{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main |name = Bootle |parliament = uk |image2 =[[File:North West England - Bootle constituency.svg|215px|alt=Map of constituency]] |caption2 =Boundary of Bootle in North West England |year = 1885 |abolished = |type = Borough |previous = [[South West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Lancashire]] |next = |elects_howmany = One |year2 = |abolished2 = |type2 = |previous2 = |next2 = |elects_howmany2 = |year3 = |abolished3 = |type3 = |previous3 = |next3 = |elects_howmany3 = | population = 98,449 (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507755&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |title=Bootle: Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=31 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002941/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507755&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |electorate = 75,194 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-north-west/#lg_bootle-bc-75194 |title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West |publisher=Boundary Commission for England |access-date=4 July 2024 |df=dmy }}</ref> |mp = [[Peter Dowd]] |party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |region = England |county = [[Merseyside]] |towns = [[Bootle]], [[Crosby, Merseyside|Crosby]], [[Waterloo, Merseyside|Waterloo]], [[Seaforth, Merseyside|Seaforth]], [[Litherland]], [[Netherton, Merseyside|Netherton]], [[Orrell, Merseyside|Orrell]] and [[Ford, Merseyside|Ford]]. |national = |westminster = |european = North West England }}
'''Bootle''' is a [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[borough constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} which has been represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]], since [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]] by [[Peter Dowd]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|group= n}}
==Constituency profile== The Bootle constituency is located in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton]] within the county of [[Merseyside]]. It is part of [[Liverpool Built-up Area|Liverpool's urban area]] and lies to the north of the city centre. Within the constituency are the towns of [[Bootle]], [[Litherland]] and [[Waterloo, Merseyside|Waterloo]]. Like much of Merseyside, the Bootle area has a maritime history, a large [[Irish people|Irish]]-descended population, and has experienced economic decline with the decrease in importance of the [[Port of Liverpool]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.touruk.co.uk/merseyside/bootle.htm|title=Bootle tourist information|publisher=Tour UK|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313072654/http://www.touruk.co.uk/merseyside/bootle.htm|archive-date=13 March 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Compared to national averages, residents of the constituency are more religious and have lower levels of wealth, education and professional employment.<ref name="ElectoralCalculus">{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Bootle|title=Seat Details - Bootle|website=electoralcalculus.co.uk|accessdate=3 December 2025}}</ref> House prices are very low and there is a large proportion of [[social housing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/|title=Local statistics - Office for National Statistics|website=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk|access-date=19 April 2018|archive-date=11 February 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[White people in the UK|White]] people make up 95% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-statistics-ethnicity/|title=2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency|website=commonslibrary.parliament.uk|date=4 July 2024|accessdate=19 November 2025}}</ref> At the [[Sefton Council|local council]], almost all of the seats in the Bootle constituency are represented by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] councillors. It is estimated that voters in the constituency were evenly split in the [[2016 Brexit referendum|2016 referendum on European Union membership]], with 50% supporting and 50% opposing [[Brexit]].<ref name="ElectoralCalculus"/>
==History== From 1885 to 1935, the constituency returned mostly [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MPs, with its most notable MP being Conservative Party leader [[Bonar Law]] from 1911 to 1918, when property qualifications for the vote were abolished. Bonar Law would later serve as UK prime minister from 1922 to 1923, though at that point he no longer represented Bootle in the House of Commons. [[James Burnie]] of the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] held the seat from 1922 to 1924, and the seat was briefly held by [[John Kinley]] from the Labour Party from 1929 to 1931 and became a Conservative–Labour [[marginal seat]] in the 1930s when the mainstream Labour party formed the [[National Government (United Kingdom)|National Government]]. The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] has held it continuously since the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]]; this period saw two decades of steep decline in the profitability of [[Liverpool Docks]], manufacturing and [[shipbuilding]], which employed many constituents. At the three general elections from [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]], Bootle was the [[Safe seat|safest seat]] for any party in the United Kingdom by percentage of majority.
In 1990, two [[by-election]]s were held in Bootle. The first followed the death of [[Allan Roberts (politician)|Allan Roberts]] on 21 February, and was held on 24 May. Jack Holmes, the candidate of the continuing [[Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)|Social Democratic Party]] (representing the faction of the party which did not merge with the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]) was beaten by [[Screaming Lord Sutch]] of the [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]], contributing to the end of the SDP. The victorious Labour candidate, [[Michael Carr (Labour politician)|Michael Carr]] unexpectedly died on 20 July 1990 after just 57 days in office.
