Liverpool Garston (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Liverpool Garston Borough constituency |
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| Liverpool Garston shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Maria Eagle |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Liverpool Garston 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 is one of five covering the city of Liverpool, covering the southern part of the city. As well as Garston, it contains areas such as Allerton, Netherley, Speke and Woolton. Liverpool John Lennon Airport is located in the constituency.
The Liverpool Garston seat will be abolished at the next election following boundary chanages, to be replaced with a new Garston and Halewood constituency, which will also cover part of the Knowsley borough.
[edit] History
The Labour Party have held Liverpool Garston since the 1983 general election. Prior to that time the constituency was a Labour/Conservative marginal; however since then the Conservative share of the vote has declined to less than 10% in the 2005 election, when they came third behind the Liberal Democrats.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1950 – 1957: Victor Raikes, Conservative
- 1957 – 1966: Richard Martin Bingham, Conservative
- 1966 – 1974: Tim Fortescue, Conservative
- 1974 – 1979: Eddie Loyden, Labour
- 1979 – 1983: Malcolm Thornton, Conservative
- 1983 – 1997: Eddie Loyden, Labour
- 1997 – present: Maria Eagle, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Liverpool Garston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Maria Eagle | 18,900 | 54.0 | -7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paula Keaveney | 11,707 | 33.5 | +10.4 | |
| Conservative | Amber Rudd | 3,424 | 9.8 | -5.7 | |
| UK Independence | Kevin Kearney | 780 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | Dave Oatley | 163 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 7,193 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 34,974 | 54.9 | +4.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Liverpool Garston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Maria Eagle | 20,043 | 61.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paula Keaveney | 7,549 | 23.1 | ||
| Conservative | Helen Sutton | 5,059 | 15.5 | ||
| Majority | 12,494 | 38.3 | |||
| Turnout | 50.2 | ||||
