Waterloo (UK Parliament constituency)

Waterloo was a parliamentary constituency centred on the district of Waterloo north of Liverpool in Lancashire. 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 system.

Waterloo
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created fromSouthport
Replaced byCrosby

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Great Crosby, Litherland, Little Crosby, and Waterloo with Seaforth.

Members of Parliament
YearMemberParty
1918 Albert Buckley Unionist
1923 Malcolm Bullock Unionist
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s
General election 1918: Waterloo[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Albert Buckley 13,255 83.5
Labour Samuel Reeves 2,619 16.5
Majority 10,636 67.0
Turnout 15,874
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s
Stewart-Brown
General election 1922: Waterloo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert Buckley 12,967 67.3 -16.2
Liberal Nessie Stewart-Brown 6,300 32.7 New
Majority 6,667 34.6 -32.4
Turnout 19,267 69.4 +2.4
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Waterloo [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Malcolm Bullock 10,615 51.2 -16.1
Liberal Robert Lowden Connell 9,965 48.4 +15.7
Majority 650 2.4 -32.2
Turnout 20,580
Unionist hold Swing -16.1
General election 1924: Waterloo [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Malcolm Bullock 15,704 72.0 +20.8
Labour George Frank Titt 6,116 28.0 New
Majority 9,588 44.0 +41.6
Turnout 21,820
Unionist hold Swing N/A
Sellars
General election 1929: Waterloo [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Malcolm Bullock 17,299 52.1 -19.9
Labour John Clifford Leigh 8,142 24.5 -3.5
Liberal Frederic Aked Sellars 7,728 23.3 New
Majority 9,157 27.6 -16.4
Turnout 33,169
Unionist hold Swing -8.2

Elections in the 1930s
1931 general election: Waterloo[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Malcolm Bullock Unopposed
Unionist hold
1935 general election: Waterloo[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Malcolm Bullock Unopposed
Unionist hold

Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Waterloo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Bullock 19,650 47.4 N/A
Labour Philip Vos 13,795 33.3 New
Liberal Joseph Daniel Weir 7,823 18.8 New
Independent Cyril Foster 195 0.5 New
Majority 5,855 14.1 N/A
Turnout 41,463
Conservative hold Swing -8.2

References
  1. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
  2. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  3. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  4. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  5. Election results 1931 PoliticsResources
  6. Election results 1931 PoliticsResources
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