# Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool, West Derby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ian Byrne of the Labour Party.

## Boundaries
### Historic

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Liverpool ward of West Derby.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, and West Derby.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Croxteth and West Derby.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, and Gillmoss.
1983–1997: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, and Pirrie.
1997–2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, Pirrie, and Tuebrook.
2010–2024: The City of Liverpool wards of Croxteth, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft, West Derby, and Yew Tree.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission created a modified West Derby constituency, which was fought at the 2010 general election. The commission's initial proposal to create a cross-border "Croxteth and Kirkby" constituency (which would have contained electoral wards from Knowsley borough, as well as from Liverpool) was dropped on its public consultation.

### Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following wards of the City of Liverpool as they existed on 1 December 2020:
* The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley wards of: Page Moss; Swanside.
* The City of Liverpool wards of: Knotty Ash; Old Swan; Tuebrook and Stoneycroft; West Derby; Yew Tree.
The constituency was subject to significant change, with the addition of the two Knowsley Borough wards from the constituency of Knowsley and the Liverpool City (former) ward of Old Swan from Liverpool Wavertree. These were partly offset by the transfer of the Croxteth and Norris Green wards to Liverpool Walton.
Liverpool was subject to a comprehensive local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023. As a result, the new constituency boundaries do not align with the revised ward boundaries. The constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
* The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley wards of: Page Moss; Swanside.
* The City of Liverpool wards or part wards of: Anfield (small part); Broadgreen; Kensington & Fairfield (small part); Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park; Old Swan East; Old Swan West; Sandfield Park; Stoneycroft; Tuebrook Breckside Park (majority); Tuebrook Larkhill (majority); West Derby Deysbrook; West Derby Leyfield; West Derby Muirhead (most); Yew Tree.
The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool and covers the northeast of the city, including Croxteth, Gillmoss, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook, and Stoneycroft as well as West Derby itself.

## History

The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and can be considered a safe seat from 1964 to the present day for the Labour Party, having retained the seat at every general election since then. However, in the early-1980s, it was briefly held by the SDP as a result of sitting Labour MP Eric Ogden being among many defectors. Labour regained the seat at the 1983 general election, where Bob Wareing won the seat back for Labour.
Before 1964, it was held by the Conservative Party, although their share of the vote has declined considerably; so much so that at four recent general elections, they have finished in fourth place; however they managed to place in third at the 2015 general election and second place in 2017 and 2019.
At the general elections of 1997 and 2001, the Liverpool West Derby seat was the only constituency in England in which a minor party finished in second place, the Liberal Party who had all three local councillors for one electoral ward in the area. At the 2005 general election, however, the Liberals were pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats and fell to fourth place in 2015, with UKIP finishing in second place.

### Sir F E Smith

Sir Frederick Edwin Smith, then Solicitor-General in the David Lloyd George Coalition Government, was returned for Liverpool West Derby at the 1918 general election; when constituency reorganisation abolished his former neighbouring Walton seat. He sat for only two months, being promoted Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and raised to the peerage as Lord Birkenhead in February 1919. He was the first of two MPs for this seat to achieve the highest legal office.

### David Maxwell Fyfe

Maxwell Fyfe, KC, MP from 1935 to 1954 (including World War II) became the highest judge in the country, the Lord Chancellor, having been the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England and Wales. He helped to co-write the European Convention on Human Rights and was one of the key prosecutors at the Nuremberg Trials jointly with the (Labour-member) prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross. At this task was a "capable lawyer, efficient administrator and concerned housemaster". There were misgivings in some quarters as to how Fyfe would perform, cross-examination not being regarded as one of his strengths. However his cross-examination of Hermann Göring is one of the most noted cross-examinations in history. "Faced with sustained and methodical competence rather than brilliance, Goering... crumbled".

