UK Parliament

A General Election elects MPs to the House of Commons in the UK Parliament

The last General Election took place on Thursday 12th December 2019, following perceived dead-lock in Parliament over the UK’s departure from the European Union (Brexit).  The next General Election is planned for 2024 due to the Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011, however, if the House of Commons votes again to hold an early General Election it could be sooner.

The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the Knowsley Constituency is Sir George Howarth MP (Labour) who was re-elected at the last General Election, having held the seat since 1986.  The Conservative Party gained an outright majority of MPs in the House of Commons and now form a majority government.

The Knowsley Constituency has existed from the 2010 General Election to the present.  Prior to this Kirkby was part of:

The Houses of Parliament has webpages for:

You can view the Knowsley Constituency boundary, Sir George Howarth’s constituency office, surgery locations in Kirkby and Huyton and the location of the Houses of Parliament here:

Results of the 2019 General Election for the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency:

There was a 65.3% voter turnout at the 2019 General Election for the Knowsley Constituency, with the following results (source: UK Parliament):

Candidate Party Number of votes % of electorate
George Howarth Labour Party 44,374 52.8
Rushi Millns Conservative Party 4,432 5.3
Tim McCullough UKIP 3,348 4.0
Paul Woodruff Green Party 1,262 1.5
Joe Slumpsky Liberal Democrats 1,117 1.3
Ray Catesby Liberal Party 405 0.5
No vote cast 29,144 34.7

Results of the 2017 General Election for the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency:

There was a 67.9% voter turnout at the 2017 General Election for the Knowsley Constituency, with the following results (source: UK Parliament):

Candidate Party Number of votes % of electorate
George Howarth Labour Party 47,351 57.9
James Spencer Conservative Party 5,137 6.3
Neil Miney UKIP 1,285 1.6
Carl Cashman Liberal Democrats 1,189 1.5
Steve Baines Green Party 521 0.6
No vote cast 26,245 32.1

Results of the 2015 General Election for the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency:

There was a 64.1% voter turnout at the 2015 General Election for the Knowsley Constituency, with the following results (source: UK Parliament):

Candidate Party Number of votes % of electorate
George Howarth Labour Party 39,628 50.1
Louise Bours UKIP 4,973 6.3
Alice Bramall Conservative Party 3,367 4.3
Carl Cashman Liberal Democrats 1,490 1.9
Vikki Gregorich Green 1,270 1.6
No vote cast 27,994 35.9

Results of the 2010 General Election for the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency:

There was a 56.1% voter turnout at the 2010 General Election for the Knowsley Constituency, with the following results (source: UK Parliament):

Candidate Party Number of votes % of electorate
George Howarth Labour Party 31,650 39.8
Flo Lucas Liberal Democrats 5,964 7.5
David Dunne Conservative Party 4,004 5.0
Steven Greenhalgh BNP 1,895 2.4
Anthony Rundle UKIP 1,145 1.4
No vote cast 44,635 43.9

Results of the 2005 General Election for the Knowsley North and Sefton East Parliamentary Constituency:

There was a 52.6% voter turnout at the 2005 General Election for the Knowsley North and Sefton East Constituency, with the following results (source: Wikipedia):

Candidate Party Number of votes % of electorate
George Howarth Labour Party 23,461 33.3
Flo Lucas Liberal Democrats 7,192 10.2
Naman Purewal Conservative Party 5,064 7.2
Michael McDermott BNP 872 1.2
Stephen Whatham Socialist Labour 464 0.7
No vote cast 33,390 47.4