Liverpool Kirkdale
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Liverpool Kirkdale in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1885–1983
Seats	one
Replaced by	Liverpool Walton, Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Riverside

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

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parish of Kirkdale, and part of the parish of Everton.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Kirkdale and St Domingo.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, and Kirkdale.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, Melrose, Tuebrook, and Westminster.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, Melrose, St Domingo, Tuebrook, and Westminster.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[1]	Party
	1885	Sir George Baden-Powell	Conservative
	1898 by-election	David MacIver	Conservative
	1907 by-election	Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist
	1910 by-election	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	Conservative
	1915 by-election	De Fonblanque Pennefather^{[n 1]}	Conservative
	1929	Elijah Sandham	Labour
	1931	Sir Robert Rankin	Conservative
	1945	William Keenan	Labour
	1955	Norman Pannell	Conservative
	1964	James Dunn	Labour
	1981	James Dunn	SDP
1983		constituency abolished

^ Adopted the name John in 1923 and created a baronet in 1924.

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Liverpool Kirkdale^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Baden-Powell	3,391	55.2
	Lib-Lab	James Samuelson	1,981	32.3
	Irish Nationalist	John Redmond	765	12.5
Majority			1,410	22.9
Turnout			6,317	73.5
Registered electors			8,346
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Liverpool Kirkdale^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Baden-Powell	3,084	58.7	+3.5
	Liberal	Ralph Neville	2,172	41.3	+9.0
Majority			912	17.4	-5.5
Turnout			5,256	63.0	-10.5
Registered electors			8,346
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Liverpool Kirkdale^[2]^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Baden-Powell	3,750	57.5	-1.2
	Lib-Lab	T. R. Threlfall	2,773	42.5	+1.2
Majority			977	15.0	-2.4
Turnout			6,523	68.2	+5.2
Registered electors			9,567
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.2

General election 1895: Liverpool Kirkdale^[2]^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Baden-Powell	3,818	60.7	+3.2
	Liberal	Benjamin Sands Johnson	2,468	39.3	-3.2
Majority			1,350	21.4	+6.4
Turnout			6,286	65.3	-2.9
Registered electors			9,631
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

Baden-Powell's death caused a by-election.

1898 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election^[2]^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David MacIver	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Liverpool Kirkdale^[2]^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David MacIver	4,333	71.4	+10.7
	Liberal	Richard Cherry	1,738	28.6	−10.7
Majority			2,595	42.8	+21.4
Turnout			6,071	56.8	−8.5
Registered electors			10,695
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.7

General election 1906: Liverpool Kirkdale^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David MacIver	3,749	54.3	−17.1
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	James Conley	3,157	45.7	New
Majority			592	8.6	−34.2
Turnout			6,284	65.2	+8.4
Registered electors			10,596
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

1907 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles MacArthur	4,000	54.6	+0.3
	Labour	John Hill	3,330	45.4	−0.3
Majority			670	9.2	+0.6
Turnout			7,330	69.6	+4.4
Registered electors			10,529
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Liverpool Kirkdale^[2]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles MacArthur	4,144	51.4	-3.2
	Labour	Alexander Gordon Cameron	3,921	48.6	+3.2
Majority			223	2.8	-6.4
Turnout			6,065	77.8	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.2

1910 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election^[2]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	4,268	55.5	+4.1
	Labour	Alexander Gordon Cameron	3,427	44.5	―4.1
Majority			841	11.0	+8.2
Turnout			7,695	74.3	―3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

General election December 1910: Liverpool Kirkdale^[2]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	4,205	58.4	+2.9
	Labour	Thomas McKerrell	2,992	41.6	―2.9
Majority			1,213	16.8	+5.8
Turnout			7,197	69.5	―4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election^[2]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	De Fonblanque Pennefather	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

Elections 1918–1945

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Liverpool Kirkdale^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	De Fonblanque Pennefather	10,380	67.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Samuel Mason	5,012	32.0	New
Majority			5,368	34.4	N/A
Turnout			15,392	50.0	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Liverpool Kirkdale^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	De Fonblanque Pennefather	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Unionist hold

General election 1923: Liverpool Kirkdale^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	De Fonblanque Pennefather	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Unionist hold

