Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards

Liverpool, West Derby

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Liverpool, West Derby in Merseyside

Location of Merseyside within England

County| Merseyside
Electorate| 62,709 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created| 1885
Member of Parliament| Ian Byrne (Labour Party)
Seats| One
Created from| Liverpool

Liverpool, West Derby is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ian Byrne of the Labour Party.[n 2]

## Boundaries[edit]

Map of present boundaries

Liverpool West Derby in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Liverpool ward of West Derby.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, and West Derby.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Croxteth and West Derby.

1955–1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, and Gillmoss.

1983–1997: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, and Pirrie.

1997–2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, Pirrie, and Tuebrook.

2010–present: The City of Liverpool wards of Croxteth, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft, West Derby, and Yew Tree.

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool and covers the northeast of the city, including Croxteth, Gillmoss, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook, and Stoneycroft as well as West Derby itself.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission created a modified West Derby constituency, which was fought at the 2010 general election. The commission's initial proposal to create a cross-border "Croxteth and Kirkby" constituency (which would have contained electoral wards from Knowsley borough, as well as from Liverpool) was dropped on its public consultation.

## History[edit]

The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and can be considered a safe seat from 1964 to the present day for the Labour Party, having retained the seat at every general election since then. However, in the early-1980s, it was briefly held by the SDP as a result of sitting Labour MP Eric Ogden being among many defectors.[n 3] Labour regained the seat at the 1983 general election, where Bob Wareing won the seat back for Labour.

Before 1964, it was held by the Conservative Party, although their share of the vote has declined considerably; so much so that at four recent general elections, they have finished in fourth place; however they managed to place in third at the 2015 general election and second place in 2017 and 2019.

At the general elections of 1997 and 2001, the Liverpool West Derby seat was the only constituency in England in which a minor party finished in second place, the Liberal Party who had[n 4] all three local councillors for one electoral ward in the area.[2] At the 2005 general election, however, the Liberals were pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats and fell to fourth place in 2015, with UKIP finishing in second place.

Sir F E Smith

Sir Frederick Edwin Smith, then Solicitor-General in the David Lloyd George Coalition Government, was returned for Liverpool West Derby at the 1918 general election; when constituency reorganisation abolished his former neighbouring Walton seat. He sat for only two months, being promoted Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and raised to the peerage as Lord Birkenhead in February 1919. He was the first of two MPs for this seat to achieve the highest legal office.

David Maxwell Fyfe

Maxwell Fyfe, KC, MP from 1935 to 1954 (including World War II) became the highest judge in the country, the Lord Chancellor, having been the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England and Wales. He helped to co-write the European Convention on Human Rights and was one of the key prosecutors at the Nuremberg Trials jointly with the (Labour-member) prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross. At this task was a "capable lawyer, efficient administrator and concerned housemaster".[3] There were misgivings in some quarters as to how Fyfe would perform, cross-examination not being regarded as one of his strengths. However his cross-examination of Hermann Göring is one of the most noted cross-examinations in history.[4] "Faced with sustained and methodical competence rather than brilliance, Goering...[n 5] crumbled".[5]

Stephen Twigg

Stephen Twigg ousted Michael Portillo in the normally right-leaning Enfield Southgate seat and represented it from 1997 until the 2005 general election; briefly serving as schools minister before that year's general election, which he lost, before five years later, standing for this normally left-leaning seat in Liverpool.

