Knowsley South (former)

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Knowsley South (former) was a UK parliamentary constituency in Merseyside that included the town of Huyton and returned a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons until its abolition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former United Kingdom parliamentary constituency
abolished 2010
abolishedBy Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
category Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
containedTown Huyton
country United Kingdom
county Merseyside
created 1983
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateType Merseyside
surface form: county of Merseyside
elects one Member of Parliament
endOfRepresentation 2010 general election
firstMP Sean Hughes
firstMPParty Labour Party (UK)
historicCounty Lancashire
includedArea Halewood
Huyton
surface form: Huyton-with-Roby

parts of Whiston
lastMP Eddie O'Hara
lastMPParty Labour Party (UK)
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
locatedIn Merseyside
Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
namedAfter Knowsley
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
predecessorConstituency Huyton (UK Parliament constituency)
region North West England
replacedBy Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)
representedCounty Merseyside
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
returned Member of Parliament
safeSeatFor Labour Party (UK)
startOfRepresentation 1983 general election
status abolished constituency
successorConstituency Garston and Halewood (UK Parliament constituency)
Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)
St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency)
type borough constituency
usualWinningParty Labour Party (UK)

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Huyton parliamentaryConstituency Knowsley South (former)
Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency) previousConstituency Knowsley South (former)
this entity surface form: Knowsley South (UK Parliament constituency)
Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency) hasPredecessor Knowsley South (former)
this entity surface form: Knowsley South (UK Parliament constituency)
Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency) replaces Knowsley South (former)
this entity surface form: Knowsley South (UK Parliament constituency)
Garston and Halewood (UK Parliament constituency) precededBy Knowsley South (former)
this entity surface form: Knowsley South (UK Parliament constituency)
St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency) predecessorConstituency Knowsley South (former)
this entity surface form: Knowsley South (UK Parliament constituency)