is a
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.
The constituency covers the localities of
Kirkby and
Knowsley Village in
Knowsley ;
Maghull ,
Lydiate ,
Lunt ,
Sefton Village ,
Ince Blundell ,
Waddicar and
Melling and
Aintree in
Sefton .
The constituency is bordered in the south by
Liverpool Walton ,
Liverpool West Derby ,
Bootle and
Knowsley South ; in the east by
Crosby ; in the north by
Lancashire West and in the west by
St Helens North and
St Helens South .
Following decisions by the Boundary Commission for England, Knowsley North and Sefton East is to be abolished in time for the next General Election. This seat will form a small part of a new
Knowsley seat, with the Crosby, Maghull and Formby elements moving into a new
Sefton Central (UK Parliament Constituency)
The current MP for Knowsley North and Sefton East is
George Howarth (
Labour ), who has stood since
1986 .
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Flo Clucas
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7,192
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194
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+56
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Naman Purewal
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5,064
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137
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-26
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British National Party
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Michael McDermott
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872
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24
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+24
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Socialist Labour Party (UK)
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Stephen Whatham
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464
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13
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-02
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Keith Chapman
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6,108
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163
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-10
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Richard Roberts
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5,173
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138
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+27
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Socialist Labour Party (UK)
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Ronald Waugh
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574
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15
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-02
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Independent
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Thomas Rossiter
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356
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09
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''N/A''
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Independent
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David Jones
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271
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07
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''N/A''
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A primarily working-class industrial region, the seat is traditionally one of the strongest Labour-held seats in the country. The original
Knowsley North constituency gained several wards from
Crosby as a result of boundary changes in
1995 .
