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Liverpool, West Derby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ian Byrne of the Labour Party.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Liverpool ward of West Derby.
1918-1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, and West Derby.
1950-1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Croxteth and West Derby.
1955-1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, and Gillmoss.
1983-1997: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, and Pirrie.
1997-2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, Pirrie, and Tuebrook.
2010-present: The City of Liverpool wards of Croxteth, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft, West Derby, and Yew Tree.
The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool and covers the northeast of the city, including Croxteth, Gillmoss, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook, and Stoneycroft as well as West Derby itself.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission created a modified West Derby constituency, which was fought at the 2010 general election.
Their initial proposal to create a cross-border "Croxteth and Kirkby" constituency (which would have contained electoral wards from Knowsley borough, as well as from Liverpool) was dropped on its public consultation.
History
The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and can be considered a safe seat from 1964 to date for the Labour Party, their candidates having been victorious in every general election since then. However, in the early 1980s it was briefly held by the Social Democratic Party as a result of the sitting Labour MP Eric Ogden being among many defectors. Labour regained the seat at the 1983 general election, when Bob Wareing was first elected.
Before 1964, it was held by the Conservatives, although their share of the vote has declined considerably; so much so that in four recent general elections, they have finished in fourth place, however they placed third in 2015.
In the general elections of 1997 and 2001, the seat was the only constituency in England in which a minor party came second, the continuing Liberal Party (after the Liberal-SDP merger) who had all three local councillors for one electoral ward in the area. In the 2005 election, however, the Liberals were pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats and fell to fourth in 2015, with UKIP taking second place.
- Sir F E Smith
Sir Frederick Edwin Smith, then Solicitor-General in the David Lloyd George Coalition Government, was returned for West Derby in the General Election of December 1918 when constituency reorganisation abolished his former neighbouring Walton seat. He sat for only two months, being promoted Lord Chancellor and raised to the peerage as Lord Birkenhead in February 1919. He was the first of two MPs for this seat to achieve the highest legal office.
- David Maxwell Fyfe
Maxwell Fyfe, KC, MP from 1935-54 (including World War II) became the highest judge in the country, the Lord Chancellor, having been the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England and Wales. He helped to co-write the European Convention on Human Rights and was one of the key prosecutors at the Nuremberg Trials jointly with the (Labour-member) prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross. At this task was a "capable lawyer, efficient administrator and concerned housemaster". There were misgivings in some quarters as to how Fyfe would perform, cross-examination not being regarded as one of his strengths. However his cross-examination of Hermann Göring is one of the most noted cross-examinations in history."Faced with sustained and methodical competence rather than brilliance, Goering ... crumbled".
- Stephen Twigg
Stephen Twigg ousted Michael Portillo in the normally right-leaning Enfield, Southgate and served it from 1997 until the 2005 election, briefly serving as schools minister before that election, which he lost, before five years later standing for this normally left-leaning seat in Liverpool.