General election 1924: Liverpool Kirkdale^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Pennefather	14,392	60.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Elijah Sandham	9,369	39.4	New
Majority			5,023	21.2	N/A
Turnout			23,761	73.7	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1929: Liverpool Kirkdale^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elijah Sandham	15,222	51.3	+11.9
	Unionist	Robert Rankin	14,429	48.7	―11.9
Majority			793	2.6	N/A
Turnout			29,651	72.9	―3.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+11.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Liverpool Kirkdale^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rankin	14,303	45.2	―3.5
	Ind. Labour Party	Elijah Sandham	9,531	30.1	―21.2
	Protestant	Henry Dixon Longbottom	7,834	24.7	New
Majority			4,772	15.1	N/A
Turnout			31,668	77.5	+4.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.8

General election 1935: Liverpool Kirkdale^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rankin	10,540	38.8	―6.4
	Labour	John Hamilton	9,984	36.7	+6.6
	Protestant	Henry Dixon Longbottom	6,677	24.6	―0.1
Majority			556	2.1	―13.0
Turnout			27,201	69.5	―8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	―6.5

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;

Conservative: Robert Rankin
Labour: John Hamilton^[9]
Liverpool Protestant Party: Henry Dixon Longbottom

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool Kirkdale^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Keenan	10,640	54.1	+17.4
	Conservative	Aled Roberts	6,414	32.6	―6.2
	Protestant	Henry Dixon Longbottom	2,601	13.2	―11.4
Majority			4,226	21.5	N/A
Turnout			19,655	64.3	―5.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.8

Elections 1950–1979

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Keenan	19,219	48.7	―5.4
	Conservative	David J. Lewis	18,591	47.1	+14.5
	Liberal	June Stananought Pritchard	1,648	4.2	New
Majority			628	1.6	―19.9
Turnout			39,458	79.7	+15.4
	Labour hold		Swing	―10.0

General election 1951: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Keenan	19,637	51.0	+2.3
	Conservative	David J. Lewis	18,879	49.0	+1.9
Majority			758	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			38,516	77.9	―1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

General election 1955: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Pannell	22,356	52.1	+3.1
	Labour	William Keenan	20,542	47.9	―3.1
Majority			1,814	4.2	N/A
Turnout			42,898	70.6	−7.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.1

General election 1959: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Pannell	22,416	53.3	+1.2
	Labour Co-op	Thomas H. Hockton	19,669	46.7	―1.2
Majority			2,747	6.6	+2.4
Turnout			42,085	73.7	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	20,128	55.5	+8.8
	Conservative	Norman Pannell	16,120	44.5	―8.8
Majority			4,008	11.0	+4.4
Turnout			36,248	69.1	―4.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.8

General election 1966: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	19,233	59.3	+3.8
	Conservative	Norman Pannell	13,219	40.7	―3.8
Majority			6,014	18.6	+7.6
Turnout			32,452	65.7	―3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	17,678	56.5	―2.8
	Conservative	Michael P. Tinne	13,615	43.5	+2.8
Majority			4,063	13.0	―5.6
Turnout			31,293	63.7	―2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	―2.8

General election February 1974: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	16,443	52.7	―4.9
	Conservative	James Gillin	9,918	31.8	―10.6
	Liberal	Paul Desmond Mahon	4,866	15.6	New
Majority			6,525	20.9	+7.9
Turnout			31,227	69.5	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.8

General election October 1974: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	17,686	61.4	+8.7
	Conservative	Maurice Edward Jones	8,205	28.5	―3.3
	Liberal	Michael Storey	2,908	10.1	―5.5
Majority			9,481	32.9	+12.0
Turnout			28,799	63.5	―6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

General election 1979: Liverpool Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dunn	17,043	56.1	―5.3
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	9,334	30.7	+2.2
	Liberal	Paul Desmond Mahon	3,819	12.6	+2.5
	National Front	Warner Reginald Williams	198	0.7	New
Majority			7,709	25.4	―7.5
Turnout			30,394	70.2	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	―3.8

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p142. ISBN 0-900178-27-2
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
^ ^a ^b ^c Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

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