Liverpool Garston (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Liverpool Garston
Map1 = LiverpoolGarston
Map2 = Merseyside
Entity = Merseyside
Type = Borough
County = Merseyside
Year = 1950
MP = Maria Eagle
Party = Labour
EP = North West England

Liverpool Garston 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.

Boundaries

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

The Liverpool Garston seat will be abolished at the next election following boundary changes, to be replaced with a new Garston and Halewood constituency, which will also cover part of the Knowsley borough.

History

The Labour Party have held Liverpool Garston since the 1983 general election. Prior to that time the constituency was a Labour/Conservative marginal; however since then the Conservative share of the vote has declined to less than 10% in the 2005 election, when they came third behind the Liberal Democrats.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maria Eagle
votes = 18,900
percentage = 54.0
change = -7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paula Keaveney
votes = 11,707
percentage = 33.5
change = +10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Amber Rudd
votes = 3,424
percentage = 9.8
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Kevin Kearney
votes = 780
percentage = 2.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = Dave Oatley
votes = 163
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 7,193
percentage = 20.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 34,974
percentage = 54.9
change = +4.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -8.9

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maria Eagle
votes = 20,043
percentage = 61.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paula Keaveney
votes = 7,549
percentage = 23.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Sutton
votes = 5,059
percentage = 15.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 12,494
percentage = 38.3
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 50.2
change =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside