Liverpool Fairfield (UK Parliament constituency)
# Liverpool Fairfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Fairfield was a borough constituency in Liverpool which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

## Boundaries

The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fairfield and Old Swan, and part of Kensington ward.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1918 | Jack Cohen | Conservative |
| 1931 | Sir Edmund Brocklebank | Conservative |
| 1945 | Arthur Moody | Labour |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections

### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Liverpool Fairfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Jack Cohen | 7,698 | 50.6 | |
| C | Liberal | Francis L'Estrange Joseph | 4,188 | 27.5 | |
| | Labour | George Porter | 3,337 | 21.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,510 | 23.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,223 | 54.9 | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Liverpool Fairfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Jack Cohen | 14,316 | 72.3 | +21.7 |
| | Labour | George Porter | 5,478 | 27.7 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,838 | 44.6 | +21.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,794 | 64.0 | +9.1 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +7.9 | |

General election 1923: Liverpool Fairfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Jack Cohen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1924: Liverpool Fairfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Jack Cohen | 14,277 | 62.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Mary Mercer | 8,412 | 37.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,865 | 25.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,689 | 72.2 | N/A |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1929: Liverpool Fairfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unionist | Jack Cohen | 16,436 | 52.9 | ―10.0 |
| | Labour | John Hamer Sutcliffe | 14,614 | 47.1 | +10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,822 | 5.8 | ―20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,050 | 71.9 | ―0.3 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | ―10.0 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Liverpool Fairfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Edmund Brocklebank | 24,636 | 75.6 | +23.7 |
| | Labour | A. Dodd | 7,960 | 24.4 | ―23.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,676 | 51.2 | +47.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,596 | 72.5 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +23.7 | |

General election 1935: Liverpool Fairfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Edmund Brocklebank | 18,596 | 62.5 | ―13.1 |
| | Labour | Arthur Moody | 11,155 | 37.5 | +13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,441 | 25.0 | ―26.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,751 | 61.7 | ―10.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | ―13.1 | |

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: Edmund Brocklebank
* Labour: Arthur Moody

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool Fairfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Arthur Moody | 14,475 | 45.7 | +18.2 |
| | Conservative | Edmund Brocklebank | 13,328 | 42.2 | ―20.3 |
| | Liberal | William Henry Ledsom | 3,816 | 12.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,147 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,619 | 65.8 | +4.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.2 | |
