Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

The ceremonial county of Merseyside, created in 1974, is divided into 16 parliamentary constituencies (sub-classified into 11 of borough type and five of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer).

The two other largest parties nationally in England (Conservatives and Liberal Democrats) have to date won intermittently in the two larger seats within the four in the Wirral, the peninsula facing Liverpool, and, until 2024, had alternately represented the seat centred on the coastal strip in and around the leisure resort of Southport; it had not previously sided with the Labour Party since it was created in 1885.

† Conservative ¥ Green ‡ Labour ¤ Reform UK See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Parts of Knowsley North and Sefton East were added to the new constituency of Sefton Central, which replaced Crosby, and parts of Knowsley South were added to the new constituency of Garston and Halewood, which replaced Liverpool, Garston.

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[3] The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Merseyside in the 2024 general election were as follows:[nb 6] 11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance * Included in Other 11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.