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Liverpool Riverside Borough constituency
Liverpool Riverside shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Louise Ellman
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Merseyside
EP constituency:	North West England

Liverpool Riverside is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 UK general election, 2005 4.2 UK general election, 2001 5 See also

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool. It covers the central area of the city, including some of the famous sights of the city such as the Royal Liver Building and Albert Dock, as well as areas such as Aigburth, Edge Hill, Mossley Hill, Sandhills and Toxteth. It also contains both the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Merseyside, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Riverside constituency. An original proposal to create an unprecedented cross-Mersey constituency was dropped by the Commission due to lack of support.

The electoral wards used to form the modified Riverside seat are:

• Central, Greenbank, Kirkdale, Mossley Hill, Princes Park, Riverside and St Michael’s.

The constituency was formed in 1983, and has always been held by the Labour Party; from 1983 until 1997 by Robert Parry, and since then by Louise Ellman. It is a safe seat covering a deprived urban area. In both the 2001 and 2005 general elections it had the lowest turnout of all constituencies in the UK.

In the 2005 general election, there was a considerable swing (+8.1%) to the Liberal Democrats, however Labour were still comfortably ahead. Also in 2005, Liverpool Riverside was one of the few seats where the Green Party retained its deposit, scoring just over 5% of the vote.

• 1983 – 1997: Robert Parry, Labour
• 1997 – present: Louise Ellman, Labour Co-operative

Next United Kingdom general election: Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Marbrow

The turnout compared to the 2001 election had risen by 7.4% to 41.5% (an above average increase), however this is still the lowest throughout the United Kingdom which averaged 61.3% with a 1.2% increase.

General Election 2005: Liverpool Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Louise Ellman	17,951	57.6	-13.8
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Marbrow	7,737	24.8	+8.1
	Conservative	Gabrielle Howatson	2,843	9.1	+0.7
	Green	Peter Cranie	1,707	5.5	+5.5
	Socialist Labour	Beth Marshall	498	1.6	+1.6
	UK Independence	Ann Irving	455	1.5	+1.5
Majority			10,214	32.7	-17.7
Turnout			31,191	41.5	+7.4

In the 2001 election it had a turnout of 34.1% which was the lowest of the United Kingdom. The average turnout in that year was 59.2%.

General Election 2001: Liverpool Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Louise Ellman	18,201	71.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Marbrow	4,251	16.7
	Conservative	Judith Edwards	2,142	8.4
	Socialist Alliance	Cathy Wilson	909	3.6
Majority			13,950	54.7
Turnout				34.1

• List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) | Conservative (3) | Liberal Democrats (2) | UKIP (1)