Constituency profile

Knowsley

North West · Borough constituency · Knowsley borough

Anneliese Midgley MP
Sitting MP

Anneliese Midgley

Labour

First elected July 2024Cabinet: Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
Borough constituency, Knowsley council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
52.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +0.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +32.9pp
vs Reform UK 26.3%
NorthernBrexit-marginalWorking-class profile

About the Knowsley constituency

Knowsley is a borough constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Anneliese Midgley (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 67.2% to 16.4% for Reform UK, a majority of 18,319 votes on a 50.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 59.3% and Reform UK on 26.3%, a margin of 32.9 points.

Who lives in Knowsley? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
52.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
22.6%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
27.7%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
56.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
42.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
39.2
UK median ~40
Age 65+
20.5%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
31.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Knowsley vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 18,319 votes (50.8pp) · turnout 50.1%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Knowsley

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Knowsley within Knowsley

Knowsley sits entirely within Knowsley Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Knowsley
60 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
CherryfieldLabour 68.1%vs Reform 17.1%May 2026 Others 30.9%vs Reform 29.8%
Labour→Others
+35.4pp
25.6%
NorthwoodLabour 68.4%vs Reform 17.8%May 2026 Reform 40.2%vs Labour 27.6%
Labour→Reform
+31.6pp
24.3%
Prescot NorthLabour 62.0%vs Reform 17.9%May 2026 Lib Dem 36.2%vs Reform 33.5%
Labour→Lib Dem
+33.2pp
31.3%
RobyLabour 67.8%vs Reform 13.6%May 2026 Labour 40.5%vs Reform 29.8%
Labour share
-27.4pp
37.7%
ShevingtonLabour 67.9%vs Reform 17.6%May 2026 Others 38.5%vs Labour 27.0%
Labour→Others
+39.7pp
27.6%
St GabrielsLabour 67.5%vs Reform 14.7%May 2026 Green 43.8%vs Reform 31.7%
Labour→Green
+38.9pp
30.2%
St MichaelsLabour 68.9%vs Reform 14.8%May 2026 Labour 47.0%vs Reform 33.4%
Labour share
-21.8pp
26.6%
StockbridgeLabour 67.6%vs Reform 18.2%May 2026 Reform 39.1%vs Green 29.1%
Labour→Reform
+30.2pp
23.1%
WhitefieldLabour 66.6%vs Reform 16.1%May 2026 Others 44.8%vs Labour 28.9%
Labour→Others
+41.2pp
27.9%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Knowsley at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Knowsley at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdGeorge Howarth70.9%9.0%13.4%2.6% UKIP-4.2%25,68656.1%
2015Lab holdGeorge Howarth78.1%6.6%2.9%9.8% UKIP2.5%-34,65564.1%+8.0
2017Lab holdGeorge Howarth85.3%9.3%2.1%2.3% UKIP0.9%-42,21467.9%+3.8
2019notionalLabour winnerGeorge Howarth 2019 MP, pre-review boundary79.6%8.7%2.5%-2.0%7.2%32,90165.2%-2.7
2024Lab holdAnneliese Midgley67.3%4.2%3.4%16.4% Ref7.7%1.1%18,31950.1%-15.1

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Knowsley

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Knowsley. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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