Constituency profile

Liverpool Riverside

North West · Borough constituency · Liverpool borough

Kim Johnson MP
Sitting MP

Kim Johnson

Labour

First elected December 2019

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
Borough constituency, Liverpool council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
39.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -12.2pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +37.4pp
vs Green 19.4%
NorthernRemain-leaningDiverse

About the Liverpool Riverside constituency

Liverpool Riverside is a borough constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Kim Johnson (Labour), first elected in December 2019. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 61.9% to 16.2% for the Greens, a majority of 14,793 votes on a 45.4% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 56.8% and the Greens on 19.4%, a margin of 37.4 points.

Who lives in Liverpool Riverside? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
39.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
31.7%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
24.3%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
74.7%
UK average ~36%
Median age
29.5
UK median ~40
Age 65+
12.5%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
53.5%
UK average ~28%

How did Liverpool Riverside 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 14,793 votes (45.7pp) · turnout 45.4%

Current projection

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

Map of Liverpool Riverside

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 Riverside within Liverpool

Liverpool Riverside 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
66 LSOAs
100%

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
AnfieldLabour 70.6%vs Green 10.4%2023 Labour 67.5%vs Others 19.0%-18.0%
Brownlow HillLabour 55.9%vs Green 20.8%2023 Labour 68.7%vs Green 21.0%--
CanningLabour 57.3%vs Green 20.1%2023 Labour 63.8%vs Green 21.2%--
City Centre NorthLabour 56.0%vs Green 20.6%2023 Labour 54.1%vs Green 17.0%--
City Centre SouthLabour 57.4%vs Green 18.7%2023 Labour 66.4%vs Green 14.9%--
DingleLabour 65.4%vs Green 15.4%2023 Labour 77.0%vs Green 17.2%--
Everton EastLabour 63.5%vs Green 11.4%2023 Labour 74.9%vs Independent 14.9%-20.8%
Everton NorthLabour 64.1%vs Green 11.4%2023 Labour 62.0%vs Independent 30.4%-23.5%
Everton WestLabour 56.6%vs Green 21.8%2023 Labour 53.1%vs Green 45.0%--
Festival GardensLabour 51.1%vs Green 23.7%2023 Labour 36.5%vs Green 36.4%--
Kensington & FairfieldLabour 66.2%vs Green 13.0%2023 Labour 71.7%vs Lib Dem 9.2%-33.2%
Kirkdale EastLabour 63.2%vs Green 16.2%2023 Labour 81.9%vs Lib Dem 6.9%--
Kirkdale WestLabour 65.8%vs Green 11.5%2023 Labour 80.8%vs Green 9.8%--
Princes ParkLabour 67.1%vs Green 15.3%2023 Labour 70.1%vs Green 20.7%-9.1%
ToxtethLabour 62.0%vs Green 15.9%2023 Labour 75.5%vs Green 24.5%--
VauxhallLabour 60.4%vs Green 16.2%2023 Labour 71.3%vs Independent 28.7%--
Waterfront SouthLabour 54.1%vs Green 16.6%2023 Lib Dem 46.6%vs Labour 37.8%--

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Liverpool Riverside 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 holdLouise Ellman59.3%10.9%22.7%1.7% UKIP3.5%1.8%14,17352.1%
2015Lab holdLouise Ellman67.4%9.6%3.9%5.7% UKIP12.1%1.3%24,46362.5%+10.4
2017Lab holdLouise Ellman84.5%9.7%2.5%-3.3%-35,94762.9%+0.4
2019notionalLabour winnerKim Johnson 2019 MP, pre-review boundary85.1%7.8%2.2%-2.4%2.5%32,80060.5%-2.4
2024Lab holdKim Johnson61.9%3.6%4.8%10.1% Ref16.2%3.5%14,79345.4%-15.1

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

Constituencies most like Liverpool Riverside

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Liverpool Riverside. 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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