Loading AI tools
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liverpool Fairfield was a borough constituency in Liverpool which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
Liverpool Fairfield | |
---|---|
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Liverpool West Derby and Liverpool Walton |
Replaced by | Liverpool Edge Hill and Liverpool Wavertree |
The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fairfield and Old Swan, and part of Kensington ward.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Jack Cohen | Conservative | |
1931 | Sir Edmund Brocklebank | Conservative | |
1945 | Arthur Moody | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Jack Cohen | 7,698 | 50.6 | ||
C | Liberal | Francis L'Estrange Joseph | 4,188 | 27.5 | |
Labour | George Porter | 3,337 | 21.9 | ||
Majority | 3,510 | 23.1 | |||
Turnout | 15,223 | 54.9 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Jack Cohen | 14,316 | 72.3 | +21.7 | |
Labour | George Porter | 5,478 | 27.7 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 8,838 | 44.6 | +21.5 | ||
Turnout | 19,794 | 64.0 | +9.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Jack Cohen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Jack Cohen | 14,277 | 62.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Mary Mercer | 8,412 | 37.1 | New | |
Majority | 5,865 | 25.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,689 | 72.2 | N/A | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Jack Cohen | 16,436 | 52.9 | ―10.0 | |
Labour | John Hamer Sutcliffe | 14,614 | 47.1 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 1,822 | 5.8 | ―20.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,050 | 71.9 | ―0.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ―10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Brocklebank | 24,636 | 75.6 | +23.7 | |
Labour | A. Dodd | 7,960 | 24.4 | ―23.7 | |
Majority | 16,676 | 51.2 | +47.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,596 | 72.5 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +23.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Brocklebank | 18,596 | 62.5 | ―13.1 | |
Labour | Arthur Moody | 11,155 | 37.5 | +13.1 | |
Majority | 7,441 | 25.0 | ―26.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,751 | 61.7 | ―10.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―13.1 |
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Moody | 14,475 | 45.7 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | Edmund Brocklebank | 13,328 | 42.2 | ―20.3 | |
Liberal | William Henry Ledsom | 3,816 | 12.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,147 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,619 | 65.8 | +4.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.2 |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.