Liverpool Walton

Created by the Redistirbution of Seats Act 1885, Liverpool Walton has been held by the Labour Party since the 1960s, and is now one of the party's safests seats. In fact, Steve enjoyes the largest majority in the House of Commons and has wasted no time in using it to voice the concerns of his constituent. Labour won over 70% of the vote in every general election since 1992, though for many years it was regarded as a reasonably safe Conservative seat; until 1964, Labour had only gained Walton once, in their landslide victory in 1945; the Conservatives have struggled to get 6% in recent elections. From 1964 until his death in 1991 the seat was held by the notable left-winger Eric Heffer; the subsequent by-election was won by Peter Kilfoyle, who held the seat until 2010. Steve Rotheram won in 2010, after Kilfoyle had stood down.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Liverpool, Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Rotheram	24,709	72.0	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Moloney	4,891	14.2	-2.7
	Conservative	Adam Marsden	2,241	6.5	+0.1
	BNP	Peter Stafford	1,104	3.2	N/A
	UKIP	Joseph Nugent	898	2.6	-0.7
	Christian Peoples	John Manwell	297	0.9	N/A
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Darren Ireland	195	0.6	N/A
Majority			19,818	57.7
Turnout			34,335	54.8	+8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	20,322	72.8	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kiron Reid	4,365	15.6	+1.0
	Conservative	Sharon Buckle	1,655	5.9	-0.2
	UKIP	Joseph Moran	1,108	4.0	+2.4
	Liberal	Daniel Wood	480	1.7	N/A
Majority			15,957	57.1
Turnout			27,930	45.0	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.0

General Election 2001: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	22,143	77.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kiron Reid	4,147	14.6
	Conservative	Stephen Horgan	1,726	6.1
	UKIP	Paul Forest	442	1.6
Majority			17,996	63.2
Turnout				43.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	31,516	78.5
	Liberal Democrat	R Roberts	4,478	11.1
	Conservative	M Kotecha	2,501	6.2
	Referendum Party	C Grundy	620	1.5
	Socialist Labour	Lesley Mahmood	444	1.1
	Liberal	H Williams	352	0.9
	ProLife Alliance	V Mearns	246	0.6
Majority			27,038	67.3
Turnout				59.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	34,214	72.4	+8.0
	Conservative	Berkeley Greenwood	5,915	12.5	−1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Joe Lang	5,672	12.0	−9.2
	Liberal	T Newall	963	2.0	N/A
	Prot Ref	D J E Carson	393	0.8	N/A
	Natural Law	D Raiano	98	0.2	N/A
Majority			28,299	59.9	+16.7
Turnout			47,255	67.4	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Liverpool Walton by-election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	21,317	53.1	−11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Clark	14,457	36.0	+14.8
	Walton Real Labour	Lesley Mahmood	2,613	6.5	N/A
	Conservative	Berkeley Greenwood	1,155	2.9	−11.5
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	546	1.4	N/A
	Independent	George Lee-Delisle	63	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,860	17.1	−26.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	34,661	64.4	+11.7
	Liberal	Paul Clark	11,408	21.2	-0.2
	Conservative	I. Mays	7,738	14.4	-10.8
Majority			23,253	43.2	+15.6
Turnout			53,807	73.6	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

General Election 1983: Liverpool Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Heffer	26,980	52.7
	Conservative	A Maddox	12,865	25.2
	Liberal	D Croft	10,970	21.4
Majority			14,115	27.6
Turnout			50,815	69.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Steve Rotheram MP

Liverpool Walton

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s