Liverpool Garston (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°21′32″N 2°51′50″W / 53.359°N 2.864°W
Liverpool Garston | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Liverpool Garston in Merseyside for the 2005 general election. | |
Location of Merseyside within England. | |
County | Merseyside |
1950–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Garston and Halewood |
European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Liverpool Garston 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.
Boundaries
1950-1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Aigburth, Allerton, Childwall, Garston, Little Woolton, and Much Woolton.
1983-1997: The City of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Netherley, St Mary's, Speke, Valley, and Woolton.
1997-2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Grassendale, Netherley, St Mary's, Speke, Valley, and Woolton.
The constituency was one of five covering the city of Liverpool, covering the southern part of the city. As well as Garston, it contained areas such as Allerton, Netherley, Speke and Woolton. Liverpool John Lennon Airport was located in the constituency.
The Liverpool Garston seat was abolished at the 2010 general election following boundary changes. It was replaced with a new Garston and Halewood constituency, also covering part of the Knowsley borough.
History
The Labour Party held Liverpool Garston from the 1983 general election until the constituency was abolished. Prior to that time the constituency was a fairly safe Conservative seat until Labour gained it in 1974, with the Conservatives regaining it in 1979 for the last time. The Conservative share of the vote declined to less than 10% in the 2005 election, when they came third behind the Liberal Democrats.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member [1] | Party | |
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1950 | Victor Raikes | Conservative | |
1957 | Richard Bingham | Conservative | |
1966 | Tim Fortescue | Conservative | |
1974 | Eddie Loyden | Labour | |
1979 | Malcolm Thornton | Conservative | |
1983 | Eddie Loyden | Labour | |
1997 | Maria Eagle | Labour | |
2010 | Constituency abolished | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes | 31,750 | 57.6 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Hewitt | 17,477 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Walter Lyon Blease | 5,966 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,303 | 25.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,163 | 84.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes | 35,650 | 65.2 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Alfred Morris | 19,025 | 34.8 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 16,625 | 30.4 | |||
Turnout | 54,675 | 80.0 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes | 28,130 | 63.5 | −1.7 | |
Labour | T.E. Nixon | 16,161 | 36.5 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 11,969 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 44,291 | 71.0 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Martin Bingham | 15,521 | 49.2 | −14.3 | |
Labour | I. Levin | 11,217 | 35.6 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Arthur Donald Dennis | 4,807 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,304 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 31,545 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Martin Bingham | 31,441 | 64.5 | +1.0 | |
Labour | B. Crookes | 17,284 | 35.5 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 14,157 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 48,725 | 74.4 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Martin Bingham | 24,100 | 49.8 | −14.7 | |
Labour | John D. Hamilton | 17,626 | 36.4 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Frank Kirk | 6,708 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,474 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 48,434 | 72.9 | −1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Victor Norman Fortescue | 24,716 | 54.4 | +4.6 | |
Labour | William H. Waldron | 20,746 | 45.6 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 3,970 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 45,462 | 68.2 | −4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Victor Norman Fortescue | 28,381 | 57.0 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Colin J. Smith | 21,456 | 43.5 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 6,925 | 13.9 | + | ||
Turnout | 49,837 | 65.7 | −2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Loyden | 25,332 | 42.4 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Nigel Neville Laville | 24,651 | 41.2 | −15.7 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Howard Black | 9,834 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 681 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 59,817 | 74.6 | +8.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Edward Loyden | 27,857 | 47.8 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | David Charles Stanley | 24,577 | 42.1 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Howard Black | 5,865 | 10.1 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 3,300 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 58,299 | 71.9 | −2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | George Malcolm Thornton | 28,105 | 48.1 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Edward Loyden | 25,318 | 43.3 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | Wilfred John Davidson | 4,890 | 8.4 | −1.7 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Terence Kelly | 142 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,787 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 58,455 | 73.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Edward Loyden | 21,450 | 46.6 | ||
Conservative | James Stanislaus Ross | 17,448 | 37.9 | ||
Liberal | Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper | 7,153 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | 4,002 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 46,051 | 71.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Note: This constituency underwent major boundary changes in 1983 and so was notionally a hold.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Loyden | 24,848 | 53.6 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Bernard Feather | 11,071 | 23.9 | −14.0 | |
Social Democratic | Richard Isaacson | 10,370 | 22.4 | +6.9 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Kevin Timlin | 98 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,777 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 46,387 | 75.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.5 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Edward Loyden | 23,212 | 57.1 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | John Edwin Backhouse | 10,933 | 26.9 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Charles William Roberts | 5,398 | 13.3 | −9.1 | |
Liberal | William George Anthony Conrad | 894 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Peter John Chandler | 187 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,279 | 30.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,624 | 70.6 | −5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maria Eagle | 26,667 | 61.3 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Helen Frances Clucas | 8,250 | 19.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Nigel Ian Gordon-Johnson | 6,819 | 15.7 | −11.2 | |
Referendum | Frank Dunne | 833 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Gary Ian Copeland | 666 | 1.5 | −0.7 | |
Natural Law | John Vernon Parsons | 127 | 0.3 | −0.2 | |
Socialist Equality | Stuart Nolan | 120 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,417 | 42.3 | |||
Turnout | 43,482 | 65.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maria Eagle | 20,043 | 61.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Paula Clare Keaveney | 7,549 | 23.1 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Miss Helen Clare Sutton | 5,059 | 15.5 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 12,494 | 38.3 | |||
Turnout | 32,651 | 50.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maria Eagle | 18,900 | 54.0 | −7.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Paula Clare Keaveney | 11,707 | 33.5 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Amber Rudd | 3,424 | 9.8 | −5.7 | |
UKIP | Kevin Bernard Kearney | 780 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | David Charles Oatley | 163 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,193 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 34,974 | 54.9 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.9 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.