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| Birkenhead Borough constituency |
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| Birkenhead shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1861, 1950 |
| MP: | Frank Field |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Birkenhead is a parliamentary 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.
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History
Birkenhead was enfranchised in 1861, and the constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918 with effect from the 1918 general election. It was then replaced by the new Birkenhead East and Birkenhead West constituencies.
Since the constituency was re-established at the 1950 general election, it has returned only Labour MPs.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside and the Birkenhead suburbs of Bidston, Claughton, Oxton, Rock Ferry and Tranmere. It is one of four parliamentary constituencies within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
The boundary commission has recommended that Birkenhead gain the entire Prenton ward from Wirral West (the ward is currently shared between the two constituencies) at the general election of 2010.
Members of Parliament
1861-1918
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1861 | constituency created | ||
| 1861 | John Laird | Conservative | |
| 1874 | David MacIver | Conservative | |
| 1885 | Edward Bruce Hamley | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Arnold Keppel, Viscount Bury | Conservative | |
| 1894 | Elliott Lees | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Henry Harvey Vivian | Lib-Lab | |
| 1910 | Alfred Bigland | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Birkenhead East and Birkenhead West | ||
1950-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | constituency re-established | ||
| 1950 | Percy Collick | Labour | |
| 1964 | Edmund Dell | Labour | |
| 1979 | Frank Field | Labour | |
Election results
2000s
| General Election 2010[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank Field | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Gilbert | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Stuart Kelly | ||||
| UKIP | John Moore | ||||
| General Election 2005: Birkenhead | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank Field | 18,059 | 65.0 | -5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stuart Kelly | 5,125 | 18.4 | +5.6 | |
| Conservative | Howard Morton | 4,602 | 16.6 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 12,934 | 46.5 | |||
| Turnout | 27,786 | 48.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Birkenhead | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank Field | 20,418 | 70.5 | -0.3 | |
| Conservative | Brian Stewart | 4,827 | 16.7 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Roy Wood | 3,722 | 12.8 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 15,591 | 53.8 | |||
| Turnout | 28,967 | 48.3 | -17.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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