Garston and Halewood (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°21′29″N 2°52′12″W / 53.358°N 2.870°W

Garston and Halewood
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Garston and Halewood in Merseyside.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	71,618 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Maria Eagle (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Liverpool Garston, Knowsley South
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Garston and Halewood is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Maria Eagle of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The seat was created for the 2010 general election during the Boundary Commission for England's review of constituencies. The incumbent is the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in the Opposition.

Boundaries

The City of Liverpool wards of Allerton and Hunts Cross, Belle Vale, Cressington, Speke-Garston, and Woolton, and the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley wards of Halewood North, Halewood South, and Halewood West.

The constituency covers most of the previous Liverpool Garston constituency (part of the city of Liverpool), together with the most southerly part of the borough of Knowsley (previously in the Knowsley South constituency).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2][3]	Party
	2010	Maria Eagle	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Garston and Halewood[4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Eagle	33,839	69.1	+9.6
	Conservative	Martin Williams	6,693	13.7	-2.5
	UKIP	Carl Schears	4,482	9.2	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Anna Martin	2,279	4.7	-15.5
	Green	Will Ward	1,690	3.5	+3.5
Majority			27,146	55.4	+16.0
Turnout			48,983	66.1	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

General Election 2010: Garston and Halewood[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Eagle*	25,493	59.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Keaveney	8,616	20.1	-9.9
	Conservative	Richard Downey	6,908	16.1	+6.3
	UKIP	Tony Hammond	1,540	3.6	+1.8
	Respect	Diana Raby	268	0.6	+0.6
Majority			16,877	39.4
Turnout			42,825	60.1	+6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	5.7%

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
3. General Election Results from the Electoral Commission
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "Garston & Halewood". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.