Liverpool West Toxteth was a

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represented in the

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of the

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. It elected one

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(MP) by the

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system of election.

Boundaries

1885–1918: Part of the civil parish of Toxteth. 1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Brunswick, Dingle, and Prince's Park.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

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: Robert Houston *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:

Evelyn Walkden Evelyn Walkden (October 1893 - 12 September 1970) was a British politician and trade unionist. The son of a Lancashire miners' leader, he left school at 12 and fought in the First World War. He became a trade union organiser in 1928. He worked in ...

Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 *Conservative:

Elections in the 1940s

References

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