# Liverpool East Toxteth

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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950

Liverpool East Toxteth Former borough constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1950 Seats one Created from Liverpool Replaced by Liverpool Toxteth, Liverpool Garston and Liverpool Exchange

**Liverpool East Toxteth** was a [borough constituency](/source/Borough_constituency) represented in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) of the [Parliament of the United Kingdom](/source/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom). It elected one [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) by the [first past the post](/source/First_past_the_post) system of election.

## Boundaries

**1885–1918**: Part of the civil parish of Toxteth.

**1918–1950**: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Aigburth, Granby, Sefton Park East, and Sefton Park West.

## Members of Parliament

Year Member[1] Party[2][3] 1885 Henry de Worms Conservative 1895 Augustus Frederick Warr Conservative 1902 Austin Taylor Conservative 1906 Liberal 1910 Edward Marshall Hall Conservative 1916 James Stuart Rankin Conservative 1924 Albert Jacob Unionist 1929 Henry Mond Conservative 1931 Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Conservative 1950 constituency abolished

## Elections

### Elections in the 1880s

Bigham

General election 1885: Liverpool East Toxteth [4][5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Henry de Worms 3,598 58.0 Liberal John Bigham 2,608 42.0 Majority 990 16.0 Turnout 6,206 77.5 Registered electors 8,003 Conservative win (new seat)

de Worms

General election 1886: Liverpool East Toxteth [4][5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Henry de Worms Unopposed Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Liverpool East Toxteth [4][5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Henry de Worms 3,708 62.8 N/A Liberal Edward Paull 2,201 37.2 New Majority 1,507 25.6 N/A Turnout 5,909 69.2 N/A Registered electors 8,544 Conservative hold Swing N/A

General election 1895: Liverpool East Toxteth [4][5][6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Henry de Worms 3,628 68.0 +5.2 Liberal Climenson Yelverton Charles Dawbarn 1,706 32.0 −5.2 Majority 1,922 36.0 +10.4 Turnout 5,334 61.8 −7.4 Registered electors 8,627 Conservative hold Swing +5.2

1895 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election[4][5][6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Augustus Frederick Warr Unopposed Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Liverpool East Toxteth [4][5][6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Augustus Frederick Warr Unopposed Conservative hold

1902 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Austin Taylor 3,610 52.8 N/A Liberal Herbert R. Rathbone 3,233 47.2 New Majority 377 5.6 N/A Turnout 6,843 72.1 N/A Registered electors 9,485 Conservative hold Swing N/A

General election 1906: Liverpool East Toxteth [4][5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Austin Taylor Unopposed Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Liverpool East Toxteth [4][8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Edward Marshall Hall 4,037 51.8 N/A Liberal John Lea 3,752 48.2 New Majority 285 3.6 N/A Turnout 7,789 81.9 N/A Conservative hold Swing N/A

General election December 1910: Liverpool East Toxteth [4][8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Edward Marshall Hall 4,087 56.7 +4.9 Liberal Clive Bigham 3,121 43.3 −4.9 Majority 966 13.4 +9.8 Turnout 7,206 75.8 −6.1 Conservative hold Swing +4.9

**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**: [James Stuart Rankin](/source/James_Stuart_Rankin)

- **Liberal**: John Lea [9]

1916 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist James Stuart Rankin Unopposed Unionist hold

General election 1918: Liverpool East Toxteth[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% C Unionist James Stuart Rankin Unopposed Unionist hold C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

### Elections in the 1920s

Rathbone

General election 1922: Liverpool East Toxteth[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist James Stuart Rankin 15,149 60.3 N/A Independent Eleanor Rathbone* 9,984 39.7 New Majority 5,165 20.6 N/A Turnout 25,133 74.2 N/A Unionist hold Swing N/A

* Rathbone was a member of [Liverpool City Council](/source/Liverpool_City_Council) at the time of the election, and received support from the local [Liberal association](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) and the Women's Citizenship Association.

1923 general election: Liverpool East Toxteth [10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist James Stuart Rankin Unopposed N/A N/A Unionist hold

1924 general election: Liverpool East Toxteth[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Albert Jacob 16,139 59.9 N/A Labour Charles Burden 6,620 24.6 New Liberal Frederick Bowring [11] 4,163 15.5 New Majority 9,519 35.3 N/A Turnout 26,922 76.4 N/A Unionist hold Swing N/A

1929 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Henry Mond 9,462 43.2 −16.7 Labour Joseph Cleary 6,563 29.2 +4.6 Liberal Aled Roberts 6,206 27.6 +12.1 Majority 3,129 14.0 −19.3 Turnout 22,231 61.7 −14.7 Unionist hold Swing -10.7

General election 1929: Liverpool East Toxteth [10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Henry Mond 17,678 47.9 +4.7 Labour Joseph Cleary 9,904 26.9 −2.3 Liberal Aled Roberts 9,287 25.2 −2.4 Majority 7,774 21.0 +7.0 Turnout 36,869 75.5 +13.8 Unionist hold Swing +4.5

### Elections in the 1930s

1931 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 17,040 75.4 +27.5 Labour Charles Burden 5,550 24.6 ―2.3 Majority 11,490 50.8 +29.8 Turnout 22,590 45.6 ―29.9 Conservative hold Swing +14.9

General election 1931: Liverpool East Toxteth[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 28,187 75.6 +0.2 Liberal Alfred Samuel Doran 9,093 24.4 New Majority 19,094 51.2 +0.4 Turnout 37,280 74.0 +28.4 Conservative hold Swing

General election 1935: Liverpool East Toxteth[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 20,638 60.2 ―15.4 Liberal Arthur Donald Dennis 13,622 39.8 +15.4 Majority 7,016 20.4 ―30.8 Turnout 34,260 65.2 ―8.8 Conservative hold Swing ―15.4

**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**: [Patrick Buchan-Hepburn](/source/Patrick_Buchan-Hepburn)

- **Liberal**: [Lyon Blease](/source/Lyon_Blease)[12]

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool East Toxteth[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 18,145 49.3 ―10.9 Labour Victor Harold Edgar Baker 12,376 33.6 New Liberal Lyon Blease 6,286 17.1 ―22.7 Majority 5,769 15.7 ―4.7 Turnout 36,807 70.1 +4.9 Conservative hold Swing

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-craig1885-1918_2-0)** [Craig, F. W. S.](/source/F._W._S._Craig) (1983) [1989]. *British parliamentary election results 1885–1918* (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 139. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-900178-27-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900178-27-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-craig1918-1949_3-0)** [Craig, F. W. S.](/source/F._W._S._Craig) (1983) [1969]. *British parliamentary election results 1918–1949* (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 173. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-900178-06-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-9) British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

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