Liverpool is "being looked at" as a potential host for the Conservative Party Conference, the ECHO understands.
The Tories have not held their annual autumn gathering in the city since the 1920s, but party sources have revealed that the city is being considered as a future destination.
The Conservatives currently hold their October conference in Manchester or Birmingham, but will looking to contract new venues for 2027-2032.
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University of Liverpool politics professor Jon Tonge said such a move would be "good for the city".
He said: "It would attract protests for sure but the event is held regularly in Manchester, where the city council is 95% Labour compared to Liverpool’s 60%. The conference location (ACC Liverpool on the city's waterfront) is great - I know Labour love the venue - and it will bring thousands of people spending lots of money to the city.
"I’d understand if some Conservative delegates were wary about visiting the city and obviously some residents hold visceral anti-Tory views given the history of the last four decades but it would do those delegates and Liverpool good to come and spend time in an extraordinary place.
"Politics need not be tribal."
Professor Tonge added: "A welcome speech from the Labour council leader might be an interesting piece of diplomacy though."
It comes after the ECHO revealed there were plans to hold the Tory conference in Liverpool in 2024, but the plans were scrapped after Boris Johnson took office.
The reasons for the change of venue are unclear, but the Prime Minister has a notoriously fractious relationship with Liverpool - having previously published slurs about those affected by the Hillsborough disaster while a magazine editor.
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But with Mr Johnson likely to have left the stage by 2027, an event in Liverpool could appeal to a future Tory leader.
A spokesman for Marketing Liverpool, which represents the city's large venues, said they would treat Tory conference "in the same manner" as any other large scale event.
They said: "As a destination we are constantly liaising with a wide range of organisers around the potential to host their events in the region.
"As Liverpool’s biggest events campus, the award-winning ACC Liverpool has a proven track record of delivering large-scale events - including party political conferences - and if an enquiry was received it would be handled in the same manner as other conference opportunities and as part of the city’s comprehensive events process.”
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