Liverpool Scotland Exchange | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1974–1983 | |
Replaced by | Liverpool Riverside |
Created from | Liverpool Exchange and Liverpool Scotland |
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.
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.
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Robert Parry | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Liverpool Riverside |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Parry | 15,295 | 75.1 | ||
Conservative | Ralph Stuart Charles | 2,963 | 14.6 | ||
Liberal | David Loughlin Mahon | 1,596 | 7.8 | ||
Communist | Roger O'Hara | 505 | 2.5 | ||
Majority | 12,332 | 60.5 | |||
Turnout | 20,359 | 58.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Parry | 15,154 | 80.2 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Philip Simon Corderoy Rankin | 2,234 | 11.8 | −2.8 | |
Liberal | Penny Crockett | 944 | 5.0 | −2.8 | |
Communist | Roger O'Hara | 556 | 2.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 12,920 | 68.6 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,888 | 53.7 | −4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Parry | 13,920 | 75.1 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | John Richard Murray Bligh | 2,264 | 12.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Chris Davies | 1,939 | 10.5 | +5.5 | |
Communist | Roger O'Hara | 421 | 2.3 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 11,656 | 62.9 | -5.7 | ||
Turnout | 18,544 | 57.4 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.8 | |||
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