- Liverpool Mossley Hill (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 53°22′59″N 2°54′32″W / 53.383°N 2.909°W
Liverpool Mossley Hill Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons County Merseyside 1983–1997 Replaced by Liverpool Wavertree Created from Liverpool Edge Hill Liverpool Mossley Hill was a parliamentary constituency centered on the Mossley Hill suburb of Liverpool. 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 voting system.
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History
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election; half of its territory was previously in the abolished constituency of Liverpool Edge Hill.
The constituency returned the same MP throughout its existence: David Alton, initially a Liberal, then a Liberal Democrat from 1988, after the merger with the Social Democratic Party. Alton was first elected to parliament at a by-election in March 1979 for Liverpool Edge Hill, and held that seat until its abolition in 1983.
The constituency was abolished for the 1997 general election; Alton retired from the Commons and was appointed a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, and Mossley Hill ward was transferred to the redrawn constituency of Liverpool Riverside, a safe Labour seat.
Members of Parliament
Election Member[1] Party 1983 David Alton Liberal 1988 Liberal Democrats 1997 constituency abolished Elections
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Liverpool Mossley Hill[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat David Alton 19,809 47.9 +4.2 Labour Neville S. Bann 17,203 41.6 +2.7 Conservative Stephen A. Syder 4,269 10.3 −7.2 Natural Law Byron P. Rigby 114 0.3 N/A Majority 2,606 6.3 +1.4 Turnout 41,395 68.5 −6.6 Liberal Democrat hold Swing +0.7 Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Liverpool Mossley Hill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal David Alton 20,012 43.7 Labour J Davaney 17,786 38.8 Conservative W Lightfoot 8,005 17.5 Majority 2,226 4.7 Turnout 75.1 Liberal hold Swing General Election 1983: Liverpool Mossley Hill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal David Alton 18,845 40.9 Conservative B Keefe 14,650 31.8 Labour A C Snowden 12,352 26.8 National Front M Erikson-Rohrer 212 0.5 Majority 4,195 9.1 Turnout 73.4 Liberal hold Swing Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Categories:- Historic parliamentary constituencies of Liverpool
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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