Liverpool Abercromby (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Abercromby
Liverpool Abercromby
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Lancashire
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Liverpool
Replaced by	Liverpool Exchange

Liverpool Abercromby or Abercromby (Liverpool) was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished at the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Liverpool wards of Abercromby, Castle Street, Great George's, Pitt Street, Rodney Street, and St Peter's.

General election, July 1886: Liverpool Abercromby^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	3,583	55.7	−0.3
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	2,844	44.3	+0.3
Majority			739	11.4	−0.6
Turnout			6,427	70.3	−3.8
Registered electors			9,137
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.3

General election, July 1892: Liverpool Abercromby^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	3,677	56.4	+0.7
	Liberal	William Bowring	2,846	43.6	−0.7
Majority			831	12.8	+1.4
Turnout			6,523	72.0	+1.7
Registered electors			9,054
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

General election, July/August 1895: Liverpool Abercromby^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election, September/October 1900: Liverpool Abercromby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lawrence	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election, 16 January 1906: Liverpool Abercromby^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. E. B. Seely	2,933	51.8	*New*
	Conservative	William Lawrence	2,734	48.2	N/A
Majority			199	3.6	N/A
Turnout			5,667	76.4	N/A
Registered electors			7,418
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election, 18 January 1910: Liverpool Abercromby^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Chaloner	3,088	54.7	+6.5
	Liberal	J. E. B. Seely	2562	45.3	−6.5
Majority			526	9.4	+5.8
Turnout			5650	81.6	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

General election, December 1910: Liverpool Abercromby^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Chaloner	3,024	58.1	+3.4
	Liberal	Frederick Bowring	2184	41.9	−3.4
Majority			840	16.2	+6.8
Turnout			5208	75.2	-6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4

1917 Liverpool Abercromby by-election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Stanley	2,224	73.7	+15.6
	NFDSS	Frank Buckley Hughes	794	26.3	New
Majority			1430	47.4	+31.2
Turnout			3008	50.1	-25.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)

Liverpool Abercromby
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lancashire
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Liverpool
Replaced by	Liverpool Exchange