## Members of Parliament[edit]

Election | Member[6] | Party

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| 1885 | Lord Claud Hamilton | Conservative
| 1888 by-election | Hon. William Cross | Conservative
| 1893 by-election | Walter Long | Conservative
| 1900 | Samuel Higginbottom | Conservative
| 1903 by-election | William Rutherford | Conservative
| 1918 | Sir F. E. Smith, Bt | Conservative
| 1919 by-election | Sir Reginald Hall | Conservative
| 1923 | Sydney Jones | Liberal
| 1924 | Sir John Sandeman Allen | Conservative
| 1935 by-election | David Maxwell Fyfe | Conservative
| 1954 by-election | John Woollam | Conservative
| 1964 | Eric Ogden | Labour
| 1981 | SDP
| 1983 | Bob Wareing | Labour
| 2007 | Independent
| 2010 | Stephen Twigg | Labour Co-operative
| 2019 | Ian Byrne | Labour

## Elections[edit]

### Elections in the 2010s[edit]

General election 2019: Liverpool West Derby[7][8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Ian Byrne | 34,117  | 77.6  | ―5.2
| Conservative | Tom Bradley  | 4,133  | 9.4  | ―0.5
| Brexit Party | Ray Pearson  | 2,012  | 4.6  | New
| Liberal | Steve Radford | 1,826  | 4.2  | ―0.6
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Parr  | 1,296  | 2.9  | +1.7
| Green | Will Ward  | 605  | 1.4  | +0.7
Majority  | 29,984  | 68.2  | ―4.7
Turnout | 43,989  | 67.0  | ―2.0
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 2017: Liverpool West Derby[9][10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Stephen Twigg | 37,371  | 82.8  | +7.6
| Conservative | Paul Richardson  | 4,463  | 9.9  | +3.3
| Liberal | Steve Radford | 2,150  | 4.8  | ―0.2
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Parr  | 545  | 1.2  | ―1.1
| Green | Will Ward  | 329  | 0.7  | ―1.7
| Independent | Graham Hughes | 305  | 0.7  | New
Majority  | 32,908  | 72.9  | +6.2
Turnout | 45,163  | 69.0  | +4.8
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +2.2  |

Paul Parr was also the Liberal Democrat candidate at both the 2010 and 2015 general elections, when he was known as Paul Twigger.[9] Graham Hughes ran on an anti-Brexit platform as an independent in 2017, and subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats.[11]

General election 2015: Liverpool West Derby[12][13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Stephen Twigg | 30,842  | 75.2  | +11.1
| UKIP | Neil Miney  | 3,475  | 8.5  | +5.4
| Conservative | Ed McRandal  | 2,710  | 6.6  | ―2.7
| Liberal | Steve Radford | 2,049  | 5.0  | ―4.3
| Green | Rebecca Lawson  | 996  | 2.4  | New
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Twigger  | 959  | 2.3  | ―10.2
Majority  | 27,367  | 66.7  | +16.1
Turnout | 41,031  | 64.2  | +7.5
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ―2.8  |
General election 2010: Liverpool West Derby[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Stephen Twigg | 22,953  | 64.1  | +3.6
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Twigger  | 4,486  | 12.5  | ―2.7
| Liberal | Steve Radford | 3,327  | 9.3  | ―2.5
| Conservative | Pamela Hall  | 3,311  | 9.3  | +1.1
| UKIP | Hilary Jones  | 1,093  | 3.1  | +1.1
| Socialist Labour | Kai Anderson  | 614  | 1.7  | ―0.6
Majority  | 18,467  | 50.6  | +6.3
Turnout | 35,784  | 56.7  | +11.0
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.2  |

### Elections in the 2000s[edit]

General election 2005: Liverpool West Derby[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Robert Wareing | 19,140  | 62.8  | ―3.4
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Moloney  | 3,915  | 12.9  | +2.0
| Liberal | Steve Radford | 3,606  | 11.8  | ―3.1
| Conservative | Peter Garrett  | 2,567  | 8.4  | +0.4
| Socialist Labour | Kai Anderson  | 698  | 2.3  | New
| UKIP | Peter Baden  | 538  | 1.8  | New
Majority  | 15,225  | 49.9  | ―1.4
Turnout | 30,464  | 47.2  | +1.7
| Labour hold | Swing | ―2.7  |
General election 2001: Liverpool West Derby[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Robert Wareing | 20,454  | 66.2  | ―5.0
| Liberal | Steve Radford | 4,601  | 14.9  | +5.3
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Moloney  | 3,366  | 10.9  | +1.9
| Conservative | William Clare  | 2,486  | 8.0  | ―0.7
Majority  | 15,853  | 51.3  | ―10.3
Turnout | 30,907  | 45.5  | ―15.8
| Labour hold | Swing | ―5.0  |

### Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General election 1997: Liverpool West Derby[17] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Robert Wareing | 30,002  | 71.2  | +3.0
| Liberal | Steve Radford | 4,037  | 9.6  | +7.0
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Hines  | 3,805  | 9.0  | ―3.2
| Conservative | Neil C. Morgan  | 3,656  | 8.7  | ―7.9
| Referendum | Peter R. Forrest  | 657  | 1.6  | New
Majority  | 25,965  | 61.6  | +10.0
Turnout | 42,157  | 61.3  | ―8.5
| Labour hold | Swing | ―2.0  |
General election 1992: Liverpool West Derby[18][19] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Robert Wareing | 27,014  | 68.2  | +2.9
| Conservative | Stephen Fitzsimmons  | 6,589  | 16.6  | −2.6
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Bundred  | 4,838  | 12.2  | −3.3
| Liberal | Derek Curtis  | 1,021  | 2.6  | New
| Natural Law | Christopher Higgins  | 154  | 0.4  | New
Majority  | 20,425  | 51.6  | +5.5
Turnout | 39,616  | 69.8  | −3.6
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.8  |

### Elections in the 1980s[edit]

General election 1987: Liverpool West Derby[20] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Robert Wareing | 29,021  | 65.3  | +10.8
| Conservative | John Backhouse  | 8,525  | 19.2  | −8.3
| SDP | Malcolm Ferguson  | 6,897  | 15.5  | −2.5
Majority  | 20,496  | 46.1  | +19.1
Turnout | 44,443  | 73.4  | +3.9
| Labour hold | Swing | +9.6  |
General election 1983: Liverpool West Derby[21] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Robert Wareing | 23,905  | 54.5  |
| Conservative | William M. Trelawney  | 12,062  | 27.5  |
| SDP | Eric Ogden | 7,871  | 18.0  |
Majority  | 11,843  | 27.0  |
Turnout | 43,838  | 69.5  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1970s[edit]

General election 1979: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Eric Ogden | 22,576  | 55.47  | −5.01
| Conservative | D P M Hudson  | 14,356  | 35.28  | +6.40
| Liberal | A Humphreys  | 3,765  | 9.25  | −1.39
Majority  | 8,220  | 20.19  | −11.41
Turnout | 40,697  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election October 1974: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Eric Ogden | 23,964  | 60.48  | +5.8
| Conservative | J Last  | 11,445  | 28.88  | −1.8
| Liberal | R Ousby  | 4,215  | 10.64  | −3.1
Majority  | 12,519  | 31.60  | +7.6
Turnout | 39,624  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election February 1974: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Eric Ogden | 22,689  | 54.68  | −2.6
| Conservative | J Last  | 12,716  | 30.65  | −12.0
| Liberal | P. Gilchrist  | 5,701  | 13.74  | New
| PEOPLE | D. Pascoe  | 388  | 0.94  | New
Majority  | 9,973  | 24.0  | +9.4
Turnout | 41,494  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1970: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Eric Ogden | 22,324  | 57.3  | +0.44
| Conservative | Michael Latham | 16,619  | 42.7  | −0.4
Majority  | 5,705  | 14.65  | +0.88
Turnout | 38,943  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1960s[edit]

General election 1966: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Eric Ogden | 19,988  | 56.9  | +2.2
| Conservative | Peter Rees | 15,150  | 43.1  | -2.2
Majority  | 4,838  | 13.8  | +4.42
Turnout | 35,138  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1964: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Eric Ogden | 21,134  | 54.7  | +8.66
| Conservative | John Woollam | 17,519  | 45.3  | -8.66
Majority  | 3,615  | 9.35  | N/A
Turnout | 38,653  |  |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1950s[edit]

