Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Knowsley
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - Knowsley constituency.svg
Boundary of Knowsley in North West England
County Merseyside
Electorate 71,228 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Huyton, Kirkby, Knowsley, Roby
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Anneliese Midgley (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Knowsley South,
Knowsley North and Sefton East

Knowsley is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation, it has been represented by the Labour Party. [n 2] It is currently represented by Anneliese Midgley.

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History

Created for the 2010 general election (during the Boundary Commission for England's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies [2] ), the area returned the second highest share of the vote seen by a candidate for the Labour Party, of 70.9%, behind the 72.0% achieved in Liverpool Walton. The same ranking of results nationally occurred in 2015. [3] It ranked foremost by party majority in 2017, where it was followed directly by East Ham and 28 other seats won by Labour candidates, after which followed North East Hampshire. [4]

Boundaries

Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

2010-2024: The new constituency covers a large part of the metropolitan borough, main settlements being Huyton and Kirkby. It replaced most of the previous Knowsley South constituency, as well as the parts of Knowsley North and Sefton East in the Knowsley borough. Distant parts from the centre of the metropolitan borough are covered by the new St Helens South and Whiston and Garston and Halewood constituencies.

The seat has electoral wards:

2024-present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

After allowing for changes to ward names and boundaries, the constituency will be reduced in size to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the Page Moss and Swanside wards to Liverpool West Derby.

Constituency profile

Before its first general election in 2010, it was believed to present the safest seat in the country, with an estimated Labour majority of 24,333 votes. [6] In 2015, it became the safest seat in the country in absolute votes (not percentage of majority), beating East Ham by 403 votes. Neighbouring Liverpool Walton has the highest percentage majority.

In 2017, it became the seat with the highest majority for any British Member of Parliament since the advent of universal suffrage, with Howarth winning a majority of 42,214 votes for Labour, surpassing the 36,230-vote majority held by then-Conservative Prime Minister John Major in his Huntingdon constituency in 1992.

The constituency mainly consists of low-income social housing and former social housing built to decant the residents displaced by post-war slum clearance in Liverpool. It includes Huyton to the south (once represented by Prime Minister Harold Wilson) and Kirkby to the north. Between them is the green space of Knowsley Hall and Park, the ancestral home of the Earls of Derby and the site of Knowsley Safari Park. In 2010, The Guardian summarised the area as "One of the most deprived areas in the country. The new parliamentary constituency folds in Knowsley North and Knowsley South." [7]

The constituency voted to leave the European Union in 2016.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
2010 George Howarth Labour
2024 Anneliese Midgley Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Knowsley [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anneliese Midgley [10] 24,243 67.3 −12.3
Reform UK Alexander Hitchmough5,92416.4+10.1
Green Graham Wickens2,7727.7+5.7
Conservative Sherrie McDaid1,4964.2−4.5
Liberal Democrats Kate Tipton [11] 1,2323.4+0.9
Workers Party Graham Padden2450.70.0
SDP Patricia Jameson [12] 1350.40.0
Majority18,31950.9−21.8
Registered electors 71,964
Turnout 36,13550.2−15.2
Rejected ballots88
Labour hold Swing −13.5

[13]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Knowsley [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Howarth 44,374 80.8 –4.5
Conservative Rushi Millns4,4328.1–1.2
Brexit Party Tim McCullough3,3486.1New
Green Paul Woodruff1,2622.3+1.4
Liberal Democrats Joe Slupsky1,1172.0–0.1
Liberal Ray Catesby4050.7New
Majority39,94272.7–3.3
Turnout 54,93865.4–2.4
Labour hold Swing –4.6

This was the largest numerical Labour majority at the 2019 general election. [15]

General election 2017: Knowsley [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Howarth 47,351 85.3 +7.2
Conservative James Spencer5,1379.3+2.7
UKIP Neil Miney1,2852.3–7.5
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman1,1892.1–0.8
Green Steve Baines5210.9–1.6
Majority42,21476.0+7.7
Turnout 55,48367.8+3.7
Labour hold Swing +2.3
General election 2015: Knowsley [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Howarth 39,628 78.1 +7.2
UKIP Louise Bours 4,9739.8+7.2
Conservative Alice Bramall3,3676.6−2.4
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman1,4902.9−10.5
Green Vikki Gregorich1,2702.5New
Majority34,65568.3+10.8
Turnout 50,72864.1+8.0
Labour hold Swing 0.0
General election 2010: Knowsley [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Howarth* 31,650 70.9 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Flo Clucas5,96413.4−0.4
Conservative David Dunne4,0049.0−2.3
BNP Steven Greenhalgh1,8954.2+2.2
UKIP Anthony Rundle1,1452.6New
Majority25,68657.5−0.5
Turnout 44,65456.1+2.3
Labour hold Swing -0.2
*Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Knowsley Boundary Commission for England". Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
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  5. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  6. ↑ "Altered Constituencies Data". The Guardian. 22 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Knowsley". guardian.co.uk.
  8. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
  9. ↑ Knowsley
  10. ↑ "It's the honour of my life to be Labour's candidate for Knowsley. Thank you to members. Thanks @LouHarbour & @ryan_wain for a comradely contest. Thanks to George Howarth MP for his service. Unions, I will fight for us in Parliament. Knowsley, I wont let you down". Anneliese Midgley. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "General Election Candidates" . Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "Knowsley Constituency declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Knowsley Council . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Statement of persons nominated 2019" (PDF).
  15. ↑ http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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  19. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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