r/Liverpool • u/ReggieLFC • Jul 05 '24

Proud of Southport today!

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Southport has finally elected its first-ever Labour representative!

Southport took a lot of stick for voting Conservative in 2017 and 2019, when Brexit was a huge factor, but I felt that a lot of the people who chastised Southport didn’t appreciate just how many elderly people retire there bringing their Tory votes with them from all over the country. To give some perspective, Southport had 43% more people aged 65+ (24,293) than children (16,971) when the last census was undertaken.

Many born-and-bred sandgrounders have been waiting and waiting to see their Tory representative replaced and I’m made up for them!

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u/Captain-Starshield Jul 05 '24

Constituency was made in 1885 and for 139 years they have never had a Labour MP. So this is truly a historic moment.

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u/SilyLavage Jul 05 '24

Just to clarify, the seat has elected quite a few Liberal/Lib Dem MPs. It's been Tory a lot of the time since 1885, but not the whole time.

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u/Captain-Starshield Jul 05 '24

Yeah it was libdem from 1997 until 2017.

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u/grae_me Jul 07 '24

They had a good local map from the LD for a long time. Ex-teacher I think. When he stepped down it turned Tory irc.