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The ceremonial county of Merseyside, created in 1974, is divided into 16 parliamentary constituencies (sub-classified into 11 of borough type and five of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). Three seats cross the county boundary - two are shared with Cheshire and one with Lancashire.

The area, centred on its largest city of Liverpool, has since that year elected a majority of Labour Party MPs moreover since 1997 at least 13 of 15 seats have been held or won by the party at each general election, with the party winning all seats for the first time in 2024. The two other largest parties nationally in England (Conservatives and Liberal Democrats) have to date won intermittently in the two larger seats within the four in the Wirral, the peninsula facing Liverpool, and, until 2024, had alternately represented the seat centred on the coastal strip in and around the leisure resort of Southport; it had not previously sided with the Labour Party since it was created in 1885. The bulk of seats especially towards the east and the centre of Liverpool have not sided with the Conservative Party since that party actively supported the National Labour Organisation (1931–1947).

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ¥ Green   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Birkenhead BC 78,091 13,798   Alison McGovern‡   Jo Bird¥
Bootle BC 73,037 21,983   Peter Dowd‡   Darren Burns¤
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough BC[nb 3] 70,799 16,908   Justin Madders‡   Michael Aldred¤
Knowsley BC 71,964 18,319   Anneliese Midgley‡   Alexander Hitchmough¤
Liverpool Garston BC 69,282 20,104   Maria Eagle‡   Kiera Hubbard¤
Liverpool Riverside BC 71,380 14,793   Kim Johnson‡   Chris Coughlan¥
Liverpool Walton BC 69,317 20,245   Dan Carden‡   Joe Doran¤
Liverpool Wavertree BC 70,581 16,304   Paula Barker‡   Tom Crone¥
Liverpool West Derby BC 69,934 20,423   Ian Byrne‡   Jack Boyd¤
Sefton Central CC 74,282 18,282   Bill Esterson‡   Marcus Bleasdale†
Southport CC[nb 4] 73,641 5,789   Patrick Hurley‡   Damien Moore†
St Helens North CC 75,483 12,169   David Baines‡   Malcolm Webster¤
St Helens South and Whiston BC 71,569 11,945   Marie Rimmer‡   Raymond Peters¤
Wallasey BC 74,082 17,996   Angela Eagle‡   David Burgess-Joyce¤
Widnes and Halewood CC[nb 5] 70,161 16,425   Derek Twigg‡   Jake Fraser¤
Wirral West CC 72,838 9,998   Matthew Patrick‡   Jenny Johnson†

Boundary changes

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Merseyside with Cheshire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Widnes and Halewood, which avoids the need for a constituency which spans the River Mersey. As a consequence, Garston and Halewood was abolished and Liverpool Garston re-established, and Wirral South was abolished, with its contents being redistributed to Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Wirral West. Four wards in the Lancashire borough of West Lancashire were included in Southport.[1][2]

Name (2010–2024) Boundaries 2010-2024 Name (2024–present) Boundaries 2024–present
  1. Birkenhead BC
  2. Bootle BC
  3. Garston and Halewood BC
  4. Knowsley BC
  5. Liverpool, Riverside BC
  6. Liverpool, Walton BC
  7. Liverpool, Wavertree BC
  8. Liverpool, West Derby BC
  9. Sefton Central CC
  10. Southport BC
  11. St Helens North BC
  12. St Helens South and Whiston BC
  13. Wallasey BC
  14. Wirral South CC
  15. Wirral West CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside (2010–2024)
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside (2010–2024)
  1. Birkenhead BC
  2. Bootle BC
  3. Ellesmere Port and Bromborough BC
  4. Knowsley BC
  5. Liverpool Garston BC
  6. Liverpool Riverside BC
  7. Liverpool Walton BC
  8. Liverpool Wavertree BC
  9. Liverpool West Derby BC
  10. Sefton Central CC
  11. Southport CC
  12. St Helens North CC
  13. St Helens South and Whiston BC
  14. Wallasey BC
  15. Widnes and Halewood CC
  16. Wirral West CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside (2024-present)
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside (2024-present)

The following constituencies resulted from the boundary review:

Containing electoral wards from Knowsley

Containing electoral wards from Liverpool

Containing electoral wards from St Helens

Containing electoral wards from Sefton

Containing electoral wards from Wirral

2010

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Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Merseyside from 16 to 15, leading to significant changes. The two Knowsley seats were abolished, with a single Knowsley constituency created. Parts of Knowsley North and Sefton East were added to the new constituency of Sefton Central, which replaced Crosby, and parts of Knowsley South were added to the new constituency of Garston and Halewood, which replaced Liverpool, Garston.

