Southport (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Southport in Merseyside.
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Location of Merseyside within England.
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County | Merseyside |
Electorate | 67,803 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Southport |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | John Pugh (Liberal Democrat) |
Number of members | One |
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European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Southport is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by John Pugh, a Liberal Democrat.[n 2]
Contents
- 1 Boundaries
- 2 History
- 3 Constituency profile
- 4 Members of Parliament
- 5 Elections
- 5.1 Elections in the 2010s
- 5.2 Elections in the 2000s
- 5.3 Elections in the 1990s
- 5.4 Elections in the 1980s
- 5.5 Elections in the 1970s
- 5.6 Elections in the 1960s
- 5.7 Elections in the 1950s
- 5.8 Elections in the 1940s
- 5.9 Elections in the 1930s
- 5.10 Elections in the 1920s
- 5.11 Elections in the 1910s
- 5.12 Elections in the 1900s
- 5.13 Elections in the 1890s
- 5.14 Elections in the 1880s
- 6 See also
- 7 Notes and references
- 8 Sources
Boundaries
- Settlements
The constituency covers the whole town of Southport and the localities of Ainsdale, Birkdale, Blowick, Churchtown, Crossens, Highpark, Hillside, Kew, Marshside, Meols Cop, and Woodvale.
- Neighbouring constituencies
The constituency is bordered to the north by South Ribble, to the east by West Lancashire, and to the south by Sefton Central.
- Wards
The electoral wards used in the Southport constituency are in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton: Ainsdale · Birkdale · Cambridge · Dukes · Kew · Meols · Norwood.
History
- Prominent members
In the 19th century a notable representative was George Nathaniel Curzon, future Viceroy of India.
In the 20th century, outside politics, Edward Marshall-Hall was a notable trial barrister (KC) and Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner was the son of the leading industrialist Sir John Tomlinson Brunner.
As a frontbencher, long-serving representative Robert Hudson was recognised at the time of World War II as a competent Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in charge of that department, and was made, to give him a peerage, a viscount.[n 3]
Former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott ran for the seat in 1966 and came in second place in a three-party battle, which was an early general election fight for the official at the National Union of Seamen brought up in South Yorkshire, for a seat in Lancashire at the time, now only its traditional county.
- Political history
The constituency has been a Liberal - Conservative seat throughout its history, and marginal for much of this, enabling it to change hands 10 times between the parties since it was created in 1885.
During the nadir of the Liberal Party (from the 1930s to the 1960s) the constituency became a safe Conservative seat, with absolute majorities from 1931 until 1970 inclusive.
With the rise again of the Liberal Party in the early 1970s, election results proved to be close contests. The constituency changed hands in the 1987 general election, when it was taken by Ronnie Fearn of the Liberal Party for the SDP-Liberal Alliance (shortly before the two parties merged to form the Liberal Democrats).
Fearn lost the seat to the Conservatives' Matthew Banks at the 1992 election, only to regain it at the 1997 election. The Liberal Democrats have held the seat since then, with John Pugh representing the constituency since Fearn stood down in 2001.
