Southport | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Merseyside |
Electorate | 74,168 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Southport, Ainsdale-on-Sea |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Patrick Hurley (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South West Lancashire |
Southport is a constituency [n 1] in Merseyside which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Hurley of the Labour Party. [n 2]
1885–1918: The Borough of Southport, the Sessional Division of Southport, and the parishes of Blundell, Great and Little Crosby, Ince, and Thornton.
1918–1983: The County Borough of Southport.
1983–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton wards of Ainsdale, Birkdale, Cambridge, Dukes, Kew, Meols, and Norwood.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:
The four, largely rural, West Lancashire Borough wards were transferred from South Ribble, offset by the loss of Ainsdale ward to Sefton Central.
Following a local government boundary review in West Lancashire which came into effect in May 2023, [3] [4] the constituency will now comprise the following from the 2024 general election:
The constituency covers the whole town of Southport and the localities of Birkdale, Blowick, Churchtown, Crossens, Highpark, Hillside, Kew, Marshside, Meols Cop, and Woodvale. It also now includes the West Lancashire villages of Banks, Hesketh Bank, Becconsall, Tarleton and Rufford. It is bordered to the north by Fylde (across the Ribble estuary), to the east by South Ribble, and to the south by Sefton Central and West Lancashire .
In the 19th century a notable representative was George Nathaniel Curzon, future Viceroy of India.
In the 20th century, outside politics, Edward Marshall Hall was a notable trial barrister (KC) and Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner was the son of the leading industrialist Sir John Tomlinson Brunner.
As a frontbencher, long-serving representative Robert Hudson was recognised at the time of World War II as a competent Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in charge of that department, and was made, to give him a peerage, a viscount. [n 3]
Until 2024, the constituency had been a Liberal or Conservative seat throughout its history, and marginal for much of that time, meaning that it changed hands 11 times between the parties after it was created in 1885, having had nine Conservative MPs and eight Liberal or Liberal Democrat MPs in its history.
During the nadir of the Liberal Party, from the 1930s to the 1960s, the constituency became a safe Conservative seat, with absolute majorities from 1931 until 1970 inclusive.
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was the Labour Party candidate for the seat in 1966 and came in second place.
With the revival the Liberal Party's fortunes in the early 1970s, elections became close contests once again. The constituency changed hands in the 1987 general election, when it was won by Ronnie Fearn of the Liberal Party, for the SDP-Liberal Alliance, shortly before the two parties merged to form the Liberal Democrats. Fearn had contested the seat unsuccessfully for the Liberals throughout the 1970s.
Fearn lost the seat to the Conservatives' Matthew Banks at the 1992 election, one of the few Conservative gains at that election, only to regain it at the 1997 election. The Liberal Democrats held the seat, under John Pugh (after Fearn stood down) in 2001 until 2017.
The seat was one of the eight Liberal Democrat seats that survived its national vote share collapse at the 2015 general election, although there was a higher-than-average drop in the Liberal Democrats' vote share. Pugh opted not to re-contest the seat in the 2017 general election, at which it returned to the Conservatives, the only seat the Tories gained from the Liberal Democrats in 2017 (aside from Richmond Park, which they had gained at a 2016 by-election).
In the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, of which the constituency is a part, voted to remain in the European Union by 51.9%. [6] Given its demography, it is estimated that Southport voted to remain by 54%. [7]
In 2019, a resurgent Labour vote pushed the Liberal Democrats into third place for the first time since 1966 with the seat becoming a Tory-Labour marginal. Labour won the seat from the Conservatives in 2024, making it the first time Labour has held the seat, as well as the first time Labour has held every seat in Merseyside.
This is a generally affluent seaside town in the borough of Sefton which has not suffered from significant deprivation compared to its Lancashire counterpart Blackpool. Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 close to the national average of 3.8%, at 4.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [8] Southport is home to the notable Royal Birkdale Golf Club, and Ainsdale Beach is part of the Sefton Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patrick Hurley [10] | 17,252 | 38.3 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Damien Moore [11] | 11,463 | 25.4 | −25.0 | |
Reform UK | Andrew Lynn [12] | 7,395 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Erin Harvey [13] | 5,868 | 13.0 | +0.5 | |
Green | Edwin Black [14] | 2,159 | 4.8 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Sean Halsall [15] | 922 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,789 | 12.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,059 | 61.2 | −6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 73,641 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Damien Moore | 22,914 | 47.6 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Liz Savage | 18,767 | 39.0 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wright | 6,499 | 13.5 | ―12.9 | |
Majority | 4,147 | 8.6 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,180 | 68.0 | ―1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Damien Moore | 18,541 | 38.7 | +10.7 | |
Labour | Liz Savage | 15,627 | 32.6 | +13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue McGuire | 12,661 | 26.4 | ―4.6 | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 1,127 | 2.4 | ―14.4 | |
Majority | 2,914 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,956 | 69.1 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ―1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Pugh | 13,652 | 31.0 | ―18.6 | |
Conservative | Damien Moore | 12,330 | 28.0 | ―7.8 | |
Labour | Liz Savage | 8,468 | 19.2 | +9.8 | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 7,429 | 16.8 | +11.7 | |
Green | Laurence Rankin | 1,230 | 2.8 | New | |
Southport Party | Jacqueline Barlow | 992 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,322 | 3.0 | ―10.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,101 | 65.5 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ―5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Pugh | 21,707 | 49.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Brenda Porter | 15,683 | 35.8 | ―1.2 | |
Labour | Jim Conalty | 4,116 | 9.4 | ―3.4 | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 2,251 | 5.1 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 6,024 | 13.8 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,757 | 65.1 | +4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Pugh | 19,093 | 46.3 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Mark S. Bigley | 15,255 | 37.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Paul Brant | 5,277 | 12.8 | ―3.8 | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 749 | 1.8 | +0.5 | |
Your Party | Bill Givens | 589 | 1.4 | New | |
Veritas | Harry Forster | 238 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 3,838 | 9.3 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,201 | 61.0 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Pugh | 18,011 | 43.8 | ―4.3 | |
Conservative | Laurence Jones | 15,004 | 36.5 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Paul Brant | 6,816 | 16.6 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | David Green | 767 | 1.9 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Gerry Kelley | 555 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,007 | 7.3 | ―4.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,153 | 58.6 | ―13.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Fearn | 24,356 | 48.1 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew Banks | 18,186 | 35.9 | ―11.1 | |
Labour | Sarah Norman | 6,129 | 12.1 | +1.9 | |
Referendum | Frank Buckle | 1,368 | 2.7 | New | |
Liberal | Susan Ashton | 386 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | Elizabeth Lines | 93 | 0.2 | ―0.1 | |
National Democrats | Michael Middleton | 92 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,170 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,610 | 72.1 | ―5.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Banks | 26,081 | 47.0 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Fearn | 23,018 | 41.5 | ―6.4 | |
Labour | James King | 5,637 | 10.2 | +3.8 | |
Green | Justin Walker | 545 | 1.0 | ―0.2 | |
Natural Law | Geoffrey Clements | 159 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,063 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,440 | 77.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 26,110 | 47.9 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Nigel Thomas | 24,261 | 44.5 | ―5.9 | |
Labour | Audrey Moore | 3,483 | 6.4 | ―1.9 | |
Green | Justin Walker | 653 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,849 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,507 | 76.3 | +3.8 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Percival | 25,612 | 50.4 | ―0.4 | |
Liberal | Iain Brodie Browne | 20,573 | 40.5 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Francis Brady | 4,233 | 8.3 | ―2.9 | |
Independent | Kevin Wood | 374 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,039 | 9.9 | ―2.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,792 | 72.5 | ―2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Percival | 25,953 | 50.8 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 19,426 | 38.0 | +2.3 | |
Labour | I.Gari James | 5,725 | 12.8 | ―4.3 | |
Majority | 6,527 | 12.8 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,104 | 74.7 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Percival | 23,014 | 47.2 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 17,387 | 35.7 | ―3.9 | |
Labour | I.Gari James | 8,323 | 17.1 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 5,627 | 11.5 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 48,724 | 73.7 | ―3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Percival | 23,975 | 47.2 | ―3.0 | |
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 20,093 | 39.6 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Peter R. Ward | 6,690 | 13.2 | ―6.4 | |
Majority | 3,882 | 7.6 | ―12.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,758 | 77.4 | +6.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Percival | 22,950 | 50.2 | ―0.8 | |
Liberal | Ronnie Fearn | 13,809 | 30.2 | +10.5 | |
Labour | Bruce George | 8,950 | 19.6 | ―9.6 | |
Majority | 9,141 | 20.0 | ―1.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,709 | 70.5 | ―2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Percival | 22,324 | 51.0 | ―0.9 | |
Labour | John Prescott | 12,798 | 29.2 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | C. Jack Coleman | 8,630 | 19.7 | ―3.3 | |
Majority | 9,526 | 21.8 | ―5.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,752 | 72.7 | ―3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Percival | 23,917 | 51.9 | ―4.1 | |
Labour | Leonard Goldwater | 11,572 | 25.1 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | C. Jack Coleman | 10,609 | 23.0 | ―0.5 | |
Majority | 12,345 | 26.8 | ―5.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,098 | 76.5 | ―0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Percival | 26,905 | 56.0 | ―14.2 | |
