Liverpool Scotland (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Scotland
Liverpool Scotland
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

Election		Member	Party
	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.

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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)

General election 1886: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1892: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1895: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1900: Liverpool Scotland^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1906: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election January 1910: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election December 1910: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1918: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	Unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	Unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold

General election 1923: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	Unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold

General election 1924: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	Unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold

General election 1929: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	Unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold

By-Election 1929: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Logan	Unopposed
	Labour gain from Irish Nationalist

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1935: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1945: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Logan	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1951: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1955: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1959: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

By-Election 1964: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1964: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1966: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1970: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

By-Election 1971: Liverpool Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

^ "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

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)

[1] "Election Intelligence". Cork Constitution. 21 November 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[craig1885-2] Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.

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