21-478: Southport Division may refer to: Southport (UK Parliament constituency) Southport Division, Queensland , a former local government area in Australia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Southport Division . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
42-805: Is a constituency in Merseyside which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Hurley of the Labour Party . 1885–1918 : The Borough of Southport, the Sessional Division of Southport, and the parishes of Blundell, Great and Little Crosby, Ince, and Thornton. 1918–1983 : The County Borough of Southport. 1983–2024 : The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton wards of Ainsdale, Birkdale, Cambridge, Dukes, Kew, Meols, and Norwood. Further to
63-452: Is bordered to the north by Fylde (across the Ribble estuary), to the east by South Ribble , and to the south by Sefton Central and West Lancashire . In the 19th century a notable representative was George Nathaniel Curzon , future Viceroy of India. In the 20th century, outside politics, Edward Marshall Hall was a notable trial barrister (KC) and Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner was
84-644: Is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton (as they existed on 1 December 2020): 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
105-653: The 2015 general election , although there was a higher-than-average drop in the Liberal Democrats' vote share. Pugh opted not to re-contest the seat in the 2017 general election , at which it returned to the Conservatives, the only seat the Tories gained from the Liberal Democrats in 2017 (aside from Richmond Park , which they had gained at a 2016 by-election ). In the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of
126-582: The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election , the constituency was defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020: The four, largely rural, West Lancashire Borough wards were transferred from South Ribble , offset by the loss of Ainsdale ward to Sefton Central . Following a local government boundary review in West Lancashire which came into effect in May 2023,
147-479: The Labour Party . 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 : Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election , the constituency
168-552: The Liberal Democrats who had ten, 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 . The area covered by this seat and its immediate predecessor Crosby
189-495: The Conservatives in 2024 , making it the first time Labour has held the seat, as well as the first time Labour has held every seat in Merseyside . This is a generally affluent seaside town in the borough of Sefton which has not suffered from significant deprivation compared to its Lancashire counterpart Blackpool . Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 close to the national average of 3.8%, at 4.0% of
210-471: The European Union , the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , of which the constituency is a part, voted to remain in the European Union by 51.9%. Given its demography, it is estimated that Southport voted to remain by 54%. In 2019 , a resurgent Labour vote pushed the Liberal Democrats into third place for the first time since 1966 with the seat becoming a Tory-Labour marginal. Labour won the seat from
231-473: The Liberals throughout the 1970s. Fearn lost the seat to the Conservatives' Matthew Banks at the 1992 election , one of the few Conservative gains at that election, only to regain it at the 1997 election . The Liberal Democrats held the seat, under John Pugh (after Fearn stood down) in 2001 until 2017. The seat was one of the eight Liberal Democrat seats that survived its national vote share collapse at
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#1732772089081252-467: The constituency will now comprise the following from the 2024 general election: The constituency covers the whole town of Southport and the localities of Birkdale , Blowick , Churchtown , Crossens , Highpark , Hillside , Kew , Marshside , Meols Cop , and Woodvale . It also now includes the West Lancashire villages of Banks , Hesketh Bank , Becconsall , Tarleton and Rufford . It
273-408: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southport_Division&oldid=933137163 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Southport (UK Parliament constituency) Southport
294-461: The parties after it was created in 1885, having had nine Conservative MPs and eight Liberal or Liberal Democrat MPs in its history. During the nadir of the Liberal Party , from the 1930s to the 1960s, the constituency became a safe Conservative seat, with absolute majorities from 1931 until 1970 inclusive. Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was the Labour Party candidate for
315-543: The population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . Southport is home to the notable Royal Birkdale Golf Club , and Ainsdale Beach is part of the Sefton Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest . 53°38′49″N 3°00′25″W / 53.647°N 3.007°W / 53.647; -3.007 Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency) Sefton Central is a constituency represented since its creation in 2010 by Bill Esterson of
336-416: The population claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.2%. 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. Changes are from
357-560: The seat in 1966 and came in second place. With the revival the Liberal Party's fortunes in the early 1970s, elections became close contests once again. The constituency changed hands in the 1987 general election , when it was won by Ronnie Fearn of the Liberal Party, for the SDP-Liberal Alliance , shortly before the two parties merged to form the Liberal Democrats . Fearn had contested the seat unsuccessfully for
378-497: The son of the leading industrialist Sir John Tomlinson Brunner . As a frontbencher , long-serving representative Robert Hudson was recognised at the time of World War II as a competent Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in charge of that department, and was made, to give him a peerage, a viscount. Until 2024, the constituency had been a Liberal or Conservative seat throughout its history, and marginal for much of that time, meaning that it changed hands 11 times between
399-399: 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 . This seat was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election . At the time, eleven of the constituency's twenty-one councillors were Conservatives followed by
420-419: 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 . The constituency has a working population whose income is close to the national average, and close to average reliance on social housing . At the end of 2012, the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 2.4% of
441-507: 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%), 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
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