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UK Parliament - Garston & Halewood

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> United Kingdom > England > North West > North West > Garston & Halewood

Office

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 0000 - 07:00pm

Polls Open

May 07, 2015 - 01:00am

Polls Close

May 07, 2015 - 04:00pm

Term Start

May 08, 2015 - 12:00pm

Term End

June 08, 2017 - 11:00pm

Contributor

RBH

Last Modified

IndyGeorgia April 19, 2017 08:27pm

Data Sources

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Description

BBC Constituency Profile:

Located to the south of Liverpool is the seat of Garston and Halewood. A socially diverse constituency, it combines well-heeled residential areas such as Allerton and Woolton - the childhood home of John Lennon - with large ex-council estates like Speke.

The seat is bounded by the River Mersey, the M62 and Green Belt land beyond Halewood. Garston is a major shipping and container port, while Halewood is home to the Land Rover Assembly plant. One in four of the population lives in social housing; one in 20 has never worked, according to ONS 2011 Census figures for England and Wales. At 76.5%, it has the 13th highest proportion of people describing themselves as Christian. One in four works in retail and manufacturing.

A Labour seat since 1983, the party's Maria Eagle held the seat in 2010 with 59.5% of the votes; Liberal Democrats got 20.1%, Conservative 16.1% and UKIP 3.6%.