Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Liverpool Walton Borough constituency
Liverpool Walton shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Peter Kilfoyle
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Merseyside
EP constituency:	North West England

Liverpool Walton 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 4.3 Elections in the 1980s 5 Sources 6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool. It covers the north of the city, including areas such as Anfield, Everton, Fazakerley and Kirkdale as well as Walton itself.

The grounds of both Liverpool F.C. (Anfield) and Everton F.C. (Goodison Park) are situated in the constituency.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Walton constituency.

The electoral wards used to create the seat are:

• Anfield, Clubmoor, County, Everton, Fazakerley, and Warbreck

[edit] History

Liverpool Walton is one of the Labour Party's safest seats, with Labour polling over 70% of the vote in every general election since 1992. From 1964 until his death in 1991, the seat was held by the notable left-winger Eric Heffer; the subsequent by-election was won by Peter Kilfoyle who has held the seat since then.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1885)

Year		Member	Party
	1885	John George Gibson	Conservative
	1888	Miles Walker Mattinson	Conservative
	1892	James Henry Stock	Conservative
	1906	F.E.Smith	Conservative
	1918	Harry Warden Stanley Chilcott	Conservative
	1929	Reginald Purbrick	Conservative
	1945	James Haworth	Labour
	1950	Kenneth Thompson	Conservative
	1964	Eric Heffer	Labour
	1991	Peter Kilfoyle	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	20,322	72.8	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kiron Reid	4,365	15.6	+1.0
	Conservative	Sharon Buckle	1,655	5.9	-0.2
	UK Independence	Joseph Moran	1,108	4.0	+2.4
	Liberal	Daniel Wood	480	1.7	+1.7
Majority			15,957	57.1
Turnout			27,930	45.0	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.0

General Election 2001: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	22,143	77.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kiron Reid	4,147	14.6
	Conservative	Stephen Horgan	1,726	6.1
	UK Independence	Paul Forest	442	1.6
Majority			17,996	63.2
Turnout				43.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	22,143	77.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kiron Reid	4,147	14.6
	Conservative	Stephen Horgan	1,726	6.1
	UK Independence	Paul Forest	442	1.6
Majority			17,996	63.2
Turnout				43.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	34,214	72.4	+8.0
	Conservative	Berkeley Greenwood	5,915	12.5	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Lang	5,672	12.0	-9.2
	Liberal	T Newall	963	2.0
	Prot Ref	D J E Carson	393	0.8
	Natural Law	D Raiano	98	0.2
Majority			28,299	59.9	+16.7
Turnout			47,255	67.4	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Liverpool Walton by-election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	21,317	53.1	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clark	14,457	36.0	+14.8
	Walton Real Labour	Lesley Mahmood	2,613	6.5	N/A
	Conservative	Berkeley Greenwood	1,155	2.9	−11.5
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	546	1.4	N/A
	Independent	George Lee-Delisle	63	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,860	17.1	−26.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	34,661	64.4	+11.7
	Liberal	Paul Clark	11,408	21.2	-0.2
	Conservative	I. Mays	7,738	14.4	-10.8
Majority			23,253	43.2	+15.6
Turnout			53,807	73.6	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

General Election 1983: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	26,980	52.7
	Conservative	A Maddox	12,865	25.2
	Liberal	D Croft	10,970	21.4
Majority			14,115	27.6
Turnout			5,158	29.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Sources

• Historical list of MPs

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) | Conservative (3) | Liberal Democrats (2) | UKIP (1)