Constituencies
† Conservative ¥ Green ‡ Labour ¤ Reform UK
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).
† Conservative ¥ Green ‡ Labour ¤ Reform UK
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 |
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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
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 |
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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [3]
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% |  8.4% | 16 |  2 |
| Reform | 80,961 | 14.2% | 9.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Conservative | 60,903 | 10.7% | 9.5% | 0 | 1 |
| Greens | 54,871 | 9.6% | 6.9% | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 31,982 | 5.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 17,681 | 3.1% | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 570,855 | 100.0 | 16 |
| 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 Democrat 1 | 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
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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| 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 Democrat 1 | 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
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.
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
Birkenhead Social Justice Change UK Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 2019 | 22 | 2024 |
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| Birkenhead | Field | → | → | Whitley | McGovern | ||||
| Bootle | Benton | Dowd | |||||||
| Knowsley | Howarth | Midgley | |||||||
| Garston & Halewood 1 / 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 | ||||||||
| Southport 2 | Pugh | Moore | Hurley | ||||||
| Wallasey | A. Eagle | ||||||||
| Wirral South 1 | McGovern | N/A | |||||||
| Wirral West | McVey | Greenwood | Patrick | ||||||
1parts transferred in 2024 to seats which lie mostly in Cheshire
2contains some areas of Lancashire
Merseyside is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, Cheshire to the south, the Welsh county of Flintshire across the Dee Estuary to the southwest, and the Irish Sea to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Liverpool.
Halton is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, North West England. The borough was created in 1974 and contains the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor. Since 1998, Halton Borough Council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2014, it has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
Hightown is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, located midway between the city of Liverpool and the coastal resort of Southport. It is 8 miles north of Liverpool city centre and is located on the coast near the boundary of the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay. The River Alt joins the sea at this point and forms an estuary. There is a pumping station on the River Alt at Altmouth, built 1972, as part of a programme to alleviate flooding in the area. This is on the Altcar Rifle Range, a Territorial Army base originally established in 1860 by Lt. Col. Gladstone.
Ellesmere Port and Neston was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Justin Madders of the Labour Party.
Wirral South was a constituency in Merseyside in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented from 1997 until 2024 by members of the Labour Party.
Knowsley South was a constituency in Merseyside, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Liverpool Garston is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Since its recreation for the 2024 general election, its MP is Maria Eagle of the Labour Party.
Southport is a constituency in Merseyside which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Hurley of the Labour Party.
Garston and Halewood was a constituency created in 2010 and was represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Maria Eagle of the Labour Party.
Knowsley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Anneliese Midgley of the Labour Party..
Sefton Central is a constituency represented since its creation in 2010 by Bill Esterson of the Labour Party.
Wirral was a county constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The Liverpool County Football Association, simply known as the Liverpool FA, is the County Football Association in the city of Liverpool, England. It runs several league and cup competitions in the city.
The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held in May 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region, alongside other local elections across England and Wales, to elect councillors, the mayor of Liverpool, and police and crime commissioners across the city region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ceremonial county of Cheshire, which comprises the unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington, returned 11 MPs to the UK Parliament from 1997 to 2024. Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect for the 2024 general election, the boundary commission proposed 12 constituencies, including two which crossed the border into the county of Merseyside.
Widnes and Halewood is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The Member of Parliament elected in 2024 is Derek Twigg of the Labour Party, who was formerly MP for Halton.
