Knowsley North (UK Parliament constituency)
Knowsley North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Merseyside |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Knowsley North and Sefton East, Knowsley South |
Created from | Huyton, Ormskirk |
Knowsley North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
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History
The constituency was a safe seat for the Labour Party throughout its existence. Originally, it was represented by Robert Kilroy-Silk, who resigned in 1986 to pursue a media career. This resignation prompted a by-election, which was won by George Howarth.
Boundaries
The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley wards of Cantril Farm, Cherryfield, Kirkby Central, Knowsley Park, Northwood, Park, Prescot East, Prescot West, Tower Hill, and Whitefield.
The constituency covered the northern part of the metropolitan borough of Knowsley, principally the town of Kirkby. Following a review by the Boundary Commission in 1995, the constituency was expanded at the 1997 general election to form the new Knowsley North and Sefton East constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Robert Kilroy-Silk | Labour | |
1986 by-election | George Howarth | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Knowsley North and Sefton East and Knowsley South |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Howarth | 27,517 | 77.5 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Simon J. Mabey | 5,114 | 14.4 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | P. James Murray | 1,515 | 4.3 | −11.9 | |
Liberal | Mrs Kathleen M. Lappin | 1,180 | 3.3 | −12.9 | |
Natural Law | Veeya Ruben | 179 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 22,403 | 63.1 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,505 | 72.8 | −1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Howarth | 27,454 | 69.91 | ||
Liberal | Rosie Cooper | 6,356 | 16.19 | ||
Conservative | Roger Charles Arthur Brown | 4,922 | 12.53 | ||
Red Front | David Hallsworth | 538 | 1.37 | ||
Majority | 21,098 | 53.73 | |||
Turnout | 74.15 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
- Kilroy-Silk resigned on 1 October 1986, to pursue a media career.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Howarth | 17,403 | 56.3 | −8.2 | |
Liberal | Rosie Cooper | 10,679 | 34.6 | +19.8[3] | |
Conservative | Roger Charles Arthur Brown | 1,960 | 6.3 | −13.8 | |
Revolutionary Communist | David Hallsworth | 664 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Independent | George Weiss | 111 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Robert Cory | 88 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,724 | 21.7 | -22.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,905 | 57.3 | -12.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −14.0 | |||
Registered electors | 53,921 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Kilroy-Silk | 24,949 | 64.52 | ||
Conservative | A. Birch | 7,758 | 20.06 | ||
Social Democratic | B. McColgan | 5,715 | 14.78 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | J. Simons | 246 | 0.64 | ||
Majority | 17,191 | 44.46 | |||
Turnout | 69.54 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ Change is calculated from the SDP candidate who represented the SDP-Liberal Alliance at the 1983 general election.
Sources
- Britain Votes/Europe Votes By-Election Supplement 1983-, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1985)
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Use dmy dates from January 2011
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997
- Politics of Knowsley