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Sefton Central
Sefton Central
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Sefton Central in North West England
County	Merseyside
Electorate	74,746 (2023)
Major settlements	Crosby and Formby
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Bill Esterson (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Crosby; Knowsley North & Sefton East

Sefton Central is a constituency represented since its creation in 2010 by Bill Esterson of the Labour Party.^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

2010-2024

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, replacing much of Crosby along with part of Knowsley North and Sefton East.The constituency comprised the following electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton:^[2]

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Ainsdale; Blundellsands; Harington; Manor; Molyneux (polling districts C1, C2 and C3); Park; Ravenmeols; Sudell.^[3]

The Ainsdale ward was transferred from Southport, offset by the loss of the Aintree district in the Molyneux ward to Liverpool Walton.

The constituency covers Merseyside northern residential suburban areas of Crosby, Blundellsands, Brighton-Le-Sands, Little Crosby, Thornton, and Hightown, Formby, Ainsdale, Maghull and the villages and localities of Carr Houses, Freshfield, Ince Blundell, Kennessee Green, Lady Green, Little Altcar, Lunt, Lydiate, Melling, Sefton, and Waddicar, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.

History

This seat was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election.^[4]

At the time, eleven of the constituency's twenty-one councillors were Conservatives followed by the Liberal Democrats who had ten,^{[n 3]} whereas analysis by Rallings and Thrasher indicated that had the Sefton Central constituency existed in 2005, the result would have been: Labour 45.6%, Conservative 33.6%, LibDem 19.2%, giving a Labour majority of 4,950. The Labour Party candidate's majority was 3,862 suggesting a moderate two-party swing.^[4]

The area covered by this seat and its immediate predecessor Crosby was historically a strong area for the Conservatives. However, since Labour gained that seat in the 1997 election, they have held it with fairly comfortable margins for 20 years. In 2015, an 8.1% swing to Labour saw them take the area with their biggest ever majority of 11,846 votes (24.2%),^[4] in accordance with the significant swing to Labour in Merseyside compared to 2010; this margin was surpassed in 2017, as Labour won more than 60% of the vote in the seat and a majority of over 30% for the first time. This suggests that since 2010, Sefton Central has changed from a key marginal between the major parties to a Labour safe seat.

Constituency profile

The constituency has a working population whose income is close to the national average, and close to average reliance on social housing.^[5] At the end of 2012, the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 2.4% of the population claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.2%.^[6] The borough contributing to the seat has a medium 28.5% of its population without a car, 25.1% of the population without any qualifications and a 24.1% with Level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure, 70.5% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 UK Census across the district.^[7]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[8]	Party
	2010	Bill Esterson	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Sefton Central ^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Esterson	26,772	56.4	+3.8
	Conservative	Marcus Bleasdale	8,490	17.9	−16.4
	Reform UK	Nagender Chindam	5,767	12.2	+8.6
	Green	Kieran Dams	3,294	6.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Lloyd-Johnson	2,630	5.5	−1.1
	Independent	Ralph James	496	1.0	N/A
Majority			18,282	38.5	+20.3
Turnout			47,449	63.9	−12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.1

Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries.^[11]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Sefton Central^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Esterson	29,254	57.5	–5.5
	Conservative	Wazz Mughal	14,132	27.8	–5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Cawdron	3,386	6.7	+4.0
	Brexit Party	Paul Lomas	2,425	4.8	New
	Green	Alison Gibbon	1,261	2.5	+1.2
	Liberal	Angela Preston	285	0.6	New
	Renew	Carla Burns	137	0.3	New
Majority			15,122	29.7	–0.3
Turnout			50,880	72.9	–2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	–0.1

General election 2017: Sefton Central^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Esterson	32,830	63.0	+9.2
	Conservative	Jade Marsden	17,212	33.0	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Lewis	1,381	2.7	–1.6
	Green	Mike Carter	656	1.3	–1.1
Majority			15,618	30.0	+5.8
Turnout			52,079	75.5	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

General election 2015: Sefton Central^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Esterson	26,359	53.8	+11.9
	Conservative	Valerie Allen	14,513	29.6	–4.3
	UKIP	Tim Power	4,879	10.0	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Keaveney	2,086	4.3	–15.6
	Green	Lindsay Melia	1,184	2.4	New
Majority			11,846	24.2	+16.2
Turnout			49,021	72.4	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

General election 2010: Sefton Central^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Esterson	20,307	41.9	–3.7
	Conservative	Debi Jones	16,445	33.9	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Clein	9,656	19.9	+0.7
	UKIP	Peter Harper	2,055	4.2	+3.5
Majority			3,862	8.0	−4.1
Turnout			48,463	71.8	+11.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Notes

^ A county 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.
^ A share of the vote based on the 2008 local election in these seven wards gave Conservative 42.3% Liberal Democrat 34.2% Labour 18.1%.

References

^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, Office of Public Sector Information
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
^ ^a ^b ^c Election history for Sefton Central, UK Parliament, n.d., retrieved 19 August 2020
^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Sefton Central - General Election Results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Notional election for the constituency of Sefton Central". UK Parliament.
^ "Statement of persons nominated 2019".
^ "Sefton Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Sefton Central". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

External links

Sefton Central UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Sefton Central UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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[2] A county 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.

[7] A share of the vote based on the 2008 local election in these seven wards gave Conservative 42.3% Liberal Democrat 34.2% Labour 18.1%.

[1] "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

[4] The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, Office of Public Sector Information

[5] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.

[UKParliament1-6] Election history for Sefton Central, UK Parliament, n.d., retrieved 19 August 2020

[8] "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.

[9] Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian

[10] "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.

[rayment-11] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)

[12] "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

[13] "Sefton Central - General Election Results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.

[14] "Notional election for the constituency of Sefton Central". UK Parliament.

[15] "Statement of persons nominated 2019".

[16] "Sefton Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 13 December 2019.

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

[electoralcalculus2015-18] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[2015_result-19] "Sefton Central". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-20] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

2010-2024

Current

History

Constituency profile

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

See also

Notes

References

External links

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