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Constituency of Birkenhead | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 7,458 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 79.0% ( 8.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1874 Birkenhead by-election was fought on 24 November 1874. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Laird. It was won by the Conservative candidate David MacIver. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | David MacIver | 3,421 | 58.0 | −12.0 | |
| Liberal | Samuel Stitt [4] | 2,474 | 42.0 | +12.0 | |
| Majority | 947 | 16.0 | −24.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,895 | 79.0 | +8.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,458 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −12.0 | |||
Birkenhead is a constituency in Merseyside represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Alison McGovern of the Labour Party.
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