Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Knowsley North and Sefton East
Parliament:uk
Map1:KnowsleyNorthSeftonEast
Map2:EnglandMerseyside
Map Entity:Merseyside
Map Year:2005
Year:1997
Abolished:2010
Type:County
Previous:Knowsley North, Crosby[1]
Next:Knowsley, Sefton Central
Region:England
County:Merseyside
Elects Howmany:One

Knowsley North and Sefton East was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

A primarily working-class industrial region, the seat was traditionally one of the strongest Labour-held seats in the country. The original Knowsley North constituency gained several wards from Crosby as a result of boundary changes in 1995. The constituency was represented throughout its existence by George Howarth (Labour), who had held the previous Knowsley North constituency from 1986.

Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley wards of Cantril Farm, Cherryfield, Kirkby Central, Knowsley Park, Northwood, Park, Tower Hill, and Whitefield, and the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton wards of Molyneux, Park, and Sudell.

The constituency covered the localities of Kirkby and Knowsley Village in Knowsley; Maghull, Lydiate, Lunt, Sefton Village, Ince Blundell, Waddicar and Melling and Aintree in Sefton.

It was bordered in the south by Knowsley South; in the west by Crosby; in the north by West Lancashire; in the southwest by Liverpool Walton, Liverpool West Derby, and Bootle and in the east by St Helens North and St Helens South.

Following decisions by the Boundary Commission for England, Knowsley North and Sefton East was abolished for the 2010 general election. This seat formed a small part of a new Knowsley seat, with the Crosby, Maghull and Formby elements moving into a new Sefton Central constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1997George HowarthLabour
2010constituency abolished: see Knowsley & Sefton Central

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Knowsley North and Sefton East', May 1997 - . ElectionWeb Project . Cognitive Computing Limited . 17 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160601033644/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P97351.htm . 1 June 2016 .