| Liverpool Scotland Exchange | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Liverpool Scotland Exchange in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
| 1974–1983 | |
| Created from | Liverpool Exchange and Liverpool Scotland |
| Replaced by | Liverpool 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
| 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) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Parry | 15,154 | 80.2 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Philip Simon Corderoy Rankin | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
References
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