The second by-election, held on 8 November 1990, was won by the Labour candidate, [[Joe Benton]]. Benton retained Bootle at the next four general elections with large majorities. At the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], the seat was the safest seat by percentage of majority and had the highest winning share of the vote.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2005/RP05-033.pdf report], p14</ref> In June 2014, Benton announced that he would retire at the 2015 general election.
The 2015 result made the seat the fifth-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority (with a winning vote share of 74.5% and a majority of 63.6%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Statistics/Majority |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523235952/http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Statistics/Majority |archive-date=2015-05-23 |title=Majority by Constituency {{!}} General Elections Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Labour Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929214847/http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> Bootle remained a safe seat into the 2020s, becoming the safest seat for Labour by this metric in [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]] (despite a decrease of the vote share by 10.7%) with a winning vote share of 68.7%; this gave Labour a 56.5% majority over [[Reform UK]].
==Boundaries== {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of boundaries from 2010}} [[File:Bootle1974Constituency.svg|right|thumb|260px|Bootle in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974–1983]]
'''1885–1918''': The Boroughs of Bootle-cum-Linacre and Liverpool, the parishes of Childwall, Fazakerley, Walton-on-the-Hill, and Wavertree, and parts of the parishes of Toxteth Park and West Derby.
'''1918–1950''': The County Borough of Bootle.
'''1950–1955''': The County Borough of Bootle, and the Urban District of Litherland.
'''1955–1974''': The County Borough of Bootle.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1956 |title=Statutory Instruments 1955 |series=Part II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TDyAAAAMAAJ |chapter=The Parliamentary Constituencies (Liverpool and South-West Lancashire) Order 1955. SI 1955/15 |location=London |publisher=[[Her Majesty's Stationery Office]] |pages=2144–2147 |isbn=}}</ref>
'''1974–1983''': The County Borough of Bootle, and the Urban District of Litherland.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970|year=1970|number=1674|accessdate=23 July 2023}}</ref>
'''1983–1997''': The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton wards of Church, Derby, Ford, Linacre, Litherland, Netherton, Orrell, and St Oswald.
'''1997–2010''': As above less Church ward.
'''2010–present''': The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton wards of Church, Derby, Ford, Linacre, Litherland, Netherton and Orrell, St Oswald, and Victoria.
Boundary changes that came into force as a result of the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] being called saw the constituency grow to also include parts of the [[Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)|old Crosby constituency]], with the electoral wards of Church and Victoria being added. Although these areas are more affluent than some parts of Bootle, it has not made the seat any less safe for Labour.
The [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] left the boundaries unchanged.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region}}</ref>
The constituency covers the southern part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton]] in [[Merseyside]]. This comprises [[Bootle]] itself plus other localities including [[Crosby, Merseyside|Crosby]], [[Waterloo, Merseyside|Waterloo]], [[Seaforth, Merseyside|Seaforth]], [[Litherland]], [[Netherton, Merseyside|Netherton]], [[Orrell, Merseyside|Orrell]] and [[Ford, Merseyside|Ford]].
==Members of Parliament== {|class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Election!!Member<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|b|4|date=March 2012}}</ref> !Party |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | || [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] || [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | || [[1911 Bootle by-election|1911 by-election]] || [[Bonar Law]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Conservative}}" | || [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]] || [[Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden|Sir Thomas Royden, Bt.]] || [[Coalition Conservative]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | || [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]] || [[James Burnie]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | || [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]] || [[Vivian Henderson]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]] || [[John Kinley]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | || [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]] || [[Chichester Crookshank]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | || [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]] || [[Eric Errington]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] || [[John Kinley]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]] || [[Simon Mahon]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]] || [[Allan Roberts (politician)|Allan Roberts]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[May 1990 Bootle by-election|1990 by-election (May)]] || [[Michael Carr (Labour politician)|Michael Carr]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[November 1990 Bootle by-election|1990 by-election (Nov)]] || [[Joe Benton]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]] || [[Peter Dowd]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |}
==Elections==
[[File:Bootle Election Results.png|thumb|centre|upright=2.5|Election results 1950–2024]]
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Bootle<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001113 Bootle]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sefton.gov.uk/media/8666/bootle_statement-of-persons-nominated.pdf|title=Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll|publisher=Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council|access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Peter Dowd]]|votes=26,729|percentage=68.7|change=−10.7|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Darren Burns|votes=4,746|percentage=12.2|change=+6.9}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Neil Doolin|votes=3,904|percentage=10.0|change=+7.6|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Rowena Bass|votes=1,674|percentage=4.3|change=−4.9}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Gibson|votes=1,301|percentage=3.3|change=−0.4|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Ian Smith|votes=526|percentage=1.4|change=''New''|}} {{Election box majority|votes=21,983|percentage=56.5|change=−13.7}} {{Election box turnout|votes=38,880|percentage=53.2|change=−12.2}} {{Election box hold with party link|winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 2010s=== {{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Bootle<ref>{{cite news |title=Bootle Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000581 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Peter Dowd]] |votes = 39,066 |percentage = 79.4 |change = −4.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party= Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Tarsilo Onuluk |votes = 4,510 |percentage = 9.2 |change = −2.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Brexit Party |candidate = Kim Knight |votes = 2,610 |percentage = 5.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Rebecca Hanson |votes = 1,822 |percentage = 3.7 |change = +2.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Mike Carter |votes = 1,166 |percentage = 2.4 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 34,556 |percentage = 70.2 |change = −1.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 49,174 |percentage = 65.7 |change = −3.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −0.85 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Bootle<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/general-election-2017-who-standing-13023168 |title=General Election 2017: who is standing for election |work=Liverpool Echo |date=11 May 2017}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Peter Dowd]] |votes = 42,259 |percentage = 84.0 |change = +9.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Charles Fifield |votes = 6,059 |percentage = 12.0 |change = +3.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = David Newman |votes = 837 |percentage = 1.7 |change = −0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Alison Gibbon |votes = 709 |percentage = 1.4 |change = −1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Kim Bryan |votes = 424 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 36,200 |percentage = 72.0 |change = +8.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 50,288 |percentage = 69.2 |change = +4.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +2.8 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Bootle<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite news | title = Bootle | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000581 | work = BBC News | access-date = 10 May 2015}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Peter Dowd]] |votes = 33,619 |percentage = 74.5 |change = +8.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = [[Paul Nuttall]] |votes = 4,915 |percentage = 10.9 |change = +4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Jade Marsden |votes = 3,639 |percentage = 8.1 |change = −0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Lisa Tallis |votes = 1,501 |percentage = 3.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = David Newman |votes = 978 |percentage = 2.2 |change = −12.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |candidate = Peter Glover |votes = 500 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ±0.0 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 28,704 |percentage = 63.6 |change = +12.2 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 45,152 |percentage = 64.4 |change = +6.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +1.6 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Bootle<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Joe Benton]] |votes = 27,426 |percentage = 66.5 |change = −9.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = James Murray |votes = 6,245 |percentage = 15.1 |change = +3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Sohail Qureshi |votes = 3,678 |percentage = 8.9 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = [[Paul Nuttall]] |votes = 2,514 |percentage = 6.1 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = British National Party |candidate = Charles Stewart |votes = 942 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |candidate = Peter Glover |votes = 472 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 21,181 |percentage = 51.4 |change = −12.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 41,227 |percentage = 57.8 |change = +7.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −1.6 }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 2000s=== {{Election box begin | |title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Bootle<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Joe Benton]] |votes = 19,345 |percentage = 75.5 |change = −2.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Chris Newby |votes = 2,988 |percentage = 11.7 |change = +3.