Liverpool Scotland Exchange

Liverpool Scotland Exchange
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Liverpool Scotland Exchange in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1974 (1974)1983
Created fromLiverpool Exchange and Liverpool Scotland
Replaced byLiverpool Riverside

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.

Boundaries

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.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
Feb 1974 Robert Parry Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Liverpool Riverside

Elections

Liverpool Scotland / Riverside election results
General election February 1974: Liverpool Scotland Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)
General election October 1974: Liverpool Scotland Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Parry 15,154 80.2 +5.1
Conservative Philip Simon Corderoy Rankin[a] 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
General election 1979: Liverpool Scotland Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Notes

  1. ^ Rankin was not included on Conservative Central Office's official list of Conservative candidates for the election. However, Harold Steward, the chair of the Liverpool Conservative Association, recommended that Conservatives in the constituency support Rankin.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Local jobs in danger claims Tory". Liverpool Echo. 3 October 1974. p. 5. Retrieved 8 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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