Liverpool Everton (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Everton
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lancashire
Major settlements	Everton
1885–1950
Seats	One
Created from	Liverpool
Replaced by	Liverpool Scotland

Liverpool Everton was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918: Part of the civil parish of Everton.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Everton and Netherfield.

Members of Parliament

Elected		Member [1]	Party [2] [3]
	1885	Edward Whitley	Conservative
	1892 by-election	Sir John A. Willox	Conservative
	1905 by-election	John Harmood-Banner	Conservative
	1924	Herbert Charles Woodcock	Conservative
	1929	Derwent Hall Caine	Labour
	1931	Frank Hornby	Conservative
	1935	Bertie Kirby	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Liverpool Everton ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Whitley	4,535	68.7
	Liberal	Frederick Davies	2,063	31.3
Majority			2,472	37.4
Turnout			6,598	69.9
Registered electors			9,439
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Liverpool Everton ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Whitley	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

By-election 15 Feb 1892: Liverpool Everton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John A. Willox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Whitley's death.

General election 1892: Liverpool Everton ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John A. Willox	3,954	64.6	N/A
	Liberal	Peter Wilson Atkin	2,165	35.4	New
Majority			1,789	29.2	N/A
Turnout			6,199	66.7	N/A
Registered electors			9,179
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Liverpool Everton ^{[4] [5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John A. Willox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Liverpool Everton ^{[4] [5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John A. Willox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

1905 Liverpool Everton by-election ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harmood-Banner	3,854	60.2	N/A
	Liberal	William Hanbury Aggs	2,543	39.8	New
Majority			1,311	20.4	N/A
Turnout			6,397	63.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,096
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1906: Liverpool Everton ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harmood-Banner	3,949	57.8	N/A
	Liberal	William Hanbury Aggs	2,884	42.2	N/A
Majority			1,065	15.6	N/A
Turnout			6,833	67.3	N/A
Registered electors			10,149
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Liverpool Everton ^{[4] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harmood-Banner	4,283	62.4	+4.6
	Liberal	William Hanbury Aggs	2,577	37.6	−4.6
Majority			1,706	24.8	+9.2
Turnout			6,860	73.7	+6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

General election December 1910: Liverpool Everton ^{[4] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harmood-Banner	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: John Harmood-Banner
• Liberal:

General election 1918: Liverpool Everton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	John Harmood-Banner	6,370	52.4	N/A
	NFDDSS	Arthur W Brooksbank	5,779	47.6	New
Majority			591	4.8	N/A
Turnout			12,149	47.4	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Liverpool Everton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Harmood-Banner	11,667	60.6	+8.2
	Labour	Joseph Toole	7,600	39.4	New
Majority			4,067	21.2	+16.4
Turnout			19,267	70.3	+13.9
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1923: Liverpool Everton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Harmood-Banner	9,183	54.5	−6.1
	Labour	Henry Walker	7,673	45.5	+6.1
Majority			1,510	9.0	−12.2
Turnout			16,856	59.8	−10.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.1

General election 1924: Liverpool Everton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Charles Woodcock	10,705	51.5	−3.0
	Labour	Henry Walker	10,075	48.5	+3.0
Majority			630	3.0	−6.0
Turnout			20,780	72.3	+12.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.0

General election 1929: Liverpool Everton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derwent Hall Caine	14,234	52.9	+4.4
	Unionist	Margaret Beavan	12,667	47.1	−4.4
Majority			1,567	5.8	N/A
Turnout			26,901	75.9	+3.6
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+4.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Liverpool Everton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Hornby	12,186	48.9	+1.8
	Labour	Samuel Lewis Treleaven	7,786	31.2	−21.7
	National Labour	Derwent Hall Caine	4,950	19.9	New
Majority			4,400	17.7	N/A
Turnout			24,922	71.3	−4.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+11.7

General election 1935: Liverpool Everton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Kirby	10,962	50.4	+19.2
	Conservative	Ralph Etherton	10,785	49.6	+0.7
Majority			177	0.8	N/A
Turnout			21,747	67.4	―3.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.2

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Labour: Bertie Kirby ^[10]
• Conservative:

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool Everton ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Kirby	9,088	65.4	+15.0
	Conservative	HW Hill	4,806	34.6	―15.0
Majority			4,282	30.8	+30.0
Turnout			13,894	62.9	―4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.0

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 140. ISBN   0-900178-27-2.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 175. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig p140 ISBN   0-900178-27-2.
5. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
7. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
8. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
9. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig p175 ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
10. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939