| South West Lancashire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Lancashire |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Created from | South Lancashire |
| Replaced by | Bootle, Ince, Leigh, Newton, Ormskirk, St Helens, Southport and Widnes. |
South West Lancashire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was created by the Reform Act of 1867 by the splitting of the South Lancashire constituency into new South-East and South-West divisions.
The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into eight single member divisions of Bootle, Ince, Leigh, Newton, Ormskirk, St Helens, Southport and Widnes.
This constituency comprised the Lancashire hundred of West Derby except for the boroughs of Liverpool, Warrington and Wigan.[1]
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | R. A. Cross | Conservative | Charles Turner | Conservative | ||
| 1875 | John Ireland Blackburne | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act constituency abolished | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. A. Cross | 7,729 | 26.0 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Turner | 7,676 | 25.8 | ||
| Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | 7,415 | 24.9 | ||
| Liberal | Henry Grenfell | 6,939 | 23.3 | ||
| Majority | 261 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 14,880 (est) | 70.0 (est) | |||
| Registered electors | 21,261 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. A. Cross | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Charles Turner | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 22,729 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
R. A. Cross sought re-election after being appointed as Home Secretary.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. A. Cross | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Charles Turner's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Blackburne | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. A. Cross | 11,420 | 27.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | John Blackburne | 10,905 | 26.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal | William Rathbone | 9,666 | 23.5 | New | |
| Liberal | Henry Molyneux[3] | 9,207 | 22.3 | New | |
| Majority | 1,239 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,599 (est) | 79.1 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 26,054 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Cross was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. A. Cross | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||