Liverpool Garston (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°21′32″N 2°51′50″W / 53.359°N 2.864°W

Liverpool Garston
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Liverpool Garston in Merseyside for the 2005 general election.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
1950–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Garston and Halewood
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Liverpool Garston 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

1950-1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Aigburth, Allerton, Childwall, Garston, Little Woolton, and Much Woolton.

1983-1997: The City of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Netherley, St Mary's, Speke, Valley, and Woolton.

1997-2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Grassendale, Netherley, St Mary's, Speke, Valley, and Woolton.

The constituency was one of five covering the city of Liverpool, covering the southern part of the city. As well as Garston, it contained areas such as Allerton, Netherley, Speke and Woolton. Liverpool John Lennon Airport was located in the constituency.

The Liverpool Garston seat was abolished at the 2010 general election following boundary changes. It was replaced with a new Garston and Halewood constituency, also covering part of the Knowsley borough.

History

The Labour Party held Liverpool Garston from the 1983 general election until the constituency was abolished. Prior to that time the constituency was a fairly safe Conservative seat until Labour gained it in 1974, with the Conservatives regaining it in 1979 for the last time. The Conservative share of the vote declined to less than 10% in the 2005 election, when they came third behind the Liberal Democrats.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1950	Victor Raikes	Conservative
	1957 by-election	Richard Bingham	Conservative
	1966	Tim Fortescue	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Eddie Loyden	Labour
	1979	Malcolm Thornton	Conservative
	1983	Eddie Loyden	Labour
	1997	Maria Eagle	Labour
2010		Constituency abolished: see Garston and Halewood

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Eagle	18,900	54.0	−7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Paula Clare Keaveney	11,707	33.5	+10.4
	Conservative	Amber Rudd	3,424	9.8	−5.7
	UKIP	Kevin Bernard Kearney	780	2.2	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	David Charles Oatley	163	0.5	N/A
Majority			7,193	20.6
Turnout			34,974	54.9	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.9

General Election 2001: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Eagle	20,043	61.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Paula Clare Keaveney	7,549	23.1	+4.1
	Conservative	Miss Helen Clare Sutton	5,059	15.5	−0.2
Majority			12,494	38.3
Turnout			32,651	50.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Eagle	26,667	61.3	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Helen Frances Clucas	8,250	19.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Nigel Ian Gordon-Johnson	6,819	15.7	−11.2
	Referendum	Frank Dunne	833	1.9	+1.9
	Liberal	Gary Ian Copeland	666	1.5	−0.7
	Natural Law	John Vernon Parsons	127	0.3	−0.2
	Socialist Equality	Stuart Nolan	120	0.3	N/A
Majority			18,417	42.3
Turnout			43,482	65.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

General Election 1992: Liverpool Garston[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	23,212	57.1	+3.6
	Conservative	John Edwin Backhouse	10,933	26.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Charles William Roberts	5,398	13.3	−9.1
	Liberal	William George Anthony Conrad	894	2.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Peter John Chandler	187	0.5	N/A
Majority			12,279	30.2	+0.5
Turnout			40,624	70.6	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	24,848	53.6	+7.0
	Conservative	Paul Bernard Feather	11,071	23.9	−14.0
	Social Democratic	Richard Isaacson	10,370	22.4	+6.9
	Workers Revolutionary	Kevin Timlin	98	0.2	N/A
Majority			13,777	29.6
Turnout			46,387	75.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.5

General Election 1983: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	21,450	46.6
	Conservative	James Stanislaus Ross	17,448	37.9
	Liberal	Rosie Cooper	7,153	15.5
Majority			4,002	8.7
Turnout			46,051	71.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Note: This constituency underwent major boundary changes in 1983 and so was notionally a hold.

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Thornton	28,105	48.1	+6.0
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	25,318	43.3	−4.5
	Liberal	Wilfred John Davidson	4,890	8.4	−1.7
	Workers Revolutionary	Terence Kelly	142	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,787	4.8
Turnout			58,455	73.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.3

General Election October 1974: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	27,857	47.8	+5.4
	Conservative	David Charles Stanley	24,577	42.1	+0.9
	Liberal	Geoffrey Howard Black	5,865	10.1	−6.3
Majority			3,300	5.7
Turnout			58,299	71.9	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election February 1974: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	25,332	42.4	−1.1
	Conservative	Nigel Neville Laville	24,651	41.2	−15.8
	Liberal	Geoffrey Howard Black	9,834	16.4	N/A
Majority			681	1.1
Turnout			59,817	74.6	+8.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.4

General Election 1970: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Fortescue	28,381	57.0	+2.6
	Labour	Colin J. Smith	21,456	43.5	−2.1
Majority			6,925	13.9	+
Turnout			49,837	65.7	−2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Fortescue	24,716	54.4	+4.6
	Labour	William H. Waldron	20,746	45.6	+9.2
Majority			3,970	8.7
Turnout			45,462	68.2	−4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3

General Election 1964: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bingham	24,100	49.8	−14.7
	Labour	John D. Hamilton	17,626	36.4	+0.9
	Liberal	Frank Kirk	6,708	13.9	N/A
Majority			6,474	13.4
Turnout			48,434	72.9	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.8

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bingham	31,441	64.5	+1.0
	Labour	B. Crookes	17,284	35.5	−1.0
Majority			14,157	29.1
Turnout			48,725	74.4	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Liverpool Garston by-election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Martin Bingham	15,521	49.2	−14.3
	Labour	I. Levin	11,217	35.6	−0.9
	Liberal	Arthur Donald Dennis	4,807	15.2	N/A
Majority			4,304	13.6
Turnout			31,545
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.7

General Election 1955: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Raikes	28,130	63.5	−1.7
	Labour	T.E. Nixon	16,161	36.5	+1.7
Majority			11,969	27.0
Turnout			44,291	71.0	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

General Election 1951: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Raikes	35,650	65.2	+7.6
	Labour	Alf Morris	19,025	34.8	+3.2
Majority			16,625	30.4
Turnout			54,675	80.0	−4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

General Election 1950: Liverpool Garston Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Raikes	31,750	57.6	N/A
	Labour	E. Hewitt	17,477	31.6	N/A
	Liberal	Prof. Walter Lyon Blease	5,966	10.8	N/A
Majority			14,303	25.9	N/A
Turnout			55,163	84.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
2. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.