General election 1959: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | John Woollam | 22,719  | 54.0  | +0.7
| Labour | Aubrey Paxton  | 19,386  | 46.0  | -0.7
Majority  | 3,333  | 7.9  | +1.4
Turnout | 42,105  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1955: Liverpool West Derby[22] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | John Woollam | 21,124  | 53.26  | +1.65
| Labour Co-op | Cyril Rawlett Fenton  | 18,540  | 46.74  | -1.65
Majority  | 2,584  | 6.52  | +3.30
Turnout | 39,664  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1954 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | John Woollam | 21,158  | 53.15  | +1.54
| Labour Co-op | Cyril Rawlett Fenton  | 18,650  | 46.85  | -1.54
Majority  | 2,508  | 6.30  | +3.08
Turnout | 39,808  | 58.9  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1951: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | 27,441  | 51.61  |
| Labour | Lewis C. Edwards  | 25,734  | 48.39  |
Majority  | 1,707  | 3.22  |
Turnout | 53,175  | 80.32  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1950: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | 27,449  | 51.92  | -2.35
| Labour | Bertie Kirby | 25,417  | 48.08  | -2.35
Majority  | 2,032  | 3.84  | -4.70
Turnout | 52,866  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1940s[edit]

General election 1945: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | 21,798  | 54.27  |
| Labour Co-op | Dick Lewis | 18,370  | 45.73  |
Majority  | 3,428  | 8.54  |
Turnout | 40,168  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1930s[edit]

General election 1935: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | 21,196  | 58.35  |
| Labour | James Haworth | 10,218  | 28.13  |
| Liberal | Douglas Kilgour Mitchell  | 4,911  | 13.52  | New
Majority  | 10,978  | 30.22  |
Turnout | 36,325  | 62.60  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
1935 Liverpool West Derby by-election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1931: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | John Sandeman Allen | 32,202  | 78.01  |
| Labour | Joseph Cleary | 9,077  | 21.99  |
Majority  | 23,125  | 56.02  |
Turnout | 41,279  | 74.04  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1920s[edit]

General election 1929: Liverpool West Derby[23] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | John Sandeman Allen | 16,794  | 42.7  | −9.8
| Labour | William Harvey Moore  | 14,124  | 36.0  | +6.4
| Liberal | Arthur Probyn Jones | 8,368  | 21.3  | +3.4
Majority  | 2,670  | 6.7  | −16.2
Turnout | 39,286  | 73.1  | −4.1
Registered electors | 53,745  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | −8.1  |
General election 1924: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | John Sandeman Allen | 15,667  | 52.5  | +6.7
| Labour | Thomas Gallon Adams  | 8,807  | 29.6  | New
| Liberal | Sydney Jones | 5,321  | 17.9  | −36.3
Majority  | 6,860  | 22.9  | N/A
Turnout | 29,795  | 77.2  | +13.7
Registered electors | 38,579  |  |
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.5  |
General election 1923: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Sydney Jones | 12,942  | 54.2  | New
| Unionist | Reginald Hall | 10,952  | 45.8  | −24.7
Majority  | 1,990  | 8.4  | N/A
Turnout | 23,894  | 63.5  | −1.5
Registered electors | 37,618  |  |
| Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A |
General election 1922: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Reginald Hall | 16,179  | 70.5  | +3.1
| Labour | David Rowland Williams  | 6,785  | 29.5  | −3.1
Majority  | 9,394  | 41.0  | +6.2
Turnout | 22,964  | 65.0  | +9.9
Registered electors | 35,330  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | +3.1  |

