Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool, Walton
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Liverpool, Walton in Merseyside.

Location of Merseyside within England.
County Merseyside
Electorate 61,974 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament Steve Rotheram (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Liverpool
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Liverpool, Walton is a borough 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

Boundaries

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool. It covers the north of the city and includes the localities of Walton, Clubmoor, Orrell Park, Anfield, Everton, and Fazakerley.

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

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in Merseyside in the 2000s, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified Walton constituency.

The electoral wards used to create the seat are:

History

Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Liverpool Walton has been held by the Labour Party since the 1960s, and is now one of that party's safest seats. Labour won over 70% of the vote in every general election since 1992, though for many years it was regarded as a reasonably safe Conservative seat; until 1964, Labour had only gained Walton once, in their landslide victory in 1945; the Conservatives have struggled to get 6% in recent elections. 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 held the seat until 2010. Steve Rotheram won in 2010, after Kilfoyle had stood down.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[2] Party
1885 John George Gibson Conservative
1888 by-election 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 by-election Peter Kilfoyle Labour
2010 Steve Rotheram Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Liverpool, Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Rotheram 24,709 72.0 +0.2
Liberal Democrat Patrick Moloney 4,891 14.2 -2.7
Conservative Adam Marsden 2,241 6.5 +0.1
BNP Peter Stafford 1,104 3.2 N/A
UKIP Joseph Nugent 898 2.6 -0.7
Christian Peoples John Manwell 297 0.9 N/A
Trade Unionist & Socialist Darren Ireland 195 0.6 N/A
Majority 19,818 57.7
Turnout 34,335 54.8 +8.1
Labour hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Liverpool Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Kilfoyle 20,322 72.8 -5.0
Liberal Democrat Kiron Reid 4,365 15.6 +1.0
Conservative Sharon Buckle 1,655 5.9 -0.2
UKIP Joseph Moran 1,108 4.0 +2.4
Liberal Daniel Wood 480 1.7 N/A
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 Democrat Kiron Reid 4,147 14.6
Conservative Stephen Horgan 1,726 6.1
UKIP Paul Forest 442 1.6
Majority 17,996 63.2
Turnout 43.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Kilfoyle 31,516 78.5
Liberal Democrat R Roberts 4,478 11.1
Conservative M Kotecha 2,501 6.2
Referendum Party C Grundy 620 1.5
Socialist Labour Lesley Mahmood 444 1.1
Liberal H Williams 352 0.9
ProLife Alliance V Mearns 246 0.6
Majority 27,038 67.3
Turnout 59.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Liverpool Walton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Kilfoyle 34,214 72.4 +8.0
Conservative Berkeley Greenwood 5,915 12.5 −1.9
Liberal Democrat Joe Lang 5,672 12.0 −9.2
Liberal T Newall 963 2.0 N/A
Prot Ref D J E Carson 393 0.8 N/A
Natural Law D Raiano 98 0.2 N/A
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 Democrat 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

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 50,815 69.6
Labour hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  3. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

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