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 peninsula 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

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ¥ Green   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Birkenhead BC	78,091	13,798		Alison McGovern‡		Jo Bird¥
Bootle BC	73,037	21,983		Peter Dowd‡		Darren Burns¤
Knowsley BC	71,964	18,319		Anneliese Midgley‡		Alexander Hitchmough¤
Liverpool Garston BC	69,282	20,104		Maria Eagle‡		Kiera Hubbard¤
Liverpool Riverside BC	71,380	14,793		Kim Johnson‡		Chris Coughlan¥
Liverpool Walton BC	69,317	20,245		Dan Carden‡		Joe Doran¤
Liverpool Wavertree BC	70,581	16,304		Paula Barker‡		Tom Crone¥
Liverpool West Derby BC	69,934	20,423		Ian Byrne‡		Jack Boyd¤
Sefton Central CC	74,282	18,282		Bill Esterson‡		Marcus Bleasdale†
Southport CC	73,641	5,789		Patrick Hurley‡		Damien Moore†
St Helens North CC	75,483	12,169		David Baines‡		Malcolm Webster¤
St Helens South and Whiston BC	71,569	11,945		Marie Rimmer‡		Raymond Peters¤
Wallasey BC	74,082	17,996		Angela Eagle‡		David Burgess-Joyce¤
Wirral West CC	72,838	9,998		Matthew Patrick‡		Jenny Johnson†

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Merseyside from 16 to 15, leading to significant changes. The two Knowsley seats were abolished, with a single Knowsley constituency created. Parts of Knowsley North and Sefton East were added to the new constituency of Sefton Central, which replaced Crosby, and parts of Knowsley South were added to the new constituency of Garston and Halewood, which replaced Liverpool, Garston.

Former name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
Birkenhead BC Bootle BC Crosby BC Knowsley North and Sefton East CC Knowsley South CC Liverpool, Garston BC Liverpool, Riverside BC Liverpool, Walton BC Liverpool, Wavertree BC Liverpool, West Derby BC St Helens North BC St Helens South BC Southport BC Wallasey BC Wirral South CC Wirral West CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside	Birkenhead BC Bootle BC Garston and Halewood BC Knowsley BC Liverpool, Riverside BC Liverpool, Walton BC Liverpool, Wavertree BC Liverpool, West Derby BC Sefton Central CC Southport BC St Helens North BC St Helens South and Whiston BC Wallasey BC Wirral South CC Wirral West CC	Proposed Revised constituencies in Merseyside

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Merseyside be combined with Cheshire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Widnes and Halewood, which avoids the need for a constituency which spans the River Mersey. As a consequence, Garston and Halewood would be abolished and Liverpool Garston re-established, and Wirral South would be abolished, with its contents being redistributed to Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Wirral West. Four wards in the Lancashire borough of West Lancashire would be included in Southport.

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Knowsley

• Knowsley
• Liverpool West Derby (part)
• St Helens South and Whiston (part)
• Widnes and Halewood (part also in Cheshire West and Chester)

Containing electoral wards from Liverpool

• Liverpool Garston
• Liverpool Riverside
• Liverpool Walton (part)
• Liverpool Wavertree
• Liverpool West Derby (part)

Containing electoral wards from St Helens

• St Helens North
• St Helens South and Whiston (part)

Containing electoral wards from Sefton

• Bootle
• Liverpool Walton (part)
• Sefton Central
• Southport (part also in West Lancashire)

Containing electoral wards from Wirral

• Birkenhead
• Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (part also in Cheshire West and Chester)
• Wallasey
• Wirral West

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Merseyside in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Labour	463,371	65.2%	6.0%	14	0
Conservative	143,431	20.2%	1.2%	1	0
Liberal Democrats	39,591	5.6%	1.3%	0	0
Brexit	33,392	4.7%	new	0	0
Greens	19,371	2.7%	1.2%	0	0
Others	11,443	1.6%	0.0%	0	0
Total	710,599	100.0		15

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	35.0	28.9	29.0	19.7	20.1	19.4	21.1	18.1	21.4	20.2
Labour	39.9	47.4	51.4	61.9	58.7	53.8	52.3	61.7	71.2	65.2
Liberal Democrat1	23.7	23.3	16.9	14.4	17.8	22.9	20.8	5.5	4.3	5.6
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	0.3	3.6	1.5	2.7
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	3.2	10.3	1.1	*
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.7
Other	1.4	0.3	2.7	3.9	3.4	3.9	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.6

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Conservative	5	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Labour	11	11	12	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	14
Liberal Democrat1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Total	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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Historic representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1983 to 2010

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

Constituency	1983	86	1987	88	90	90	91	1992	97	1997	2001	2005	07
Knowsley South	Hughes				O'Hara
Birkenhead	Field
Bootle	Roberts				Carr	Benton
Knowsley N / Knowsley N & Sefton E (1997)	Kilroy-Silk	Howarth
Liverpool Garston	Loyden									M. Eagle
Liverpool Riverside	Parry									Ellman
Liverpool Walton	Heffer						Kilfoyle
Liverpool Broadgreen / Liverpool Wavertree (1997)	Fields							Kennedy
Liverpool West Derby	Wareing												→
St Helens North	Evans									Watts
St Helens South	Bermingham										Woodward
Wallasey	Chalker							A. Eagle
Wirral South	Porter								Chapman
Crosby	Thornton									Curtis-Thomas
Wirral West	Hunt									Hesford
Southport	Percival		Fearn	→				Banks		Fearn	Pugh
Liverpool Mossley Hill	Alton			→

2010 to present

  Birkenhead Social Justice   Change UK   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency	2010	2015	2017	18	19	19	2019	22	2024
Birkenhead	Field			→		→	Whitley		McGovern
Bootle	Benton	Dowd
Knowsley	Howarth								Midgley
Garston & Halewood1 / Liverpool Garston (2024)	M. Eagle
Liverpool Riverside	Ellman					→	Johnson
Liverpool Walton	Rotheram		Carden
Liverpool Wavertree	Berger				→	→	Barker
Liverpool West Derby	Twigg						Byrne
St Helens North	Watts	McGinn						→	Baines
St Helens South & Whiston	Woodward	Rimmer
Sefton Central	Esterson
Southport2	Pugh		Moore						Hurley
Wallasey	A. Eagle
Wirral South1	McGovern								N/A
Wirral West	McVey	Greenwood							Patrick

¹parts transferred in 2024 to seats which lie mostly in Cheshire

²contains some areas of Lancashire

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies