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List of parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

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The county of Merseyside created in 1974 has 15 parliamentary constituencies — (sub-classified into 12 of borough type and three of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). 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. The two other largest parties nationally in England have to date won intermittently in the two larger seats within the four in the Wirral, the peninsula facing Liverpool, and best having alternately represented the seat centred on the coastal strip in and around the leisure resort of Southport. The latter town includes Birkdale and Ainsdale beach and has not since the seat was created in 1885 sided with the Labour Party. 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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  † 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¤
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 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¤
Wirral West CC 72,838 9,998   Matthew Patrick   Jenny Johnson†

2010 boundary changes

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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.

Former name Boundaries 1997-2010 Current name Boundaries 2010–present
  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
Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside
  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
Proposed Revised constituencies in Merseyside
Proposed Revised constituencies in Merseyside

Proposed boundary changes

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[1] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Merseyside be combined 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 would be abolished and Liverpool Garston re-established, and Wirral South would be abolished, with its contents being redistributed to Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Wirral West. Four wards in the Lancashire borough of West Lancashire would be included in Southport.[2][3]

The following constituencies are proposed:

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

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]

2019

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Merseyside in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 463,371 65.2% Decrease6.0% 14 0
Conservative 143,431 20.2% Decrease1.2% 1 0
Liberal Democrats 39,591 5.6% Increase1.3% 0 0
Brexit 33,392 4.7% new 0 0
Greens 19,371 2.7% Increase1.2% 0 0
Others 11,443 1.6% 0.0% 0 0
Total 710,599 100.0 15

Percentage votes

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

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
Conservative 5 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Labour 11 11 12 15 15 15 13 14 14 14 14
Liberal Democrat1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Total 17 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 14

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1983 to 2019

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2024 to present (including two cross-county constituencies)

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

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.

References

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  1. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Boundary shake-up to bring changes on Merseyside". BBC News. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".