Birkenhead West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Birkenhead |
Created from | Birkenhead and Wirral |
Birkenhead West was a parliamentary constituency that returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election when the Parliamentary Borough of Birkenhead was split between the East and West Divisions.
It was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, when it was included in the reconstituted constituency of Birkenhead.
The County Borough of Birkenhead wards of Claughton, Cleveland, Grange, and Oxton. [1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir Henry Grayson | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | William Henry Stott | Conservative | |
1923 | William Henry Egan | Labour | |
1924 | Ellis Nuttall | Conservative | |
1929 | William Henry Egan | Labour | |
1931 | John Sandeman Allen | Conservative | |
1945 | Percy Collick | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Birkenhead |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Henry Grayson | 10,881 | 59.43 | |
Labour | William Henry Egan | 5,673 | 30.98 | ||
Liberal | Harold Bickersteth | 1,755 | 9.59 | ||
Majority | 5,208 | 28.45 | |||
Turnout | 18,309 | 60.89 | |||
Registered electors | 30,068 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Henry Stott | 12,176 | 54.00 | −5.43 | |
Labour | William Henry Egan | 10,371 | 46.00 | +15.02 | |
Majority | 1,805 | 8.00 | −20.45 | ||
Turnout | 22,547 | 75.55 | +14.66 | ||
Registered electors | 29,843 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −10.23 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Henry Egan | 12,473 | 55.85 | +9.85 | |
Unionist | William Henry Stott | 9,862 | 44.15 | −9.85 | |
Majority | 2,611 | 11.70 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,335 | 72.42 | −3.13 | ||
Registered electors | 30,841 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.85 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Ellis Nuttall | 13,059 | 50.65 | +6.50 | |
Labour | William Henry Egan | 12,723 | 49.35 | −6.50 | |
Majority | 336 | 1.30 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,782 | 81.14 | +8.72 | ||
Registered electors | 31,774 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +6.50 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Henry Egan | 15,634 | 46.00 | −3.35 | |
Unionist | Ellis Nuttall | 13,410 | 39.45 | −11.20 | |
Liberal | RP Fletcher | 4,946 | 14.55 | New | |
Majority | 2,224 | 6.55 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,990 | 79.47 | −1.67 | ||
Registered electors | 42,773 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +3.93 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Sandeman Allen | 22,336 | 63.78 | +24.33 | |
Labour | William Henry Egan | 12,682 | 36.22 | −9.78 | |
Majority | 9,654 | 27.56 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,018 | 82.20 | +2.73 | ||
Registered electors | 42,600 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +17.06 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Sandeman Allen | 17,684 | 55.94 | −7.84 | |
Labour | C McVey | 13,931 | 44.06 | +7.84 | |
Majority | 3,753 | 11.88 | −15.72 | ||
Turnout | 31,615 | 74.71 | −7.49 | ||
Registered electors | 42,316 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.84 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Collick | 15,568 | 57.32 | +13.26 | |
Conservative | AR Moody | 11,591 | 42.68 | −13.26 | |
Majority | 3,977 | 14.64 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,159 | 75.12 | +0.41 | ||
Registered electors | 36,156 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.26 | |||
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