Waterloo (UK Parliament constituency)

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Waterloo
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
19181950
Number of membersone
Replaced by Crosby
Created from Southport

Waterloo was a parliamentary constituency centred on the district of Waterloo north of Liverpool in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Great Crosby, Litherland, Little Crosby, and Waterloo with Seaforth.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Albert Buckley Unionist
1923 Malcolm Bullock Unionist
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Waterloo [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Albert Buckley 13,25583.5
Labour Samuel Reeves 2,61916.5
Majority10,63667.0
Turnout 15,874
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Stewart-Brown
General election 1922: Waterloo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Albert Buckley 12,967 67.3 -16.2
Liberal Nessie Stewart-Brown 6,30032.7New
Majority6,66734.6-32.4
Turnout 19,26769.4+2.4
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Waterloo [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Malcolm Bullock 10,615 51.2 -16.1
Liberal Robert Lowden Connell 9,96548.4+15.7
Majority6502.4-32.2
Turnout 20,580
Unionist hold Swing -16.1
General election 1924: Waterloo [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Malcolm Bullock 15,704 72.0 +20.8
Labour George Frank Titt6,11628.0New
Majority9,58844.0+41.6
Turnout 21,820
Unionist hold Swing N/A
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Sellars
General election 1929: Waterloo [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Malcolm Bullock 17,299 52.1 -19.9
Labour John Clifford Leigh8,14224.5-3.5
Liberal Frederic Aked Sellars 7,72823.3New
Majority9,15727.6-16.4
Turnout 33,169
Unionist hold Swing -8.2

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Waterloo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Bullock 19,650 47.4 N/A
Labour Philip Vos13,79533.3New
Liberal Joseph Daniel Weir7,82318.8New
Independent Cyril Foster1950.5New
Majority5,85514.1N/A
Turnout 41,463
Conservative hold Swing -8.2

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References

  1. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
  2. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  3. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  4. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  5. Election results 1931 PoliticsResources
  6. Election results 1931 PoliticsResources