The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside,England. It was formed on 1 April 1974,by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport,the municipal borough of Crosby,the urban districts of Formby and Litherland,and part of West Lancashire Rural District. It consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea which extends from Southport in the north to Bootle in the south,and an inland part to Maghull in the south-east,bounded by the city of Liverpool to the south,the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley to the south-east,and West Lancashire to the east.
Bootle is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton,Merseyside,England,which had a population of 51,394 in 2011;the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449.
Crosby is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton,Merseyside,England. Historically in Lancashire,it is north of Bootle,south of Southport and Formby,and west of Netherton. It abuts the areas of Blundellsands to the north and Waterloo to the south. It is approximately 6 miles (9.6 km) north of Liverpool City Centre.
Stephen Twigg is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since August 2020. He served as Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005,and for Liverpool West Derby from 2010 to 2019.
Joseph Edward Benton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle from 1990 to 2015.
John David Pugh is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Southport from 2001 to 2017. He stood down at the 2017 snap election. In November 2017,he was elected to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council as a councillor for Duke's Ward.
Freshfield is an area of Formby,in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton,Merseyside,England,situated at the northern end of the town. It has no local political distinction or representation and is included as part of the two council wards which make up Formby,nor is it any longer separated in a physical sense from the town.
Bootle is a constituency which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament,since 2015 by Peter Dowd of the Labour Party.
Crosby was a constituency in Merseyside,represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Knowsley North and Sefton East was a county constituency 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.
Seaforth is a district in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton,Merseyside,England. Historically in Lancashire,it is north of Liverpool,between Bootle and Waterloo.
Sefton Council is the governing body for the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in the county of Merseyside,north-western England. The council was under no overall control from the 1980s until 2012 when the Labour Party took control. It is a constituent council of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
Simon Mahon was a British Labour Party politician.
Peter Mahon was a British Labour Party politician.
Orrell is the name given to a residential area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton,Merseyside,England. It is not to be confused with Orrell Park which is a separate neighbouring area.
Two Bootle by-elections were held during 1990,for the House of Commons constituency of Bootle in Merseyside.
Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999,the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England,Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
William Roffen Esterson is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sefton Central since 2010. He has been Shadow Minister for Roads since 2023. He was Shadow Minister for Small Business from 2015 to 2020.
Brighton-le-Sands is an area of Merseyside,England,in the borough of Sefton. It is located close to Crosby,situated between Blundellsands to the north,Waterloo to the south and Great Crosby to the east.
