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.
Boundaries 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.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 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 PennefatherAdopted the name John in 1923 and created a baronet in 1924. 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
Election results 1885–1918 Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Baden-Powell's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections 1918–1945 Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
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: Robert Rankin Labour: John HamiltonReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Liverpool Protestant Party: Henry Dixon Longbottom
Elections in the 1940s
Elections 1950–1979 Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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