Liverpool Scotland (UK Parliament constituency)

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Liverpool Scotland
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
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.

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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

ElectionMemberParty
1885 T.P. O'Connor Irish Parliamentary
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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Liverpool Scotland / Riverside election results

Boundaries

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

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 2,724 64.9
Ind. Conservative Mortimer Neville Woodard [1] 1,47435.1
Majority 1,25029.8
Turnout 4,19859.3
Registered electors 7,076
Irish Nationalist win (new seat)
General election 1886: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 2,911 67.0 +2.1
Liberal Unionist Arthur Earle1,43133.0―2.1
Majority 1,48034.0+4.2
Turnout 4,34261.4+2.1
Registered electors 7,076
Irish Nationalist hold Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 2,537 65.3 −1.7
Conservative John Vesey Vesey-Fitzgerald1,34734.7+1.7
Majority 1,19030.6−3.4
Turnout 3,88463.5+2.1
Registered electors 6,121
Irish Nationalist hold Swing −1.7
General election 1895: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 2,089 59.0 −6.3
Conservative William Ellison-Macartney 1,45241.0+6.3
Majority 63718.0−12.6
Turnout 3,54161.3−2.2
Registered electors 5,780
Irish Nationalist hold Swing −6.3

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Liverpool Scotland [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 2,044 57.9 −1.1
Conservative William Rutherford 1,48442.1+1.1
Majority 56015.8−2.2
Turnout 3,52860.2−1.1
Registered electors 5,859
Irish Nationalist hold Swing −1.1
General election 1906: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 2,808 71.5 +13.6
Conservative Alfred Tobin 1,11728.5−13.6
Majority 1,69143.0+27.2
Turnout 3,92568.1+7.9
Registered electors 5,761
Irish Nationalist hold Swing +13.6

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 2,943 79.1 +7.6
Conservative Arthur Moy77620.9−7.6
Majority 2,16758.2+15.2
Turnout 3,71969.8+1.7
Irish Nationalist hold Swing +7.6
General election December 1910: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor 2,458 78.1 −1.0
Conservative Thomas Oswald Ockleston68921.9+1.0
Majority 1,76956.2−2.0
Turnout 3,14759.1−10.7
Irish Nationalist hold Swing −1.0
General election 1918: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor Unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor Unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold
General election 1923: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor Unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold
General election 1924: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor Unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold
General election 1929: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist T. P. O'Connor Unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold
By-Election 1929: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Logan Unopposed
Labour gain from Irish Nationalist

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Logan 15,521 56.5 N/A
Conservative Eric Errington 10,28037.5New
Communist Leo J. McGree1,5445.6New
Independent F. Abraham990.4New
Majority 5,24119.0N/A
Turnout 27,44468.7N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1935: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Logan 16,036 65.7 +9.2
Conservative Leo Henry Wright8,37234.3−3.2
Majority 7,66431.4+12.4
Turnout 24,40864.1−4.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Logan Unopposed N/AN/A
Labour hold

This was the last occasion in the United Kingdom when a seat saw a walkover at a general election outside Northern Ireland and not as a result of a by-election; the other being Rhondda West. Both seats returned a Labour MP unopposed in the 1945 general election.

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Logan 28,087 65.4 N/A
Conservative John Woollam 14,24033.2New
Communist Jack Coward6151.4New
Majority 13,84732.2N/A
Turnout 42,94274.8N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1951: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Logan 28,558 68.2 +2.8
Conservative Norman Pannell 13,34431.9―1.3
Majority 15,21436.3+4.1
Turnout 41,90271.1―3.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Logan 21,928 65.0 ―3.2
Conservative George F. Allanson11,82135.0+3.1
Majority 10,10730.0―6.3
Turnout 33,74960.1―11.0
Labour hold Swing ―3.2
General election 1959: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Logan 20,051 61.8 ―3.2
Conservative James F. Bradley12,38438.2+3.2
Majority 7,66723.6―6.4
Turnout 32,43562.5+2.4
Labour hold Swing ―3.2

Elections in the 1960s

By-Election 1964: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Alldritt 13,558 74.3 +12.5
Conservative Brian Mervyn Keefe4,68425.7―12.5
Majority 8,87448.6+25.0
Turnout 18,242
Labour hold Swing +12.5
General election 1964: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Alldritt 17,984 68.9 +7.1
Conservative Brian Mervyn Keefe7,39328.3―9.9
Communist Thomas E. Cassin7252.8New
Majority 10,59140.6+17.0
Turnout 26,10259.6―2.9
Labour hold Swing +8.5
General election 1966: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Alldritt 14,244 72.1 +3.2
Conservative Ralph H. Morris4,73024.0―4.3
Communist Thomas E. Cassin7793.9+1.1
Majority 9,51448.1+7.5
Turnout 19,75351.7―7.9
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Alldritt 11,074 74.8 +2.7
Conservative Ralph H. Morris3,74025.3+1.3
Majority 7,33449.5+1.4
Turnout 14,81450.7―1.0
Labour hold Swing +0.7
By-Election 1971: Liverpool Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Marsden 6,795 71.3 ―3.5
Conservative Barry Porter 1,75118.4―6.9
Labour and Anti-Abortion Peter Mahon 98110.3New
Majority 5,04452.9+3.4
Turnout 9,527
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election Intelligence" . Cork Constitution . 21 November 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.

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