Name (1997–2010) Boundaries 1997-2010 Name (2010–2024) Boundaries 2010–2024
  1. Birkenhead BC
  2. Bootle BC
  3. Crosby BC
  4. Knowsley North and Sefton East CC
  5. Knowsley South CC
  6. Liverpool, Garston BC
  7. Liverpool, Riverside BC
  8. Liverpool, Walton BC
  9. Liverpool, Wavertree BC
  10. Liverpool, West Derby BC
  11. St Helens North BC
  12. St Helens South BC
  13. Southport BC
  14. Wallasey BC
  15. Wirral South CC
  16. Wirral West CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside (1997–2010)
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside (1997–2010)
  1. Birkenhead BC
  2. Bootle BC
  3. Garston and Halewood BC
  4. Knowsley BC
  5. Liverpool, Riverside BC
  6. Liverpool, Walton BC
  7. Liverpool, Wavertree BC
  8. Liverpool, West Derby BC
  9. Sefton Central CC
  10. Southport BC
  11. St Helens North BC
  12. St Helens South and Whiston BC
  13. Wallasey BC
  14. Wirral South CC
  15. Wirral West CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside (2010–2024)
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside (2010–2024)

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[3]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Merseyside in the 2024 general election were as follows:[nb 6]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 324,457 56.8% Decrease8.4% 16 Increase2
Reform 80,961 14.2% Increase9.5 0 0
Conservative 60,903 10.7% Decrease9.5% 0 Decrease1
Greens 54,871 9.6% Increase6.9% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 31,982 5.6% 0 0 0
Others 17,681 3.1% Increase1.5 0 0
Total 570,855 100.0 16

Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 39.9 47.4 51.4 61.9 58.7 53.8 52.3 61.7 71.2 65.2 56.8
Reform - - - - - - - - - 4.7 14.2
Conservative 35.0 28.9 29.0 19.7 20.1 19.4 21.1 18.1 21.4 20.2 10.7
Green Party - * * * * * 0.3 3.6 1.5 2.7 9.6
Liberal Democrat1 23.7 23.3 16.9 14.4 17.8 22.9 20.8 5.5 4.3 5.6 5.6
UKIP - - - * * * 3.2 10.3 1.1 * *
Other 1.4 0.3 2.7 3.9 3.4 3.9 2.2 0.8 0.5 1.6 3.1

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 11 11 12 15 15 15 13 14 14 14 16
Conservative 5 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Liberal Democrat1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Total 17 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1983 to 2019

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  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019

2024 to present (including three cross-county constituencies)

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  • 2024
    2024

Historic representation by party

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A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1983 to 2010

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 86 1987 88 90 90 91 1992 97 1997 2001 2005 07
Liverpool Mossley Hill Alton →
Birkenhead Field
Bootle Roberts Carr Benton
Crosby Thornton Curtis-Thomas
Knowsley N / Knowsley N & Sefton E (1997) Kilroy-Silk Howarth
Knowsley South Hughes O'Hara
Liverpool Garston Loyden M. Eagle
Liverpool Broadgreen / Liverpool Wavertree (1997) Fields Kennedy
Liverpool Riverside Parry Ellman
Liverpool Walton Heffer Kilfoyle
Liverpool West Derby Wareing →
Southport Percival Fearn → Banks Fearn Pugh
St Helens North Evans Watts
St Helens South Bermingham Woodward
Wallasey Chalker A. Eagle
Wirral South Porter Chapman
Wirral West Hunt Hesford

2010 to present

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  Birkenhead Social Justice   Change UK   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 2010 2015 2017 18 19 19 2019 22 2024
Birkenhead Field → → Whitley McGovern
Bootle Benton Dowd
Knowsley Howarth Midgley
Garston & Halewood1 / Liverpool Garston (2024) M. Eagle
Liverpool Riverside Ellman → Johnson
Liverpool Walton Rotheram Carden
Liverpool Wavertree Berger → → Barker
Liverpool West Derby Twigg Byrne
St Helens North Watts McGinn → Baines
St Helens South & Whiston Woodward Rimmer
Sefton Central Esterson
Southport2 Pugh Moore Hurley
Wallasey A. Eagle
Wirral South1 McGovern N/A
Wirral West McVey Greenwood Patrick

1parts transferred in 2024 to seats which lie mostly in Cheshire

2contains some areas of Lancashire

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. ^ Cross-county constituency with Cheshire
  4. ^ Cross-county constituency with Lancashire
  5. ^ Cross-county constituency with Cheshire
  6. ^ Merseyside has three cross-county constituencies. Southport as an electorate predominantly within Merseyside, and so included within the below vote shares. Ellesmere Port and Bromsborough and Widnes and Halewood have majority electorates within Cheshire, and are hence excluded from the vote share

References

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  1. ^ "Boundary shake-up to bring changes on Merseyside". BBC News. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 763-814. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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