West Derby, Liverpool

Liverpool, West Derby
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Liverpool, West Derby in Merseyside.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	62,709 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Stephen Twigg (Labour Co-operative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Liverpool
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Coordinates: 53°26′20″N 2°53′28″W / 53.439°N 2.891°W / 53.439; -2.891

Liverpool, West Derby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stephen Twigg of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Liverpool ward of West Derby.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, and West Derby.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Croxteth and West Derby.

1955-1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, and Gillmoss.

1983-1997: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, and Pirrie.

1997-2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, Pirrie, and Tuebrook.

2010–present: The City of Liverpool wards of Croxteth, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft, West Derby, and Yew Tree.

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool and covers the northeast of the city, including Croxteth, Gillmoss, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook, and Stoneycroft as well as West Derby itself.