### Stephen Twigg

Stephen Twigg ousted Michael Portillo in the normally right-leaning Enfield Southgate seat and represented it from 1997 until the 2005 general election; briefly serving as schools minister before that year's general election, which he lost, before five years later, standing for this normally left-leaning seat in Liverpool.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Lord Claud Hamilton | Conservative |
| 1888 by-election | Hon. William Cross | Conservative |
| 1893 by-election | Walter Long | Conservative |
| 1900 | Samuel Higginbottom | Conservative |
| 1903 by-election | William Rutherford | Conservative |
| 1918 | Sir F. E. Smith, Bt | Conservative |
| 1919 by-election | Sir Reginald Hall | Conservative |
| 1923 | Sydney Jones | Liberal |
| 1924 | Sir John Sandeman Allen | Conservative |
| 1935 by-election | David Maxwell Fyfe | Conservative |
| 1954 by-election | John Woollam | Conservative |
| 1964 | Eric Ogden | Labour |
| 1981 | Eric Ogden | SDP |
| 1983 | Bob Wareing | Labour |
| 2007 | Bob Wareing | Independent |
| 2010 | Stephen Twigg | Labour Co-operative |
| 2019 | Ian Byrne | Labour |
| 2024 | Ian Byrne | Independent |
| 2025 | Ian Byrne | Labour |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Byrne | 25,302 | 66.6 | −11.3 |
| | Reform UK | Jack Boyd | 4,879 | 12.8 | +7.9 |
| | Green | Maria Coughlan | 2,647 | 7.0 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 2,336 | 6.1 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Charlotte Duthie | 1,566 | 4.1 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kayleigh Halpin | 1,276 | 3.4 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,423 | 53.8 | −14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,006 | 54.3 | −11.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Byrne | 34,117 | 77.6 | ―5.2 |
| | Conservative | Tom Bradley | 4,133 | 9.4 | ―0.5 |
| | Brexit Party | Ray Pearson | 2,012 | 4.6 | New |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 1,826 | 4.2 | ―0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Parr | 1,296 | 2.9 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Will Ward | 605 | 1.4 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,984 | 68.2 | ―4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,989 | 67.0 | ―2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 2017: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Stephen Twigg | 37,371 | 82.8 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Richardson | 4,463 | 9.9 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 2,150 | 4.8 | ―0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Parr | 545 | 1.2 | ―1.1 |
| | Green | Will Ward | 329 | 0.7 | ―1.7 |
| | Independent | Graham Hughes | 305 | 0.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32,908 | 72.9 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,163 | 69.0 | +4.8 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +2.2 | |
Paul Parr was also the Liberal Democrat candidate at both the 2010 and 2015 general elections, when he was known as Paul Twigger. Graham Hughes ran on an anti-Brexit platform as an independent in 2017, and subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats.
General election 2015: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Stephen Twigg | 30,842 | 75.2 | +11.1 |
| | UKIP | Neil Miney | 3,475 | 8.5 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | Ed McRandal | 2,710 | 6.6 | ―2.7 |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 2,049 | 5.0 | ―4.3 |
| | Green | Rebecca Lawson | 996 | 2.4 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Twigger | 959 | 2.3 | ―10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,367 | 66.7 | +16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,031 | 64.2 | +7.5 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ―2.8 | |
General election 2010: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Stephen Twigg | 22,953 | 64.1 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Twigger | 4,486 | 12.5 | ―2.7 |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 3,327 | 9.3 | ―2.5 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Hall | 3,311 | 9.3 | +1.1 |
| | UKIP | Hilary Jones | 1,093 | 3.1 | +1.1 |
| | Socialist Labour | Kai Anderson | 614 | 1.7 | ―0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,467 | 50.6 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,784 | 56.7 | +11.0 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.2 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Wareing | 19,140 | 62.8 | ―3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Moloney | 3,915 | 12.9 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 3,606 | 11.8 | ―3.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Garrett | 2,567 | 8.4 | +0.4 |
| | Socialist Labour | Kai Anderson | 698 | 2.3 | New |
| | UKIP | Peter Baden | 538 | 1.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,225 | 49.9 | ―1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,464 | 47.2 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | ―2.7 | |
General election 2001: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Wareing | 20,454 | 66.2 | ―5.0 |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 4,601 | 14.9 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Moloney | 3,366 | 10.9 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | William Clare | 2,486 | 8.0 | ―0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,853 | 51.3 | ―10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,907 | 45.5 | ―15.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | ―5.0 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Wareing | 30,002 | 71.2 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 4,037 | 9.6 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Hines | 3,805 | 9.0 | ―3.2 |
| | Conservative | Neil Morgan | 3,656 | 8.7 | ―7.9 |
| | Referendum | Peter Forrest | 657 | 1.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,965 | 61.6 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,157 | 61.3 | ―8.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | ―2.0 | |
General election 1992: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Wareing | 27,014 | 68.2 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Fitzsimmons | 6,589 | 16.6 | ―2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Bundred | 4,838 | 12.2 | ―3.3 |
| | Liberal | Derek Curtis | 1,021 | 2.6 | New |
| | Natural Law | Christopher Higgins | 154 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,425 | 51.6 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,616 | 69.8 | ―3.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Wareing | 29,021 | 65.3 | +10.8 |
| | Conservative | John Backhouse | 8,525 | 19.2 | −8.3 |
| | SDP | Malcolm Ferguson | 6,897 | 15.5 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,496 | 46.1 | +19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,443 | 73.4 | +3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.6 | |
General election 1983: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Wareing | 23,905 | 54.5 |
| | Conservative | William M. Trelawney | 12,062 | 27.5 |
| | SDP | Eric Ogden | 7,871 | 18.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,843 | 27.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,838 | 69.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Ogden | 22,576 | 55.47 | −5.01 |
| | Conservative | D P M Hudson | 14,356 | 35.28 | +6.40 |
