Liverpool Scotland (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1974 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liverpool Scotland was a 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.
Liverpool Scotland | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1974 (1974) | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Liverpool |
Replaced by | Liverpool Scotland Exchange |
It was located within the city of Liverpool in England, centred on Scotland Road. The constituency was notable as the only parliamentary constituency in Great Britain to elect an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament. Between 1885 and 1964, a span of seventy-nine years, the constituency was represented by only two MPs.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the former Liverpool constituency was split into nine divisions. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was merged with Liverpool Exchange to form the Liverpool Scotland Exchange constituency.