Liverpool Scotland (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Scotland
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Liverpool Scotland Exchange
Created from	Liverpool

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 around Scotland Road.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the former Liverpool constituency was split into 9 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

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

Liverpool Scotland by-election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Alldritt	13,558	74.32	+12.5
	Conservative	Brian Keefe	4,684	25.68	-12.5
Majority
Turnout			18,242
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election of 1945

In the 1945, David Logan, Labour was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Logan	16,036	65.7	+9.2
	Conservative	L H Wright	8,372	34.3	-3.2
Majority			7,664	31.4	+12.4
Turnout			24,408	64.1	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Logan	15,521	56.5
	Conservative	Eric Errington	10,280	37.5
	Communist	L J McGree	1,544	5.6
	Independent	F Abraham	99	0.4
Majority			5,241	19.0
Turnout			27,444	68.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Liverpool Scotland By-Election,1929

In the 1929 Liverpool, Scotland by-election, David Logan, Labour was elected unopposed.

General election of 1929

In the 1929 General Election, T. P. O'Connor, Irish Nationalist was elected unopposed.

General election of 1924

In the 1924 General Election, T. P. O'Connor, Irish Nationalist was elected unopposed.

General election of 1923

In the 1923 General Election, T. P. O'Connor, Irish Nationalist was elected unopposed.

General election of 1922

In the 1922 General Election, T. P. O'Connor, Irish Nationalist was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1910s

General election of 1918

In the 1918 general election, T. P. O'Connor, Irish Nationalist was elected unopposed.

General Election December 1910: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	2,458	78.1	-1.0
	Conservative	T O 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

General Election January 1910: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	2,943	79.1	+7.6
	Conservative	A 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

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	2,808	71.5	+13.6
	Conservative	A A Tobin	1,117	28.5	-13.6
Majority			1,691	43.0	+27.2
Turnout			3,925	68.1	+7.9
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing	13.6

General Election 1900: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	2,044	57.9	-1.1
	Conservative	W W Rutherford	1,484	42.1	+1.1
Majority			560	15.8	-2.2
Turnout			3,528	60.2	-1.1
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing	-1.1

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	2,089	59.0	-6.3
	Conservative	W G W Macartney	1,452	41.0	+6.3
Majority			637	18.0	-12.6
Turnout			3,541	61.3	-2.2
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing	-6.3

General Election 1892: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	2,537	65.3	-1.7
	Conservative	J V V Fitzgerald	1,347	34.7	+1.7
Majority			1,190	30.6	-3.4
Turnout			3,884	63.5	+2.1
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	2,911	67.0	+2.1
	Liberal Unionist	A Earle	1,431	33.0	-2.1
Majority			1,480	34.0	+4.2
Turnout			4,342	61.4	+2.1
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Liverpool, Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	T. P. O'Connor	2,724	64.9
	Independent Conservative	M N Woodard	1,474	35.1
Majority			1,250	29.8
Turnout			4,198	59.3

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)

See also

• Liverpool Riverside