| Liverpool Edge Hill | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Next: | Liverpool Mossley Hill and Liverpool Broadgreen[1] |
| Region: | England |
Liverpool Edge Hill was a borough constituency within the city and metropolitan borough of Liverpool, in the English county of Merseyside, centred on Edge Hill. 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.
The constituency was created in 1918 and abolished in 1983.
There were two by-elections in Liverpool Edge Hill, following the deaths of its incumbent Members of Parliament. At the 1947 by-election, Labour held the seat with a reduced majority, but the 1979 by-election saw a large swing against Labour who lost the seat to the Liberal David Alton — a defeat which foreshadowed Labour's national loss in the 1979 general election.
When the constituency disappeared for the 1983 general election, 59.85% of its territory was transferred to the new constituency of Liverpool Mossley Hill, where David Alton was re-elected. The remaining 40.15% of the seat fell into Liverpool Broadgreen, which was won by the Labour left-winger Terry Fields.
Michael Howard, later leader of the Conservative Party, was twice a candidate in the constituency, in the general elections of 1966 and 1970.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Edge Hill and Low Hill, and part of Kensington ward.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Edge Hill, Fairfield, Kensington, and Low Hill.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fairfield, Kensington, Picton, and Smithdown.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fairfield, Kensington, Low Hill, Picton, and Smithdown.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | William Watson Rutherford | Conservative | ||
| 1923 by-election | John Henry Hayes | Labour | ||
| 1931 | Sir Hugo Rutherford, Bt | Conservative | ||
| 1935 | Alexander Critchley | Conservative | ||
| 1945 | Richard Clitherow | Labour | ||
| 1947 by-election | Arthur Irvine | Labour | ||
| 1979 by-election | David Alton | Liberal | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | |||