Liverpool Garston (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Garston
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Liverpool Garston in Merseyside for the 2005 general election.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
1950 (1950)–2010 (2010)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Garston and Halewood
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Liverpool Garston was a borough 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.

Boundaries

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.

History

The Labour Party held Liverpool Garston from the 1983 general election until the constituency was abolished. Prior to that time the constituency was a fairly safe Conservative seat until Labour gained it in 1974, with the Conservatives regaining it in 1979 for the last time. The Conservative share of the vote declined to less than 10% in the 2005 election, when they came third behind the Liberal Democrats.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Victor Raikes	Conservative
	1957 by-election	Richard Bingham	Conservative
	1966	Tim Fortescue	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Eddie Loyden	Labour
	1979	Malcolm Thornton	Conservative
	1983	Eddie Loyden	Labour
	1997	Maria Eagle	Labour
2010		Constituency abolished: see Garston and Halewood

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Eagle	18,900	54.0	-7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Keaveney	11,707	33.5	+10.4
	Conservative	Amber Rudd	3,424	9.8	-5.7
	UKIP	Kevin Kearney	780	2.2	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Dave Oatley	163	0.5	N/A
Majority			7,193	20.6
Turnout			34,974	54.9	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

General Election 2001: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Eagle	20,043	61.4
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Keaveney	7,549	23.1
	Conservative	Helen Sutton	5,059	15.5
Majority			12,494	38.3
Turnout				50.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Eagle	26,667	61.3	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Flo Clucas	8, 250	19.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Nigel Gordon-Johnson	6, 819	15.7	-11.2
	Referendum Party	Frank Dunne	833	1.9	+1.9
	Liberal	Gary I. Copeland	666	1.5	-0.7
	Natural Law	John V. Parsons	127	0.3	-0.2
	Socialist Equality	Stuart Nolan	120	0.3	+0.3
Majority			21,799	54.7
Turnout			38,135	51.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

General Election 1992:Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	23,212	57.1	+3.6
	Conservative	JE Backhouse	10,933	26.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	CW Roberts	5,398	13.3	-9.1
	Liberal	WGA Conrad	894	2.2	+2.2
	Natural Law	PJ Chandler	187	0.5	+0.5
Majority			12,279	30.2	+0.5
Turnout			40,624	70.6	-5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	24, 848	53.6	+7.0
	Conservative	P.B. Feather	11, 071	23.9	-14.0
	Social Democrat	R. Isaacson	10,370	22.4	+6.9
	Workers Revolutionary	K. Timlin	98	0.2
Majority			13, 777	29.6
Turnout			46, 387	75.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Liverpool Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	21, 450	46.6
	Conservative	J.S. Ross	17, 448	37.9
	Liberal	Rosie Cooper	7,153	15.5
Majority			4, 002	8.7
Turnout			46, 051	71.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside