Liverpool Scotland (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool Scotland | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Liverpool |
Replaced by | Liverpool Scotland Exchange |
Liverpool Scotland was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
It was located within the city of Liverpool in England, centred on Scotland Road. The constituency was notable as the only parliamentary constituency in Great Britain to elect an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament. Between 1885 and 1964, a span of seventy-nine years, the constituency was represented by only two MPs.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the former Liverpool constituency was split into nine divisions. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was merged with Liverpool Exchange to form the Liverpool Scotland Exchange constituency.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | T.P. O'Connor | Irish Nationalist | |
1929 by-election | David Logan | Labour | |
1964 by-election | Walter Alldritt | Labour | |
1971 by-election | Frank Marsden | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Liverpool Scotland Exchange |
Liverpool Scotland was characterized by having two MPs of exceptionally long service. T.P. O'Connor served in the constituency for 44 years until his death in 1929, becoming Father of the House in 1918. It was the only constituency outside the island of Ireland ever to return an Irish Nationalist Party MP, and O'Connor continued to be re-elected in Liverpool under this label unopposed, despite the Irish Free State achieving Dominion status in 1922. He was succeeded by the winner of the by-election, David Logan, who served for a further 35 years until his own death in 1964; Logan was never Father of the House, but he was its oldest sitting member from 1950 until his death.
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Boundaries
[edit]1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Liverpool ward of Scotland.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of North Scotland, Sandhills, and South Scotland, and part of Vauxhall ward.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Everton, Netherfield, North Scotland, St Domingo, Sandhills, and South Scotland.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Everton, Netherfield, St Domingo, Sandhills, and Vauxhall.
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,724 | 64.9 | ||
Ind. Conservative | Mortimer Neville Woodard[1] | 1,474 | 35.1 | ||
Majority | 1,250 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,198 | 59.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,076 | ||||
Irish Nationalist win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,911 | 67.0 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Earle | 1,431 | 33.0 | ―2.1 | |
Majority | 1,480 | 34.0 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,342 | 61.4 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,076 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,537 | 65.3 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | John Vesey Vesey-Fitzgerald | 1,347 | 34.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,190 | 30.6 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,884 | 63.5 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,121 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,089 | 59.0 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | William Ellison-Macartney | 1,452 | 41.0 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 637 | 18.0 | −12.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,541 | 61.3 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,780 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | −6.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,044 | 57.9 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | William Rutherford | 1,484 | 42.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 560 | 15.8 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,528 | 60.2 | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,859 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,808 | 71.5 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Alfred Tobin | 1,117 | 28.5 | −13.6 | |
Majority | 1,691 | 43.0 | +27.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,925 | 68.1 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,761 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | +13.6 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,943 | 79.1 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Arthur Moy | 776 | 20.9 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 2,167 | 58.2 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,719 | 69.8 | +1.7 | ||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,458 | 78.1 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Oswald Ockleston | 689 | 21.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,769 | 56.2 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,147 | 59.1 | −10.7 | ||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | |||
Irish Nationalist hold |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | |||
Irish Nationalist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | |||
Irish Nationalist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | |||
Irish Nationalist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | |||
Irish Nationalist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Logan | Unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Irish Nationalist |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Logan | 15,521 | 56.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Eric Errington | 10,280 | 37.5 | New | |
Communist | Leo J. McGree | 1,544 | 5.6 | New | |
Independent | F. Abraham | 99 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,241 | 19.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,444 | 68.7 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Logan | 16,036 | 65.7 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Leo Henry Wright | 8,372 | 34.3 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 7,664 | 31.4 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,408 | 64.1 | −4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Logan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Logan | 28,087 | 65.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Woollam | 14,240 | 33.2 | New | |
Communist | Jack Coward | 615 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 13,847 | 32.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,942 | 74.8 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Logan | 28,558 | 68.2 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Norman Pannell | 13,344 | 31.9 | ―1.3 | |
Majority | 15,214 | 36.3 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,902 | 71.1 | ―3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Logan | 21,928 | 65.0 | ―3.2 | |
Conservative | George F. Allanson | 11,821 | 35.0 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 10,107 | 30.0 | ―6.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,749 | 60.1 | ―11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Logan | 20,051 | 61.8 | ―3.2 | |
Conservative | James F. Bradley | 12,384 | 38.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 7,667 | 23.6 | ―6.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,435 | 62.5 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―3.2 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Walter Alldritt | 13,558 | 74.3 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Brian Mervyn Keefe | 4,684 | 25.7 | ―12.5 | |
Majority | 8,874 | 48.6 | +25.0 | ||
Turnout | 18,242 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Walter Alldritt | 17,984 | 68.9 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Brian Mervyn Keefe | 7,393 | 28.3 | ―9.9 | |
Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 725 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 10,591 | 40.6 | +17.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,102 | 59.6 | ―2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Walter Alldritt | 14,244 | 72.1 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Ralph H. Morris | 4,730 | 24.0 | ―4.3 | |
Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 779 | 3.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 9,514 | 48.1 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 19,753 | 51.7 | ―7.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Walter Alldritt | 11,074 | 74.8 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Ralph H. Morris | 3,740 | 25.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 7,334 | 49.5 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,814 | 50.7 | ―1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Marsden | 6,795 | 71.3 | ―3.5 | |
Conservative | Barry Porter | 1,751 | 18.4 | ―6.9 | |
Labour and Anti-Abortion | Peter Mahon | 981 | 10.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,044 | 52.9 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,527 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Election Intelligence". Cork Constitution. 21 November 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
Sources
[edit]- Election results, 1950 - 1970
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)