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 members one
Replaced by Liverpool Toxteth
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.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

Elections 1931–1950

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
General election, July 1945 [3]
Electorate: 52,484
Turnout: 36,807 (70.1%) +4.9		 Conservative hold
Majority: 5,769 (15.7%) −4.7		 Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Conservative 18,145 49.3 −10.9
V. H. E. Baker Labour 12,376 33.6 n/a
Prof. Walter Lyon Blease Liberal 6,286 17.1 −22.7
General election, November 1935 [3]
Electorate: 52,543
Turnout: 34,260 (65.2%) −8.8		 Conservative hold
Majority: 7,016 (20.4%) −30.8
Swing: 15.4% from Con to Lib		 Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Conservative 20,638 60.2 −15.4
Arthur Donald Dennis Liberal 13,622 39.8 15.4
General election, October 1931 [3]
Electorate: 50,357
Turnout: 74.0%		 Conservative hold
Majority: 19,094 (51.2%) +0.4		 Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Conservative 28,187 75.6 +0.2
Alfred Samuel Doran Liberal 9,093 24.4 n/a
By-election, February 1931 [3]
Mond succeeded to peerage
Electorate: 49,518
Turnout: 22,590 (45.6%) −29.9		 Conservative hold
Majority: 11,490 (50.8%) +29.8
Swing: 14.9% from Lab to Con		 Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Conservative 17,040 75.4 +27.5
Charles Burden Labour 5,550 24.6 −2.3

Elections in the 1920s

1929 General Election: Liverpool East Toxteth [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Hon. Henry Ludwig Mond 17,678 47.9 +6.7
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary 9,904 26.9 -2.3
Liberal Aled Owen Roberts 9,287 25.2 -2.4
Majority 7,774 21.0 +7.0
Turnout 36,869 75.5 +13.8
Unionist hold Swing +4.5
Liverpool East Toxteth by-election, 1929 Electorate 36,388[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Hon. Henry Ludwig Mond 9,462 43.2 -16.7
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary 6,563 29.2 +4.6
Liberal Aled Owen Roberts 6,206 27.6 +12.1
Majority 3,129 14.0 -19.3
Turnout 22,641 61.7 -14.7
Unionist hold Swing -10.7
1924 General Election Electorate 35,238[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert Edward Jacob 16,139 59.9 n/a
Labour Charles Burden 6,620 24.6 n/a
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowring 4,163 15.5 n/a
Majority 9,519 35.3 n/a
Turnout 76.4 n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
United Kingdom general election, 1923: Liverpool East Toxteth [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Stuart Rankin unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
General election, November 1922 [3]
Electorate: 33,877
Turnout: 25,133 (74.2%)		 Unionist hold
Majority: 5,165 (20.6%)		 James Stuart Rankin Unionist 15,149 60.3 n/a
Eleanor Rathbone[8] Independent 9,984 39.7 n/a
General election, December 1918 [3] Unionist hold James Stuart Rankin Unionist unopposed

Elections 1885–1918

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
By-election, February 1916 [2]
Marshall-Hall appointed as a judge		 Conservative hold James Stuart Rankin Conservative unopposed
General election, December 1910 [2]
Electorate: 9,514
Turnout: 7,206 (75.8%) −6.1		 Conservative hold
Majority: 966 (13.4%) +9.8
Swing: 4.9% from Lib to Con		 Edward Marshall Hall Conservative 4,087 56.7 +4.9
C. C. Bigham[9] Liberal 3,121 43.3 −4.9
General election, January 1910 [2]
Electorate: 9,514
Turnout: 7,789 (81.9%)		 Conservative hold
Majority: 285 (3.6%)		 Edward Marshall Hall Conservative 4,037 51.8 n/a
J. Lea Liberal 3,752 48.2 n/a
General election, January 1906 [2] Conservative hold Austin Taylor Conservative unopposed
By-election, November 1902 [2]
resignation of Warr
Electorate: 9,485
Turnout: 6,843 (72.1%)		 Conservative
Majority: 377 (5.6%)		 Austin Taylor Conservative 3,610 52.8 n/a
Herbert R. Rathbone[10] Liberal 3,233 47.2 n/a
General election, October 1900 [2] Conservative hold Augustus Frederick Warr Conservative unopposed
By-election, November 1895 [2]
peerage for de Worms		 Conservative hold Augustus Frederick Warr Conservative unopposed
General election, July 1895 [2]
Electorate: 8,627
Turnout: 5,334 (61.8%) −7.4		 Conservative hold
Majority: 1,922 (36.0%) +10.4
Swing: 5.2% from Lib to Con		 Baron Henry de Worms Conservative 3,628 68.0 +5.2
C. Y. C. Dawbarn Liberal 1,706 32.0 −5.2
General election, July 1892 [2]
Electorate: 8,544
Turnout: 5,909 (69.2%)		 Conservative hold
Majority: 1,507 (25.6%)		 Baron Henry de Worms Conservative 3,708 62.8 n/a
E. Paull Liberal 2,201 37.2 n.a
General election, July 1886 [2] Conservative hold Baron Henry de Worms Conservative unopposed
General election, December 1885 [2]
new seat
Electorate: 8,003
Turnout: 6,206 (77.5%)		 Conservative win
Majority: 990 (16.0%)		 Baron Henry de Worms Conservative 3,589 58.0 n/a
John Charles Bigham Liberal 2,608 42.0 n/a

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  5. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  6. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  7. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  8. ↑ Rathbone stood as an independent candidate, but was supported by the Women's Citizenship Association and local Liberal Party
  9. ↑ C. C. Bigham had previously contested Windsor in 1906 (Source: Craig, 1885-1918, page 211)
  10. ↑ Herbert Rathbone was the nephew of William Rathbone MP (1819–1902). See Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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