Constituency profile
Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 close to the national average of 3.8%, at 4.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Southport is number 26 on UKIP's target list for the 2020 election, a swing of 11.11% would see the party gain the seat from fourth place.[4] The seat is also at number 15 on the Conservatives target list, a swing of 1.5% would be sufficient.[5] Labour may also be competitive, they would need a swing of 8.76% to gain the seat; it is number 96 on their target list.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | John Pugh | 13,652 | 31.0 | -18.7 | |
Conservative | Damien Moore | 12,330 | 28.0 | -7.9 | |
Labour | Liz Savage | 8,468 | 19.2 | +9.8 | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 7,429 | 16.8 | +11.7 | |
Green | Laurence Rankin | 1,230 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Southport Party | Jacqueline Barlow | 992 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,322 | 3.0 | -10.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,101 | 65.5 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | John Pugh | 21,707 | 49.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Brenda Porter | 15,683 | 35.8 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Jim Conalty | 4,116 | 9.4 | −3.4 | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 2,251 | 5.1 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 6,024 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 43,757 | 65.1 | +4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | John Pugh | 19,093 | 46.3 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Mark S. Bigley | 15,255 | 37.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Paul David Brant | 5,277 | 12.8 | −3.8 | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 749 | 1.8 | +0.5 | |
Your Party | Bill Givens | 589 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Veritas | Harry Forster | 238 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,838 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 41,201 | 61.0 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | John Pugh | 18,011 | 43.8 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Laurence Cresswell Jones | 15,004 | 36.5 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Paul David Brant | 6,816 | 16.6 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | David William Green | 767 | 1.9 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Gerry David Kelley | 555 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,007 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 41,153 | 58.6 | −13.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Ronald Cyril Fearn | 24,356 | 48.1 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew Gordon Banks | 18,186 | 35.9 | −11.1 | |
Labour | Sarah Norman | 6,129 | 12.1 | +1.9 | |
Referendum | Frank Buckle | 1,368 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Susan Ashton | 386 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Elizabeth Lines | 93 | 0.2 | −0.1 | |
National Democrats | Michael Middleton | 92 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,170 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 50,610 | 72.1 | −5.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | 8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Matthew Gordon Banks | 26,081 | 47.0 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ronald Cyril Fearn | 23,018 | 41.5 | −6.4 | |
Labour | James King | 5,637 | 10.2 | +3.8 | |
Green | Justin Walker | 545 | 1.0 | −0.2 | |
Natural Law | Geoffrey Clements | 159 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,063 | 5.5 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 55,440 | 77.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | 4.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Cyril Fearn | 26,110 | 47.9 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Nigel Matthew Thomas | 24,261 | 44.5 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Audrey Moore | 3,483 | 6.4 | −1.9 | |
Green | Justin Walker | 653 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,849 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 54,507 | 76.3 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 25,612 | 50.4 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Ian Brodie-Browne | 20,573 | 40.5 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Francis Brady | 4,233 | 8.3 | −2.9 | |
Independent | Kevin Wood | 374 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,039 | 9.9 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,792 | 72.5 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 25,953 | 50.8 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Ronald Cyril Fearn | 19,426 | 38.0 | +2.3 | |
Labour | I.Gari James | 5,725 | 12.8 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 6,527 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 51,104 | 74.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 23,014 | 47.2 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | Ronald Cyril Fearn | 17,387 | 35.7 | ||
Labour | I.Gari James | 8,323 | 17.1 | ||
Majority | 5,627 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,724 | 73.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 23,975 | 47.2 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Cyril Fearn | 20,093 | 39.6 | ||
Labour | Peter R. Ward | 6,690 | 13.2 | ||
Majority | 3,882 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 50,758 | 77.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 22,950 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Cyril Fearn | 13,809 | 30.2 | +10.5 | |
Labour | Bruce Thomas George | 8,950 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 9,141 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 45,709 | 70.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 22,324 | 51.0 | ||
Labour | John Leslie Prescott | 12,798 | 29.2 | ||
Liberal | C. Jack Coleman | 8,630 | 19.7 | ||
Majority | 9,526 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 43,752 | 72.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 23,917 | 51.9 | ||
Labour | Leonard Goldwater | 11,572 | 25.1 | ||
Liberal | C. Jack Coleman | 10,609 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 12,345 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 46,098 | 76.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 26,905 | 56.0 | ||
Liberal | Sam Goldberg | 11,292 | 23.5 | ||
Labour | Charles W Hadfield | 9,805 | 20.4 | ||
