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Liverpool Garston (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Garston 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. Since its recreation for the 2024 general election, its MP is Maria Eagle of the Labour Party.

Liverpool Garston
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map of constituency
Boundary of Liverpool Garston in North West England
CountyMerseyside
Electorate70,372 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentMaria Eagle (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromGarston and Halewood
1950–2010
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Created from
Replaced byGarston and Halewood

The seat was first established in 1950, but was abolished in 2010, before being re-established in 2024.

Boundaries

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Historic

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Map of boundaries from 2024

1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Aigburth, Allerton, Childwall, Garston, Little Woolton, and Much Woolton.

1955–1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Aigburth, Allerton, St Mary's, Speke, and Woolton.[2]

1983–1997: The City of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Netherley, St Mary's, Speke, Valley, and Woolton.

1997–2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Grassendale, Netherley, St Mary's, Speke, Valley, and Woolton.

The constituency was one of five covering the city of Liverpool, covering the southern part of the city. As well as Garston, it contained areas such as Allerton, Netherley, Speke and Woolton. Liverpool John Lennon Airport was located in the constituency.

The Liverpool Garston seat was abolished at the 2010 general election following boundary changes. It was replaced with a new Garston and Halewood constituency, also covering part of the Knowsley borough.

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Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the re-established constituency was defined as being composed of the following wards of the City of Liverpool as they existed on 1 December 2020:

  • Allerton and Hunts Cross; Belle Vale; Church; Cressington; Speke-Garston; Woolton.[3]

The seat comprises the (former) City of Liverpool wards previously in the abolished constituency of Garston and Halewood, with the addition of Church ward from Liverpool Wavertree.

Liverpool was subject to a comprehensive local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023.[4][5] As a result, the new constituency boundaries do not align with the revised ward boundaries. The constituency now comprises the following wards or part wards of the City of Liverpool from the 2024 general election:

  • Allerton; Belle Vale; Calderstones; Childwall (small part); Church (small part); Garston; Gateacre (nearly all); Grassendale & Cressington; Mossley Hill (small part); Much Woolton & Hunts Cross; Penny Lane (majority); Speke; Springwood; Woolton Village.[6]

History

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Following its 1950 creation, Liverpool Garston was initially a safe Conservative seat, being won by the party by wide margins in the 1950s. It became more marginal in the 1960s and was gained by the Labour Party for the first time at the February 1974 general election. The Conservatives regained the seat amid their national election victory in 1979, but boundary changes for the 1983 general election removed the middle-class, Conservative-voting Aigburth area, making the seat notionally Labour again.[7] Labour duly won the seat in 1983 and held it with increasingly large majorities until its abolition in 2010. Its MP since 1997 had been Maria Eagle, who represented the constituency which largely replaced it, the similarly safely Labour Garston and Halewood, between 2010 and 2024, before once again representing Liverpool Garston upon its re-establishment in 2024.

Members of Parliament

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Year Member [8] Party
1950 Victor Raikes Conservative
1957 Richard Bingham Conservative
1966 Tim Fortescue Conservative
1974 Eddie Loyden Labour
1979 Malcolm Thornton Conservative
1983 Eddie Loyden Labour
1997 Maria Eagle Labour
2010 constituency abolished
2024 Maria Eagle Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Liverpool Garston[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria Eagle[10] 24,510 58.4 −11.8
Reform UK Kiera Hubbard 4,406 10.5 +5.6
Community Independents Sam Gorst[11][better source needed] 3,293 7.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Hyland[12] 3,239 7.7 −2.2
Conservative Danny Bowman[13] 2,943 7.0 −4.7
Green Muryam Sheikh[14] 2,816 6.7 +4.0
Liberal Alan Tormey 401 1.0 +0.3
Independent Jane Lawrence 272 0.7 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Frank Sweeney 112 0.3 N/A
Majority 20,104 47.9 −10.6
Turnout 41,992 60.6 −9.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Liverpool Garston[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria Eagle 18,900 54.0 ―7.4
Liberal Democrats Paula Keaveney 11,707 33.5 +10.4
Conservative Amber Rudd 3,424 9.8 ―5.7
UKIP Kevin Kearney 780 2.2 New
Workers Revolutionary David Oatley 163 0.5 New
Majority 7,193 20.5 ―17.8
Turnout 34,974 54.9 +4.7
Labour hold Swing ―8.9
General election 2001: Liverpool Garston[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria Eagle 20,043 61.4 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Paula Keaveney 7,549 23.1 +4.1
Conservative Helen Sutton 5,059 15.5 ―0.2
Majority 12,494 38.3 ―4.0
Turnout 32,651 50.2 ―14.8
Labour hold Swing ―2.0

