Southport (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Southport shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | John Pugh |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Southport is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
- 1 Boundaries
- 2 History
- 3 Members of Parliament
- 4 Election results
- 4.1 Elections in the 2000s
- 4.2 Elections in the 1990s
- 4.3 Elections in the 1980s
- 4.4 Elections in the 1970s
- 4.5 Elections in the 1960s
- 4.6 Elections in the 1950s
- 4.7 Elections in the 1940s
- 4.8 Elections in the 1930s
- 4.9 Elections in the 1920s
- 4.10 Elections in the 1910s
- 4.11 Elections in the 1900s
- 4.12 Elections in the 1890s
- 4.13 Elections in the 1880s
- 5 See also
- 6 Sources
Boundaries
The constituency covers the northern part of the metropolitan borough of Sefton, including the town of Southport and the localities of Ainsdale, Birkdale, and Crossens. The constituency is bordered to the north by Ribble South, to the east by West Lancashire, and to the south by Crosby.History
The constituency has been a Liberal - Conservative marginal for much of its history, changing hands 10 times between the two parties since it was created in 1885. Its most notable MPs were George Nathaniel Curzon, future Viceroy of India, Edward Marshall-Hall one of the most notable trial Lawyers of the early 20th century and Sir John Brunner the leading Industrialist. On the decline of the Liberal Party in the 1930's the constituency became a safe Conservative Party seat.With the rise again of the Liberal Party in the early 1970's, it again became a closely contested marginal. The constituency changed hands again 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. The constituency is at present the only one on Merseyside not held by the Labour Party.
An interesting note is that the current Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott ran for the seat in 1966, but came in second place.
Members of Parliament
- 1885 – 1886: George Augustus Pilkington, Liberal
- 1886 – 1898: George Nathaniel Curzon, Conservative
- 1898 – 1899: Sir Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland, Liberal
- 1899 – 1900: Sir George Augustus Pilkington, Liberal
- 1900 – 1906: Edward Marshall-Hall, Unionist
- 1906 – 1910: John Meir Astbury, Liberal
- 1910 – 1923: Godfrey Dalrymple-White, Conservative
- 1923 – 1924: Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner, Liberal
- 1924 – 1931: Godfrey Dalrymple-White, Conservative
- 1931 – 1952: Robert Hudson, Conservative
- 1952 – 1959: Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh, Conservative
- 1959 – 1987: Sir Ian Percival, Conservative
- 1987 – 1992: Ronnie Fearn, Liberal (Liberal Democrat from 1988)
- 1992 – 1997: Matthew Banks, Conservative
- 1997 – 2001: Ronnie Fearn, Liberal Democrats
- 2001 – present: John Pugh, Liberal Democrats
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1880s
See also
Sources
- [Historical list of MPs]
- [Election results, 1950 - 1979]
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918
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