Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Liverpool Wavertree
Map1 = LiverpoolWavertree
Map2 = Merseyside
Entity = Merseyside
Type = Borough
County = Merseyside
Year = 1918, 1997
MP = Jane Kennedy
Party = Labour
EP = North West England

Liverpool Wavertree is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool, and covers eastern parts of the city. It contains areas such as Broadgreen, Childwall, Old Swan and Knotty Ash as well as Wavertree itself.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Wavertree constitiuency.

The electoral wards used in this future version of Wavertree are:
*Childwall, Church, Kensington and Fairfield, Old Swan, Picton and Wavertree

History

The present Liverpool Wavertree constituency dates from 1997. Since then it has been held by
Jane Kennedy of the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats are the main challengers to Labour, as is the case in other Liverpool constituencies.

An earlier Liverpool Wavertree constituency existed until 1983; this seat was a safe Conservative seat. While the Conservatives have fared badly in the new Wavertree constituency (polling under 7% in the 2005 general election), it is perhaps not a fair comparison, as the new constituency covers a different area, with more inner-city areas.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918-1983

MPs 1997-present

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Tinne
votes = 16,880
percentage = 40.0
change = −7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = S. L. Treleaven
votes = 13,585
percentage = 32.2
change = −2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Reynolds Rathbone
votes = 11,723
percentage = 27.8
change = +10.2Election box majority
votes = 3,295
percentage = 7.8
change = −4.6Election box turnout
votes = 42,188
percentage = 78.1
change = −2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −2.3

Elections in the 1930s

Election box begin
title=Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 23 June 1931Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Nall-Cain
votes = 18,687
percentage = 65.0
change = +25.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = S. L. Treleaven
votes = 10,042
percentage = 35.0
change = +2.8Election box majority
votes = 8,645
percentage = 30.0
change = +22.2Election box turnout
votes = 28,729
percentage = 51.7
change = −26.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 11.2

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Nall-Cain
votes = 33,476
percentage = 77.9
change = +12.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = C. G. Clark
votes = 9,504
percentage = 22.1
change = −12.9Election box majority
votes = 23,972
percentage = 55.8
change = +25.8Election box turnout
votes = 42,980
percentage = 75.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +12.9

Election box begin
title=Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 6 February 1935Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Jackson Cleary
votes = 15,611
percentage = 35.3
change = +13.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Platt
votes = 13,711
percentage = 31.2
change = −46.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Conservative
candidate = Randolph Churchill
votes = 10,575
percentage = 23.9
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = A.Morris
votes = 4,208
percentage = 9.5
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 1,840
percentage = 4.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 44,165
percentage = 72.3
change = −2.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −30.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Shaw
votes = 26,915
percentage = 58.5
change = +27.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Jackson Cleary
votes = 19,068
percentage = 41.5
change = +6.1Election box majority
votes = 7,847
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 45,983
percentage = 73.2
change = +0.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +10.6

Elections in the 1940s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Victor Raikes
votes = 25,470
percentage = 48.2
change = −10.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = D. M. Van Abbé
votes = 20,249
percentage = 38.4
change = −3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = L. H. Storey
votes = 7,063
percentage = 13.4
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 5,221
percentage = 9.8
change = −7.2Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.1
change = −0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −3.6

Elections in the 1990s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Kennedy
votes = 29,592
percentage = 64.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Kemp
votes = 9,891
percentage = 21.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kit Malthouse
votes = 4,944
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Peter Worthington
votes = 576
percentage = 1.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Keith McCullough
votes = 391
percentage = 0.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Racheal Kingsley
votes = 346
percentage = 0.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = Carole Corkhill
votes = 178
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 19,701
percentage = 42.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 45,918
percentage = 62.7
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 2000s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Kennedy
votes = 20,155
percentage = 62.7
change = −1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Newby
votes = 7,836
percentage = 24.4
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Allen
votes = 3,091
percentage = 9.6
change = −1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Lane
votes = 359
percentage = 1.1
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Mark O'Brien
votes = 349
percentage = 1.1
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Neil Miney
votes = 348
percentage = 1.1
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 12,319
percentage = 38.3
change = −4.6Election box turnout
votes = 32,138
percentage = 44.3
change = −18.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −2.3

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Kennedy
votes = 18,441
percentage = 52.4
change = -10.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Colin Eldridge
votes = 13,268
percentage = 37.7
change = +13.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jason Steen
votes = 2,331
percentage = 6.6
change = -3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mark Bill
votes = 660
percentage = 1.9
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Theys
votes = 244
percentage = 0.7
change = -0.4Election box candidate
party = Democratic Socialist Alliance
candidate = Paul Filby
votes = 227
percentage = 0.6
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 5,173
percentage = 14.7
change = −23.9Election box turnout
votes = 35,171
percentage = 50.8
change = +6.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -11.8

Election box begin
title=Next United Kingdom general election: WavertreeElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Colin Eldridge
votes =
percentage =
change =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside