Constituency profile

Liverpool Garston

North West · Borough constituency · Liverpool borough

Maria Eagle MP
Sitting MP

Maria Eagle

Labour

First elected May 1997

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
Borough constituency, Liverpool council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
41.6% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -10.3pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +37.0pp
vs Reform UK 18.2%
NorthernRemain-leaning

About the Liverpool Garston constituency

Liverpool Garston is a borough constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Maria Eagle (Labour), first elected in May 1997. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 58.4% to 10.5% for Reform UK, a majority of 20,104 votes on a 60.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 55.2% and Reform UK on 18.2%, a margin of 37.0 points.

Who lives in Liverpool Garston? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
41.6%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
34.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.3%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
62.5%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
36.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.9
UK median ~40
Age 65+
24.4%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.9%
UK average ~28%

How did Liverpool Garston 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 20,104 votes (47.9pp) · turnout 60.6%

Current projection

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

Map of Liverpool Garston

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)

Liverpool Garston within Liverpool

Liverpool Garston sits entirely within Liverpool Council. Liverpool was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Liverpool
60 LSOAs
100%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
24 Jan 2025Much Woolton & Hunts Cross
Liverpool
LD HOLD

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
AllertonLabour 54.3%vs Lib Dem 11.2%2023 Lib Dem 62.0%vs Labour 24.1%-43.0%
Belle ValeLabour 68.7%vs Reform 10.1%2023 Labour 73.0%vs Independent 14.0%-21.4%
CalderstonesLabour 51.1%vs Lib Dem 13.5%2023 Lib Dem 66.7%vs Labour 19.9%-44.7%
ChildwallLabour 60.0%vs Lib Dem 10.3%2023 Lib Dem 63.4%vs Labour 26.9%-36.7%
ChurchLabour 58.0%vs Lib Dem 13.7%2023 Lib Dem 55.5%vs Labour 33.6%-43.0%
GarstonLabour 51.8%vs Others 15.1%2023 Others 46.6%vs Labour 32.9%--
GateacreLabour 54.9%vs Reform 11.1%2023 Lib Dem 56.4%vs Labour 30.9%-34.3%
Grassendale & CressingtonLabour 55.9%vs Lib Dem 10.5%2023 Lib Dem 56.1%vs Labour 29.7%-41.2%
Much Woolton & Hunts CrossLabour 55.8%vs Reform 10.9%2023 Lib Dem 58.1%vs Labour 32.8%--
Penny LaneLabour 57.0%vs Lib Dem 11.2%2023 Lib Dem 55.1%vs Labour 29.2%--
SpekeLabour 60.0%vs Reform 11.6%2023 Labour 71.5%vs Others 10.1%--
SpringwoodLabour 67.2%vs Reform 9.9%2023 Labour 57.2%vs Lib Dem 29.3%--
Woolton VillageLabour 53.0%vs Reform 11.7%2023 Lib Dem 56.4%vs Labour 26.6%--

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Liverpool Garston 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
2010predecessorLab holdMaria Eagle Garston and Halewood MP59.5%16.1%20.1%3.6% UKIP-0.6%16,87760.1%
2015predecessorLab holdMaria Eagle Garston and Halewood MP69.1%13.7%4.7%9.2% UKIP3.5%-27,14666.4%+6.3
2017predecessorLab holdMaria Eagle Garston and Halewood MP77.7%17.7%3.2%-1.4%-32,14971.1%+4.7
2019notionalLabour winnerMaria Eagle Garston and Halewood MP, pre-review boundary70.2%11.7%9.9%-2.7%5.5%28,72869.8%
2024Lab holdMaria Eagle58.4%7.0%7.7%10.5% Ref6.7%9.7%20,10460.6%-9.2

Liverpool Garston was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Garston and Halewood (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Liverpool Garston

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

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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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