Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)

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Liverpool Wavertree
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Liverpool Wavertree in Merseyside
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Location of Merseyside within England
County Merseyside
Electorate 63,876 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlements Broad Green, Edge Hill, Wavertree
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Paula Barker (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill
19181983
SeatsOne
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Created from Liverpool East Toxteth and Liverpool Walton
Replaced by Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill and Liverpool Garston [2]

Liverpool Wavertree is a borough constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1997 and every election since has been won by a Labour Party candidate.

Contents

An earlier constituency of the same name existed between 1918 and 1983, but lay further to the south-east, and was a predominantly Conservative seat.

Boundaries

Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries
Liverpool Wavertree in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-1983 LiverpoolWavertree1974Constituency.svg
Liverpool Wavertree in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974–1983

1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton, Garston, Much Woolton, Wavertree, and Wavertree West.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Old Swan, Wavertree, and Wavertree West. [3]

1955–1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Broadgreen, Childwall, Church, and Old Swan. [4]

1997–2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Broadgreen, Childwall, Church, Kensington, Old Swan, and Picton.

2010–present: The City of Liverpool wards of Childwall, Church, Kensington and Fairfield, Old Swan, Picton, and Wavertree.

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool, and covers the localities in the eastern parts of the city such as Wavertree, Broadgreen, Childwall, Edge Hill, Kensington, Fairfield, part of Mossley Hill and Old Swan.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the City of Liverpool (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The constituency will be subject to significant change, with addition of the Greenbank, Mossley Hill and St Michael's wards from Liverpool Riverside, partly offset by the transfer of the Church ward to Liverpool Garston and the Old Swan ward to Liverpool West Derby.

Liverpool was subject to a comprehensive local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023 [6] [7] . Accordingly, the proposed constituency boundaries no longer coincide with ward boundaries and the constituency will now comprise the following wards or part wards of the City of Liverpool from the next general election:

History

The present Liverpool Wavertree constituency dates from 1997. It contained parts of the former constituencies of Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill. It was held by Jane Kennedy of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2010, who was also the former MP for Liverpool Broadgreen. At the 2005 general election, the Labour lead over the Liberal Democrats was cut from 38 points to 15 points. [9] At the 2010 general election, Jane Kennedy retired, and Luciana Berger was selected as the official Labour candidate, which caused some friction in the local CLP, especially due to her close connection with Kennedy. [10]

An earlier Liverpool Wavertree constituency existed until 1983; this was further to the south-east in the city and was predominantly a Conservative seat, occasionally with large majorities. It had been created in 1918, but a declining population in the 1970s caused it to be split between Liverpool Garston, the newly formed Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill constituencies. While the Conservatives have fared badly in the new Wavertree constituency (polling under 7% at the 2005 general election), a direct comparison must take into account the differing boundaries since the 1997 recreation: [9] with more inner-city areas than its previous incarnation, the seat is home to constituents on a lower income than the average in the North West [11] and who are traditionally less sympathetic to Conservative policies. The 2015 general election result made the seat the seventh-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [12]

At the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats' targeting of the seat led to a high turnout; [13] however, it was comfortably retained by Labour with a 2.1% swing away from the Liberal Democrats. The unexpected turnout led, unusually, to one polling station running out of ballot papers. [13]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [14] Party
1918 Nathan Raw Coalition Conservative
1922 Sir Harold Smith Unionist
1923 Hugh Rathbone Liberal
1924 John Tinné Unionist
1931 by-election Ronald Nall-Cain Conservative
1935 by-election Joseph Cleary Labour
1935 Peter Stapleton Shaw Conservative
1945 Victor Raikes
1950 John Tilney
Feb 1974 Anthony Steen
1983 Constituency abolished
1997 Jane Kennedy Labour
2010 Luciana Berger Labour Co-op
2019 Change UK
Independent
The Independents
Liberal Democrats
2019 Paula Barker Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Barker [15]
Reform UK Adam Heatherington [16]
Liberal Democrats Rob McAlister-Bell [17]
Independent Ann San [18]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Liverpool Wavertree [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Barker 31,310 72.2 −7.3
Conservative Catherine Mulhern4,2259.7−2.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Kemp 4,0559.3+2.8
Brexit Party Adam Heatherington1,9214.4New
Green Kay Inckle1,3653.1+1.7
Liberal Mick Coyne5011.2New
Majority27,08562.5−5.0
Turnout 43,37768.4−1.7
Labour hold Swing −2.2
General election 2017: Liverpool Wavertree [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Luciana Berger 34,717 79.5 +10.2
Conservative Denise Haddad5,25112.0+2.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Kemp 2,8586.5+0.5
Green Ted Grant5981.4−3.8
Independent Adam Heatherington2160.5New
Majority29,46667.5+8.2
Turnout 43,64070.1+3.7
Labour Co-op hold Swing +4.1
General election 2015: Liverpool Wavertree [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Luciana Berger 28,401 69.3 +16.2
Conservative James Pearson4,09810.0+2.5
UKIP Adam Heatherington3,3758.2+5.9
Liberal Democrats Leo Evans2,4546.0−28.2
Green Peter Cranie2,1405.2+3.6
TUSC David Walsh3620.9New
Independent Niamh McCarthy1440.4New
Majority24,30359.3+40.4
Turnout 40,97466.4+5.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing +6.9
General election 2010: Liverpool Wavertree [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Luciana Berger 20,132 53.1 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Colin Eldridge12,96534.2−3.5
Conservative Andrew Garnett2,8307.5+1.0
UKIP Neil Miney8902.3+0.4
Green Rebecca Lawson5981.6New
Socialist Labour Kim Singleton2000.5−0.2
BNP Steven McEllenborough1500.4New
Independent Franke Dunne1490.4New
Majority7,16718.9+4.2
Turnout 37,91460.6+12.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing +2.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Liverpool Wavertree [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Kennedy 18,441 52.4 −10.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Eldridge13,26837.7+13.3
Conservative Jason W. Steen2,3316.6−3.0
UKIP Mark E. Bill6601.9+0.8
Socialist Labour Gary Theys2440.7−0.4
Democratic Socialist Alliance Paul Filby2270.6−0.5
Majority5,17314.7−23.6
Turnout 35,17150.8+6.5
Labour hold Swing −11.8
General election 2001: Liverpool Wavertree [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Kennedy 20,155 62.7 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Newby7,83624.4+2.9
Conservative Geoffrey Allen3,0919.6−1.2
Socialist Labour Michael Lane3591.1New
Socialist Alliance Mark O'Brien3491.1New
UKIP Neil Miney3481.1New
Majority12,31938.3−4.6
Turnout 32,13844.3−18.4
Labour hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Liverpool Wavertree [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Kennedy 29,592 64.4 +23.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Kemp 9,89121.5−13.2
Conservative Kit Malthouse 4,94410.8−1.7
Referendum Peter A. Worthington5761.3New
Liberal Keith McCullough3910.9New
ProLife Alliance Racheal A. Kingsley3460.8New
Workers Revolutionary Carole Corkhill1780.4New
Majority19,70142.9N/A
Turnout 45,91862.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Steen 21,770 50.3 +4.5
Labour Co-op Roy Morris14,82834.2−5.0
Liberal C. W. Roberts6,70515.5+0.5
Majority6,94215.9+9.2
Turnout 43,30373.4+4.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.8
General election October 1974: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Steen 18,971 45.9 +2.8
Labour Co-op Roy Morris16,21639.2+8.1
Liberal Anthony Limont6,19315.0−10.9
Majority2,7556.7
Turnout 41,38069.3−5.5
Conservative hold Swing −5.5
General election February 1974: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Steen 19,027 43.0
Labour Ian Levin13,75231.1
Liberal Cyril Carr 11,45025.9
Majority5,27511.9
Turnout 44,22974.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tilney 19,127 46.6 −2.0
Liberal Cyril Carr 11,65028.4+11.3
Labour Gordon Woodburn10,25325.0−9.3
Majority7,47718.2+3.9
Turnout 41,03069.2−0.9
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tilney 19,179 48.58
Labour Robert Ashcroft13,52934.27
Liberal Cyril Carr 6,77117.15
Majority5,65014.31
Turnout 39,47970.97
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tilney 20,598 49.45
Labour Stanley Thorne 12,33829.62
Liberal Cyril Carr 8,71920.93
Majority8,26019.83
Turnout 41,65573.74
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tilney 26,624 63.12
Labour Milicent Aspin10,39224.64
Liberal Tom Stuttard Rothwell5,16112.24New
Majority16,23238.48
Turnout 42,17775.75
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tilney 28,172 69.18
Labour Milicent Aspin12,55230.82
Majority15,62038.36
Turnout 40,72470.84
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tilney 28,179 58.85
Labour William Hamling 19,70241.15
Majority8,47717.70
Turnout 47,88178.32
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tilney 26,164 52.08
Labour William Hamling 18,55936.94
Liberal Thomas John Vernon Parry5,51210.97
Majority7,60515.14
Turnout 50,23582.42
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Raikes 25,470 48.2 −10.3
Labour Derek Maurice Van Abbé20,24938.4−3.1
Liberal Leslie Hall Storey7,06313.4New
Majority5,2219.8−7.2
Turnout 52,78273.1−0.1
Conservative hold Swing −3.6

A general election was planned for 1939–1940 but was postponed because of war. By the end of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Stapleton Shaw 26,915 58.5 −19.4
Labour Joseph Cleary 19,06841.5+19.4
Majority7,84717.0N/A
Turnout 45,98373.2−2.0
Conservative hold Swing −10.6
1935 Liverpool Wavertree by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Cleary 15,611 35.3 +13.2
Conservative James Platt13,71131.2−46.7
Ind. Conservative Randolph Churchill 10,57523.9New
Liberal Tudor Artro Morris 4,2089.5New
Majority1,8404.1N/A
Turnout 44,16572.3−2.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing −30.0
General election 1931: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Nall-Cain 33,476 77.9 +12.9
Labour Colin Clark 9,50422.1−12.9
Majority23,97255.8+25.8
Turnout 42,98075.2−3.9
Conservative hold Swing +12.9
1931 Liverpool Wavertree by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Nall-Cain 18,687 65.0 +25.0
Labour Samuel Lewis Treleaven10,04235.0+2.8
Majority8,64530.0+22.2
Turnout 28,72951.7−26.4
Conservative hold Swing +11.2

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Tinné 16,880 40.0 −7.4
Labour Samuel Lewis Treleaven13,58532.2−2.8
Liberal Hugh Rathbone 11,72327.8+10.2
Majority3,2957.8−4.6
Turnout 42,18878.1−2.2
Registered electors 53,989
Unionist hold Swing −2.3
General election 1924: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Tinné 14,063 47.4 +12.7
Labour William Robinson 10,38335.0+7.0
Liberal Hugh Rathbone 5,20617.6−19.7
Majority3,68012.4N/A
Turnout 29,65280.3+8.4
Registered electors 36,936
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +16.2
General election 1923: Liverpool Wavertree [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hugh Rathbone 9,349 37.3 New
Unionist Harold Smith 8,70034.7−26.9
Labour James Vint Laughland7,02528.0−10.4
Majority6492.6N/A
Turnout 25,07471.9+2.4
Registered electors 34,869
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing N/A
General election 1922: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Harold Smith 14,372 61.6 +1.7
Labour James Vint Laughland8,94138.4+11.4
Majority5,43123.2−9.7
Turnout 23,31369.5+9.0
Registered electors 33,558
Unionist hold Swing −4.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Liverpool Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Nathan Raw 11,32659.9
Labour Charles Wilson5,10327.0
Liberal Alfred Allen Booth 2,48413.1
Majority6,22332.9
Turnout 18,91360.5
Registered electors 31,262
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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