The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside,in North West England. It has a population of 322,453 (2022),and encompasses 62 square miles (161 km2) of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead,Wallasey,Bebington,Heswall,Hoylake and West Kirby. Wirral is England's westernmost metropolitan borough,faced by the city of Liverpool to the northeast over the River Mersey.
Yvette Cooper is a British politician who has served as Home Secretary since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,Cooper has been member of parliament (MP) for Pontefract,Castleford and Knottingley,previously Normanton,Pontefract and Castleford,since 1997.
Sir George Edward Howarth is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley until 2024. He also served the seat's predecessors since being elected in a by-election in 1986,firstly as the MP for Knowsley North and then Knowsley North and Sefton East (1997–2010).
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.
Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British health official and former politician. Cooper was a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat member of the Liverpool City Council from 1973 until 1999,when she joined the Labour Party. After leaving the council the following year,she was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire from 2005 until her resignation in 2022,when she was named chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. In 2018,she was the victim of attempted murder by Jack Renshaw.
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four,with a third of the council being elected each time. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council,generally known as Sefton Council,is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Sefton in Merseyside,England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004,66 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.
Michael Lee Amesbury is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Runcorn and Helsby,previously Weaver Vale,since 2017. A member of the Labour Party,he has been suspended pending a police investigation since October 2024 and has subsequently been charged with common assault.
Steven Philip Rotheram is a British politician serving as Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017. A member of the Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 2010 to 2017.
Joseph Anderson,is a British politician who served as the first directly elected Mayor of Liverpool from 2012 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party until his suspension in November 2020,he also served as Leader of Liverpool City Council from 2010 to 2012.
Alison McGovern is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead since 2024,and previously Wirral South since 2010. She has served as Minister of State for Employment since July 2024.
From 2012 to 2023,the mayor of Liverpool was the executive mayor of the city of Liverpool in England. The office was abolished in 2023 and its functions were replaced with the leader of Liverpool City Council.
Marie Elizabeth Rimmer,is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens South and Whiston since 2015.
Michael Jon Wood is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire since July 2024. Prior to this he served as MP for Dudley South from May 2015 until the constituency's dissolution. He has been Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since November 2024,and was Shadow Minister for Business and Trade and an Opposition whip from July to November 2024.
Daniel Joseph Carden is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton since 2017.
Damien Moore is a British Conservative Party politician,who was Member of Parliament for Southport from 2017 to 2024. He served as Assistant Government Whip from September to October 2022.
The 2021 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.
Ian Robert Byrne is a British independent,formerly Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby since 2019.
2020s political history refers to significant political and societal historical events in the United Kingdom in the 2020s,presented as a historical overview in narrative format.
The 2023 Liverpool City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Liverpool City Council. Following a Boundary Review by The Local Government Boundary Commission for England,the size of the council was reduced from 90 to 85 seats with a change from three-member seats,elected in thirds,three years out of every four,following the British Government instigated Best Value Inspection Report which led to the appointment by the government of Commissioners and the subsequent boundary review for Council Wards in Liverpool which the government initiated with the proviso that the number of councillors be reduced and the predominant number of wards be reduced to single members with all-up elections every four years. The election also marked the end of Liverpool's directly-elected mayoralty. After the election the council reverted to having a leader of the council chosen from amongst the councillors instead. Labour retained control of the council and their group leader Liam Robinson became leader of the council after the election.
The Liverpool Community Independents are a British political party based in Liverpool,formed in 2022 by former Labour councillors.
