# Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

## History

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.

## Boundaries

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.
It was bordered in the south by Knowsley South; in the west by Crosby; in the north by West Lancashire; in the southwest by Liverpool Walton, Liverpool West Derby, and Bootle and in the east by St Helens North and St Helens South.
Following decisions by the Boundary Commission for England, Knowsley North and Sefton East was abolished for the 2010 general election. This seat formed a small part of a new Knowsley seat, with the Crosby, Maghull and Formby elements moving into a new Sefton Central constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1997 | George Howarth | Labour |
| | 2010 | constituency abolished: see Knowsley & Sefton Central | constituency abolished: see Knowsley & Sefton Central |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Knowsley North and Sefton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Howarth | 34,747 | 69.9 | |
| | Conservative | Carl Doran | 8,600 | 17.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Bamber | 5,499 | 11.1 | |
| | Socialist Labour | Chris Jones | 857 | 1.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,147 | 52.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,703 | 70.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Knowsley North and Sefton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Howarth | 25,035 | 66.7 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative | Keith Chapman | 6,108 | 16.3 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Roberts | 5,173 | 13.8 | +2.7 |
| | Socialist Labour | Ronald Waugh | 574 | 1.5 | −0.2 |
| | Independent | Thomas Rossiter | 356 | 0.9 | New |
| | Independent | David Jones | 271 | 0.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,927 | 50.4 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,517 | 53.0 | −17.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 2005: Knowsley North and Sefton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Howarth | 23,461 | 63.3 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flo Clucas | 7,192 | 19.4 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Naman Purewal | 5,064 | 13.7 | −2.6 |
| | BNP | Michael McDermott | 872 | 2.4 | New |
| | Socialist Labour | Stephen Whatham | 464 | 1.3 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,269 | 43.9 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,053 | 52.6 | −0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −4.5 | |