Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the City of Liverpool (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Childwall; Greenbank; Kensington and Fairfield; Mossley Hill; Picton; St. Michael’s; Wavertree.[5]
Liverpool was subject to a comprehensive local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023[6][7]. Accordingly, the proposed constituency boundaries no longer coincide with ward boundaries and the constituency will now comprise the following wards or part wards of the City of Liverpool from the next general election:
Aigburth; Arundel; Canning (small part); Childwall (most); Church (most); Edge Hill (nearly all); Everton East (small part); Festival Gardens (part); Gateacre (very small part); Greenbank Park; Kensington & Fairfield (most); Mossley Hill (most); Old Swan West; Penny Lane (part); Princes Park (small part); Sefton Park; Smithdown; St Michaels; Wavertree Garden Suburbs; Wavertree Village.[8]
Historyedit
The present Liverpool Wavertree constituency dates from 1997. It contained parts of the former constituencies of Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill. It was held by Jane Kennedy of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2010, who was also the former MP for Liverpool Broadgreen. At the 2005 general election, the Labour lead over the Liberal Democrats was cut from 38 points to 15 points.[9] At the 2010 general election, Jane Kennedy retired, and Luciana Berger was selected as the official Labour candidate, which caused some friction in the local CLP, especially due to her close connection with Kennedy.[10]
An earlier Liverpool Wavertree constituency existed until 1983; this was further to the south-east in the city and was predominantly a Conservative seat, occasionally with large majorities. It had been created in 1918, but a declining population in the 1970s caused it to be split between Liverpool Garston, the newly formed Liverpool Broadgreen and Liverpool Mossley Hill constituencies. While the Conservatives have fared badly in the new Wavertree constituency (polling under 7% at the 2005 general election), a direct comparison must take into account the differing boundaries since the 1997 recreation:[9] with more inner-city areas than its previous incarnation, the seat is home to constituents on a lower income than the average in the North West[11] and who are traditionally less sympathetic to Conservative policies. The 2015 general election result made the seat the seventh-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[12]
At the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats' targeting of the seat led to a high turnout;[13] however, it was comfortably retained by Labour with a 2.1% swing away from the Liberal Democrats. The unexpected turnout led, unusually, to one polling station running out of ballot papers.[13]
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^"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
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^Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
^Paula Barker [@PaulaBarkerMP] (10 February 2022). "🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 I am truly humbled at this news. I will continue to do my best in fighting for our people across every community of my constituency and hopefully play my part in delivering a Labour Government at the next General Election" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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^"Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^"Solid independent socialist". AEO UK. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^"Statement of persons nominated". Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.