Knowsley North and Sefton East | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Knowsley North and Sefton East in Merseyside for the 2005 general election.
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Location of Merseyside within England.
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County | Merseyside |
1997–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Knowsley, Sefton Central |
Created from | Knowsley North, Crosby |
Coordinates: 53°27′40″N 2°49′41″W / 53.461°N 2.828°W
Knowsley North and Sefton East was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
A primarily working-class industrial region, the seat was 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. The constituency was represented throughout its existence by George Howarth (Labour), who had held the previous Knowsley North constituency from 1986.
The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley wards of Cantril Farm, Cherryfield, Kirkby Central, Knowsley Park, Northwood, Park, Tower Hill, and Whitefield, and the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton wards of Molyneux, Park, and Sudell.
The constituency covered the localities of Kirkby and Knowsley Village in Knowsley; Maghull, Lydiate, Lunt, Sefton Village, Ince Blundell, Waddicar and Melling and Aintree in Sefton.