UK Parliament

Election of Members of Parliament to the House of Commons

General Elections elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their constituency in the House of Commons, the elected house of the UK Parliament. The Knowsley parliamentary constituency is does not cover all of the same area as Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, but instead covers Kirkby, Knowsley Village, Huyton-with-Roby and part of Prescot.

A General Election must take place no later than 5 years since the last General Election, however the Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011 was repealed in 2022, returning the decision on when to call an election to the Prime Minister. This means the Prime Minister can call an election anytime during these 5 years.

The next General Election will take place on 4th July 2024, having been called by Rish Sunak MP on 22nd May 2024.

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 on Thursday 12th December 2019, having held the seat since 1986.  This election took place following perceived dead-lock in Parliament over the UK’s departure from the European Union (Brexit).  The Conservative Party gained an outright majority of MPs in the House of Commons and formed 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):

CandidatePartyNumber of votes% of electorate
George HowarthLabour Party44,37452.8
Rushi MillnsConservative Party4,4325.3
Tim McCulloughUKIP3,3484.0
Paul WoodruffGreen Party1,2621.5
Joe SlumpskyLiberal Democrats1,1171.3
Ray CatesbyLiberal Party4050.5
No vote cast29,14434.7

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):

CandidatePartyNumber of votes% of electorate
George HowarthLabour Party47,35157.9
James SpencerConservative Party5,1376.3
Neil MineyUKIP1,2851.6
Carl CashmanLiberal Democrats1,1891.5
Steve BainesGreen Party5210.6
No vote cast26,24532.1

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):

CandidatePartyNumber of votes% of electorate
George HowarthLabour Party39,62850.1
Louise BoursUKIP4,9736.3
Alice BramallConservative Party3,3674.3
Carl CashmanLiberal Democrats1,4901.9
Vikki GregorichGreen1,2701.6
No vote cast27,99435.9

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):

CandidatePartyNumber of votes% of electorate
George HowarthLabour Party31,65039.8
Flo LucasLiberal Democrats5,9647.5
David DunneConservative Party4,0045.0
Steven GreenhalghBNP1,8952.4
Anthony RundleUKIP1,1451.4
No vote cast44,63543.9

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):

CandidatePartyNumber of votes% of electorate
George HowarthLabour Party23,46133.3
Flo LucasLiberal Democrats7,19210.2
Naman PurewalConservative Party5,0647.2
Michael McDermottBNP8721.2
Stephen WhathamSocialist Labour4640.7
No vote cast33,39047.4