List of Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

The county of Merseyside created in 1974 has 15 Parliamentary constituencies — (sub-classified into 12 of borough type and three of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). The area, centred on its largest city of Liverpool, has since that year elected a majority of Labour Party MPs moreover since 1997 at least 13 of 15 seats have been held or won by the party at each general election. The two other largest parties nationally in England have to date won intermittently in the two larger seats within the four in the Wirral, the peninsular facing Liverpool, and best having alternately represented the seat centred on the coastal strip in and around the leisure resort of Southport. The latter town includes Birkdale and Ainsdale beach and has not since the seat was created in 1885 sided with the Labour Party. The bulk of seats especially towards the east and the centre of Liverpool have not sided with the Conservative Party since that party actively supported the National Labour Organisation (1931-1947).

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat^[1]

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Birkenhead BC	62,410	25,414		Frank Field		Stewart Gardiner
Bootle BC	70,145	36,200		Peter Dowd		Charles Fifield
Garston and Halewood BC	73,719	32,149		Maria Eagle		Adam Marsden
Knowsley BC	79,108	42,214		George Howarth		James Spencer
Liverpool, Riverside BC	70,829	35,947		Louise Ellman		Pamela Hall
Liverpool, Walton BC	61,908	32,551		Dan Carden		Laura Evans
Liverpool, Wavertree BC	61,549	29,466		Luciana Berger		Denise Haddad
Liverpool, West Derby BC	63,651	32,908		Stephen Twigg		Paul Richardson
Sefton Central CC	67,744	15,618		Bill Esterson		Jade Marsden
Southport BC	67,326	2,914		Damien Moore		Liz Savage
St Helens North BC	75,262	18,406		Conor McGinn		Jackson Ng
St Helens South and Whiston BC	77,720	24,343		Marie Rimmer		Ed McRandal
Wallasey BC	65,495	23,320		Angela Eagle		Andy Livsey
Wirral South CC	56,956	8,323		Alison McGovern		Adam Sykes
Wirral West CC	55,377	5,365		Margaret Greenwood		Tony Caldeira

Results

2005	2010	2015	2017

Constituencies 1997-2010

1. Birkenhead BC
2. Bootle BC
3. Crosby BC
4. Knowsley North and Sefton East CC
5. Knowsley South CC
6. Liverpool, Garston BC
7. Liverpool, Riverside BC
8. Liverpool, Walton BC
9. Liverpool, Wavertree BC
10. Liverpool, West Derby BC
11. St Helens North BC
12. St Helens South BC
13. Southport BC
14. Wallasey BC
15. Wirral South CC
16. Wirral West CC

Historic representation by party

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

/ and Sefton East (1997) / Knowsley (2010)

/ Liverpool Wavertree (1997)

Graphical representation

Notes

References