Liverpool Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

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.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the centre of the city of Liverpool, bordering on the River Mersey. It included the commercial area of the city, as well as poorer housing. It originally consisted of the wards of Vauxhall, St Ann Street, Lime Street, Exchange, and St Paul's.

1885-1918

The Exchange Ward, with a significant Conservative business vote, was combined with the St Anne's and Vauxhall wards (which were more Liberal and contained a substantial Irish vote).

The Scotland division, to the north of this seat, was more heavily Irish and returned an Irish Nationalist MP. Exchange was a Liberal/Conservative and Allies marginal constituency and its elections were influenced by what guidance the electors were given by Nationalist leaders.

1918-1950

In this period the seat was defined as comprising the Abercromby, Castle Street, Exchange, Great George, St Anne's, St Peter's, and Vauxhall wards.

In this era the area was represented by Conservative Members of Parliament, until the Labour Party captured the seat in 1945.

1950-1955

Brunswick, and Granby wards were added to those previously in the seat.

1955-1974

The constituency comprised Abercromby, Central, Granby, Low Hill, and St James wards.

In the redistribution which took effect in 1974, this seat disappeared. However the successor constituency was named Liverpool Scotland Exchange, combining as it did the central and northern riverside parts of the city.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party^[2]^[3]
1885	Laurence Richardson Baily	Conservative
1886	David Duncan	Liberal
1887 by-election	Ralph Neville	Liberal
1895	John Charles Bigham	Liberal Unionist
1897 by-election	Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist
1906	Richard Robert Cherry	Liberal
Jan 1910	Max Muspratt	Liberal
Dec 1910	Sir Leslie Frederic Scott	Conservative
1929	Sir James Philip Reynolds, Bt.	Conservative
1933 by-election	John Joseph Shute	Conservative
1945	Bessie Braddock	Labour
1970	Robert Parry	Labour
Feb 1974	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections 1950–1970

General Election 1970: Liverpool Exchange
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	N/A
Majority			8,357	45.4
Turnout			18,408	53.4	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.0

General Election 1966: Liverpool Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	15,089	73.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Barry V. Groombridge	5,372	26.3	−3.6
Majority			9,717	47.5
Turnout			20,461	50.7	−3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

General Election 1964: Liverpool Exchange
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
Turnout			24,224	54.4	−6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

General Election 1959: Liverpool Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	18,916	61.3	+5.2
	Conservative	T Beattie-Edwards	11,945	38.7	+3.3
Majority			6,971	22.6
Turnout			30,861	60.5	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

General Election 1955: Liverpool Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	19,457	56.1	−4.3
	Conservative	A.E. Papworth	12,271	35.4	−4.2
	Ind. Labour Party	L. Murphy	2,928	8.4	N/A
Majority			7,186	20.7
Turnout			34,656	62.5	−6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.0

General Election 1951: Liverpool Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	19,887	60.4	+3.1
	Conservative	J.O. Tiernan	13,052	39.6	−2.0
Majority			6,835	20.7
Turnout			32,939	69.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Liverpool Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock	19,492	57.3	+5.3
	Conservative	J. Reynolds	14,150	41.6	−6.4
	Independent Labour	A.G. Cleather	381	1.1	N/A
Majority			5,342	15.7
Turnout			34,023	72.8	+11.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.9

Elections 1918–1945

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, July 1945 ^[3] Electorate: 26,794 Turnout: 16,323 (60.9%) −4.8	Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 665 (4.0%) Swing: 9.2% from Con to Lab	Bessie Braddock	Labour	8,494	52.0	+9.2
		John Joseph Shute	Conservative	7,829	48.0	−9.2
General election, November 1935 ^[3] Electorate: 46,404 Turnout: 65.7% (+10.5)	Conservative hold Majority: 4,412 (14.4%) +4.4 Swing: 2.2% from Con to Lab	John Joseph Shute	Conservative	17,439	57.2	+2.2
		S. Mahon	Labour	13,027	42.8	−2.2
By-election, January 1933 ^[3] death of Reynolds Electorate: 50,060 Turnout: 27,610 (55.2%) −13.8	Conservative hold Majority: 2,786 (10.0%) −26.6 Swing: 13.8% from Con to Lab	John Joseph Shute	Conservative	15,198	55.0	−13.8
		Sydney Silverman	Labour	12,412	45.0	+13.8
General election, October 1931 ^[3] Electorate: 50,638 Turnout: 69.0% (+3.1)	Conservative hold Majority: 13,144 (37.6%) +37.0 Swing: 18.5% from Lab to Con	Sir James Reynolds, Bt	Conservative	24,008	68.8	+18.5
		T. McLean	Labour	10,894	31.2	−18.5
General election, May 1929 ^[3] Electorate: 51,820 Turnout: 34,149 (65.9%) +14.0	Conservative hold Majority: 209 (0.6%) −0.4	Sir James Reynolds, Bt	Conservative	17,179	50.3	−0.2
	Conservative hold Majority: 209 (0.6%) −0.4	William Albert Robinson	Labour	16,970	49.7	n/a
General election, October 1924 ^[3]	Conservative hold	Leslie Scott	Conservative	unopposed
General election, 1923 ^[3] Electorate: 40,221 Turnout: 51.9% (−22.9)	Conservative hold Majority: 229 (1.0%) −9.8 Swing: 4.9% from Con to IrishNat	Leslie Scott	Conservative	10,551	50.5	−4.9
		W. Grogan	Irish Nationalist	10,322	49.5	+4.9
General election, November 1922 ^[3] Electorate: 37,797 Turnout: 28,264 (74.8%) +22.8	Conservative hold Majority: 3,036 (10.8%) −0.4 Swing: 0.2% from Con to IrishNat	Leslie Scott	Conservative	15,650	55.4	−0.2
		Joseph Devlin	Irish Nationalist	12,614	44.6	+0.2
By-election, March 1922 ^[3] Scott appointed as Solicitor General	Conservative hold	Leslie Scott	Conservative	unopposed
General election, December 1918 ^[3] Electorate: 35,625 Turnout: 18,511 (52.0%) −28.6	Coalition Conservative hold Majority: 2,061 (11.2%) +8.0	Leslie Scott	Coalition Conservative	10,286	55.6	+4.0
		A. Harford	Irish Nationalist	8,225	44.4	n/a

Elections 1895–1910

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, December 1910 ^[2] Electorate: 5,602 Turnout: 4,517 (80.6%) −1.9	Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 143 (3.2%) Swing: 3.3% from Lib to Con	Leslie Scott	Conservative	2,330	51.6	+3.3
		Max Muspratt	Liberal	2,187	48.4	−3.3
General election, January 1910 ^[2] Electorate: 5,602 Turnout: 82.5% (+6.8)	Liberal hold Majority: 161 (3.4%) +0.6 Swing: 0.3% from Con to Lib	Max Muspratt	Liberal	2,392	51.7	+0.3
		Leslie Scott	Conservative	2,231	48.3	−0.3
General election, 1906 ^[2] Electorate: 5,891 Turnout: 4,461 (75.7%) +11.3	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Majority: 121 (2.8%) Swing: 16.4% from LibU to Lib	Richard Cherry	Liberal	2,291	51.4	+16.4
		Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist	2,170	48.6	−16.4
General election, 1900 ^[2] Electorate: 6,718 Turnout: 5,325 (64.4%) −11.6	Liberal Unionist 14.5 Majority: 1,297 (30.0%) +29.0 Swing: 14.5% from Lib to LibU	Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist	2,811	65.0	+14.5
		Frederick Verney	Liberal	1,514	35.0	−14.5
By-election, November 1897 ^[2] resignation of Bigham Electorate: 7,060 Turnout: 5,368 (76.0%) −2.1	Liberal Unionist hold Majority: 54 (1.0%) −3.6 Swing: 1.8% from LibU to Lib	Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist	2,711	50.5	−1.8
		Russell Rea	Liberal	2,657	49.5	+1.8
General election, 1895 ^[2] Electorate: 7,063 Turnout: 5,514 (78.1%) +6.6	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Majority: 254 (4.6%) Swing: 2.9% from Lib to LibU	John Bigham	Liberal Unionist	2,884	52.3	+2.9
		W. B. Bowring	Liberal	2,630	47.7	−2.9
General election, 1892 ^[2] Electorate: 7,518 Turnout: 5,376 (71.5%) −9.7	Liberal hold Majority: 66 (1.2%) +1.0 Swing: 0.5% from LibU to Lib	Ralph Neville	Liberal	2,721	50.6	+0.5
		John Bigham	Liberal Unionist	2,655	49.4	−0.5
By-election, January 1887 ^[2] death of Duncan Electorate: 7,911 Turnout: 6,427 (81.2%) +11.8	Liberal hold Majority: 7 (0.2%) −2.8	Ralph Neville	Liberal	3,217	50.1	−1.4
	Liberal hold Majority: 7 (0.2%) −2.8	George Goschen	Liberal Unionist	3,210	49.9
General election, 1886 ^[2] Electorate: 8,171 Turnout: 5,670 (69.4%) −2.9	Liberal gain from Conservative Majority: 170 (3.0%) Swing: 1.7% from Con to Lib	David Duncan	Liberal	2,920	51.5	+1.7
		Laurence Richardson Baily	Conservative	2,750	48.5	−1.7
General election, 1885 ^[2] new seat Electorate: 8,171 Turnout: 5,909 (72.3%)	Conservative win Majority: 55 (1.0%)	Laurence Richardson Baily	Conservative	2,964	50.2
		William O'Shea	Liberal	2,909	49.2
		T. E. Stephens	Liberal	36	0.6

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 141. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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.