| Liverpool Kirkdale | |
| Type: | Borough |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Elects Howmany: | one |
| Next: | 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.
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.
| Election | Member | 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[1] | Conservative | ||
| 1929 | Elijah Sandham | Labour | ||
| 1931 | Sir Robert Rankin | Conservative | ||
| 1945 | William Keenan | Labour | ||
| 1955 | Norman Pannell | Conservative | ||
| 1964 | James Dunn | Labour | ||
| 1981 | SDP | |||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | |||
Baden-Powell's death caused a by-election.
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;