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| Liverpool Wavertree Borough constituency |
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| Liverpool Wavertree shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918, 1997 |
| MP: | Jane Kennedy |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | 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.
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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 | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Jane Kennedy | Labour | |
Election results
Elections in the 1920s
| General Election 1929: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Tinne | 16,880 | 40.0 | −7.4 | |
| Labour | S. L. Treleaven | 13,585 | 32.2 | −2.8 | |
| Liberal | Hugh Reynolds Rathbone | 11,723 | 27.8 | +10.2 | |
| Majority | 3,295 | 7.8 | −4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 42,188 | 78.1 | −2.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 23 June 1931 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ronald Nall-Cain | 18,687 | 65.0 | +25.0 | |
| Labour | S. L. Treleaven | 10,042 | 35.0 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 8,645 | 30.0 | +22.2 | ||
| Turnout | 28,729 | 51.7 | −26.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 11.2 | |||
| General Election October 1931: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ronald Nall-Cain | 33,476 | 77.9 | +12.9 | |
| Labour | C. G. Clark | 9,504 | 22.1 | −12.9 | |
| Majority | 23,972 | 55.8 | +25.8 | ||
| Turnout | 42,980 | 75.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +12.9 | |||
| Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 6 February 1935 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary | 15,611 | 35.3 | +13.2 | |
| Conservative | James Platt | 13,711 | 31.2 | −46.7 | |
| Independent Conservative | Randolph Churchill | 10,575 | 23.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | A.Morris | 4,208 | 9.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,840 | 4.1 | |||
| Turnout | 44,165 | 72.3 | −2.9 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | −30.0 | |||
| General Election November 1935: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Shaw | 26,915 | 58.5 | +27.3 | |
| Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary | 19,068 | 41.5 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 7,847 | 17.0 | |||
| Turnout | 45,983 | 73.2 | +0.9 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +10.6 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
| General Election 1945: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Victor Raikes | 25,470 | 48.2 | −10.3 | |
| Labour | D. M. Van Abbé | 20,249 | 38.4 | −3.1 | |
| Liberal | L. H. Storey | 7,063 | 13.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,221 | 9.8 | −7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 73.1 | −0.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jane Kennedy | 29,592 | 64.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Kemp | 9,891 | 21.5 | ||
| Conservative | Kit Malthouse | 4,944 | 10.8 | ||
| Referendum Party | Peter Worthington | 576 | 1.3 | ||
| Liberal | Keith McCullough | 391 | 0.9 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | Racheal Kingsley | 346 | 0.8 | ||
| Workers' Revolutionary | Carole Corkhill | 178 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 19,701 | 42.9 | |||
| Turnout | 45,918 | 62.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2001: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jane Kennedy | 20,155 | 62.7 | −1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Newby | 7,836 | 24.4 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Allen | 3,091 | 9.6 | −1.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | Michael Lane | 359 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Mark O'Brien | 349 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Neil Miney | 348 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,319 | 38.3 | −4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 32,138 | 44.3 | −18.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
| General Election 2005: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jane Kennedy | 18,441 | 52.4 | -10.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Colin Eldridge | 13,268 | 37.7 | +13.3 | |
| Conservative | Jason Steen | 2,331 | 6.6 | -3.0 | |
| UKIP | Mark Bill | 660 | 1.9 | +0.8 | |
| Socialist Labour | Gary Theys | 244 | 0.7 | -0.4 | |
| Democratic Socialist Alliance | Paul Filby | 227 | 0.6 | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 5,173 | 14.7 | −23.9 | ||
| Turnout | 35,171 | 50.8 | +6.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.8 | |||
| General Election 2010: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Colin Eldridge | ||||
See also
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