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.
Liverpool Abercromby | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Liverpool |
Replaced by | Liverpool Exchange |
Boundaries edit
The Municipal Borough of Liverpool wards of Abercromby, Castle Street, Great George's, Pitt Street, Rodney Street, and St Peter's.
Members of Parliament edit
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | William Lawrence | Conservative | |
1906 | J. E. B. Seely | Liberal | |
1910 Jan. | Richard Chaloner | Conservative | |
1917 b-e | Edward Stanley | Unionist | |
1918 | Constituency abolished |
Elections edit
Elections in the 1880s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Lawrence | 3,789 | 56.0 | ||
Liberal | Samuel Smith | 2,982 | 44.0 | ||
Majority | 807 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,771 | 74.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,137 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Lawrence | 3,583 | 55.7 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Brassey | 2,844 | 44.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 739 | 11.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,427 | 70.3 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,137 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Elections in the 1890s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Lawrence | 3,677 | 56.4 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | William Bowring | 2,846 | 43.6 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 831 | 12.8 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,523 | 72.0 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,054 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Lawrence | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1900s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Lawrence | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. E. B. Seely | 2,933 | 51.8 | New | |
Conservative | William Lawrence | 2,734 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 199 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,667 | 76.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,418 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Chaloner | 3,088 | 54.7 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | J. E. B. 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Chaloner | 3,024 | 58.1 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Frederick Bowring | 2184 | 41.9 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 840 | 16.2 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 5208 | 75.2 | -6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edward Stanley | 2,224 | 73.7 | +15.6 | |
NFDSS | Frank Buckley Hughes | 794 | 26.3 | New | |
Majority | 1430 | 47.4 | +31.2 | ||
Turnout | 3008 | 50.1 | -25.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)