| | Liberal | A Humphreys | 3,765 | 9.25 | −1.39 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,220 | 20.19 | −11.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,697 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Ogden | 23,964 | 60.48 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | J Last | 11,445 | 28.88 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal | R Ousby | 4,215 | 10.64 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,519 | 31.60 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,624 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Ogden | 22,689 | 54.68 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | J Last | 12,716 | 30.65 | −12.0 |
| | Liberal | P. Gilchrist | 5,701 | 13.74 | New |
| | PEOPLE | D. Pascoe | 388 | 0.94 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,973 | 24.0 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,494 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1970: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Ogden | 22,324 | 57.3 | +0.44 |
| | Conservative | Michael Latham | 16,619 | 42.7 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,705 | 14.65 | +0.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,943 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Ogden | 19,988 | 56.9 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Rees | 15,150 | 43.1 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,838 | 13.8 | +4.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,138 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1964: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Ogden | 21,134 | 54.7 | +8.66 |
| | Conservative | John Woollam | 17,519 | 45.3 | −8.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,615 | 9.35 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,653 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Woollam | 22,719 | 54.0 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | Aubrey Paxton | 19,386 | 46.0 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,333 | 7.9 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,105 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Woollam | 21,124 | 53.26 | +1.65 |
| | Labour Co-op | Cyril Rawlett Fenton | 18,540 | 46.74 | −1.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,584 | 6.52 | +3.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,664 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1954 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Woollam | 21,158 | 53.15 | +1.54 |
| | Labour Co-op | Cyril Rawlett Fenton | 18,650 | 46.85 | −1.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,508 | 6.30 | +3.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,808 | 58.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | 27,441 | 51.61 |
| | Labour | Lewis C. Edwards | 25,734 | 48.39 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,707 | 3.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,175 | 80.32 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1950: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | 27,449 | 51.92 | −2.35 |
| | Labour | Bertie Kirby | 25,417 | 48.08 | −2.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,032 | 3.84 | −4.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,866 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | 21,798 | 54.27 |
| | Labour Co-op | Dick Lewis | 18,370 | 45.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,428 | 8.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,168 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | 21,196 | 58.35 | |
| | Labour | James Haworth | 10,218 | 28.13 | |
| | Liberal | Douglas Kilgour Mitchell | 4,911 | 13.52 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,978 | 30.22 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,325 | 62.60 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1935 Liverpool West Derby by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Maxwell Fyfe | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1931: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Sandeman Allen | 32,202 | 78.01 |
| | Labour | Joseph Cleary | 9,077 | 21.99 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,125 | 56.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,279 | 74.04 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | John Sandeman Allen | 16,794 | 42.7 | −9.8 |
| | Labour | William Harvey Moore | 14,124 | 36.0 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Probyn Jones | 8,368 | 21.3 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,670 | 6.7 | −16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,286 | 73.1 | −4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 53,745 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −8.1 | |
General election 1924: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | John Sandeman Allen | 15,667 | 52.5 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | Thomas Gallon Adams | 8,807 | 29.6 | New |
| | Liberal | Sydney Jones | 5,321 | 17.9 | −36.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,860 | 22.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,795 | 77.2 | +13.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 38,579 | | |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.5 | |
General election 1923: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Sydney Jones | 12,942 | 54.2 | New |
| | Unionist | Reginald Hall | 10,952 | 45.8 | −24.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,990 | 8.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,894 | 63.5 | −1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 37,618 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Unionist | Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1922: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Reginald Hall | 16,179 | 70.5 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | David Rowland Williams | 6,785 | 29.5 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,394 | 41.0 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,964 | 65.0 | +9.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 35,330 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +3.1 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | William Reginald Hall | 6,062 | 56.5 | −10.9 |
| | Labour | George Nelson | 4,670 | 43.5 | +10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,392 | 13.0 | −21.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,732 | 34.3 | −20.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 31,276 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −10.9 | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
1918 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | F. E. Smith | 11,622 | 67.4 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | George Nelson | 5,618 | 32.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,004 | 34.8 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,240 | 55.1 | −13.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 31,276 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
December 1910 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Rutherford | 4,908 | 62.5 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal | William John Lias | 2,943 | 37.5 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,965 | 25.0 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,851 | 68.5 | −8.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,467 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |
January 1910 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Rutherford | 5,190 | 58.5 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal | William John Lias | 3,682 | 41.5 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,508 | 17.0 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,872 | 77.4 | +0.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,467 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

