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Liverpool Everton was a
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;
*Labour:
borough constituency
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represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elected one Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the first past the post
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system of election.
History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.Boundaries
1885–1918: Part of the civil parish of Everton. 1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Everton and Netherfield.Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
* Caused by Whitley's death.Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *Unionist: John Harmood-Banner *Liberal: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;
*Labour: Bertie Kirby
Bertie Victor Kirby CBE DCM (2 May 1887 – 1 September 1953) was a British politician. He was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Everton from 1935 to 1950.
Kirby inspired the headline "Once Errand Boy in Local Store – Now M P" i ...
Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
*Conservative:Elections in the 1940s
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liverpool Everton Everton constituency Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950