Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

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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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Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Birkenhead BC 78,091 13,798 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Alison McGovern‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Jo Bird¥
File:Birkenhead Constituency 2023.svg
Bootle BC 73,037 21,983 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Peter Dowd‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Darren Burns¤
File:Bootle Constituency 2023.svg
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough BC[nb 3] 70,799 16,908 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Justin Madders‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Michael Aldred¤
File:Ellesmere Port and Bromborough Constituency 2023 in Merseyside.svg
Knowsley BC 71,964 18,319 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Anneliese Midgley‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Alexander Hitchmough¤
File:Knowsley Constituency 2023.svg
Liverpool Garston BC 69,282 20,104 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Maria Eagle‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Kiera Hubbard¤
File:Liverpool Garston Constituency 2023.svg
Liverpool Riverside BC 71,380 14,793 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Kim Johnson‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Chris Coughlan¥
File:Liverpool Riverside Constituency 2023.svg
Liverpool Walton BC 69,317 20,245 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Dan Carden‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Joe Doran¤
File:Liverpool Walton Constituency 2023.svg
Liverpool Wavertree BC 70,581 16,304 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Paula Barker‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Tom Crone¥
File:Liverpool Wavertree Constituency 2023.svg
Liverpool West Derby BC 69,934 20,423 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Ian Byrne‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Jack Boyd¤
File:Liverpool West Derby Constituency 2023.svg
Sefton Central CC 74,282 18,282 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Bill Esterson‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Marcus Bleasdale†
File:Sefton Central Constituency 2023.svg
Southport CC[nb 4] 73,641 5,789 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Patrick Hurley‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Damien Moore†
File:Southport Constituency 2023 in Merseyside.svg
St Helens North CC 75,483 12,169 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  David Baines‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Malcolm Webster¤
File:St Helens North Constituency 2023.svg
St Helens South and Whiston BC 71,569 11,945 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Marie Rimmer‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Raymond Peters¤
File:St Helens South and Whiston Constituency 2023.svg
Wallasey BC 74,082 17,996 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Angela Eagle‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  David Burgess-Joyce¤
File:Wallasey Constituency 2023.svg
Widnes and Halewood CC[nb 5] 70,161 16,425 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Derek Twigg‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Jake Fraser¤
File:Widnes and Halewood Constituency 2023 in Merseyside.svg
Wirral West CC 72,838 9,998 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Matthew Patrick‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Jenny Johnson†
File:Wirral West Constituency 2023.svg

Boundary changes

2024

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

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

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

2024

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

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

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

1983 to 2019


2024 to present (including three cross-county constituencies)

Historic representation by party

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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Constituency 1983 86 1987 88 90 90 91 1992 97 1997 2001 2005 07
Liverpool Mossley Hill colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Alton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |→
Birkenhead bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="13" |Field
Bootle bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Roberts bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Carr bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Benton
Crosby bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Thornton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Curtis-Thomas
Knowsley N / Knowsley N & Sefton E (1997) bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Kilroy-Silk bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="12" |Howarth
Knowsley South bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Hughes bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |O'Hara
Liverpool Garston bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Loyden bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |M. Eagle
Liverpool Broadgreen / Liverpool Wavertree (1997) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Fields bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Kennedy
Liverpool Riverside bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Parry bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Ellman
Liverpool Walton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Heffer bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Kilfoyle
Liverpool West Derby bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="12" |Wareing bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→
Southport bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Percival bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Fearn bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Banks bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Fearn bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Pugh
St Helens North bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Evans bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Watts
St Helens South bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="10" |Bermingham bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Woodward
Wallasey bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Chalker bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |A. Eagle
Wirral South bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Porter bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Chapman
Wirral West bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Hunt bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Hesford

2010 to present

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Constituency 2010 2015 2017 18 19 19 2019 22 2024
Birkenhead bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Field bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Whitley bgcolor="Template:Party color" |McGovern
Bootle bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Benton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Dowd
Knowsley bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Howarth bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Midgley
Garston & Halewood1 / Liverpool Garston (2024) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |M. Eagle
Liverpool Riverside bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Ellman bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Johnson
Liverpool Walton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Rotheram bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Carden
Liverpool Wavertree bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Berger bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Barker
Liverpool West Derby bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Twigg bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Byrne
St Helens North bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Watts bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |McGinn bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Baines
St Helens South & Whiston bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Woodward bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Rimmer
Sefton Central bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |Esterson
Southport2 bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Pugh bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Moore bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Hurley
Wallasey bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="9" |A. Eagle
Wirral South1 bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |McGovern N/A
Wirral West bgcolor="Template:Party color" |McVey bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Greenwood bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Patrick

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

2contains some areas of Lancashire

See also

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

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