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Stephen Twigg |
30,842 |
75.2 |
+11.0 |
|
UKIP |
Neil Miney |
3,475 |
8.5 |
+5.4 |
|
Conservative |
Ed McRandal |
2,710 |
6.6 |
−2.6 |
|
Liberal |
Steve Radford |
2,049 |
5.0 |
−4.3 |
|
Green |
Rebecca Lawson |
996 |
2.4 |
N/A |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Paul Twigger |
959 |
2.3 |
−10.2 |
Majority |
27,367 |
66.7 |
+16.1 |
Turnout |
41,031 |
64.2 |
+7.5 |
|
[[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
−2.8 |
|
General Election 2010: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Stephen Twigg |
22,953 |
64.1 |
+3.6 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
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 Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
+3.2 |
|
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eric Ogden |
19,988 |
56.9 |
+2.2 |
|
Conservative |
Peter Wynford Innes Rees |
15,150 |
43.12 |
-2.20 |
Majority |
4,838 |
13.77 |
+4.42 |
Turnout |
|
|
|
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Labour hold |
Swing |
|
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General Election 1964: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eric Ogden |
21,134 |
54.7 |
+8.66 |
|
Conservative |
John Victor Woollam |
17,519 |
45.3 |
-8.66 |
Majority |
3,615 |
9.35 |
1.43 |
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
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Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Victor Woollam |
22,719 |
53.96 |
+0.70 |
|
Labour |
Aubrey Paxton |
19,386 |
46.04 |
-0.70 |
Majority |
3,333 |
7.92 |
+1.41 |
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
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General Election 1955: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Victor Woollam |
21,124 |
53.26 |
+1.34 |
|
Labour |
Cyril Rawlett Fenton |
18,540 |
46.74 |
-1.34 |
Majority |
2,584 |
6.51 |
+2.67 |
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
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Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1954 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Victor Woollam |
21,158 |
53.15 |
+1.54 |
|
Labour |
Cyril Rawlett Fenton |
18,650 |
46.85 |
-1.54 |
Majority |
2,508 |
6.30 |
+3.09 |
Turnout |
39,808 |
58.9 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Sir John Sandeman Allen |
32,202 |
78.01 |
|
|
Labour |
Joseph Jackson Cleary |
9,077 |
21.99 |
|
Majority |
23,125 |
56.02 |
|
Turnout |
|
74.04 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
Sir John Sandeman Allen |
16,794 |
42.7 |
-9.8 |
|
Labour |
William Harvey Moore |
14,124 |
36.0 |
+6.4 |
|
Liberal |
Arthur Probyn Jones |
8,368 |
21.3 |
+3.4 |
Majority |
2,670 |
6.7 |
-16.2 |
Turnout |
|
73.1 |
-4.1 |
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
-8.1 |
|
General Election 1924: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
John Sandeman Allen |
15,667 |
52.5 |
+6.7 |
|
Labour |
Thomas Gallon Adams |
8,807 |
29.6 |
n/a |
|
Liberal |
Charles Sydney Jones |
5,321 |
17.9 |
-36.3 |
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
77.2 |
|
|
Unionist gain from Liberal |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1923: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Charles Sydney Jones |
12,942 |
54.2 |
n/a |
|
Unionist |
Sir William Reginald Hall |
10,952 |
45.8 |
-24.7 |
Majority |
1,990 |
8.4 |
49.4 |
Turnout |
|
63.5 |
-1.5 |
|
Liberal gain from Unionist |
Swing |
n/a |
|
General Election 1922: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
William Reginald Hall |
16,179 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Rowland Williams |
6,785 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
|
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Elections in the 1910s
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
- Sir William Reginald Hall
|
6,062 |
56.5 |
-10.9 |
|
Labour |
George Nelson |
4,670 |
43.5 |
+10.9 |
Majority |
1,392 |
13.0 |
-21.8 |
Turnout |
10,732 |
34.3 |
-20.8 |
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
-10.9 |
|
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
1918 General Election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
- Rt Hon. Sir Frederick Edwin Smith
|
11,622 |
67.4 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
George Nelson |
5,618 |
32.6 |
N/A |
Majority |
6,004 |
34.8 |
N/A |
Turnout |
17,240 |
55.1 |
|
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
N/A |
|
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1900s
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1903 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
William Rutherford |
5,455 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
R. D. Holt |
5,251 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
1900 General Election: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
S W Higginbottom |
Unopposed |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1890s
1895 General Election: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Walter Hume Long |
4,622 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
Oscar Browning |
1,686 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1893 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Walter Hume Long |
3,632 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
D. Shilton Collin |
2,275 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
1892 General Election: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
William Cross |
4,107 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
F R Smith |
2,925 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1880s
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1888 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
William Cross |
Unopposed |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
1886 General Election: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Claud Hamilton |
3,804 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
Serjt Hemphill |
2,244 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
1885 General Election: Liverpool West Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Claud Hamilton |
4,213 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
M Guthrie |
3,068 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
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