Liverpool East Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool East Toxteth
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Liverpool Toxteth
Created from	Liverpool

Liverpool East Toxteth was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: Part of the civil parish of Toxteth.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Aigburth, Granby, Sefton Park East, and Sefton Park West.

Members of Parliament

Elected		Member[1]	Party[2][3]
	1885	Henry de Worms	Conservative
	1895 by-election	Augustus Frederick Warr	Conservative
	1902 by-election	Austin Taylor	Conservative
	1906		Liberal
	1910	Edward Marshall Hall	Conservative
	1916 by-election	James Stuart Rankin	Conservative
	1924	Albert Edward Jacob	Unionist
	1929 by-election	Henry Mond	Conservative
	1931 by-election	Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative
	1950	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections 1931–1950

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, July 1945 [3] Electorate: 52,484 Turnout: 36,807 (70.1%) +4.9		Conservative hold Majority: 5,769 (15.7%) −4.7		Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative	18,145	49.3	−10.9
				V. H. E. Baker	Labour	12,376	33.6	n/a
				Prof. Walter Lyon Blease	Liberal	6,286	17.1	−22.7
General election, November 1935 [3] Electorate: 52,543 Turnout: 34,260 (65.2%) −8.8		Conservative hold Majority: 7,016 (20.4%) −30.8 Swing: 15.4% from Con to Lib		Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative	20,638	60.2	−15.4
				Arthur Donald Dennis	Liberal	13,622	39.8	15.4
General election, October 1931 [3] Electorate: 50,357 Turnout: 74.0%		Conservative hold Majority: 19,094 (51.2%) +0.4		Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative	28,187	75.6	+0.2
				Alfred Samuel Doran	Liberal	9,093	24.4	n/a
By-election, February 1931 [3] Mond succeeded to peerage Electorate: 49,518 Turnout: 22,590 (45.6%) −29.9		Conservative hold Majority: 11,490 (50.8%) +29.8 Swing: 14.9% from Lab to Con		Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative	17,040	75.4	+27.5
				Charles Burden	Labour	5,550	24.6	−2.3

Elections in the 1920s

1929 General Election: Liverpool East Toxteth [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Hon. Henry Ludwig Mond	17,678	47.9	+6.7
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	9,904	26.9	-2.3
	Liberal	Aled Owen Roberts	9,287	25.2	-2.4
Majority			7,774	21.0	+7.0
Turnout			36,869	75.5	+13.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	+4.5

Liverpool East Toxteth by-election, 1929 Electorate 36,388[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Hon. Henry Ludwig Mond	9,462	43.2	-16.7
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	6,563	29.2	+4.6
	Liberal	Aled Owen Roberts	6,206	27.6	+12.1
Majority			3,129	14.0	-19.3
Turnout			22,641	61.7	-14.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-10.7

1924 General Election Electorate 35,238[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Albert Edward Jacob	16,139	59.9	n/a
	Labour	Charles Burden	6,620	24.6	n/a
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	4,163	15.5	n/a
Majority			9,519	35.3	n/a
Turnout				76.4	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

United Kingdom general election, 1923: Liverpool East Toxteth [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Stuart Rankin	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, November 1922 [3] Electorate: 33,877 Turnout: 25,133 (74.2%)		Unionist hold Majority: 5,165 (20.6%)		James Stuart Rankin	Unionist	15,149	60.3	n/a
				Eleanor Rathbone[8]	Independent	9,984	39.7	n/a
General election, December 1918 [3]		Unionist hold		James Stuart Rankin	Unionist	unopposed

Elections 1885–1918

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
By-election, February 1916 [2] Marshall-Hall appointed as a judge		Conservative hold		James Stuart Rankin	Conservative	unopposed
General election, December 1910 [2] Electorate: 9,514 Turnout: 7,206 (75.8%) −6.1		Conservative hold Majority: 966 (13.4%) +9.8 Swing: 4.9% from Lib to Con		Edward Marshall Hall	Conservative	4,087	56.7	+4.9
				C. C. Bigham[9]	Liberal	3,121	43.3	−4.9
General election, January 1910 [2] Electorate: 9,514 Turnout: 7,789 (81.9%)		Conservative hold Majority: 285 (3.6%)		Edward Marshall Hall	Conservative	4,037	51.8	n/a
				J. Lea	Liberal	3,752	48.2	n/a
General election, January 1906 [2]		Conservative hold		Austin Taylor	Conservative	unopposed
By-election, November 1902 [2] resignation of Warr Electorate: 9,485 Turnout: 6,843 (72.1%)		Conservative Majority: 377 (5.6%)		Austin Taylor	Conservative	3,610	52.8	n/a
				Herbert R. Rathbone[10]	Liberal	3,233	47.2	n/a
General election, October 1900 [2]		Conservative hold		Augustus Frederick Warr	Conservative	unopposed
By-election, November 1895 [2] peerage for de Worms		Conservative hold		Augustus Frederick Warr	Conservative	unopposed
General election, July 1895 [2] Electorate: 8,627 Turnout: 5,334 (61.8%) −7.4		Conservative hold Majority: 1,922 (36.0%) +10.4 Swing: 5.2% from Lib to Con		Baron Henry de Worms	Conservative	3,628	68.0	+5.2
				C. Y. C. Dawbarn	Liberal	1,706	32.0	−5.2
General election, July 1892 [2] Electorate: 8,544 Turnout: 5,909 (69.2%)		Conservative hold Majority: 1,507 (25.6%)		Baron Henry de Worms	Conservative	3,708	62.8	n/a
				E. Paull	Liberal	2,201	37.2	n.a
General election, July 1886 [2]		Conservative hold		Baron Henry de Worms	Conservative	unopposed
General election, December 1885 [2] new seat Electorate: 8,003 Turnout: 6,206 (77.5%)		Conservative win Majority: 990 (16.0%)		Baron Henry de Worms	Conservative	3,589	58.0	n/a
				John Charles Bigham	Liberal	2,608	42.0	n/a

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 139. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 173. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
4. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
5. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
6. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
7. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
8. Rathbone stood as an independent candidate, but was supported by the Women's Citizenship Association and local Liberal Party
9. C. C. Bigham had previously contested Windsor in 1906 (Source: Craig, 1885-1918, page 211)
10. Herbert Rathbone was the nephew of William Rathbone MP (1819–1902). See "The Rathbone Connection". Retrieved 8 September 2012.