Liverpool Riverside (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Liverpool Riverside Borough constituency |
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| Liverpool Riverside shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Louise Ellman |
| Party: | Labour Co-operative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Liverpool Riverside 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. It covers the central area of the city, including some of the famous sights of the city such as the Royal Liver Building and Albert Dock, as well as areas such as Aigburth, Edge Hill, Mossley Hill, Sandhills and Toxteth. It also contains both the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Riverside constituency. An original proposal to create an unprecedented cross-Mersey constituency was dropped by the Commission due to lack of support.
The electoral wards used to form the modified Riverside seat are:
- Central, Greenbank, Kirkdale, Mossley Hill, Princes Park, Riverside and St Michael’s.
[edit] History
The constituency was formed in 1983, and has always been held by the Labour Party; from 1983 until 1997 by Robert Parry, and since then by Louise Ellman. It is a safe seat covering a deprived urban area. In both the 2001 and 2005 general elections it had the lowest turnout of all constituencies in the UK. This is due, in some part, to the substantial number of students living in the counstituency who do not vote there.
In the 2005 general election, there was a considerable swing (+8.1%) to the Liberal Democrats, however Labour were still comfortably ahead. Also in 2005, Liverpool Riverside was one of the few seats where the Green Party retained its deposit, scoring just over 5% of the vote.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 1997: Robert Parry, Labour
- 1997 – present: Louise Ellman, Labour Co-operative
[edit] Election results
| Next United Kingdom general election: Riverside | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Marbrow | ||||
[edit] UK general election, 2005
The turnout compared to the 2001 election had risen by 7.4% to 41.5% (an above average increase), however this is still the lowest throughout the United Kingdom which averaged 61.3% with a 1.2% increase.
| General Election 2005: Liverpool Riverside | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Louise Ellman | 17,951 | 57.6 | -13.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Marbrow | 7,737 | 24.8 | +8.1 | |
| Conservative | Gabrielle Howatson | 2,843 | 9.1 | +0.7 | |
| Green | Peter Cranie | 1,707 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
| Socialist Labour | Beth Marshall | 498 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| UK Independence | Ann Irving | 455 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 10,214 | 32.7 | -17.7 | ||
| Turnout | 31,191 | 41.5 | +7.4 | ||
[edit] UK general election, 2001
In the 2001 election it had a turnout of 34.1% which was the lowest of the United Kingdom. The average turnout in that year was 59.2%.
| General Election 2001: Liverpool Riverside | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Louise Ellman | 18,201 | 71.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Marbrow | 4,251 | 16.7 | ||
| Conservative | Judith Edwards | 2,142 | 8.4 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | Cathy Wilson | 909 | 3.6 | ||
| Majority | 13,950 | 54.7 | |||
| Turnout | 34.1 | ||||
