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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

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.

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

Map

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.

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]

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 despite retaining Conservative-leaning areas as Allerton and Woolton, 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 in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2000s

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Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 1980s

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

Elections in the 1970s

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Elections in the 1960s

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Elections in the 1950s

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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. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Our Candidates". Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  19. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.