Liverpool West Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool West Toxteth
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Number of members one
Replaced by Liverpool Toxteth
Created from Liverpool

Liverpool West Toxteth was a parliamentary 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.

Boundaries

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

1918-1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Brunswick, Dingle, and Prince's Park.

Members of Parliament

YearMember[1]Party[2][3]
1885 Thomas Royden Conservative
1892 Robert Houston Conservative
1924 Joseph Gibbins Labour
1931 Clyde Tabor Wilson Conservative
1935 Joseph Gibbins Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: West Toxteth [4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Bland Royden 3,754 67.9 n/a
Liberal Thomas Sutherst 1,771 32.1 n/a
Majority 1,983 35.8 n/a
Turnout 5,525 71.9 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1886: West Toxteth [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Bland Royden unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

Ellis Griffith
General Election 1892: West Toxteth [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Paterson Houston 3,604 59.2 n/a
Liberal Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith 2,479 40.8 n/a
Majority 1,125 18.4 n/a
Turnout 6,083 74.9 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1895: West Toxteth [4][5][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Paterson Houston 3,610 68.6 +9.4
Liberal William Mulholland 1,653 31.4 -9.4
Majority 1,957 37.2 +18.6
Turnout 5,263 65.2 -9.7
Conservative hold Swing +9.4

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: West Toxteth [4][5][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Paterson Houston unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Sexton
General Election 1906: West Toxteth [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Paterson Houston 3,373 56.5 n/a
Labour James Sexton 2,592 43.5 n/a
Majority 781 13.0 n/a
Turnout 5,965 71.5 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: West Toxteth [4][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Paterson Houston 3,928 57.5 +1.0
Labour James Sexton 2,909 42.5 -1.0
Majority 1,019 15.0 +2.0
Turnout 6,837 75.8 +4.3
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General Election December 1910: West Toxteth [4][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Paterson Houston 3,938 61.7 +4.2
Liberal Thomas Francis Molony 2,445 38.3 n/a
Majority 1,491 23.4 +8.4
Turnout 6,381 70.8 -5.0
Conservative hold Swing n/a

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;

General Election 1918: Liverpool West Toxteth[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist 13,083 65.6 +3.9
Labour William Albert Robinson 6,850 34.4 n/a
Majority 6,233 31.2 +7.8
Turnout 19,933 55.7 -15.1
Unionist hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Liverpool West Toxteth[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Sir Robert Paterson Houston 15,030 59.6 +6.0
Labour Joseph Gibbins 10,209 40.4 6.0
Majority 4,821 19.2 +12.0
Turnout 25,239 69.1 +13.4
Unionist hold Swing +6.0
General Election 1923: Liverpool West Toxteth[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Sir Robert Paterson Houston 12,457 50.3 -9.3
Labour Joseph Gibbins 12,318 49.7 +9.3
Majority 139 0.6 -18.6
Turnout 24,775 66.1 -3.0
Unionist hold Swing -9.3
Liverpool West Toxteth by-election, 1924 [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joseph Gibbins 15,505 54.3 +4.6
Unionist Thomas White 13,034 45.7
Majority 2,471 8.6 -4.6
Turnout 28,539 76.2 +10.1
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.6
General Election 1924: Liverpool West Toxteth[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joseph Gibbins 15,542 50.6 -3.7
Unionist Thomas White 15,163 49.4 +3.7
Majority 379 1.2 -7.4
Turnout 79.7 +3.5
Labour hold Swing -3.7
General Election 1929: Liverpool West Toxteth[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joseph Gibbins 19,988 55.1 +4.5
Unionist Geoffrey Watson 16,309 44.9 -4.5
Majority 3,679 10.2 +9.0
Turnout 36,297 76.2 -3.5
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Liverpool West Toxteth[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Clyde Tabor Wilson 20,633 57.9 +13.0
Labour Joseph Gibbins 14,978 42.1 -13.0
Majority 5,655 15.8 +26.0
Turnout 35,611 76.1 -0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +13.0
Liverpool West Toxteth by-election, 1935 [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joseph Gibbins 14,908 60.9 +18.8
Conservative John William Jones Cremlyn 9,565 39.1 -18.8
Majority 5,343 21.8 37.6
Turnout 53.9 -12.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.8
General Election 1935: Liverpool West Toxteth[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joseph Gibbins 18,543 52.9 -8.0
Conservative Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill 16,539 47.1 +8.0
Majority 2,004 5.8 -16.0
Turnout 35,082 78.6 +24.7
Labour hold Swing -8.0

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 West Toxteth[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joseph Gibbins 14,780 59.7 +6.8
Conservative John Reginald Bevins 9,966 40.3 -6.8
Majority 4,814 19.4 +13.6
Turnout 24,746 68.5 -10.1
Labour hold Swing +6.8

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 146. 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. 183. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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, 1901
  9. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  10. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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