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11 December 1861 | 2,939/3,489 | 84.24 | |
Conservative Party | 1,643 | 55.90 | |
Liberal Party | 1,296 | 44.10 | |
Majority | 347 | 11.81 | |
12 July 1865 | 3,181/4,563 | 69.71 | |
Conservative Party | 2,108 | 66.27 | |
Liberal Party | 1,073 | 33.73 | |
Majority | 1,035 | 32.54 | |
18 November 1868 | 4,960/5,892 | 84.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,921 | 58.89 | |
Liberal Party | 2,039 | 41.11 | |
Majority | 882 | 17.78 | |
3 February 1874 | 5,272/7,458 | 70.69 | |
Conservative Party | 3,692 | 70.03 | |
Liberal Party | 1,580 | 29.97 | |
Majority | 2,112 | 40.06 | |
29 October 1874 Death of John Laird. | |||
26 November 1874 | 5,895/7,458 | 79.04 | |
Conservative Party | 3,421 | 58.03 | |
Liberal Party | 2,474 | 41.97 | |
Majority | 947 | 16.06 | |
3 April 1880 | 7,683/9,127 | 84.18 | |
Conservative Party | 4,025 | 52.39 | |
Liberal Party | 3,658 | 47.61 | |
Majority | 367 | 4.78 | |
25 November 1885 | 10,293/12,115 | 84.96 | |
Conservative Party | 5,733 | 55.70 | |
Liberal Party | 4,560 | 44.30 | |
Majority | 1,173 | 11.40 | |
2 July 1886 | 9,341/12,115 | 77.10 | |
Conservative Party | 5,255 | 56.26 | |
Liberal Party | 4,086 | 43.74 | |
Majority | 1,169 | 12.51 | |
4 July 1892 | 10,916/13,031 | 83.77 | |
Conservative Party | 5,760 | 52.77 | |
Liberal Party | 5,156 | 47.23 | |
Majority | 604 | 5.53 | |
28 August 1894 Succession of Viscount Bury to the Peerage - 8th Earl of Albemarle. | |||
13 October 1894 | 12,192/14,293 | 85.30 | |
Conservative Party | 6,149 | 50.43 | |
Liberal Party | 6,043 | 49.57 | |
Majority | 106 | 0.87 | |
16 July 1895 | 12,152/14,277 | 85.12 | |
Conservative Party | 6,178 | 50.84 | |
Liberal Party | 5,974 | 49.16 | |
Majority | 204 | 1.68 | |
29 September 1900 | 15,486 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 January 1906 | 14,463/17,010 | 85.03 | |
Liberal/Labour | 7,074 | 48.91 | |
Conservative Party | 5,271 | 36.44 | |
Ind Protestant | 2,118 | 14.64 | |
Majority | 1,803 | 12.47 | |
John Kensit claimed to have been adopted by a committee of Protestant electors. He was actively associated with an organisation called the Protestant Truth Society that had been founded by his late father, John Kensit. | |||
19 January 1910 | 16,096/18,189 | 88.49 | |
Liberal/Labour | 8,120 | 50.45 | |
Conservative Party | 7,976 | 49.55 | |
Majority | 144 | 0.89 | |
5 December 1910 | 15,553/18,189 | 85.51 | |
Conservative Party | 8,304 | 53.39 | |
Liberal/Labour | 7,249 | 46.61 | |
Majority | 1,055 | 6.78 | |
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23 February 1950 | 53,020/62,420 | 84.94 | |
Labour Party | 26,472 | 49.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,343 | 38.37 | |
Liberal Party | 5,234 | 9.87 | |
Communist Party | 971 | 1.83 | |
Majority | 6,129 | 11.56 | |
25 October 1951 | 52,779/63,762 | 82.78 | |
Labour Party | 29,014 | 54.97 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,765 | 45.03 | |
Majority | 5,249 | 9.95 | |
26 May 1955 | 45,878/60,587 | 75.72 | |
Labour Party | 24,526 | 53.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,352 | 46.54 | |
Majority | 3,174 | 6.92 | |
8 October 1959 | 47,009/59,960 | 78.40 | |
Labour Party | 22,990 | 48.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,361 | 41.19 | |
Liberal Party | 4,658 | 9.91 | |
Majority | 3,629 | 7.72 | |
15 October 1964 | 42,127/56,594 | 74.44 | |
Labour Party | 23,994 | 56.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,133 | 43.04 | |
Majority | 5,861 | 13.91 | |
31 March 1966 | 40,230/55,225 | 72.85 | |
Labour Party | 24,188 | 60.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,438 | 38.37 | |
Communist Party | 604 | 1.50 | |
Majority | 8,750 | 21.75 | |
