The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Robert Houston.
[2] Although the West Toxteth constituency had been held by the Conservatives with a majority of 4,821 votes at the 1922 general election, the party's majority had been reduced to just 139 votes in the 1923 election.
[3] Although nationally the Conservatives won a landslide victory at the general election a few months later, in West Toxteth Gibbins managed to again defeat White, albeit with a much reduced majority of 379 votes.
The Conservatives would not regain the seat until the National Government's landslide victory in 1931, when Gibbins was heavily defeated.
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