Liverpool Mossley Hill (UK Parliament constituency)
{{short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983-1997}}
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{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Liverpool Mossley Hill
|parliament = uk
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|year = 1983
|abolished = 1997
|type = Borough
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|previous = Liverpool Edge Hill, Liverpool Garston, Liverpool Scotland Exchange, Liverpool Toxteth and Liverpool Wavertree
|next = Liverpool Wavertree, Liverpool Riverside and Liverpool Garston{{cite web|title='Liverpool Mossley Hill', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83377.htm#92001|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|accessdate=2 March 2016}}
|region = England
|county = Merseyside
}}
Liverpool Mossley Hill was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Mossley Hill suburb of Liverpool. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
History and boundaries
The City of Liverpool wards of Aigburth, Church, Grassendale, Picton, and Smithdown.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election; half of its territory was previously in the abolished constituency of Liverpool Edge Hill.
The constituency returned the same MP throughout its existence: David Alton, who initially represented the Liberals, then from 1988 was a Liberal Democrat, after the Liberals' merger with the Social Democratic Party. Alton had first been elected to parliament at a by-election in March 1979 for Liverpool Edge Hill, and held that seat until its abolition in 1983. For its entire existence, it was the only seat in Liverpool not held by Labour, and since its abolition that party has held all the city's seats.
The constituency was abolished for the 1997 general election; Alton retired from the Commons and was appointed a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, and the Mossley Hill area itself was transferred to the redrawn constituency of Liverpool Riverside, a safe Labour seat.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member{{Rayment-hc|m|3|date=March 2012}} | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1983 |rowspan="2"| David Alton | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| 1988 | ||
| |1997
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished |
Elections
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1992: Liverpool Mossley Hill{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|accessdate=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170911/http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm|archive-date=26 October 2016|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Alton
|votes = 19,809
|percentage = 47.9
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Neville S. Bann|votes=17,203|percentage=41.6|change=+2.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Stephen Syder|votes=4,269|percentage=10.3|change=―7.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Natural Law Party|candidate=Byron Rigby|votes=114|percentage=0.3|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,606|percentage=6.3|change=+1.4}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=41,395|percentage=68.5|change=―6.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing = +0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1980s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1987: Liverpool Mossley Hill}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David Alton
|votes = 20,012
|percentage = 43.7
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Devaney
|votes = 17,786
|percentage = 38.8
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Warwick Lightfoot
|votes = 8,005
|percentage = 17.5
|change = ―14.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,226
|percentage = 4.9
|change = ―4.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 45,803
|percentage = 75.1
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +8.6
}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1983: Liverpool Mossley Hill}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David Alton
|votes = 18,845
|percentage = 40.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Brian Keefe|votes=14,650|percentage=31.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew Snowden|votes=12,352|percentage=26.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Front (United Kingdom)|candidate=Mark Erikson-Rohrer|votes=212|percentage=0.5|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,195|percentage=9.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=46,059|percentage=73.4|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}