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UK Parliament - Liverpool Walton

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> United Kingdom > England > North West > North West > Liverpool Walton

Office

Parliament

Honorific

Member of Parliament - Abbr: MP

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

April 19, 2005 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

May 05, 2005 - 01:00am Central

Polls Close

May 05, 2005 - 05:00pm Central

Term Start

May 17, 2005 - 12:00pm

Term End

May 17, 2010 - 11:00am

Contributor

Wishful Thinking

Last Modified

Wishful Thinking June 16, 2005 08:46pm

Data Sources

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Description

This is the northernmost of Liverpool's five seats which first fell to Labour in 1964. Eric Heffer took it from the Tories and represented the constituency until his death in 1991 and in the meantime transformed Walton from a Conservative into a Labour stronghold - mirroring the trend city-wide. During the 1950s, the Tories consistently received over half the vote. They polled 6% or 1,726 votes at the last count. Walton includes both Liverpool's Premiership football teams, Liverpool at Anfield and Everton at Goodison Park. Unemployment here is high. Walton registers the tenth largest percentage of people requiring a carer for more than 20 hours per week. The constituency also contains the second highest amount of terraced housing nationwide - 59.5% - much of it run down. After Eric Heffer's death, there was an extremely bitter contest to replace him. Peter Kilfoyle finally won both the nomination and the seat, the opposition coming from the militant wing within his own party and the Liberal Democrats in the by-election. Kilfoyle has polled strong majorities ever since and finished the 2001 poll as Labour's fifth safest seat.