Abercromby (UK Parliament constituency)

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Liverpool Abercromby Borough constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons

Liverpool Abercromby was a borough 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.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Elections in the 1910s 2.2 Elections in the 1900s 2.3 Elections in the 1890s 2.4 Elections in the 1880s 3 Sources

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	William Frederic Lawrence	Conservative
	1906	J. E. B. Seely	Liberal
	January 1910	Richard Chaloner	Conservative
	1917 by-election	Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

By-election 1917: Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley	2,224	73.7	+15.6
	NFDSS	F B Hughes	794	26.3	+26.3
Majority			1,430	47.4	+31.2
Turnout			3008	50.1	-21.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Chaloner	3,024	58.1	+3.4
	Liberal	F C Bowring	2,184	41.9	-3.4
Majority			840	16.2	+6.8
Turnout			5208	75.2	+6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election January 1910: Liverpool Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Chaloner	3,088	54.7	+6.5
	Liberal	J. E. B. Seely	2,562	45.3	-6.5
Majority			526	9.4
Turnout			5650	81.6	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Liverpool Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. E. B. Seely	2,933	51.8
	Conservative	William Frederic Lawrence	2,734	48.2
Majority			199	3.6
Turnout			5667	76.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General election of 1900

In the 1900 general election, William Frederic Lawrence was elected unopposed.

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

General election of 1895

In the 1895 general election, William Frederic Lawrence was elected unopposed.

General Election 1892: Liverpool Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Frederic Lawrence	3,677	56.4	+0.7
	Liberal	W B Bowring	2,846	43.6	-0.7
Majority			831	12.8	+1.4
Turnout			6523	72.0	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Liverpool Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Frederic Lawrence	3,583	55.7	-0.3
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	2,844	44.3	+0.3
Majority			739	11.4	-0.6
Turnout			6427	70.3	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Liverpool Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Frederic Lawrence	3,789	56.0
	Liberal	Samuel Smith	2,982	44.0
Majority			807	12.0
Turnout			6771	74.1

[edit] Sources

• Historical list of MPs