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Wareing 29,021 65.3 +10.8
Conservative John E. Backhouse 8,525 19.2 -8.3
Social Democrat M. Ferguson 6,897 15.5 -2.5
Majority 20,496 46.1
Turnout 44,443 73.4
Labour hold Swing +9.6
General Election 1983: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Wareing 23,905 54.5
Conservative W.M. Trelawney 12,062 27.5
Social Democrat Eric Ogden 7,871 18.0
Majority 11,843 27.0
Turnout 43,838 69.5
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Ogden 22,576 55.47 -5.01
Conservative D P M Hudson 14,356 35.28 +6.40
Liberal A Humphreys 3,765 9.25 -1.39
Majority 8,220 20.20 -11.39
General Election Oct 74: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Ogden 23,964 60.48 +5.80
Conservative J Last 11,445 28.88 -1.77
Liberal R Ousby 4,215 10.64 -3.10
Majority 12,519 31.59 +7.56
General Election Feb 74: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Ogden 22,689 54.68 -2.64
Conservative J Last 12,716 30.65 -12.03
Liberal P Gilchrist 5,701 13.74 N/A
Peoples' Party D Pascoe 388 0.94 N/A
Majority 9,973 24.03 +9.38
General Election 1970: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Ogden 22,324 57.32 +0.44
Conservative M A Latham 16,619 42.68 -0.44
Majority 5,705 14.65 +0.88

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Ogden 19,988 56.88 +2.20
Conservative P W I Rees 15,150 43.12 -2.20
Majority 4,838 13.77 +4.42
General Election 1964: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Ogden 21,134 54.68 +0.72
Conservative J V Woollam 17,519 45.32 +0.72
Majority 3,615 9.35 1.43

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Woollam 22,719 53.96 +0.70
Labour A D G Paxton 19,386 46.04 -0.70
Majority 3,333 7.92 +1.41
General Election 1955: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Woollam 21,124 53.26 +1.34
Labour C R Fenton 18,540 46.74 -1.34
Majority 2,584 6.51 +2.67
General Election 1950: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Maxwell Fyfe 27,449 51.92 -2.35
Labour B V Kirby 25,417 48.08 -2.35
Majority 2,032 3.84 -4.69

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Liverpool West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Maxwell Fyfe 21,798 54.27
Labour R J Lewis 18,370 45.73
Majority 3,428 8.53

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)[self-published source?][better source needed]
  3. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
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