<page_title> Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency) </page_title> <section_title> Members of Parliament </section_title> <table> <cell> 1947 by-election <col_header> Election </col_header> </cell> <cell> Labour <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1979 by-election <col_header> Election </col_header> </cell> <cell> David Alton <col_header> Member </col_header> </cell> <cell> Liberal <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> </table>
In the 1979 by-election, Labour lost the seat to Liberal David Alton.