Liverpool_Exchange_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Liverpool Exchange
Liverpool Exchange
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1974
Seats	One
Created from	Liverpool
Replaced by	Liverpool Scotland Exchange

Liverpool Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1974

Liverpool Exchange was a borough constituency within the city of Liverpool in England, centred on Liverpool Exchange railway station. 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.

Quick Facts 1885–1974 (1974), Seats ...

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the February 1974 election, when it was merged with Liverpool Scotland to form Liverpool Scotland Exchange.

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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

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Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 176. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig

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The Liberal Year Book, 1907

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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 170 (194 in web page)

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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

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British Parliamentary Election Results 195–1973, FWS Craig

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The Times House of Commons, 1950–70

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	Member^[1]	Party^[2]^[3]
1885	Laurence Baily	Conservative
1886	David Duncan	Liberal
1887	Ralph Neville	Liberal
1895	John Bigham	Liberal Unionist
1897	Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist
1906	Richard Cherry	Liberal
1910	Max Muspratt	Liberal
1910	Leslie Scott	Conservative
1929	Sir James Reynolds	Conservative
1933	John Shute	Conservative
1945	Bessie Braddock	Labour
1970	Robert Parry	Labour
1974	constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Laurence Richardson Baily	2,964	50.2
	Liberal	William O'Shea	2,909	49.2
	Independent Liberal	Thomas English Stephens	36	0.6
Majority			55	1.0
Turnout			5,909	72.3
Registered electors			8,171
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Duncan	2,920	51.5	+2.3
	Conservative	Laurence Richardson Baily	2,750	48.5	−1.7
Majority			170	3.0	N/A
Turnout			5,670	69.4	−2.9
Registered electors			8,171
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ralph Neville	3,217	50.1	−1.4
	Liberal Unionist	George Goschen	3,210	49.9	+1.4
Majority			7	0.2	−2.8
Turnout			6,427	81.2	+11.8
Registered electors			7,911
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ralph Neville	2,721	50.6	−0.9
	Liberal Unionist	John Bigham	2,655	49.4	+0.9
Majority			66	1.2	−1.8
Turnout			5,376	71.5	+2.1
Registered electors			7,518
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9

Liverpool_Exchange_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Liverpool Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

1885–1918

1918–1950

1950–1955

1955–1974

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John Bigham	2,884	52.3	+2.9
	Liberal	William Bowring	2,630	47.7	−2.9
Majority			254	4.6	N/A
Turnout			5,514	78.1	+6.6
Registered electors			7,063
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Charles McArthur	2,711	50.5	−1.8
	Liberal	Russell Rea	2,657	49.5	+1.8
Majority			54	1.0	−3.6
Turnout			5,368	76.0	−2.1
Registered electors			7,060
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	−1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Charles McArthur	2,811	65.0	+12.7
	Liberal	Frederick Verney	1,514	35.0	―12.7
Majority			1,297	30.0	+25.4
Turnout			5,325	64.4	―13.7
Registered electors			6,718
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+12.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Cherry	2,291	51.4	+16.4
	Liberal Unionist	Charles McArthur	2,170	48.6	−16.4
Majority			121	2.8	N/A
Turnout			4,461	75.7	+11.3
Registered electors			5,891
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+16.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Muspratt	2,392	51.7	+0.3
	Conservative	Leslie Scott	2,231	48.3	−0.3
Majority			161	3.4	+0.6
Turnout			4,623	82.5	+6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Scott	2,330	51.6	+3.3
	Liberal	Max Muspratt	2,187	48.4	−3.3
Majority			143	3.2	N/A
Turnout			4,517	80.6	−1.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Leslie Scott	10,286	55.6	+4.0
	Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford	8,225	44.4	New
Majority			2,061	11.2	+8.0
Turnout			18,511	52.0	―28.6
	Unionist hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Leslie Scott	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Unionist hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Leslie Scott	15,650	55.4	*N/A*
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Devlin	12,614	44.6	New
Majority			3,036	10.8	N/A
Turnout			28,264	74.8	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1931: Liverpool Exchange ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Reynolds	24,038	68.8	+18.5
	Labour	Tom McLean	10,894	31.2	―18.5
Majority			13,144	37.6	+37.0
Turnout			34,902	69.0	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+18.5

By-election 1933: Liverpool Exchange ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Shute	15,198	55.0	―13.8
	Labour	Sydney Silverman	12,412	45.0	+13.8
Majority			2,786	10.0	―26.6
Turnout			27,610	55.2	―13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	―13.8

General election 1935: Liverpool Exchange ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Shute	17,439	57.2	+2.2
	Labour	S. Mahon	13,027	42.8	―2.2
Majority			4,412	14.4	+4.4
Turnout			30,466	65.7	+10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

General election 1950: Liverpool Exchange ^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	19,492	57.3	+5.3
	Conservative	John Reynolds	14,150	41.6	―6.4
	Independent Labour	A.G. Cleather	381	1.1	New
Majority			5,342	15.7	+11.7
Turnout			34,023	72.8	+11.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Leslie Scott	10,551	50.5	―4.9
	Irish Nationalist	William Grogan	10,322	49.5	+4.9
Majority			229	1.0	―9.8
Turnout			20,873	51.9	―22.9
	Unionist hold		Swing	―4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Reynolds	17,179	50.3	*N/A*
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	16,970	49.7	New
Majority			209	0.6	N/A
Turnout			34,149	65.9	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	8,494	52.0	+9.2
	Conservative	John Shute	7,829	48.0	―9.2
Majority			665	4.0	N/A
Turnout			16,323	60.9	―4.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	19,887	60.4	+3.1
	Conservative	John O. Tiernan	13,052	39.6	―2.0
Majority			6,835	20.8	+5.1
Turnout			32,939	69.2	―3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	19,457	56.1	―4.3
	Conservative	Anne Elizabeth Papworth	12,271	35.4	―4.2
	Independent Labour	Lawrence Murphy	2,928	8.4	New
Majority			7,186	20.7	―0.1
Turnout			34,656	62.5	―6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	±0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	18,916	61.3	+5.2
	Conservative	Tom Beattie-Edwards	11,945	38.7	+3.3
Majority			6,971	22.6	+1.9
Turnout			30,861	60.5	―2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	16,985	70.1	+8.8
	Conservative	Vincent Burke	7,239	29.9	―8.8
Majority			9,746	40.2	+17.6
Turnout			24,224	54.4	―6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	15,089	73.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Barry Vincent Groombridge	5,372	26.3	―3.6
Majority			9,717	47.4	+7.2
Turnout			20,461	50.7	―3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Parry	12,995	70.6	―3.1
	Conservative	Anthony G. Phillips	4,638	25.2	―1.1
	Communist	Roger O'Hara	775	4.2	New
Majority			8,357	45.4	―2.0
Turnout			18,408	53.4	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	―1.0