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Knowsley

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Your member of parliament

Anneliese Midgley

Labour

Labour won Knowsley at the 2024 general election with a majority of 18,319 votes, or 50.8 points. A swing of 25.4 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 645 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 5.

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How safe is this seat?

Very safe

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 50.8 points, which is larger than 645 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 18,319 votes.

Majority

18,319

50.8% of votes cast.

Turnout

50.1%

-9.6 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

7

36,047 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Anneliese MidgleyElectedLabour24,24367.3%+33.6
Alexander HitchmoughReform UK5,92416.4%+2.1
Graham WickensGreen Party2,7727.7%+1.3
Sherrie McDaidConservative1,4964.2%-19.6
Kate TiptonLiberal Democrat1,2323.4%-8.8
Graham PaddenWorkers Party of Britain2450.7%-0.1
Patricia JamesonSocial Democratic Party1350.4%+0.3

Very safe. Won by more than thirty points. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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