Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Birkenhead in Merseyside.
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Location of Merseyside within England.
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County | 1861–1918 Cheshire1950–1974 Cheshire1974– Merseyside |
Population | 88,818 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 62,432 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Birkenhead |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of parliament | Frank Field (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Birkenhead East, Birkenhead West |
1861–1918 | |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Birkenhead East, Birkenhead West |
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European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Birkenhead /ˈbɜːrkənˌhɛd/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1979 by Frank Field of the Labour Party.[n 1]
Contents
History
Birkenhead was enfranchised in 1861 and was a single constituency for 57 years until it was split as a result of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which took effect from the 1918 general election. Birkenhead East and West constituencies then covered its area and certain smaller neighbouring communities of The Wirral until the single Birkenhead constituency was re-established at the 1950 general election. Since then it has returned only Labour MPs, being a safe Labour seat with large majorities apart from a 7% majority in 1955.
- Trivia
For the 2001, 2005 and 2010 general elections Birkenhead had the fewest candidates of any British constituency[citation needed]: only candidates for the Labour Party, Conservative Party and Liberal Democrat contested the seat.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, and the Birkenhead suburbs of Bidston, Claughton, Oxton, Prenton, Rock Ferry and Tranmere. It is one of four parliamentary constituencies within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
The Boundary Commission recommended that Birkenhead gain the entire Prenton ward from Wirral West (the ward was shared between the two constituencies) at the general election of 2010.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1861–1918
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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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 |
MPs since 1950
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Percy Collick | Labour | |
1964 | Edmund Dell | Labour | |
1979 | Frank Field | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Field | 26,468 | 67.6 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Clark Vasey | 5,816 | 14.9 | -4.1 | |
UKIP | Wayne Harling | 3,838 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Green | Kenny Peers | 1,626 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Allan Brame | 1,396 | 3.6 | -15.0 | |
Majority | 20,652 | 52.8 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,144 | 62.7 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Field | 22,082 | 62.5 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Andrew Gilbert | 6,687 | 18.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stuart Edward Kelly | 6,554 | 18.6 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 15,395 | 43.6 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,523 | 56.6 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Field | 18,059 | 65.0 | −5.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stuart Edward Kelly | 5,125 | 18.4 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Howard Leonard Morton | 4,602 | 16.6 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 12,934 | 46.5 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 27,786 | 48.7 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,967 | 48.3 | −17.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Field | 27,825 | 70.8 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | John Crosby | 5,982 | 15.2 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Roy Wood | 3,548 | 9.0 | −0.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Mark Cullen | 1,168 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Referendum | Richard Evans | 800 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,843 | 55.6 | +17.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,323 | 65.8 | −7.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Field | 29,098 | 63.6 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Robert Glyn M. Hughes | 11,485 | 25.1 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pat M. Williams | 4,417 | 9.7 | −5.2 | |
Green | Tina R. Fox | 543 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Bridget Griffiths | 190 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,613 | 38.5 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,733 | 73.0 | +0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Field | 27,883 | 58.7 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Johann Costa | 12,511 | 26.4 | −2.5 | |
Liberal | Richard Kemp | 7,095 | 14.9 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 15,372 | 32.3 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,489 | 72.3 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Field | 23,249 | 49.6 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Tom Peet | 13,535 | 28.9 | −6.8 | |
Liberal | Gordon C. Lindsay | 9,782 | 20.8 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 9,714 | 20.7 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,566 | 69.7 | -4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Field | 20,803 | 49.9 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | P. Gill | 14,894 | 35.7 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | R Perkins | 5,708 | 13.7 | −6.1 | |
Workers Revolutionary | M. Fletcher | 306 | 0.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,909 | 14.2 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,711 | 73.9 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edmund Dell | 21,748 | 51.3 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | E. Gearing | 12,264 | 28.9 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | G.C. Lindsay | 8,380 | 19.8 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 9,484 | 22.4 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,392 | 70.2 | −6.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edmund Dell | 20,696 | 45.2 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | J.S. Pyke | 13,702 | 29.9 | −6.7 | |
Liberal | G.C. Lindsay | 11,410 | 24.9 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 6,994 | 15.3 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,808 | 76.5 | +5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edmund Dell | 20,980 | 50.7 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | R. Kris | 15,151 | 36.6 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | D.T.G. Evans | 4,926 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Communist | B. Williams | 351 | 0.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 5,829 | 14.1 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,408 | 70.8 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edmund Dell | 24,188 | 60.1 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Robert Adley | 15,438 | 38.4 | −4.6 | |
Communist | B Williams | 604 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,750 | 21.7 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,230 | 72.9 | −1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edmund Dell | 23,994 | 57.0 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | R.K. Morland | 18,133 | 43.0 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 5,861 | 14.0 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,127 | 74.4 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Collick | 22,990 | 48.9 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | K.G. Routledge | 19,361 | 41.2 | −5.3 | |
Liberal | G.F. Bilson | 4,658 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,629 | 7.7 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,009 | 78.8 | +3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Collick | 24,526 | 53.5 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | H.S. Oddie | 21,345 | 46.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 3,181 | 7.0 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,871 | 75.7 | −7.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Collick | 29,014 | 55.0 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | M. Reney-Smith | 23,765 | 45.0 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 5,249 | 10.0 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,779 | 82.8 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Collick | 26,472 | 49.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | H.B. Trevor-Cox | 20,343 | 38.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | D.R. Green | 5,234 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Communist | S. Coulthard | 971 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,129 | 11.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,020 | 84.9 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ Parliamentary General Election Candidates, Wirral Metropolitan Borough CouncilLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.31 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
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Sources
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- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1861
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
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