| 1 | A | B | C | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency) - Members of Parliament |  |  |  |
| 3 | Election | Election | Member | Party |
| 4 | - | 1918 | William Watson Rutherford | Conservative |
| 5 | - | 1923 by-election | John Henry Hayes | Labour |
| 6 | - | 1931 | Sir Hugo Rutherford, Bt | Conservative |
| 7 | - | 1935 | Alexander Critchley | Conservative |
| 8 | - | 1945 | Richard Clitherow | Labour |
| 9 | - | 1947 by-election | Arthur Irvine | Labour |
| 10 | - | 1979 by-election | David Alton | Liberal |
| 11 | 1983 | 1983 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

Question: Who defeated Labour in the 1979 by-election?
Answer: In the 1979 by-election, Labour lost the seat to Liberal David Alton.