List of Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

The county of Merseyside created in 1974 has 15 Parliamentary constituencies — (sub-classified into 12 of borough type and three of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). 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. The two other largest parties nationally in England have to date won intermittently in the two larger seats within the four in the Wirral, the peninsular facing Liverpool, and best having alternately represented the seat centred on the coastal strip in and around the leisure resort of Southport. The latter town includes Birkdale and Ainsdale beach and has not since the seat was created in 1885 sided with the Labour Party. 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).

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat^[1]

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Birkenhead BC	64,484	25,414		Frank Field‡		Stewart Gardiner†
Bootle BC	72,872	36,200		Peter Dowd‡		Charles Fifield†
Garston and Halewood BC	75,248	32,149		Maria Eagle‡		Adam Marsden†
Knowsley BC	81,760	42,214		George Howarth‡		James Spencer†
Liverpool, Riverside BC	76,332	35,947		Louise Ellman‡		Pamela Hall†
Liverpool, Walton BC	62,738	32,551		Dan Carden‡		Laura Evans†
Liverpool, Wavertree BC	62,411	29,466		Luciana Berger‡		Denise Haddad†
Liverpool, West Derby BC	65,164	32,908		Stephen Twigg‡		Paul Richardson†
Sefton Central CC	69,019	15,618		Bill Esterson‡		Jade Marsden†
Southport BC	69,400	2,914		Damien Moore†		Liz Savage‡
St Helens North BC	76,088	18,406		Conor McGinn‡		Jackson Ng†
St Helens South and Whiston BC	79,036	24,343		Marie Rimmer‡		Ed McRandal†
Wallasey BC	67,454	23,320		Angela Eagle‡		Andy Livsey†
Wirral South CC	57,670	8,323		Alison McGovern‡		Adam Sykes†
Wirral West CC	55,995	5,365		Margaret Greenwood‡		Tony Caldeira†

Changes proposed for 2022

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England proposed in 2018 the following seats for the Merseyside and Wirral regions:^[2]

• Birkenhead
• Bootle
• Garston and Halewood
• Knowsley
• Liverpool Riverside
• Liverpool Wavertree
• Liverpool West Derby
• Sefton Central
• Southport
• St Helens North
• St Helens South and Whiston
• Wallasey
• Wirral West and Bebington

Results

2005	2010	2015	2017

Constituencies 1997-2010

1. Birkenhead BC
2. Bootle BC
3. Crosby BC
4. Knowsley North and Sefton East CC
5. Knowsley South CC
6. Liverpool, Garston BC
7. Liverpool, Riverside BC
8. Liverpool, Walton BC
9. Liverpool, Wavertree BC
10. Liverpool, West Derby BC
11. St Helens North BC
12. St Helens South BC
13. Southport BC
14. Wallasey BC
15. Wirral South CC
16. Wirral West CC

Historic representation by party

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

Notes

References