Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bootle (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established electoral seat in Merseyside, England, known as a Labour stronghold represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
adjacentTo Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)
Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Southport (UK Parliament constituency)
boundaryChanges experienced multiple boundary changes in the 20th century
classification urban constituency
containsArea Ford
Litherland
Netherton
Orrell
Seaforth
parts of Crosby
country United Kingdom
created 1885
currentMP Peter Dowd
currentMPParty Labour Party (UK)
electoralRegion England
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateType borough constituency
elects one Member of Parliament
hasCharacteristic high Labour vote share
strong working-class tradition
hasElected Labour Party (UK) MPs continuously since 1990s
hasMajorityParty Labour Party (UK)
hasRepresentationContinuity continuously represented in Parliament since 1885
isStrongholdOf Labour Party (UK)
knownAs Labour stronghold
localAuthority Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
linked to: Sefton
locatedIn England
Merseyside
locatedInHistoricCounty Lancashire
mapEntity Merseyside
MPParty Labour Party (UK)
MPPartyDominance Labour Party (UK)
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
partOf Sefton Central and South Sefton area
linked to: Sefton
previousConstituency South West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)
previousMP Joe Benton
previousMPParty Labour Party (UK)
region North West England
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
safeSeatFor Labour Party (UK)
startOfRepresentationInCommons 1885
townIncluded Bootle

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Bootle hasParliamentaryConstituency Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)
Litherland representedInParliamentBy Bootle constituency
linked to: Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)