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Knowsley
Knowsley
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Knowsley in Merseyside
	Location of Merseyside within England
County	Merseyside
Electorate	79,334 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	George Howarth (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Knowsley South,; Knowsley North and Sefton East

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Knowsley is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by George Howarth of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

Created for the 2010 general election (during the Boundary Commission for England's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies^[2]), the area returned the second highest share of the vote seen by a candidate for the Labour Party, of 70.9%, behind the 72.0% achieved in Liverpool Walton. The same ranking of results nationally occurred in 2015.^[3] It ranked foremost by party majority in 2017, where it was followed directly by East Ham and 28 other seats won by Labour candidates, after which followed North East Hampshire.^[4]

Boundaries

The new constituency covers a large part of the metropolitan borough, main settlements being Huyton and Kirkby. It replaced most of the previous Knowsley South constituency, as well as the parts of Knowsley North and Sefton East in the Knowsley borough. Distant parts from the centre of the metropolitan borough are covered by the new St Helens South and Whiston and Garston and Halewood constituencies.

The seat has electoral wards:

Cherryfield Kirkby Central; Longview; Northwood; Page Moss; Park; Prescot West; Roby; St Bartholomews; St Gabriels; St Michaels; Shevington; Stockbridge; Swanside; Whitefield in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley

Constituency profile

Before its first general election in 2010, it was believed to present the safest seat in the country, with an estimated Labour majority of 24,333 votes.^[5] In 2015, it became the safest seat in the country in absolute votes (not percentage of majority), beating East Ham by 403 votes. Neighbouring Liverpool Walton has the highest percentage majority.

In 2017, it became the seat with the highest majority for any British Member of Parliament since the advent of universal suffrage, with Howarth winning a majority of 42,214 votes for Labour, surpassing the 36,230-vote majority held by then-Conservative Prime Minister John Major in his Huntingdon constituency in 1992.

The constituency mainly consists of low-income social housing and former social housing built to decant the residents displaced by post-war slum clearance in Liverpool. It includes Huyton to the south (once represented by Prime Minister Harold Wilson) and Kirkby to the north. Between them is the green space of Knowsley Hall and Park, the ancestral home of the Earls of Derby and the site of Knowsley Safari Park. In 2010, The Guardian summarised the area as "One of the most deprived areas in the country. The new parliamentary constituency folds in Knowsley North and Knowsley South."^[6]

The constitutency voted to leave the European Union in 2016.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[7]	Party
style="background: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2010	George Howarth	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Knowsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Howarth
	Conservative	Rushi Millns
	Liberal	Michael Seed^[8]

General election 2017: Knowsley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Howarth	47,351	85.3	7.2
	Conservative	James Spencer	5,137	9.3	2.7
	UKIP	Neil Miney	1,285	2.3	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Cashman	1,189	2.1	0.8
	Green	Steve Baines	521	0.9	1.6
Majority			42,214	76.1	7.8
Turnout			55,483	67.8	3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

General election 2015: Knowsley^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Howarth	39,628	78.1	+7.2
	UKIP	Louise Bours	4,973	9.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Alice Bramall	3,367	6.6	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Cashman	1,490	2.9	−10.4
	Green	Vikki Gregorich	1,270	2.5	N/A
Majority			34,655	68.3	+10.8
Turnout			50,728	64.1	+8.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2010: Knowsley^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Howarth*	31,650	70.9	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas	5,964	13.4	−0.4
	Conservative	David Dunne	4,004	9.0	−2.3
	BNP	Steven Greenhalgh	1,895	4.2	+2.2
	UKIP	Anthony Rundle	1,145	2.6	+2.6
Majority			25,690	57.5
Turnout			44,654	56.1	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.2

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

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. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Knowsley Boundary Commission for England
^ The respective percentages became 68.3% and 72.3% List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
^ Baker, Carl; Hawkins, Oliver; Audickas, Lukas; Bate, Alex; Cracknell, Richard; Apostolova, Vyara; Dempsey, Noel; McInnes, Roderick; Rutherford, Tom; Uberoi, Elise (2019-01-29). "General Election 2017: full results and analysis". parliament.uk. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Altered Constituencies Data". The Guardian. 22 January 2010.
^ "Knowsley". guardian.co.uk.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
^ http://liberal.org.uk//
^ "General Election 2017: who is standing for election". Liverpool Echo. 11 May 2017.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Knowsley". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[4] Knowsley Boundary Commission for England

[5] The respective percentages became 68.3% and 72.3% List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29

[6] Baker, Carl; Hawkins, Oliver; Audickas, Lukas; Bate, Alex; Cracknell, Richard; Apostolova, Vyara; Dempsey, Noel; McInnes, Roderick; Rutherford, Tom; Uberoi, Elise (2019-01-29). "General Election 2017: full results and analysis". parliament.uk. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[7] "Altered Constituencies Data". The Guardian. 22 January 2010.

[8] "Knowsley". guardian.co.uk.

[rayment-9] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)

[10] ttp://liberal.org.uk//

[11] "General Election 2017: who is standing for election". Liverpool Echo. 11 May 2017.

[electoralcalculus-12] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[2015_result-13] "Knowsley". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-14] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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