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| Liverpool Wavertree | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Liverpool Wavertree in North West England | |
| County | Merseyside |
| Electorate | 63,876 (December 2019)[1] |
| Major settlements | Broad Green, Edge Hill, Wavertree |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Paula Barker (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill |
| 1918–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Liverpool East Toxteth and Liverpool Walton |
| Replaced by | Liverpool Broadgreen, Liverpool Mossley Hill and Liverpool Garston[2] |
Liverpool Wavertree is a borough constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1997 and every election since has been won by a Labour Party candidate.
An earlier constituency of the same name existed between 1918 and 1983, but lay further to the south-east, and was a predominantly Conservative seat.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton, Garston, Much Woolton, Wavertree, and Wavertree West.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Old Swan, Wavertree, and Wavertree West.[3]
1955–1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Broadgreen, Childwall, Church, and Old Swan.[4]
1997–2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Broadgreen, Childwall, Church, Kensington, Old Swan, and Picton.
2010–present: The City of Liverpool wards of Childwall, Church, Kensington and Fairfield, Old Swan, Picton, and Wavertree.
The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool, and covers the localities in the eastern parts of the city such as Wavertree, Broadgreen, Childwall, Edge Hill, Kensington, Fairfield, part of Mossley Hill and Old Swan.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the City of Liverpool (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- Childwall; Greenbank; Kensington and Fairfield; Mossley Hill; Picton; St. Michael’s; Wavertree.[5]
The constituency will be subject to significant change, with addition of the Greenbank, Mossley Hill and St Michael's wards from Liverpool Riverside, partly offset by the transfer of the Church ward to Liverpool Garston and the Old Swan ward to Liverpool West Derby.
Liverpool was subject to a comprehensive local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023.[6][7] Accordingly, the proposed constituency boundaries no longer coincide with ward boundaries and the constituency will now comprise the following wards or part wards of the City of Liverpool from the 2024 general election:
- Aigburth; Arundel; Canning (small part); Childwall (most); Church (most); Edge Hill (nearly all); Everton East (small part); Festival Gardens (part); Gateacre (very small part); Greenbank Park; Kensington & Fairfield (most); Mossley Hill (most); Old Swan West; Penny Lane (part); Princes Park (small part); Sefton Park; Smithdown; St Michaels; Wavertree Garden Suburbs; Wavertree Village.[8]
History
The present Liverpool Wavertree constituency dates from 1997. It contained parts of the former constituencies of Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill. It was held by Jane Kennedy of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2010, who was also the former MP for Liverpool Broadgreen. At the 2005 general election, the Labour lead over the Liberal Democrats was cut from 38 points to 15 points.[9] At the 2010 general election, Jane Kennedy retired, and Luciana Berger was selected as the official Labour candidate, which caused some friction in the local CLP, especially due to her close connection with Kennedy.[10]
An earlier Liverpool Wavertree constituency existed until 1983; this was further to the south-east in the city and was predominantly a Conservative seat, occasionally with large majorities. It had been created in 1918, but a declining population in the 1970s caused it to be split between Liverpool Garston, the newly formed Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill constituencies. While the Conservatives have fared badly in the new Wavertree constituency (polling under 7% at the 2005 general election), a direct comparison must take into account the differing boundaries since the 1997 recreation:[9] with more inner-city areas than its previous incarnation, the seat is home to constituents on a lower income than the average in the North West[11] and who are traditionally less sympathetic to Conservative policies. The 2015 general election result made the seat the seventh-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[12]
At the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats' targeting of the seat led to a high turnout;[13] however, it was comfortably retained by Labour with a 2.1% swing away from the Liberal Democrats. The unexpected turnout led, unusually, to one polling station running out of ballot papers.[13]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paula Barker[16] | ||||
| Green | Tom Crone[17] | ||||
| Conservative | Charlotte Eagar | ||||
| Independent | Mohamed El Ghady | ||||
| Reform UK | Adam Heatherington[18] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rob McAlister-Bell[19] | ||||
| Independent | Joe Owens | ||||
| Independent | Ann San[20] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paula Barker | 31,310 | 72.2 | −7.3 | |
| Conservative | Catherine Mulhern | 4,225 | 9.7 | −2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 4,055 | 9.3 | +2.8 | |
| Brexit Party | Adam Heatherington | 1,921 | 4.4 | New | |
| Green | Kay Inckle | 1,365 | 3.1 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal | Mick Coyne | 501 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 27,085 | 62.5 | −5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 43,377 | 68.4 | −1.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Luciana Berger | 34,717 | 79.5 | +10.2 | |
| Conservative | Denise Haddad | 5,251 | 12.0 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 2,858 | 6.5 | +0.5 | |
| Green | Ted Grant | 598 | 1.4 | −3.8 | |
| Independent | Adam Heatherington | 216 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 29,466 | 67.5 | +8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 43,640 | 70.1 | +3.7 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||