Majority | 15,613 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,002 | 76.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh | 30,268 | 70.2 | ||
Labour | Peter Cameron | 12,827 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 17,441 | 40.5 | |||
Turnout | 43,095 | 68.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh | 24,589 | |||
Labour | Alan L Tillotson | 11,310 | |||
Liberal | Hubert David Bentliff | 3,776 | |||
Majority | 13,279 | ||||
Turnout | 39,675 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Spear Hudson | 30,388 | 60.2 | ||
Labour | H Owen Ellis | 12,535 | 24.8 | ||
Liberal | Hubert David Bentliff | 7,576 | 15.0 | ||
Majority | 17,853 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | 50,499 | 77.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Spear Hudson | 29,766 | 56.3 | ||
Labour | J P Bonney | 14,159 | 26.8 | ||
Liberal | Maj. Harry Ellington | 8,933 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | 15,607 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 52,858 | 81.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Spear Hudson | 26,792 | 52.7 | -19.5 | |
Labour | W Hamling | 13,596 | 26.8 | -1.0 | |
Liberal | Robert Martin | 10,404 | 20.5 | ||
Majority | 13,196 | 25.9 | -18.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,792 | 74.2 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Spear Hudson | 29,652 | 72.2 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Robert Carrington-Willis | 11,419 | 27.8 | ||
Majority | 18,233 | 44.4 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,071 | 70.9 | -8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Spear Hudson | 30,307 | 68.4 | +20.1 | |
Liberal | Ronw Moelwyn Hughes | 13,983 | 31.6 | -7.8 | |
Majority | 16,324 | 36.8 | +27.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,290 | 79.7 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 21,161 | 48.3 | -12.7 | |
Liberal | Cecil Beresford Ramage | 17,220 | 39.4 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Arthur Leonard Williams | 5,380 | 12.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,941 | 8.9 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,761 | 79.6 | +1.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 17,430 | 61.0 | +12.8 | |
Liberal | John Fowler Leece Brunner | 11,158 | 39.0 | -12.8 | |
Majority | 6,272 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 28,588 | 78.7 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Fowler Leece Brunner | 13,704 | 51.8 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Sir Thomas W Comyn-Platt | 12,776 | 48.2 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 928 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 26,480 | 75.9 | -0.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 13,733 | 53.2 | -18.8 | |
Liberal | John Fowler Leece Brunner | 12,068 | 46.8 | ||
Majority | 1,665 | 6.4 | -37.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,801 | 76.3 | +14.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Coalition Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 14,707 | 72.0 | +19.7 | |
Labour | Arthur Greenwood | 5,727 | 28.0 | ||
Majority | 8,980 | 44.0 | +39.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,434 | 61.6 | -24.0 | ||
Coalition Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 7,467 | 52.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Hubert Bayley Drysdale Woodcock | 6,798 | 47.7 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 669 | 4.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,265 | 85.6 | -3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 7,637 | 51.4 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Baron de Forest | 7,218 | 48.6 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 419 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 14,855 | 89.2 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Meir Astbury | 6,607 | 50.9 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Marshall-Hall | 6,367 | 49.1 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 240 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 12,974 | 87.3 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Marshall-Hall | 5,522 | 51.0 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 5,313 | 49.0 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 209 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 10,835 | 82.3 | -2.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 5,635 | 52.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | C B Balfour | 5,052 | 47.3 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 583 | 5.4 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,687 | 84.4 | +4.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland | 5,100 | 51.4 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Lord Skelmersdale | 4,828 | 48.6 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 272 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 9,928 | 80.1 | -2.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Nathaniel Curzon | 5,162 | 54.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland | 4,399 | 46.0 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 763 | 8.0 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,561 | 83.0 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Nathaniel Curzon | 4,752 | 53.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | G H Pollard | 4,148 | 46.6 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 604 | 6.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,900 | 84.6 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Nathaniel Curzon | 3,723 | 53.3 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 3,262 | 46.7 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 461 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,985 | 82.8 | -4.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 3,741 | 51.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | J E Edwards-Moss | 3,581 | 48.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 160 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,322 | 86.8 | N/A | ||
Liberal win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ↑ This is above the usual barony in the peerage.
- References
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- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
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Sources
- Election results, 1950 - 2005
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Pages with broken file links
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
- Politics of Sefton
- Southport
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885