Liverpool East Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Liverpool East Toxteth
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Number of membersone
Replaced by Liverpool Toxteth, Liverpool Garston and Liverpool Exchange
Created from Liverpool

Liverpool East 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.

Contents

Boundaries

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

1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Aigburth, Granby, Sefton Park East, and Sefton Park West.

Members of Parliament

YearMember [1] Party [2] [3]
1885 Henry de Worms Conservative
1895 Augustus Frederick Warr Conservative
1902 Austin Taylor Conservative
1906 Liberal
1910 Edward Marshall Hall Conservative
1916 James Stuart Rankin Conservative
1924 Albert Jacob Unionist
1929 Henry Mond Conservative
1931 Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

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Bigham
General election 1885: Liverpool East Toxteth [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry de Worms 3,598 58.0
Liberal John Bigham 2,60842.0
Majority99016.0
Turnout 6,20677.5
Registered electors 8,003
Conservative win (new seat)
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de Worms
General election 1886: Liverpool East Toxteth [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry de Worms Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Liverpool East Toxteth [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry de Worms 3,708 62.8 N/A
Liberal Edward Paull2,20137.2New
Majority1,50725.6N/A
Turnout 5,90969.2N/A
Registered electors 8,544
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Liverpool East Toxteth [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry de Worms 3,628 68.0 +5.2
Liberal Climenson Yelverton Charles Dawbarn1,70632.0-5.2
Majority1,92236.0+10.4
Turnout 5,33461.8-7.4
Registered electors 8,627
Conservative hold Swing +5.2
1895 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Augustus Frederick Warr Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Liverpool East Toxteth [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Augustus Frederick Warr Unopposed
Conservative hold
1902 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Austin Taylor 3,610 52.8 N/A
Liberal Herbert R. Rathbone3,23347.2New
Majority3775.6N/A
Turnout 6,84372.1N/A
Registered electors 9,485
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1906: Liverpool East Toxteth [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Austin Taylor Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Liverpool East Toxteth [4] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Marshall Hall 4,037 51.8 N/A
Liberal John Lea3,75248.2New
Majority2853.6N/A
Turnout 7,78981.9N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election December 1910: Liverpool East Toxteth [4] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Marshall Hall 4,087 56.7 +4.9
Liberal Clive Bigham 3,12143.3-4.9
Majority96613.4+9.8
Turnout 7,20675.8-6.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.9

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

1916 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart Rankin Unopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1918: Liverpool East Toxteth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist James Stuart Rankin Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Rathbone
General election 1922: Liverpool East Toxteth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart Rankin 15,149 60.3 N/A
Independent Eleanor Rathbone *9,98439.7New
Majority5,16520.6N/A
Turnout 25,13374.2N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A

* Rathbone was a member of Liverpool City Council at the time of the election, and received support from the local Liberal association and the Women's Citizenship Association.

1923 general election: Liverpool East Toxteth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Stuart Rankin Unopposed N/AN/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
1924 general election: Liverpool East Toxteth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Albert Jacob 16,139 59.9 N/A
Labour Charles Burden6,62024.6New
Liberal Frederick Bowring [11] 4,16315.5New
Majority9,51935.3N/A
Turnout 26,92276.4N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
1929 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Henry Mond 9,462 43.2 -16.7
Labour Joseph Cleary 6,56329.2+4.6
Liberal Aled Roberts 6,20627.6+12.1
Majority3,12914.0-19.3
Turnout 22,64161.7-14.7
Unionist hold Swing -10.7
General election 1929: Liverpool East Toxteth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Henry Mond 17,678 47.9 +6.7
Labour Joseph Cleary 9,90426.9-2.3
Liberal Aled Roberts 9,28725.2-2.4
Majority7,77421.0+7.0
Turnout 36,86975.5+13.8
Unionist hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1930s

1931 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 17,040 75.4 +27.5
Labour Charles Burden5,55024.6-2.3
Majority11,49050.8+29.8
Turnout 22,59045.6-29.9
Conservative hold Swing +14.9
General election 1931: Liverpool East Toxteth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 28,187 75.6 +0.2
Liberal Alfred Samuel Doran9,09324.4New
Majority19,09451.2+0.4
Turnout 37,28074.0+28.4
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1935: Liverpool East Toxteth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 20,638 60.2 -15.4
Liberal Arthur Donald Dennis13,62239.8+15.4
Majority7,01620.4-30.8
Turnout 34,26065.2-8.8
Conservative hold Swing -15.4

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 East Toxteth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 18,145 49.3 -10.9
Labour Victor Harold Edgar Baker12,37633.6New
Liberal Lyon Blease 6,28617.1-22.7
Majority5,76915.7-4.7
Turnout 36,80770.1+4.9
Conservative hold Swing N/A

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References

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  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 139. 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. 173. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  6. 1 2 3 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 170 (194 in web page)
  8. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  9. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo 9 May 1914
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  11. ↑ ‘BOWRING, Sir Frederick Charles’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Oct 2017
  12. ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
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