Liverpool Abercromby (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Abercromby
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lancashire
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Created from	Liverpool

Liverpool Abercromby or Abercromby (Liverpool) was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished at the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Liverpool wards of Abercromby, Castle Street, Great George's, Pitt Street, Rodney Street, and St Peter's.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	William Lawrence	Conservative
	1906	Jack Seely	Liberal
	1910 Jan.	Richard Chaloner	Conservative
	1917 b-e	Lord Stanley	Unionist
	1918	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Samuel Smith

General Election, 25 November 1885: Liverpool Abercromby[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	3789	56.0	N/A
	Liberal	Samuel Smith	2982	44.0	N/A
Majority			807	12.0	N/A
Turnout			6771	74.1	N/A

Thomas Brassey

General Election, July 1886: Liverpool Abercromby[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	3583	55.7	−0.3
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	2844	44.3	+0.3
Majority			739	11.4	−0.6
Turnout			6427	70.3	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1890s

W. Lawrence

General Election, July 1892: Liverpool Abercromby[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	3677	56.4	+0.7
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring	2846	43.6	−0.7
Majority			831	12.8	+1.4
Turnout			6523	72.0	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election, July/August 1895: Liverpool Abercromby[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General Election, September/October 1900: Liverpool Abercromby[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Jack Seely

General Election, 16 January 1906: Liverpool Abercromby[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Edward Bernard Seely	2933	51.8	N/A
	Conservative	William Lawrence	2734	48.2	N/A
Majority			199	3.6	N/A
Turnout			5667	76.4	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Richard Chaloner

General Election, 18 January 1910: Liverpool Abercromby[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner	3088	54.7	+6.5
	Liberal	Rt Hon. John Edward Bernard Seely	2562	45.3	−6.5
Majority			526	9.4	+5.8
Turnout			5650	81.6	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

General Election, December 1910: Liverpool Abercromby[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner	3024	58.1	+3.4
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	2184	41.9	−3.4
Majority			840	16.2	+6.8
Turnout			5208	75.2	+6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4

Liverpool Abercromby by-election, 1917[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley	2224	73.7	+15.6
	NFDSS	Frank Buckley Hughes	794	26.3	N/A
Majority			1430	47.4	+31.2
Turnout			3008	50.1	-21.9
	Unionist hold		Swing

References

1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
5. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
7. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
8. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
9. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)