# Liverpool Scotland (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Scotland was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
It was located within the city of Liverpool in England, centred on Scotland Road. The constituency was notable as the only parliamentary constituency in Great Britain to elect an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament. Between 1885 and 1964, a span of seventy-nine years, the constituency was represented by only two MPs.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the former Liverpool constituency was split into nine divisions. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was merged with Liverpool Exchange to form the Liverpool Scotland Exchange constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1885 | T.P. O'Connor | Irish Nationalist |
| | 1929 by-election | David Logan | Labour |
| | 1964 by-election | Walter Alldritt | Labour |
| | 1971 by-election | Frank Marsden | Labour |
| Feb 1974 | Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Liverpool Scotland Exchange | constituency abolished: see Liverpool Scotland Exchange |
Liverpool Scotland was characterized by having two MPs of exceptionally long service. T.P. O'Connor served in the constituency for 44 years until his death in 1929, becoming Father of the House in 1918. It was the only constituency outside the island of Ireland ever to return an Irish Nationalist Party MP, and O'Connor continued to be re-elected in Liverpool under this label unopposed, despite the Irish Free State achieving Dominion status in 1922. He was succeeded by the winner of the by-election, David Logan, who served for a further 35 years until his own death in 1964; Logan was never Father of the House, but he was its oldest sitting member from 1950 until his death.

## Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Liverpool ward of Scotland.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of North Scotland, Sandhills, and South Scotland, and part of Vauxhall ward.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Everton, Netherfield, North Scotland, St Domingo, Sandhills, and South Scotland.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Everton, Netherfield, St Domingo, Sandhills, and Vauxhall.

## Election results
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,724 | 64.9 | |
| | Ind. Conservative | Mortimer Neville Woodard | 1,474 | 35.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,250 | 29.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,198 | 59.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,076 | | |
| | Irish Nationalist win (new seat) | Irish Nationalist win (new seat) | Irish Nationalist win (new seat) | Irish Nationalist win (new seat) | Irish Nationalist win (new seat) |
General election 1886: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,911 | 67.0 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Arthur Earle | 1,431 | 33.0 | ―2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,480 | 34.0 | +4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,342 | 61.4 | +2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,076 | | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | +2.1 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,537 | 65.3 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | John Vesey Vesey-Fitzgerald | 1,347 | 34.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,190 | 30.6 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,884 | 63.5 | +2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,121 | | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | −1.7 | |
General election 1895: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,089 | 59.0 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | William Ellison-Macartney | 1,452 | 41.0 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | 18.0 | −12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,541 | 61.3 | −2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,780 | | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | −6.3 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,044 | 57.9 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | William Rutherford | 1,484 | 42.1 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 560 | 15.8 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,528 | 60.2 | −1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,859 | | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | −1.1 | |
General election 1906: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,808 | 71.5 | +13.6 |
| | Conservative | Alfred Tobin | 1,117 | 28.5 | −13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,691 | 43.0 | +27.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,925 | 68.1 | +7.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,761 | | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | +13.6 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,943 | 79.1 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Moy | 776 | 20.9 | −7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,167 | 58.2 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,719 | 69.8 | +1.7 |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | +7.6 | |
General election December 1910: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | 2,458 | 78.1 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Oswald Ockleston | 689 | 21.9 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,769 | 56.2 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,147 | 59.1 | −10.7 |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | −1.0 | |
General election 1918: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold |
General election 1923: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold |
General election 1924: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold |
General election 1929: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | T. P. O'Connor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold |
By-Election 1929: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Logan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour gain from Irish Nationalist | Labour gain from Irish Nationalist | Labour gain from Irish Nationalist | Labour gain from Irish Nationalist | Labour gain from Irish Nationalist |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Logan | 15,521 | 56.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Eric Errington | 10,280 | 37.5 | New |
| | Communist | Leo J. McGree | 1,544 | 5.6 | New |
| | Independent | F. Abraham | 99 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,241 | 19.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,444 | 68.7 | N/A |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1935: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Logan | 16,036 | 65.7 | +9.2 |
| | Conservative | Leo Henry Wright | 8,372 | 34.3 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,664 | 31.4 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,408 | 64.1 | −4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Logan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Logan | 28,087 | 65.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | John Woollam | 14,240 | 33.2 | New |
| | Communist | Jack Coward | 615 | 1.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,847 | 32.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,942 | 74.8 | N/A |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1951: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Logan | 28,558 | 68.2 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Norman Pannell | 13,344 | 31.9 | ―1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,214 | 36.3 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,902 | 71.1 | ―3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Logan | 21,928 | 65.0 | ―3.2 |
| | Conservative | George F. Allanson | 11,821 | 35.0 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,107 | 30.0 | ―6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,749 | 60.1 | ―11.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | ―3.2 | |
General election 1959: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Logan | 20,051 | 61.8 | ―3.2 |
| | Conservative | James F. Bradley | 12,384 | 38.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,667 | 23.6 | ―6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,435 | 62.5 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | ―3.2 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

By-Election 1964: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter Alldritt | 13,558 | 74.3 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Brian Mervyn Keefe | 4,684 | 25.7 | ―12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,874 | 48.6 | +25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,242 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +12.5 | |
General election 1964: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter Alldritt | 17,984 | 68.9 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | Brian Mervyn Keefe | 7,393 | 28.3 | ―9.9 |
| | Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 725 | 2.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,591 | 40.6 | +17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,102 | 59.6 | ―2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.5 | |
General election 1966: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter Alldritt | 14,244 | 72.1 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Ralph H. Morris | 4,730 | 24.0 | ―4.3 |
| | Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 779 | 3.9 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,514 | 48.1 | +7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,753 | 51.7 | ―7.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter Alldritt | 11,074 | 74.8 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Ralph H. Morris | 3,740 | 25.3 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,334 | 49.5 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,814 | 50.7 | ―1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
By-Election 1971: Liverpool Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Marsden | 6,795 | 71.3 | ―3.5 |
| | Conservative | Barry Porter | 1,751 | 18.4 | ―6.9 |
| | Labour and Anti-Abortion | Peter Mahon | 981 | 10.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,044 | 52.9 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,527 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |