Liverpool Mossley Hill (UK Parliament constituency)
| Liverpool Mossley Hill | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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| County | Merseyside |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Replaced by | Liverpool Wavertree, Liverpool Riverside and Liverpool Garston |
| Created from | Liverpool Edge Hill, Liverpool Garston, Liverpool Scotland Exchange, Liverpool Toxteth and Liverpool Wavertree |
Coordinates: 53°22′59″N 2°54′32″W / 53.383°N 2.909°W
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.
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.
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