Liverpool Broadgreen (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Broadgreen
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyMerseyside
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromLiverpool Edge Hill, Liverpool Kirkdale, Liverpool Wavertree and Liverpool West Derby[1]
Replaced byLiverpool Wavertree and Liverpool West Derby[1]

Liverpool Broadgreen was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Broadgreen suburb of Liverpool. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. When the seat was first contested, it was estimated by the BBC and ITN that had it been fought at the previous election in 1979 it would have returned a Conservative MP with majority of 565.[2] However, despite the Conservatives winning the 1983 general election with a landslide majority and Labour's support falling for its 1979 level, Labour won Broadgreen with a majority of 3,800.[3] Labour would go on to win the seat at every election when it was contested.

  1. ^ a b "'Liverpool Broadgreen', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books. 1983. p. 280. ISBN 0-7230-0255-X.
  3. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books. 1983. p. 157. ISBN 0-7230-0255-X.