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Wafik Moustafa]] |votes = 1,580 |percentage = 6.2 |change = −1.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = [[Paul Nuttall]] |votes = 1,054 |percentage = 4.1 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party (England and Wales) |candidate = Peter Glover |votes = 655 |percentage = 2.6 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,357 |percentage = 63.8 |change = −5.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 25,622 |percentage = 47.7 |change = −2.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −2.6 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | |title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Bootle<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Joe Benton]] |votes = 21,400 |percentage = 77.6 |change = −5.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Jim Murray |votes = 2,357 |percentage = 8.5 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Judith Symes |votes = 2,194 |percentage = 8.0 |change = −0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Dave Flynn |votes = 971 |percentage = 3.5 |change = +2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Alliance (England) |candidate = Peter Glover |votes = 672 |percentage = 2.4 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 19,043 |percentage = 69.1 |change = −5.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 27,594 |percentage = 49.8 |change = −16.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −5.3 }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1990s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Bootle<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Joe Benton]] |votes = 31,668 |percentage = 82.9 |change = +8.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Rupert Matthews (politician)|Rupert Matthews]] |votes = 3,247 |percentage = 8.5 |change = −7.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Kiron Reid |votes = 2,191 |percentage = 5.7 |change = −0.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Referendum Party |candidate = James Elliot |votes = 571 |percentage = 1.5 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Peter Glover |votes = 420 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Natural Law Party |candidate = Simon Cohen |votes = 126 |percentage = 0.3 |change = −0.2 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 28,421 |percentage = 74.4 |change = +15.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 38,223 |percentage = 66.7 |change = −5.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +6.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Bootle<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i03.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811135952/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i03.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>The changes and swing are calculated relative to the 1987 general election, not to either of the 1990 by-elections.</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Joe Benton]] |votes = 37,464 |percentage = 74.6 |change = +7.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Christopher J. Varley |votes = 8,022 |percentage = 16.0 |change = −4.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = John Cunningham |votes = 3,301 |percentage = 6.6 |change = −6.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989) |candidate = Medina Hall |votes = 1,174 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Natural Law Party |candidate = Thomas Haynes |votes = 264 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 29,442 |percentage = 58.6 |change = +11.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 50,225 |percentage = 72.5 |change = −0.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +5.9 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[November 1990 Bootle by-election]]}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Joe Benton]] |votes = 22,052 |percentage = 78.2 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[James Clappison]] |votes = 2,587 |percentage = 9.2 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = John Cunningham |votes = 2,216 |percentage = 7.9 |change = −1.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Sean Brady |votes = 557 |percentage = 2.0 |change = −1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = [[Screaming Lord Sutch]] |votes = 310 |percentage = 1.1 |change = −0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989) |candidate = Kevin White |votes = 291 |percentage = 1.0 |change = −0.3 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Christian Alliance |candidate = David Black |votes = 132 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 19,465 |percentage = 69.0 |change = +2.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 28,145 |percentage = 39.7 |change = −10.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +1.5 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[May 1990 Bootle by-election]]}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Michael Carr (Labour politician)|Michael Carr]] |votes = 26,737 |percentage = 75.4 |change = +8.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[James Clappison]] |votes = 3,220 |percentage = 9.1 |change = −11.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = John Cunningham |votes = 3,179 |percentage = 8.9 |change = −4.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party (UK) |candidate = Sean Brady |votes = 1,269 |percentage = 3.6 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989) |candidate = Kevin White |votes = 474 |percentage = 1.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = [[Screaming Lord Sutch]] |votes = 418 |percentage = 1.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) |candidate = Jack Holmes |votes = 155 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = T. J. Schofield |votes = 27 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 23,517 |percentage = 66.3 |change = +19.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 35,477 |percentage = 50.6 |change = −22.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +9.8 }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1980s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Bootle<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Allan Roberts (politician)|Allan Roberts]] |votes = 34,975 |percentage = 66.9 |change = +13.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Peter Papworth |votes = 10,498 |percentage = 20.1 |change = −3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Social Democratic Party (UK) |candidate = Paul Denham |votes = 6,820 |percentage = 13.0 |change = −10.4 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 24,477 |percentage = 46.8 |change = +17.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 52,293 |percentage = 72.9 |change = +4.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +8.7 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Bootle<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Allan Roberts (politician)|Allan Roberts]] |votes = 27,282 |percentage = 53.0 |change = −8.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Ronald Watson |votes = 12,143 |percentage = 23.6 |change = −3.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Social Democratic Party (UK) |candidate = John Wall |votes = 12,068 |percentage = 23.4 |change = +13.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 15,139 |percentage = 29.4 |change = −5.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 51,493 |percentage = 68.3 |change = −2.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1970s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Bootle }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Allan Roberts (politician)|Allan Roberts]] |votes = 26,900 |percentage = 61.0 |change = −3.