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Liverpool Garston[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria Eagle 26,667 61.3 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Flo Clucas 8,250 19.0 ―2.7
Conservative Nigel Gordon-Johnson 6,819 15.7 ―9.2
Referendum Frank Dunne 833 1.9 New
Liberal Gary Copeland 666 1.5 ―0.7
Natural Law John Parsons 127 0.3 ―0.2
Socialist Equality Stuart Nolan 120 0.3 New
Majority 18,417 42.3 +12.1
Turnout 43,482 65.0 ―5.6
Labour hold Swing +7.7
General election 1992: Liverpool Garston[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eddie Loyden 23,212 57.1 +3.5
Conservative John Backhouse 10,933 26.9 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Roberts 5,398 13.3 ―9.1
Liberal William Conrad 894 2.2 New
Natural Law Peter Chandler 187 0.5 New
Majority 12,279 30.2 +0.5
Turnout 40,624 70.6 ―5.1
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Liverpool Garston[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eddie Loyden 24,848 53.6 +7.0
Conservative Paul Feather 11,071 23.9 ―14.0
SDP Richard Isaacson 10,370 22.4 +6.9
Workers Revolutionary Kevin Timlin 98 0.2 New
Majority 13,777 29.7 +21.0
Turnout 46,387 75.7 +4.1
Labour hold Swing +10.5
General election 1983: Liverpool Garston[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eddie Loyden 21,450 46.6
Conservative James Ross 17,448 37.9
Liberal Rosie Cooper 7,153 15.5
Majority 4,002 8.7
Turnout 46,051 71.6
Labour hold Swing

Note: This constituency underwent major boundary changes in 1983 and so was notionally a hold.

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Thornton 28,105 48.1 +6.0
Labour Eddie Loyden 25,318 43.3 ―4.5
Liberal Wilfred John Davidson 4,890 8.4 ―1.7
Workers Revolutionary Terence Kelly 142 0.2 New
Majority 2,787 4.8 N/A
Turnout 58,455 73.8 +1.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +5.3
General election October 1974: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eddie Loyden 27,857 47.8 +5.4
Conservative David Charles Stanley 24,557 42.1 +0.9
Liberal Geoffrey Howard Black 5,865 10.1 ―6.3
Majority 3,300 5.7 +4.5
Turnout 58,299 71.9 ―2.7
Labour hold Swing +2.3
General election February 1974: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eddie Loyden 25,332 42.4 ―0.7
Conservative Nigel Neville Laville 24,651 41.2 ―15.7
Liberal Geoffrey Howard Black 9,834 16.4 New
Majority 681 1.2 N/A
Turnout 59,817 74.6 +8.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.4
General election 1970: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Fortescue 28,381 56.9 +2.5
Labour Colin J. Smith 21,456 43.1 ―2.5
Majority 6,925 13.8 +5.0
Turnout 49,837 65.7 ―2.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Fortescue 24,716 54.4 +4.6
Labour William H. Waldron 20,746 45.6 +9.2
Majority 3,970 8.8 ―4.6
Turnout 45,462 68.2 ―4.7
Conservative hold Swing ―2.3
General election 1964: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Bingham 24,100 49.8 ―14.7
Labour John D. Hamilton 17,626 36.4 +0.9
Liberal Frank Kirk 6,708 13.9 New
Majority 6,474 13.4 ―15.6
Turnout 48,434 72.9 ―1.5
Conservative hold Swing ―7.8

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Bingham 31,441 64.5 +1.0
Labour Brian Crookes 17,284 35.5 ―1.0
Majority 14,157 29.0 +2.0
Turnout 48,725 74.4 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
1957 Liverpool Garston by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Bingham 15,521 49.2 ―14.3
Labour Ian Isidore Levin 11,217 35.6 ―0.9
Liberal Arthur Donald Dennis 4,807 15.2 New
Majority 4,304 13.6 ―13.4
Turnout 31,545
Conservative hold Swing ―6.7
General election 1955: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Raikes 28,130 63.5 ―1.7
Labour Thomas Edward Nixon 16,161 36.5 +1.7
Majority 11,969 27.0 ―3.4
Turnout 44,291 71.0 ―1.7
Conservative hold Swing ―1.7
General election 1951: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Raikes 35,650 65.2 +7.6
Labour Alf Morris 19,025 34.8 +3.2
Majority 16,625 30.4 +4.4
Turnout 54,675 80.0 ―4.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
General election 1950: Liverpool Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Raikes 31,750 57.6
Labour Edgar Hewitt 17,477 31.6
Liberal Lyon Blease 5,966 10.8
Majority 14,303 26.0
Turnout 55,163 84.9
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  4. ^ LGBCE. "Liverpool | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  5. ^ "The Liverpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  6. ^ "New Seat Details - Liverpool Garston". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  7. ^ Waller, Robert (1983). The Almanac of British Politics (1st ed.). London: Croom Helm. p. 117. ISBN 0-7099-2767-3.
  8. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
  9. ^ [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001337 Liverpool Garston
  10. ^ "Re-selection as Garston and Halewood Labour candidate". Maria Eagle. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Liverpool Community Independents announce Gorst to stand vs Eagle in crowdfunded parliamentary election campaign". SKWAWKBOX. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  13. ^ Danny Bowman FRSA [@DannyBowman10] (3 June 2024). "I am honoured to have been selected as the @Conservatives Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Liverpool Garston. I am determined to work hard for this amazing constituency and address the key issues facing local residents #GE2024" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Our Candidates". Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  20. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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