Liverpool Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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

Year		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Laurence Baily	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1886	David Duncan	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1887	Ralph Neville	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	John Bigham	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1897	Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1906	Richard Cherry	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1910	Max Muspratt	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1910	Leslie Scott	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	Sir James Reynolds	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1933	John Shute	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Bessie Braddock	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1970	Robert Parry	Labour
	1974	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

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O'Shea

General election 1885: Liverpool Exchange

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

• O'Shea had originally announced his intention to stand as an Irish Nationalist candidate. When he later secured the support of the Liberal Party, Stephens retired in favour of him.

General election 1886: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Duncan	Template:Replace	51.5
		Laurence Richardson Baily	2,750	48.5
Majority			170	3.0
Turnout			5,670	69.4
Registered electors			8,171
	gain from		Swing	+2.0

Duncan's death caused a by-election.

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Goschen

By-election, 26 Jan 1887: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ralph Neville	Template:Replace	50.1
		George Goschen	3,210	49.9
Majority			7	0.2
Turnout			6,427	81.2
Registered electors			7,911
	hold		Swing	−1.4

Elections in the 1890s

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Bigham

General election 1892: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ralph Neville	Template:Replace	50.6
		John Bigham	2,655	49.4
Majority			66	1.2
Turnout			5,376	71.5
Registered electors			7,518
	hold		Swing	−0.9

General election 1895: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Bigham	Template:Replace	52.3
		William Bowring	2,630	47.7
Majority			254	4.6
Turnout			5,514	78.1
Registered electors			7,063
	gain from		Swing	+2.9

Bigham is appointed a judge on the Queen's Bench division of the High Court of Justice, and resigned.

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Rea

1897 Liverpool Exchange by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles McArthur	Template:Replace	50.5
		Russell Rea	2,657	49.5
Majority			54	1.0
Turnout			5,368	76.0
Registered electors			7,060
	hold		Swing	−1.8

Elections in the 1900s

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Verney

General election 1900: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles McArthur	Template:Replace	65.0
		Frederick Verney	1,514	35.0
Majority			1,297	30.0
Turnout			5,325	64.4
Registered electors			6,718
	hold		Swing	+12.7

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Cherry

General election 1906: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Cherry	Template:Replace	51.4
		Charles McArthur	2,170	48.6
Majority			121	2.8
Turnout			4,461	75.7
Registered electors			5,891
	gain from		Swing	+16.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Max Muspratt	Template:Replace	51.7
		Leslie Scott	2,231	48.3
Majority			161	3.4
Turnout			4,623	82.5
	hold		Swing

General election December 1910: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Leslie Scott	Template:Replace	51.6
		Max Muspratt	2,187	48.4
Majority			143	3.2
Turnout			4,517	80.6
	gain from		Swing	+3.3

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Leslie Scott
• Liberal:

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Austin Harford	8,225	44.4
Majority			2,061	11.2
Turnout			18,511	52.0
	hold		Swing

1922 Liverpool Exchange by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Leslie Scott	Template:Replace	N/A
	hold

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Devlin

General election 1922: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Leslie Scott	Template:Replace	55.4
		Joseph Devlin	12,614	44.6
Majority			3,036	10.8
Turnout			28,264	74.8
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Leslie Scott	Template:Replace	50.5
		William Grogan	10,322	49.5
Majority			229	1.0
Turnout			20,873	51.9
	hold		Swing	―4.9

General election 1924: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Leslie Scott	Template:Replace	N/A
	hold

General election 1929: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Reynolds	Template:Replace	50.3
		William Albert Robinson	16,970	49.7
Majority			209	0.6
Turnout			34,149	65.9
	hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Reynolds	Template:Replace	68.8
		Tom McLean	10,894	31.2
Majority			13,144	37.6
Turnout			34,902	69.0
	hold		Swing	+18.5

By-election 1933: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Shute	Template:Replace	55.0
		Sydney Silverman	12,412	45.0
Majority			2,786	10.0
Turnout			27,610	55.2
	hold		Swing	―13.8

General election 1935: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Shute	Template:Replace	57.2
		S. Mahon	13,027	42.8
Majority			4,412	14.4
Turnout			30,466	65.7
	hold		Swing	+2.2

General Election 1939–40 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: John Shute
• Labour:

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bessie Braddock	Template:Replace	52.0
		John Shute	7,829	48.0
Majority			665	4.0
Turnout			16,323	60.9
	gain from		Swing	+9.2

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bessie Braddock	Template:Replace	57.3
		John Reynolds	14,150	41.6
		A.G. Cleather	381	1.1
Majority			5,342	15.7
Turnout			34,023	72.8
	hold		Swing	+5.9

General election 1951: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bessie Braddock	Template:Replace	60.4
		John O. Tiernan	13,052	39.6
Majority			6,835	20.8
Turnout			32,939	69.2
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bessie Braddock	Template:Replace	56.1
		Anne Elizabeth Papworth	12,271	35.4
		Lawrence Murphy	2,928	8.4
Majority			7,186	20.7
Turnout			34,656	62.5
	hold		Swing	±0.0

General election 1959: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bessie Braddock	Template:Replace	61.3
		Tom Beattie-Edwards	11,945	38.7
Majority			6,971	22.6
Turnout			30,861	60.5
	hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bessie Braddock	Template:Replace	70.1
		Vincent Burke	7,239	29.9
Majority			9,746	40.2
Turnout			24,224	54.4
	hold		Swing	+8.8

General election 1966: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bessie Braddock	Template:Replace	73.7
		Barry Vincent Groombridge	5,372	26.3
Majority			9,717	47.4
Turnout			20,461	50.7
	hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Liverpool Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Parry	Template:Replace	70.6
		Anthony G. Phillips	4,638	25.2
		Roger O'Hara	775	4.2
Majority			8,357	45.4
Turnout			18,408	53.4
	hold		Swing	―1.0