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Ronald Watson |votes = 11,741 |percentage = 26.6 |change = +1.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = D.L. Mahon |votes = 4,531 |percentage = 10.3 |change = +0.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent Liberal |candidate = H.I. Fjortoft |votes = 911 |percentage = 2.1 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 15,159 |percentage = 34.4 |change = −4.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 44,083 |percentage = 70.4 |change = +3.2 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −2.4 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | |title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Simon Mahon]] |votes = 27,633 |percentage = 64.0 |change = +5.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = J F Borrows |votes = 10,743 |percentage = 24.9 |change = −1.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = H.I. Fjortoft |votes = 4,266 |percentage = 9.9 |change = −3.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Great Britain |candidate = R. Morris |votes = 516 |percentage = 1.2 |change = −0.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,890 |percentage = 39.1 |change = +7.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 43,158 |percentage = 67.2 |change = −6.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +3.6 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | |title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Simon Mahon]] |votes = 27,301 |percentage = 58.6 |change = −5.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = J.F. Borrows |votes = 12,366 |percentage = 26.6 |change = −9.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = H.I. Fjortoft |votes = 6,258 |percentage = 13.5 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Great Britain |candidate = R. Morris |votes = 586 |percentage = 1.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 14,935 |percentage = 32.0 |change = +4.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 46,511 |percentage = 73.3 |change = +8.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +2.4 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | |title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General election 1970]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Simon Mahon]] |votes = 20,101 |percentage = 63.6 |change = +3.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = G. Halliwell |votes = 11,496 |percentage = 36.4 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 8,614 |percentage = 27.2 |change = +0.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 31,633 |percentage = 65.2 |change = −3.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +0.2 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1960s === {{Election box begin | |title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General election 1966]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Simon Mahon]] |votes = 19,412 |percentage = 60.4 |change = −1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = George Halliwell |votes = 10,813 |percentage = 33.6 |change = −4.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent Labour |candidate = William Grant |votes = 1,931 |percentage = 6.0 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 8,599 |percentage = 26.8 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 32,156 |percentage = 68.2 |change = −2.7 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +1.4 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | |title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election|General election 1964]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Simon Mahon]] |votes = 21,677 |percentage = 62.0 |change = +8.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = George Halliwell |votes = 13,285 |percentage = 38.0 |change = −8.3 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 8,392 |percentage = 24.0 |change = +16.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 34,962 |percentage = 70.9 |change = −7.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +8.3 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1950s === {{Election box begin|title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General election 1959]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Simon Mahon]] |votes = 21,294 |percentage = 53.7 |change = +1.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Harry O Cullen |votes = 18,379 |percentage = 46.3 |change = −1.7 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,915 |percentage = 7.4 |change = +3.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 39,673 |percentage = 78.3 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +1.7 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| |title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General election 1955]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Simon Mahon]] |votes = 19,020 |percentage = 52.0 |change = −0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Herbert W Jones |votes = 17,582 |percentage = 48.0 |change = +3.3 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,438 |percentage = 4.0 |change = −4.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 36,602 |percentage = 75.7 |change = −5.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −2.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| |title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election|General election 1951]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Kinley]] |votes = 26,597 |percentage = 52.7 |change = −0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = A Owen Hughes |votes = 22,535 |percentage = 44.7 |change = −0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Anti-Partition of Ireland League |candidate = Harry McHugh |votes = 1,340 |percentage = 2.7 |change = +0.4 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,062 |percentage = 8.0 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 50,472 |percentage = 81.2 |change = −0.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +0.2 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| |title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Kinley]] |votes = 25,472 |percentage = 52.8 |change = −5.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = W. Hill |votes = 21,673 |percentage = 44.9 |change = +3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Anti-Partition of Ireland League |candidate = Bernard McGinnity |votes = 1,029 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,799 |percentage = 7.9 |change = −9.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 48,174 |percentage = 82.1 |change = +12.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −4.7 }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1940s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Kinley]] |votes = 15,823 |percentage = 58.6 |change = +19.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Eric Errington]] |votes = 11,180 |percentage = 41.4 |change = −7.2 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,643 |percentage = 17.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 27,003 |percentage = 69.7 |change = −1.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1930s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Eric Errington]] |votes = 16,653 |percentage = 48.6 |change = −13.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Kinley]] |votes = 13,285 |percentage = 38.8 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = [[James Burnie]] |votes = 4,319 |percentage = 12.6 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,368 |percentage = 9.8 |change = −14.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 34,257 |percentage = 71.3 |change = −7.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Chichester Crookshank]] |votes = 22,966 |percentage = 61.9 |change = +21.