Liberal | Sam Goldberg | 11,292 | 23.5 | +23.5 | |
Labour | Charles W Hadfield | 9,805 | 20.4 | ―9.4 | |
Majority | 15,613 | 32.5 | ―8.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,002 | 76.8 | +8.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh | 30,268 | 70.2 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Peter Cameron | 12,827 | 29.8 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 17,441 | 40.4 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,095 | 68.8 | ―8.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh | 24,589 | 62.0 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Alan Lever Tillotson | 11,310 | 28.5 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Hubert Bentliff | 3,776 | 9.5 | ―5.5 | |
Majority | 13,279 | 33.5 | ―1.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,675 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 30,388 | 60.2 | +3.9 | |
Labour | H Owen Ellis | 12,535 | 24.8 | ―2.0 | |
Liberal | Hubert Bentliff | 7,576 | 15.0 | ―1.9 | |
Majority | 17,853 | 35.4 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,499 | 77.7 | ―4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 29,766 | 56.3 | +3.6 | |
Labour | J P Bonney | 14,159 | 26.8 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | Harry Ellington | 8,933 | 16.9 | ―3.6 | |
Majority | 15,607 | 29.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,858 | 81.8 | +7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 26,792 | 52.7 | −19.5 | |
Labour | William Hamling | 13,596 | 26.8 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | Robert Martin | 10,404 | 20.5 | New | |
Majority | 13,196 | 25.9 | −18.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,792 | 74.2 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 29,652 | 72.2 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Robert Carrington-Willis | 11,419 | 27.8 | New | |
Majority | 18,233 | 44.4 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,071 | 70.9 | −8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hudson | 30,307 | 68.4 | +20.1 | |
Liberal | Moelwyn Hughes | 13,983 | 31.6 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 16,324 | 36.8 | +27.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,290 | 79.7 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 21,161 | 48.3 | −12.7 | |
Liberal | Cecil Ramage | 17,220 | 39.4 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Arthur Leonard Williams | 5,380 | 12.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,941 | 8.9 | −13.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,761 | 79.6 | +0.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 17,430 | 61.0 | +12.8 | |
Liberal | John Brunner | 11,158 | 39.0 | −12.8 | |
Majority | 6,272 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,588 | 78.7 | +2.8 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brunner | 13,704 | 51.8 | +5.0 | |
Unionist | Thomas Comyn-Platt | 12,776 | 48.2 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 928 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,480 | 75.9 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 13,733 | 53.2 | −18.8 | |
Liberal | John Brunner | 12,068 | 46.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,665 | 6.4 | −37.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,801 | 76.3 | +14.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 14,707 | 72.0 | +19.7 |
Labour | Arthur Greenwood | 5,727 | 28.0 | New | |
Majority | 8,980 | 44.0 | +39.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,434 | 61.6 | −24.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 7,467 | 52.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | H. B. D. Woodcock | 6,798 | 47.7 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 669 | 4.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,265 | 85.6 | −3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple-White | 7,637 | 51.4 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Maurice de Forest | 7,218 | 48.6 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 419 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,855 | 89.2 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Astbury | 6,607 | 50.9 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Marshall Hall | 6,367 | 49.1 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 240 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,974 | 87.3 | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,854 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Marshall Hall | 5,522 | 51.0 | −3.0 | |
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 5,313 | 49.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 209 | 2.0 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,835 | 82.3 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,164 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 5,635 | 52.7 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Charles Balfour | 5,052 | 47.3 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 583 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,687 | 84.4 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 12,656 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Naylor-Leyland | 5,100 | 51.4 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Bootle-Wilbraham | 4,828 | 48.6 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 272 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,928 | 80.1 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,395 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Curzon | 5,162 | 54.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Herbert Naylor-Leyland | 4,399 | 46.0 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 763 | 8.0 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,561 | 83.0 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,523 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Curzon | 4,752 | 53.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | George Pollard | 4,148 | 46.6 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 604 | 6.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,900 | 84.6 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 10,514 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Curzon | 3,723 | 53.3 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 3,262 | 46.7 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 461 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,985 | 82.8 | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,437 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Augustus Pilkington | 3,741 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | John Edwards-Moss | 3,581 | 48.9 | ||
Majority | 160 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,322 | 86.8 | |||
Registered electors | 8,437 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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Sefton Central is a constituency represented since its creation in 2010 by Bill Esterson of the Labour Party.
Mid Derbyshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The Member of Parliament has been Jonathan Davies of the Labour Party since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. 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.
Sefton Council, or Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority since 2014.