### Elections in the 1910s[edit]

Hall Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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C | Unionist | William Reginald Hall | 6,062 | 56.5 | −10.9
| Labour | George Nelson | 4,670  | 43.5  | +10.9
Majority  | 1,392  | 13.0  | −21.8
Turnout | 10,732  | 34.3  | −20.8
Registered electors | 31,276  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | −10.9  |
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Smith 1918 general election: Liverpool West Derby  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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C | Unionist | F. E. Smith | 11,622 | 67.4 | +4.9
| Labour | George Nelson | 5,618  | 32.6  | New
Majority  | 6,004  | 34.8  | +9.8
Turnout | 17,240  | 55.1  | −13.4
Registered electors | 31,276  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
December 1910 general election: Liverpool West Derby[24][25] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Rutherford | 4,908  | 62.5  | +4.0
| Liberal | William John Lias [26] | 2,943  | 37.5  | −4.0
Majority  | 1,965  | 25.0  | +8.0
Turnout | 7,851  | 68.5  | −8.9
Registered electors | 11,467  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0  |
January 1910 general election: Liverpool West Derby[24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Rutherford | 5,190  | 58.5  | −1.7
| Liberal | William John Lias  | 3,682  | 41.5  | +1.7
Majority  | 1,508  | 17.0  | −3.4
Turnout | 8,872  | 77.4  | +0.0
Registered electors | 11,467  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7  |

### Elections in the 1900s[edit]

Holt 1906 general election: Liverpool West Derby[24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Rutherford | 5,447  | 60.2  | N/A
| Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 3,600  | 39.8  | N/A
Majority  | 1,847  | 20.4  | N/A
Turnout | 9,047  | 77.4  | N/A
Registered electors | 11,692  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1903[24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Rutherford | 5,455  | 62.7  | N/A
| Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 3,251  | 37.3  | New
Majority  | 2,204  | 25.4  | N/A
Turnout | 8,706  | 73.6  | N/A
Registered electors | 11,824  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
1900 general election: Liverpool West Derby[24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Samuel Wasse Higginbottom | Unopposed
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1890s[edit]

Long 1895 general election: Liverpool West Derby[27][24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Walter Long | 4,622  | 73.3  | +14.9
| Liberal | Oscar Browning | 1,686  | 26.7  | −14.9
Majority  | 2,936  | 46.6  | +29.8
Turnout | 6,308  | 59.8  | −10.7
Registered electors | 10,556  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +14.9  |
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1893[27][28][24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Walter Long | 3,632  | 61.5  | +3.1
| Liberal | Daniel Shilton Collin  | 2,275  | 38.5  | −3.1
Majority  | 1,357  | 23.0  | +6.2
Turnout | 5,907  | 58.5  | −12.0
Registered electors | 10,093  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1  |

* Caused by Cross' death.

1892 general election: Liverpool West Derby[27][24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Cross | 4,107  | 58.4  | −3.2
| Liberal | Frederick R Smith[29] | 2,925  | 41.6  | +3.2
Majority  | 1,182  | 16.8  | −6.4
Turnout | 7,032  | 70.5  | +4.6
Registered electors | 9,971  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.2  |

### Elections in the 1880s[edit]

By-election, 10 Aug 1888: Liverpool West Derby[27][24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Cross | Unopposed
| Conservative hold

* Caused by Hamilton's resignation.

1886 general election: Liverpool West Derby[27][24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 3,604  | 61.6  | +3.7
| Liberal | Charles Hemphill[30] | 2,244  | 38.4  | −3.7
Majority  | 1,360  | 23.2  | +7.4
Turnout | 5,848  | 65.9  | −16.2
Registered electors | 8,873  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.7  |
1885 general election: Liverpool West Derby[27][31][24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 4,213  | 57.9  |
| Liberal | Malcolm Guthrie  | 3,068  | 42.1  |
Majority  | 1,145  | 15.8  |
Turnout | 7,281  | 82.1  |
Registered electors | 8,873  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)

## See also[edit]

* List of parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. ^ See Labour Party (UK), who at the time called for withdrawal from the EEC (the Common Market) and removal of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. These considerable defections caused Labour to change its policies.
4. ^ Terms of office to date: 2003-2015
5. ^ Alternative spelling for Göring

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