Liverpool Fairfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Liverpool Fairfield
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created from Liverpool West Derby and Liverpool Walton
Replaced by Liverpool Edge Hill and Liverpool Wavertree

Liverpool Fairfield was a borough constituency in Liverpool which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

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Boundaries

The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fairfield and Old Swan, and part of Kensington ward.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Jack Cohen Conservative
1931 Sir Edmund Brocklebank Conservative
1945 Arthur Moody Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Liverpool Fairfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Jack Cohen 7,698 50.6
C Liberal Francis L'Estrange Joseph 4,18827.5
Labour George Porter 3,33721.9
Majority3,51023.1
Turnout 15,22354.9
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Liverpool Fairfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Jack Cohen 14,316 72.3 +21.7
Labour George Porter 5,47827.7+5.8
Majority8,83844.6+21.5
Turnout 19,79464.0+9.1
Unionist hold Swing +7.9
General election 1923: Liverpool Fairfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Jack Cohen Unopposed N/AN/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1924: Liverpool Fairfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Jack Cohen 14,277 62.9 N/A
Labour Mary Mercer 8,41237.1New
Majority5,86525.8N/A
Turnout 22,68972.2N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Liverpool Fairfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Jack Cohen 16,436 52.9 ―10.0
Labour John Hamer Sutcliffe14,61447.1+10.0
Majority1,8225.8―20.0
Turnout 31,05071.9―0.3
Unionist hold Swing ―10.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Liverpool Fairfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Brocklebank 24,636 75.6 +23.7
Labour A. Dodd7,96024.4―23.7
Majority16,67651.2+47.4
Turnout 32,59672.5+0.6
Conservative hold Swing +23.7
General election 1935: Liverpool Fairfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Brocklebank 18,596 62.5 ―13.1
Labour Arthur Moody 11,15537.5+13.1
Majority7,44125.0―26.2
Turnout 29,75161.7―10.8
Conservative hold Swing ―13.1

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;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool Fairfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Moody 14,475 45.7 +18.2
Conservative Edmund Brocklebank 13,32842.2―20.3
Liberal William Henry Ledsom3,81612.1New
Majority1,1473.5N/A
Turnout 31,61965.8+4.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +19.2

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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