General Election Round-up

David Cameron has returned to Downing Street after The Conservatives won an overall majority, following one of the closest General Elections to date.

It was a result that saw Ed Miliband resign as Labour Leader and Nick Clegg stand down as leader of the Liberal Democrats. Nigel Farage was the first to go after failing to win his seat in Thanet South.

Despite that though Liverpool remains a Conservative free zone.

Maria Eagle retained the seat of Garston and Halewood for Labour with an increased majority and turnout. Eagle received 33,839 with Conservative, Martin Williams pushing rival Carl Schears for UKIP into third place.

In Wavertree, Luciana Berger held her Labour seat and increased her 2010 majority with 28,401 votes. TUSC’s, David Walsh came second with 4,098. 18 year old, Niamh McCarthy ran as an independent candidate for the safe Labour seat, winning 144 votes.

Stephen Twigg also increased his majority with a total of 27,367 votes, up from his 2010 win of 18,467. UKIP claimed second place with 3,475 votes, with Liberal Democrats and the Green Party coming closely behind.

In Liverpool Riverside, Labour’s Louise Ellman held on to her seat, with Green Party candidate, Martin Dobson retaining his deposit. Dobson became the Green Party’s first second place with 12.1% of the vote.

Conservative, Esther McVey lost her Wirral West seat to Labour’s, Margaret Greenwood by 417 votes. The loss made Wirral a Labour strong hold, with Frank Field, Angela Eagle and Alison McGovern all holding on to to their seats.

Turnout was also up in all five Liverpool constituencies:

Garston and Halewood- 66%

Riverside- 63%

Walton- 62%

Wavertree- 67%

West Derby- 65%