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Coordinates: 53°26′20″N 2°53′28″W / 53.439°N 2.891°W / 53.439; -2.891

Liverpool, West Derby
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Liverpool, West Derby in Merseyside.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	62,709 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	Stephen Twigg (Labour Co-operative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Liverpool
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Liverpool, West Derby 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.

Contents

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Proposed changes
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 See also
6 Notes and references

Boundaries

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool. It covers the north-east of the city, including Croxteth, Gillmoss, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook, Stoneycroft as well as West Derby itself.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified West Derby constituency, which was fought at the 2010 general election.

Their original proposal to create a cross-border "Croxteth and Kirkby" seat (which would have contained with electoral wards from Knowsley borough, as well as from Liverpool) was dropped following public consultation. The electoral wards used in the modified West Derby constituency are:

Croxteth, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook & Stoneycroft, West Derby and Yew Tree

Proposed changes

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which commenced in 2011, the Boundary Commission has proposed reshaping West Derby, so to incorporate Anfield, Clubmoor, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft, Old Swan, Knotty Ash, Yew Tree, West Derby and Stocksbridge from neighbouring Knowsley^[2].

History

The seat can be considered a safe seat for the Labour Party, with them having been victorious in every general election since 1964. However, in the early 1980s it was briefly held by the Social Democratic Party after the sitting Labour MP Eric Ogden defected. Labour regained the seat at the 1983 general election, when Bob Wareing first took office.

Prior to 1964, it was held by the Conservatives, although their share of the vote has declined considerably; so much so that in the last four general elections, they have finished in fourth place.

The seat was notable in the general elections of 1997 and 2001 for being the only constituency in England in which a minor party came second, namely the Liberal Party. In the 2005 election, however, the Liberals were pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Stephen Twigg who sits as a Labour Co-operative

	Member^[3]	Party
1885	Lord Claud Hamilton	Conservative
1888 by-election	Hon. William Cross	Conservative
1893 by-election	Walter Long	Conservative
1900	Samuel Wasse Higginbottom	Conservative
1903 by-election	William Rutherford	Conservative
1918	Sir F. E. Smith, Bt	Conservative
1919 by-election	Sir William Reginald Hall	Conservative
1923	Charles Sydney Jones	Liberal
1924	Sir John Sandeman Allen	Conservative
1935	David Maxwell Fyfe	Conservative
1954 by-election	John Woollam	Conservative
1964	Eric Ogden	Labour
1981	Eric Ogden	SDP
1983	Bob Wareing	Labour
2007	Bob Wareing	Independent
2010	Stephen Twigg	Labour Co-operative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Twigg	22,953	64.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Twigger	4,486	12.5	−2.7
	Liberal	Steve Radford	3,327	9.3	−2.5
	Conservative	Pamela Hall	3,311	9.3	+1.1
	UKIP	Hilary Jones	1,093	3.1	+1.1
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	614	1.7	'−0.6
Majority			18,467	50.6
Turnout			35,784	56.7	+11.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

Elections in the 2000s (decade)

General Election 2005: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Wareing	19,140	62.83	−3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Moloney	3,915	12.85	+2.0
	Liberal	Steve Radford	3,606	11.84	−3.1
	Conservative	Peter Garrett	2,567	8.43	+0.4
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	698	2.3	N/A
	UKIP	Peter Baden	538	1.8	N/A
Majority			15225	50.0	−1.3
Turnout			30464	47.16	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.7

General Election 2001: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Wareing	20,454	66.2
	Liberal	Steve Radford	4,601	14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Moloney	3,366	10.9
	Conservative	William Clare	2,486	8.0
Majority			15,853	51.3
Turnout			30,907
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Wareing	30,002	71.2	+3.0
	Liberal	Steve Radford	4,037	9.6	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	A Hines	3,805	9.0	-3.2
	Conservative	N Morgan	3,656	8.7	-7.9
	Referendum Party	P Forest	657	1.6	+1.6
Majority			25,965	61.6
Turnout				61.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.5

General Election 1992: Liverpool West Derby^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Wareing	27,014	68.2	+2.9
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	6,589	16.6	−2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Miss Gillian S. Bundred	4,838	12.2	−3.3
	Liberal	Derek Curtis	1,021	2.6	N/A
	Natural Law	C.J. Higgins	154	0.4	N/A
Majority			20,425	51.6	+5.5
Turnout			39,616	69.8	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Wareing	29,021	65.3	+10.8
	Conservative	John E. Backhouse	8,525	19.2	-8.3
	Social Democrat	M. Ferguson	6,897	15.5	-2.5
Majority			20,496	46.1
Turnout			44,443	73.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.6

General Election 1983: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Wareing	23,905	54.5
	Conservative	W.M. Trelawney	12,062	27.5
	Social Democrat	Eric Ogden	7,871	18.0
Majority			11,843	27.0
Turnout			43,838	69.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Ogden	22,576	55.47	-5.01
	Conservative	D P M Hudson	14,356	35.28	+6.40
	Liberal	A Humphreys	3,765	9.25	-1.39
Majority			8,220	20.20	-11.39

General Election October 74: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Ogden	23,964	60.48	+5.80
	Conservative	J Last	11,445	28.88	-1.77
	Liberal	R Ousby	4,215	10.64	-3.10
Majority			12,519	31.59	+7.56

General Election February 74: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Ogden	22,689	54.68	-2.64
	Conservative	J Last	12,716	30.65	-12.03
	Liberal	P Gilchrist	5,701	13.74	N/A
	Peoples' Party	D Pascoe	388	0.94	N/A
Majority			9,973	24.03	+9.38

General Election 1970: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Ogden	22,324	57.32	+0.44
	Conservative	M A Latham	16,619	42.68	-0.44
Majority			5,705	14.65	+0.88

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Ogden	19,988	56.88	+2.20
	Conservative	P W I Rees	15,150	43.12	-2.20
Majority			4,838	13.77	+4.42

General Election 1964: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Ogden	21,134	54.68	+0.72
	Conservative	J V Woollam	17,519	45.32	+0.72
Majority			3,615	9.35	1.43

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Woollam	22,719	53.96	+0.70
	Labour	A D G Paxton	19,386	46.04	-0.70
Majority			3,333	7.92	+1.41

General Election 1955: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Woollam	21,124	53.26	+1.34
	Labour	C R Fenton	18,540	46.74	-1.34
Majority			2,584	6.51	+2.67

General Election 1950: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Maxwell Fyfe	27,449	51.92	-2.35
	Labour	B V Kirby	25,417	48.08	-2.35
Majority			2,032	3.84	-4.69

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Liverpool West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Maxwell Fyfe	21,798	54.27
	Labour	R J Lewis	18,370	45.73
Majority			3,428	8.53

Notes and references

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Proposed map Liverpool West Derby Boundary Commission for England
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)^{[self-published source?]}^{[better source needed]}
^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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Liberal Democrats (6)	Burnley Cheadle Hazel Grove Manchester Withington Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

North West England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (2) UKIP (1) Liberal Democrats (1) BNP (1)

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