Liverpool Garston

The seat was first established in 1950, but was abolished in 2010, before being re-established in 2024.

The seat was first established in 1950, but was abolished in 2010, before being re-established in 2024.

==Constituency profile==

Liverpool Garston is a constituency in [[Merseyside]]. It covers the southern neighbourhoods of the city of [[Liverpool]], including [[Garston, Liverpool|Garston]], [[Speke]], [[Hunt's Cross]], [[Allerton, Liverpool|Allerton]], [[Woolton]], [[Gateacre]], [[Belle Vale, Liverpool|Belle Vale]] and [[Netherley, Liverpool|Netherley]]. Liverpool is a large [[port city]] with a history of [[Atlantic slave trade|slave trading]] and importation of goods for [[Lancashire]]'s industry. The city underwent economic decline in the [[1970s]] as the docks and manufacturing industries declined in importance, but has experienced regeneration in the 21st century. This constituency has average levels of deprivation and is the wealthiest of Liverpool's five constituencies. Netherley, Belle Vale and Speke are highly-deprived with large quantities of [[council housing]]. Speke is located next to a large industrial estate which includes the [[Jaguar Land Rover Halewood|Jaguar Land Rover and Ford]] automotive factories, and is also next to [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport]], all of which are significant local employers. Allerton and Gateacre are affluent and [[suburb]]an in character.{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-deprivation-in-england/|title=Constituency data: Deprivation in England|website=commonslibrary.parliament.uk|accessdate=19 April 2026}} House prices in the constituency are higher than the rest of [[North West England]] but lower than the national average.{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Liverpool+Garston|title=Seat Details - Liverpool Garston|website=electoralcalculus.co.uk|accessdate=19 April 2026}}

In general, residents of Liverpool Garston have average levels of education, homeownership, income and unemployment.{{cite web |title=Constituency dashboard |url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-dashboard |website=House of Commons Library |accessdate=19 April 2026}} A high proportion of residents work in the retail and transport sectors.{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-businesses/|title=Constituency data: businesses and industries|website=commonslibrary.parliament.uk|accessdate=19 April 2026}} [[White people in the UK|White people]] made up 91% of the population at the [[2021 UK Census|2021 census]]. Like the rest of Liverpool, the percentage of residents identifying as [[Christian]] is high and there is a large population of [[Catholics]] due to historic [[Irish people|Irish]] migration. At [[Liverpool City Council|the local city council]], the more deprived areas of Netherley, Belle Vale and Speke are represented by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] councillors, the affluent areas of Allerton, Woolton, Gateacre and Hunt's Cross by [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]], and Garston by [[Liverpool Community Independents|a local independent group]]. An estimated 58% of voters in Liverpool Garston supported remaining in the [[European Union]] in the [[Brexit referendum|2016 referendum]], higher than the nationwide figure of 48%.

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