# Waterloo (UK Parliament constituency)

Waterloo was a parliamentary constituency centred on the district of Waterloo north of Liverpool in Lancashire. 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.

## History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

## Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Great Crosby, Litherland, Little Crosby, and Waterloo with Seaforth.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Year | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Albert Buckley | Unionist |
| | 1923 | Malcolm Bullock | Unionist |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Albert Buckley | 13,255 | 83.5 | |
| | Labour | Samuel Reeves | 2,619 | 16.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,636 | 67.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,874 | | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Albert Buckley | 12,967 | 67.3 | −16.2 |
| | Liberal | Nessie Stewart-Brown | 6,300 | 32.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,667 | 34.6 | −32.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,267 | 69.4 | +2.4 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
General election 1923: Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Bullock | 10,615 | 51.2 | −16.1 |
| | Liberal | Robert Lowden Connell | 9,965 | 48.4 | +15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | 2.4 | −32.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,580 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -16.1 | |
General election 1924: Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Bullock | 15,704 | 72.0 | +20.8 |
| | Labour | George Frank Titt | 6,116 | 28.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,588 | 44.0 | +41.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,820 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
General election 1929: Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Bullock | 17,299 | 52.1 | −19.9 |
| | Labour | John Clifford Leigh | 8,142 | 24.5 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal | Frederic Aked Sellars | 7,728 | 23.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,157 | 27.6 | −16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,169 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -8.2 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1931 general election: Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Bullock | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |
1935 general election: Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Malcolm Bullock | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Bullock | 19,650 | 47.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Philip Vos | 13,795 | 33.3 | New |
| | Liberal | Joseph Daniel Weir | 7,823 | 18.8 | New |
| | Independent | Cyril Foster | 195 | 0.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,855 | 14.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,463 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |