Liverpool (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Liverpool
Type = Borough
Year = 1295, 1545
Abolition = 1442, 1885

Liverpool was a Borough constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1868 this was increased to three Members of Parliament.

The Borough franchise was held by the freemen of the Borough. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings. In 1800 there were around 3000 electors, with elections in this seat being nearly always contested.

The Borough returned several notable Members of Parliament including Prime Minister George Canning, William Huskisson, President of the Board of Trade, Banastre Tarleton, noted soldier in the American War of Independence and most notably, William Roscoe the Abolitionist and Anti Slave Trade campaigner.

The constituency was abolished in 1885, the city being split into nine divisions of Abercromby, East Toxteth, Everton, Exchange, Kirkdale, Scotland, Walton, West Derby and West Toxteth.

Members of Parliament

1295-1640

* 1545: Gilbert Gerard
* 1559: Sir Thomas Smith
* 1563 — 1567: Richard Molyneux
* 1563 — 1567: Ralph Sekerston
* 1584 — 1585: Arthur Atye
* 1588 — 1589: Francis Bacon
* 1597 — 1598: Thomas Gerard
* 1621 — 1622: Thomas May
* 1621 — 1622: William Johnson
* 1624 — 1625: Sir Thomas Gerard, Bt.
* 1625: Lord Strange
* 1628 — 1629: Henry Jermyn

1640-1868

1868-1885

*"Constituency increased to three Members" (1868)

*"Constituency abolished" (1885)

Notes

Elections

1832-1868

Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = William Ewart
votes = 4,931
percentage =
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party = Tory
candidate = Viscount Sandon
votes = 4,260
percentage =
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party = British Whig Party
candidate = T Thornely
votes = 4,096
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory
candidate = Sir Howard Douglas, Bt
votes = 3,249
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 11,283Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Tory
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory
candidate = Viscount Sandon
votes = 4,407
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = William Ewart
votes = 4,075
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory
candidate = Sir Howard Douglas, Bt
votes = 3,869
percentage =
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party = British Whig Party
candidate = J Morris
votes = 3,627
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 12,492Election box hold with party link
winner = Tory
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory
candidate = Viscount Sandon
votes = 4,786
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory
candidate = Cresswell Cresswell
votes = 4,652
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = William Ewart
votes = 4,381
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = H Elphinstone
votes = 4,206
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 11,179Election box hold with party link
winner = Tory
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Tory
loser = British Whig Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viscount Sandon
votes = 5,979
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cresswell Cresswell
votes = 5,792
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Sir J Walmsley
votes = 4,647
percentage =
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party = British Whig Party
candidate = Viscount Palmerston
votes = 4,431
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 15,539Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Howard Douglas, Bt
votes =
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Peelite
candidate = Edward Cardwell
votes = 5,581
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bt
votes = 4,882
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir D Mackworth, Bt
votes = 4,089
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lord John Manners
votes = 2,413
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 17,004Election box gain with party link
winner = Peelite
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Turner
votes = 6,693
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Forbes Mackenzie
votes = 6,377
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Peelite
candidate = Edward Cardwell
votes = 5,247
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Christopher Ewart
votes = 4,910
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 17,433Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Peelite
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

*Election declared void on petition (Bribery by Mackenzie & Turner).

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Horsfall
votes = 6,034
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Thomas Liddell
votes = 5,543
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir T E Perry
votes = 4,673
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J B Moore
votes = 1,274
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 16,182Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Christopher Ewart
votes = 5,718
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir S G Bonham, Bt
votes = 4,262
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,456
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 17,795Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Horsfall
votes = 7,566
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Christopher Ewart
votes = 7,121
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Turner
votes = 6,316
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 18,318Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Christopher Ewart
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Horsfall
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 18,779

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Horsfall
votes = 7,866
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Robert Graves
votes = 7,500
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Christopher Ewart
votes = 7,160
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 20,618Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

1868-1885

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Robert Graves
votes = 16,766
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viscount Sandon
votes = 16,222
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Rathbone
votes = 15,337
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = W N Massey
votes = 15,017
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 39,645Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Torr
votes = 18,702
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = W S Caine
votes = 16,790
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,912
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 52,912Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viscount Sandon
votes = 20,206
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Torr
votes = 19,763
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Rathbone
votes = 16,706
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = W S Caine
votes = 15,801
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal-Labour (UK)
candidate = W S Simpson
votes = 2,435
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 54,952Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viscount Sandon
votes =
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Whitley
votes = 26,106
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Lord Ramsay
votes = 23,885
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,221
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 63,946Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Lord Ramsay
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viscount Sandon
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Whitley
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 63,946Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lord Claud John Hamilton
votes = 21,019
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Plimsoll
votes = 19,118
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,901
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 63,946Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Smith
votes = 18,198
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Bower Forwood
votes = 17,889
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 309
percentage =
change = Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 62,039Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

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*D Brunton & D H Pennington, "Members of the Long Parliament" (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
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*F. W. S. Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
* J E Neale, "The Elizabethan House of Commons" (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
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