Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°26′49″N 2°58′01″W / 53.447°N 2.967°W / 53.447; -2.967

Liverpool, Walton
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Liverpool, Walton in Merseyside.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	61,974 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Steve Rotheram (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Liverpool
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Liverpool, Walton is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve Rotheram of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fazakerley, Walton, and Warbreck.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fazakerley, Walton, and Warbreck, and the civil parish of Aintree in the Rural District of West Lancashire.

1955-1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Fazakerley, Walton, and Warbreck.

1983-2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, County, Fazakerley, Melrose, and Walbreck.

2010-present: The City of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Clubmoor, County, Everton, Fazakerley, and Warbreck.

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool. It covers the north of the city and includes the localities of Walton, Clubmoor, Orrell Park, Anfield, Everton and Fazakerley.

The grounds of both Liverpool F.C. (Anfield) and Everton F.C. (Goodison Park) are situated in the constituency.

History

Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Liverpool Walton has been held by the Labour Party since the 1960s, and is now one of that party's safest seats. Indeed, in 2010 and 2015, it had the largest Labour majority in the country by percentage terms.^[2] Labour won over 70% of the vote in every general election since 1992, though for many years it was regarded as a reasonably safe Conservative seat; until 1964, Labour had only gained Walton once, in their landslide victory in 1945; the Conservatives have struggled to get 6% in recent elections and have not even come second here since 1992. From 1964 until his death in 1991 the seat was held by the notable left-winger Eric Heffer; the subsequent by-election was won by Peter Kilfoyle, who held the seat until 2010. Steve Rotheram won in 2010, after Kilfoyle had stood down.

In both the 2010 and 2015 general elections, Liverpool Walton also saw the highest share of the vote for a winning candidate in the country, and in the latter election, the 81.3% of the vote won by Rotheram was the highest of any candidate in an election in the UK since 1997. In 2015, this was also one of the very few seats, outside of Northern Ireland, where the Conservatives lost their deposit.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1885	John George Gibson	Conservative
1888 by-election	Miles Walker Mattinson	Conservative
1892	James Henry Stock	Conservative
1906	F.E.Smith	Conservative
1918	Harry Warden Stanley Chilcott	Conservative
1929	Reginald Purbrick	Conservative
1945	James Haworth	Labour
1950	Kenneth Thompson	Conservative
1964	Eric Heffer	Labour
1991 by-election	Peter Kilfoyle	Labour
2010	Steve Rotheram	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Liverpool Walton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Rotheram	31,222	81.3	+9.3
	UKIP	Steven Flatman	3,445	9.0	+6.4
	Conservative	Norsheen Bhatti	1,802	4.7	-1.8
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	956	2.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Moloney	899	2.3	−11.9
	Independent	Alexander Karran	56	0.1	N/A
	The Pluralist Party	Jonathan Edward Bishop	23	0.1	N/A
Majority			27,777	72.3	+14.6
Turnout			38,403	61.1	+6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

General Election 2010: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Rotheram	24,709	72.0	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Moloney	4,891	14.2	−2.7
	Conservative	Adam Marsden	2,241	6.5	+0.1
	BNP	Peter Stafford	1,104	3.2	N/A
	UKIP	Joseph Nugent	898	2.6	−0.7
	Christian Peoples	John Manwell	297	0.9	N/A
	TUSC	Darren Ireland	195	0.6	N/A
Majority			19,818	57.7
Turnout			34,335	54.8	+8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	20,322	72.8	−5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kiron John Cuchulain Reid	4,365	15.6	+1.0
	Conservative	Sharon Buckle	1,655	5.9	−0.2
	UKIP	Joseph Moran	1,108	4.0	+2.4
	Liberal	Daniel J. Wood	480	1.7	N/A
Majority			15,957	57.1
Turnout			27,930	45.0	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.0

General Election 2001: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	22,143	77.8	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kiron John Cuchulain Reid	4,147	14.6	+3.5
	Conservative	Stephen Horgan	1,726	6.1	−0.2
	UKIP	Paul Ian James Forrest	442	1.6	N/A
Majority			17,996	63.2
Turnout			28,458	43.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.1

