Birkenhead East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birkenhead East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of membersone
Replaced by Birkenhead, Bebington
Created from Birkenhead and Wirral

Birkenhead East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Birkenhead area of Merseyside. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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History

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election when the Parliamentary Borough of Birkenhead was split between the East and West Divisions.

It was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Birkenhead wards of Argyle, Bebington, Clifton, Egerton, and Mersey, and the part of the borough which lay between the eastern boundary of Argyle, Mersey and Bebington wards and the centre of the bed of the River Mersey. [1]

On abolition, southern parts (Bebington, Egerton and Mersea wards) were include in the new constituency of Bebington, and northern parts (Argyle and Clifton wards) were included in the reconstituted constituency of Birkenhead.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Alfred Bigland Unionist
1922 Graham White Liberal
1924 William Henry Stott Unionist
1929 Graham White Liberal
1945 Frank Soskice Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Birkenhead East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Alfred Bigland 13,01264.5
Labour John Finigan5,39926.7
Liberal Graham White 1,7878.8
Majority7,61337.8
Turnout 20,19860.7
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Birkenhead East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham White 14,690 57.8 +49.0
Unionist Alfred Bigland 10,74542.2-22.3
Majority3,94515.6N/A
Turnout 25,43577.5-16.8
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +35.7
General election 1923: Birkenhead East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham White 15,845 63.5 +5.7
Unionist Luke Lees9,09136.5-5.7
Majority6,75427.0+11.4
Turnout 24,93674.1-3.4
Liberal hold Swing +5.7
General election 1924: Birkenhead East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Henry Stott 11,328 40.3 +3.8
Liberal Graham White 9,27533.0-30.5
Labour James Coulthard 7,49626.7New
Majority2,0537.3N/A
Turnout 20,60381.0+6.9
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Birkenhead East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham White 13,157 35.9 +2.9
Unionist Edmund Brocklebank 11,86032.3-8.0
Labour James Coulthard 11,65431.8+5.1
Majority1,2973.6N/A
Turnout 25,01778.8-2.2
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +5.5

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Birkenhead East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham White 26,938 73.2 +37.3
Labour Charles McVey9,86826.8-5.0
Majority17,07046.4+42.8
Turnout 36,80679.1+0.3
Liberal hold Swing +21.2
General election 1935: Birkenhead East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham White 16,548 48.1 -25.1
Conservative S J Hill9,85428.6New
Labour Mary Mercer 8,02823.3-3.5
Majority6,69419.5-26.9
Turnout 34,43074.2-4.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Birkenhead East: [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Soskice 14,790 45.5 +22.2
Liberal Graham White 10,14031.1-17.0
Conservative Frederick Newell Bucher7,62423.4-5.2
Majority4,65014.4N/A
Turnout 32,55473.6-0.6
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +19.6

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References

  1. ↑ Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes. University of California Libraries. London : Sweet and Maxwell.
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ "Obituary: Sir Walter Fletcher Former M.P. For Bury". The Times. 7 April 1956. p. 11.
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  10. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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