Liverpool Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Liverpool Toxteth
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Liverpool Toxteth in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
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Created from Liverpool East Toxteth and Liverpool West Toxteth
Replaced by Liverpool Mossley Hill and Liverpool Riverside

Liverpool Toxteth 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.

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Boundaries

The constituency was named after the Toxteth district, in the south inner-city area of Liverpool. The city is in the south west of the historic county of Lancashire. It is now part of the Metropolitan county of Merseyside and the North West of England region.

The constituency was created from the 1950 United Kingdom general election. It included parts of the former Liverpool East Toxteth and Liverpool West Toxteth constituencies.

The constituency comprised the following wards of Liverpool.

  1. 1950–1955: Dingle, Princes Park, Sefton Park East, and Sefton Park West. Dingle and Princes Park had formed part of the old West Toxteth division, whilst the two Sefton Park wards were transferred from the old East Toxteth.
  2. 1955–1974: Arundel, Dingle, Princes Park, and St Michael's.
  3. 1974–1983: Arundel, Dingle, Granby, Princes Park, and St Michael's.

From the 1983 United Kingdom general election the constituency was abolished. Its territory contributed 53.1% of the new constituency of Liverpool Riverside and 8.6% of Liverpool Mossley Hill. Liverpool Riverside broadly combined the old Scotland Exchange and Toxteth divisions. Scotland Exchange itself was a 1974 amalgamation of two earlier constituencies. This was a result of the long-term decline in the population of inner city Liverpool in the latter part of the twentieth century.

Members of Parliament

ElectedMember [1] Party
1950 Reginald Bevins Conservative
1964 Richard Crawshaw Labour
1981 Social Democratic
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Liverpool Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Bevins 21,658 49.5
Labour Joseph Gibbins 19,03843.5
Liberal Anne Holt 3,0306.9
Majority2,6206.0
Turnout 43,72680.4
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Liverpool Toxteth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Bevins 23,254 54.2 +4.7
Labour Co-op William E. Lawn19,62045.8+2.3
Majority3,6348.4+2.4
Turnout 42,87477.5―2.9
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General election 1955: Liverpool Toxteth [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Bevins 20,576 56.2 +2.0
Labour Co-op William E. Lawn16,03743.8―2.0
Majority4,53912.4+4.0
Turnout 36,61369.6―7.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
General election 1959: Liverpool Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Bevins 19,575 55.6 ―0.6
Labour William H. Sefton15,66044.4+0.6
Majority3,91511.2―1.2
Turnout 35,23570.9+1.3
Conservative hold Swing ―0.6

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Liverpool Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crawshaw 17,080 54.4 +10.0
Conservative Reginald Bevins 14,29645.6―10.0
Majority2,7848.8N/A
Turnout 31,37667.6―3.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.0
General election 1966: Liverpool Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crawshaw 16,488 56.6 +2.2
Conservative Brian Mervyn Keefe12,64343.4―2.2
Majority3,84513.2+4.4
Turnout 29,13165.8―1.8
Labour hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Liverpool Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crawshaw 15,276 54.4 ―2.2
Conservative Brian Mervyn Keefe12,82045.6+2.2
Majority2,4568.8―4.4
Turnout 28,09662.3―3.5
Labour hold Swing ―2.2
General election February 1974: Liverpool Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crawshaw 14,354 47.7 ―6.7
Conservative Humfrey Malins 8,79729.2―16.4
Liberal Trevor Jones 6,67822.2New
Workers Revolutionary William Hunter2630.9New
Majority5,55718.5+9.7
Turnout 30,09266.0+3.7
Labour hold Swing +4.9
General election October 1974: Liverpool Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crawshaw 15,312 56.9 +9.2
Conservative Humfrey Malins 8,06230.0+0.8
Liberal David Loughlin Mahon3,17611.8―10.4
Workers Revolutionary John Samuel Dillon3651.4+0.5
Majority7,25026.9+8.4
Turnout 26,91558.7―7.3
Labour hold Swing +4.2
General election 1979: Liverpool Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crawshaw 14,833 54.7 ―2.2
Conservative Anthony Wilson Shone8,69032.1+2.1
Liberal Christine Ruth Addison3,20611.8±0.0
Socialist Unity Paul Adams2380.9New
Workers Revolutionary Delores Elliot1480.6―0.8
Majority6,14322.7―4.2
Turnout 35,80564.8+6.1
Labour hold Swing ―2.2

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References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
  2. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  3. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.

Sources