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	31,516	78.4	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard J. Roberts	4,478	11.1	−0.9
	Conservative	Mark K. Kotecha	2,551	6.3	−6.2
	Referendum	Charles Grundy	620	1.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Lesley Mahmood	444	1.1	N/A
	Liberal	Miss Hazel L. Williams	352	0.9	−1.1
	ProLife Alliance	Veronica P. Mearns	246	0.6	N/A
Majority			27,038	67.2
Turnout			40,207	59.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Liverpool Walton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	34,214	72.4	+8.0
	Conservative	Berkeley Greenwood	5,915	12.5	−1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Lang	5,672	12.0	−9.2
	Liberal	Tom Newall	963	2.0	N/A
	Prot Ref	David J.E. Carson	393	0.8	N/A
	Natural Law	MS. Dianne Raiano	98	0.2	N/A
Majority			28,299	59.9	+16.7
Turnout			47,255	67.4	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Liverpool Walton by-election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	21,317	53.1	−11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Robert Clark	14,457	36.0	+14.8
	Walton Real Labour	Lesley Mahmood	2,613	6.5	N/A
	Conservative	Berkeley Greenwood	1,155	2.9	−11.5
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	546	1.4	N/A
	Independent	George Lee-Delisle	63	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,860	17.1	−26.1
Turnout			40,151	56.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	34,661	64.4	+11.7
	Liberal	Paul Robert Clark	11,408	21.2	−0.2
	Conservative	Iain Anthony Mays	7,738	14.4	−10.8
Majority			23,253	43.2	+15.6
Turnout			53,807	73.6	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

General Election 1983: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	26,980	52.7
	Conservative	Alan James Maddox	12,865	25.1
	Liberal	David M.B. Croft	10,970	21.4
	BNP	Donald J.M. McKechnie	343	0.7	N/A
Majority			14,115	27.6
Turnout			51,158	69.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	20,231	55.22
	Conservative	R. Gould	12,673	34.59
	Liberal	N. Cardwell	3,479	9.50
	National Front	W.F. Haire	254	0.69
Majority			7,558	20.63
Turnout				72.83
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	20,568	57.95
	Conservative	R. Gould	10,706	30.16
	Liberal	J. Watton	4,221	11.89
Majority			9,862	27.78
Turnout				68.30
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	20,057	53.65
	Conservative	R.W. Rollins	11,841	31.67
	Liberal	J. Watton	4,842	12.95
	National Front	C. Gibbon	647	1.73
Majority			8,216	21.98
Turnout				72.69
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	20,530	56.01
	Conservative	J. Norton	16,124	43.99
Majority			4,406	12.02
Turnout				67.99
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	20,950	57.29
	Conservative	Kenneth Thompson	15,617	42.71
Majority			5,333	14.58
Turnout				71.18
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	21,452	53.63
	Conservative	Kenneth Thompson	18,546	46.37
Majority			2,906	7.27
Turnout				75.62
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Thompson	24,288	54.53
	Labour	G. McCartney	20,254	45.47
Majority			4,034	9.06
Turnout				77.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Thompson	23,851	53.19
	Labour	J.J. Cleary	20,989	46.81
Majority			2,862	6.38
Turnout				75.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Thompson	28,014	53.59
	Labour	I.I. Levin	24,262	46.41
Majority			3,752	7.18
Turnout				81.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Thompson	26,250	49.40
	Labour	James Haworth	21,983	41.37
	Liberal	Ewart Heywood	4,901	9.22
Majority			4,267	8.03
Turnout				83.07
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Haworth	18,385	43.61
	Conservative	Reginald Purbrick	15,749	37.35
	Liberal	Miss Elizabeth Ruth Webster	8,028	19.04
Majority			2,636	6.25
Turnout				69.55
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Purbrick	22,623	61.64
	Labour	F.L. McGhee	14,079	38.36
Majority			8,544	23.28
Turnout				64.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Purbrick	31,135	73.57
	Labour	F.A.P. Rowe	11,183	26.43
Majority			19,952	47.15
Turnout				77.50
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Liverpool Walton ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Reginald Purbrick	16,623	42.8
	Labour	F A P Rowe	16,395	42.2
	Liberal	Glyn Howard Howard-Jones	5,857	15.0
Majority			228	0.6
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/labour-defence/
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
↑ "Liverpool Walton". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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