Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Crosby Borough constituency |
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| Crosby shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Claire Curtis-Thomas |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Crosby is a 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the localities of Great Crosby, Little Crosby, Hightown and Formby, all in Sefton on Merseyside. It is bordered in the north by Southport, in the east by West Lancashire and Knowsley North and Sefton East, and in the south by Bootle.
Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England, the Crosby constituency will be abolished at the next general election. It will be replaced by the new Sefton Central seat, which will also include parts of the existing Knowsley North and Sefton East constituency.
[edit] History
Prior to 1997, the constituency was seen as a safe seat for the Conservative Party. They held the seat from its creation in 1950 until the death in 1981 of Sir Graham Page. The resulting by-election was notable as it was won by Shirley Williams, one of the "gang of four" senior members of the Labour Party who had founded the new Social Democratic Party (SDP), becoming the first SDP member to be elected. However, Williams lost the seat to the Conservative candidate Malcolm Thornton at the 1983 general election.
Thornton held the seat until the 1997 election, when he lost to Labour's Claire Curtis-Thomas. Although this victory was seen as a somewhat surprising result, she has held the seat since then.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- Constituency created (1950)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Malcolm Bullock | Conservative | |
| 1953 | Graham Page | Conservative | |
| 1981 | Shirley Williams | Social Democrat | |
| 1983 | Malcolm Thornton | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Claire Curtis-Thomas | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Crosby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Claire Curtis-Thomas | 17,463 | 48.2 | -6.9 | |
| Conservative | Debi Jones | 11,623 | 32.1 | -0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Murray | 6,298 | 17.4 | +6.3 | |
| UK Independence | John Whittaker | 454 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Communist | Geoffrey Bottoms | 199 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Clause 28 | David Braid | 157 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 5,840 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 36,194 | 66.7 | +1.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 3.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Crosby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Claire Curtis-Thomas | 20,327 | 55.1 | +4.1 | |
| Conservative | Robert Collinson | 11,974 | 32.5 | -2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Drake | 4,084 | 11.1 | -0.4 | |
| Socialist Labour | Mark Holt | 481 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,353 | 22.6 | |||
| Turnout | 36,866 | 65.1 | -12.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
| General Election 1997: Crosby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Claire Curtis-Thomas | 22,549 | 51.1 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Thornton | 15,367 | 34.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McVey | 5,080 | 11.5 | ||
| Referendum Party | John Gauld | 813 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal | John Marks | 233 | 0.5 | ||
| Natural Law | William Hite | 99 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 7,182 | 16.3 | |||
| Turnout | 44,141 | 77.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -18.1 | |||