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Kinley]] |votes = 14,160 |percentage = 38.1 |change = −5.5 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 8,806 |percentage = 23.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 37,126 |percentage = 78.9 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1920s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Kinley]] |votes = 15,294 |percentage = 43.6 |change = +8.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = [[Vivian Henderson]] |votes = 14,263 |percentage = 40.7 |change = −4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Ernest Eric Edwards |votes = 5,523 |percentage = 15.7 |change = −4.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,031 |percentage = 2.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 35,080 |percentage = 77.9 |change = +0.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = +6.8 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election|General election 1924]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = [[Vivian Henderson]] |votes = 12,361 |percentage = 45.5 |change = +3.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Kinley]] |votes = 9,427 |percentage = 34.7 |change = +20.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = [[James Burnie]] |votes = 5,386 |percentage = 19.8 |change = −24.3 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,934 |percentage = 10.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 27,174 |percentage = 77.0 |change = +8.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) |loser = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = [[James Burnie]] |votes = 10,444 |percentage = 44.1 |change = −12.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = [[Vivian Henderson]] |votes = 9,991 |percentage = 42.1 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Kinley]] |votes = 3,272 |percentage = 13.8 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 453 |percentage = 2.0 |change = −12.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 23,707 |percentage = 68.1 |change = −3.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = −6.2 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = [[James Burnie]] |votes = 13,276 |percentage = 56.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Alexander Bicket |votes = 9,867 |percentage = 41.9 |change = −21.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = J E Burke |votes = 425 |percentage = 1.8 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,409 |percentage = 14.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 23,568 |percentage = 71.1 |change = +12.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |loser = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1910s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden|Thomas Royden]] |votes = 12,312 |percentage = 63.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = [[National Sailors' and Firemen's Union|Sailors' Union]] |candidate = [[Edmund Cathery]] |votes = 7,235 |percentage = 37.0 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 5,077 |percentage = 26.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 19,547 |percentage = 58.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end 1918}} [[File:Andrew Bonar Law 2.jpg|thumb|120px|Bonar Law]] '''General Election 1914–15''':
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *'''Unionist''': [[Bonar Law]] *'''Liberal''':
{{Election box begin | title=[[1911 Bootle by-election]]}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Bonar Law]] |votes = 9,976 |percentage = 56.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = [[Max Muspratt]] |votes = 7,782 |percentage = 43.8 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,194 |percentage = 12.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 17,758 |percentage = 69.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | |title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Bootle}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] |votes = 9,954 |percentage = 52.9 |change = +1.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =William Permewan |votes = 8,869 |percentage = 47.1 |change = −1.8 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,085 |percentage = 5.8 |change = +3.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 18,823 |percentage = 78.7 |change = +4.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1900s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Bootle<ref name="craig1885">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] |votes = 7,821 |percentage = 51.1 |change =''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Alfred Patten Thomas |votes = 7,481 |percentage = 48.9 |change =''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 340 |percentage = 2.2 |change =''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 15,302 |percentage = 73.8 |change =''N/A'' }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 20,721 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing =''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Bootle<ref name="craig1885"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1890s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Bootle<ref name="craig1885"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}} [[Image:Thomas Sandys.jpg|thumb|120px|Sandys]] {{Election box begin | title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Bootle<ref name="craig1885"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] |votes = 6,532 |percentage = 59.4 |change =''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =Alexander McDougall |votes = 4,460 |percentage = 40.6 |change =''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,072 |percentage = 18.8 |change =''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 10,992 |percentage = 69.7 |change =''N/A'' }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 15,772 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1880s=== {{Election box begin | title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Bootle<ref name="craig1885"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Bootle<ref name="craig1885"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Thomas Sandys (MP for Bootle)|Thomas Sandys]] |votes = 6,715 |percentage = 63.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =[[Samuel Whitbread (Liberal politician)|Samuel Whitbread]] |votes = 3,933 |percentage = 36.9 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,782 |percentage = 26.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 10,648 |percentage = 72.6 |change = }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 14,663 }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}
==See also== *[[List of parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside]]
==Notes== {{Reflist|group=n}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== *[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Election results, 1950 – 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040505172753/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm |date=5 May 2004 }} *[[F. W. S. Craig]], ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 – 1918'' *[[F. W. S. Craig]], ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949''
== External links == *[http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929379892/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Bootle] — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics. *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/12943.html Bootle UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK'' *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65821.html Bootle UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168628.html Bootle UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
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