18 June 1970 | 41,408/58,460 | 70.83 | |
Labour Party | 20,980 | 50.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,151 | 36.59 | |
Liberal Party | 4,926 | 11.90 | |
Communist Party | 351 | 0.85 | |
Majority | 5,829 | 14.08 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 45,808/59,912 | 76.46 | |
Labour Party | 20,696 | 45.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,702 | 29.91 | |
Liberal Party | 11,410 | 24.91 | |
Majority | 6,994 | 15.27 | |
10 October 1974 | 42,392/60,385 | 70.20 | |
Labour Party | 21,748 | 51.30 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,264 | 28.93 | |
Liberal Party | 8,380 | 19.77 | |
Majority | 9,484 | 22.37 | |
3 May 1979 | 41,711/56,421 | 73.93 | |
Labour Party | 20,803 | 49.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,894 | 35.71 | |
Liberal Party | 5,708 | 13.68 | |
Workers Revolutionary Party | 306 | 0.73 | |
Majority | 5,909 | 14.17 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 46,903/68,074 | 68.90 | |
Labour Party | 23,249 | 49.57 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,535 | 28.86 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 9,782 | 20.86 | |
Ecology Party | 337 | 0.72 | |
Majority | 9,714 | 20.71 | |
11 June 1987 | 47,489/66,343 | 71.58 | |
Labour Party | 27,883 | 58.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,511 | 26.35 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 7,095 | 14.94 | |
Majority | 15,372 | 32.37 | |
9 April 1992 | 45,733/62,682 | 72.96 | |
Labour Party | 29,098 | 63.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,485 | 25.11 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,417 | 9.66 | |
Green Party | 543 | 1.19 | |
Natural Law Party | 190 | 0.42 | |
Majority | 17,613 | 38.51 | |
1 May 1997 | 39,323/59,782 | 65.78 | |
Labour Party | 27,825 | 70.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,982 | 15.21 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,548 | 9.02 | |
Socialist Labour | 1,168 | 2.97 | |
Referendum Party | 800 | 2.03 | |
Majority | 21,843 | 55.55 | |
7 June 2001 | 28,967/60,726 | 47.70 | |
Labour Party | 20,418 | 70.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,827 | 16.66 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,722 | 12.85 | |
Majority | 15,591 | 53.82 | |
5 May 2005 | 27,786/57,097 | 48.66 | |
Labour Party | 18,059 | 64.99 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,125 | 18.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,602 | 16.56 | |
Majority | 12,934 | 46.55 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 35,523/62,773 | 56.59 | |
Labour Party | 22,082 | 62.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,887 | 19.39 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,554 | 18.45 | |
Majority | 15,195 | 42.78 | |
7 May 2015 | 39,144/62,410 | 62.72 | |
Labour Party | 26,468 | 67.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,816 | 14.86 | |
UK Independence Party | 3,838 | 9.80 | |
Green Party | 1,626 | 4.15 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,396 | 3.57 | |
Majority | 20,652 | 52.76 | |
8 June 2017 | 43,663/64,484 | 67.71 | |
Labour Party | 33,558 | 76.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,044 | 18.42 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,118 | 2.56 | |
Green Party | 943 | 2.16 | |
Majority | 25,514 | 58.43 | |
30 August 2018 Rt Hon Frank Field resigns the Labour whip. | |||
12 December 2019 | 42,329/63,762 | 66.39 | |
Labour Party | 24,990 | 59.04 | |
Birkenhead Social Justice | 7,285 | 17.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,540 | 13.09 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,620 | 3.83 | |
Brexit Party | 1,489 | 3.52 | |
Green Party | 1,405 | 3.32 | |
Majority | 17,705 | 41.83 | |