Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Crosby in Merseyside for the 2005 general election.
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Location of Merseyside within England.
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| County | Merseyside |
| 1950–2010 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Sefton Central, Bootle |
| Created from | Waterloo |
Coordinates: 53°29′28″N 3°01′44″W / 53.491°N 3.029°W
Crosby was a constituency in Merseyside, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Prior to 1997, the constituency was seen as a safe seat for the Conservative Party. They held the seat from its creation in 1950 until the death in 1981 of Sir Graham Page. The resulting by-election was notable as it was won by Shirley Williams, one of the "gang of four" senior members of the Labour Party who had founded the new Social Democratic Party (SDP), becoming the first SDP member to be elected. However, Williams lost the seat to the Conservative candidate Malcolm Thornton at the 1983 general election.
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