1906 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Rutherford | 5,447 | 60.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 3,600 | 39.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,847 | 20.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,047 | 77.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,692 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1903 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Rutherford | 5,455 | 62.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 3,251 | 37.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,204 | 25.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,706 | 73.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,824 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
1900 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Samuel Wasse Higginbottom | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

1895 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Long | 4,622 | 73.3 | +14.9 |
| | Liberal | Oscar Browning | 1,686 | 26.7 | −14.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,936 | 46.6 | +29.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,308 | 59.8 | −10.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,556 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +14.9 | |
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1893 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Long | 3,632 | 61.5 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal | Daniel Shilton Collin | 2,275 | 38.5 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,357 | 23.0 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,907 | 58.5 | −12.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,093 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
* Caused by Cross' death.
1892 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Cross | 4,107 | 58.4 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal | Frederick R Smith | 2,925 | 41.6 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,182 | 16.8 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,032 | 70.5 | +4.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,971 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −3.2 | |

### Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 10 Aug 1888: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Cross | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
* Caused by Hamilton's resignation.
1886 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 3,604 | 61.6 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal | Charles Hemphill | 2,244 | 38.4 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,360 | 23.2 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,848 | 65.9 | −16.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,873 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.7 | |
1885 general election: Liverpool West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 4,213 | 57.9 | |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Guthrie | 3,068 | 42.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,145 | 15.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,281 | 82.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,873 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |