Liverpool Scotland Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)

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Liverpool Scotland Exchange
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
LiverpoolScotlandExchange1974Constituency.svg
Liverpool Scotland Exchange in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1974 (1974)1983
Created from Liverpool Exchange and Liverpool Scotland
Replaced by Liverpool Riverside

Liverpool Scotland Exchange was a borough constituency within the city and metropolitan borough of Liverpool, in the English county of Merseyside. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Boundaries

The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Abercromby, Central, Everton, Netherfield, St James, Sandhills, and Vauxhall.

The constituency was formed in 1974 from Liverpool Exchange and Liverpool Scotland. It was partially replaced by the new Liverpool Riverside constituency for the 1983 election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Feb 1974 Robert Parry Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Liverpool Riverside

Elections

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Liverpool Scotland / Riverside election results
General election February 1974: Liverpool Scotland Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Parry 15,295 75.1
Conservative Ralph Stuart Charles2,96314.6
Liberal David Loughlin Mahon1,5967.8
Communist Roger O'Hara5052.5
Majority12,33260.5
Turnout 20,35958.5
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Liverpool Scotland Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Parry 15,154 80.2 +5.1
Conservative Philip Simon Corderoy Rankin [lower-alpha 1] 2,23411.8―2.8
Liberal Penny Crockett9445.0―2.8
Communist Roger O'Hara5562.9+0.4
Majority12,92068.6+8.1
Turnout 18,88853.7―4.8
Labour hold Swing +4.0
General election 1979: Liverpool Scotland Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Parry 13,920 75.1 ―5.1
Conservative John Richard Murray Bligh2,26412.2+0.4
Liberal Chris Davies 1,93910.5+5.5
Communist Roger O'Hara4212.3―0.6
Majority11,65662.9―5.7
Turnout 18,54457.4+3.7
Labour hold Swing ―2.8

Notes

  1. Rankin was not included on Conservative Central Office's official list of Conservative candidates for the election. However, Harold Steward, the chair of the Liverpool Conservative Association, recommended that Conservatives in the constituency support Rankin. [1]

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References

  1. "Local jobs in danger claims Tory" . Liverpool Echo . 3 October 1974. p. 5. Retrieved 8 June 2024 via Newspapers.com.