Birkenhead West (UK Parliament constituency)

Birkenhead West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one

Birkenhead West was a parliamentary constituency that returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Birkenhead wards of Claughton, Cleveland, Grange, and Oxton.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson	Coalition Conservative
	1922	William Henry Stott	Conservative
	1923	William Henry Egan	Labour
	1924	Ellis Nuttall	Conservative
	1929	William Henry Egan	Labour
	1931	John Sandeman Allen	Conservative
	1945	Percy Collick	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Birkenhead

Elections

General Election 1923: Birkenhead West [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Henry Egan	12,473	55.8	+9.8
	Unionist	William Henry Stott	9,862	44.2	-9.8
Majority			2,611	11.6	19.6
Turnout				72.4	-3.2
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+9.8

General Election 1929: Birkenhead West [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Henry Egan	16,634	47.5
	Unionist	James Ellis Nuttall	13,410	38.4
	Liberal	Robert Pilling Fletcher	4,946	14.1	n/a
Majority			3,224	9.1
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

References

1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.