Liverpool Broadgreen (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool Broadgreen was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Broadgreen suburb of Liverpool. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| Liverpool Broadgreen | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Merseyside |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Liverpool Edge Hill, Liverpool Kirkdale, Liverpool Wavertree and Liverpool West Derby[1] |
| Replaced by | Liverpool Wavertree and Liverpool West Derby[1] |
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. When the seat was first contested, it was estimated by the BBC and ITN that had it been fought at the previous election in 1979 it would have returned a Conservative MP with majority of 565.[2] However, despite the Conservatives winning the 1983 general election with a landslide majority and Labour's support falling for its 1979 level, Labour won Broadgreen with a majority of 3,800.[3] Labour would go on to win the seat at every election when it was contested.
Boundaries
editThe City of Liverpool wards of Broadgreen, Childwall, Kensington, Old Swan, and Tuebrook.
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Terry Fields | Labour | |
| 1991 | Independent | ||
| 1992 | Jane Kennedy | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
editElections in the 1980s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Fields | 18,802 | 40.9 | ||
| Conservative | Daniel P. Dougherty | 15,002 | 32.6 | ||
| Liberal | Richard Pine | 7,021 | 15.3 | ||
| SDP | Dick Crawshaw | 5,169 | 11.2 | ||
| Majority | 3,800 | 8.3 | |||
| Turnout | 45,994 | 72.1 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
- Both Crawshaw and Pine were official candidates of their respective local parties and both supported the Alliance between the Liberals and the SDP, however Crawshaw was given endorsement by both national parties.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Fields | 23,262 | 48.6 | +7.7 | |
| Liberal | Richard Pine | 17,215 | 35.9 | +20.6 | |
| Conservative | Mark Seddon | 7,413 | 15.5 | ―17.1 | |
| Majority | 6,047 | 12.7 | +4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 47,890 | 75.9 | +3.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ―8.5 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jane Kennedy | 18,062 | 43.2 | ―5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosie Cooper | 11,035 | 26.4 | ―9.5 | |
| Independent | Terry Fields | 5,952 | 14.2 | New | |
| Conservative | Helen Roche | 5,405 | 12.9 | ―2.6 | |
| Liberal | Steve Radford | 1,211 | 2.9 | New | |
| Natural Law | Ann Brennan | 149 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 7,027 | 16.8 | +4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 41,814 | 69.6 | ―6.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
References
edit- ^ a b "'Liverpool Broadgreen', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books. 1983. p. 280. ISBN 0-7230-0255-X.
- ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books. 1983. p. 157. ISBN 0-7230-0255-X.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- The Times guide to the House of Commons 1983 - 1992