Editing North West England (section)

===Elections===
[[File:2019 UK General Election in Northwest England.svg|thumb|right|General election results in 2019]]

In the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], the Conservatives gained ten seats, from the Labour Party, with no other seats changing hands. Labour held 42 of their 52 seats, albeit many with slimmed down majorities. They remain the dominant party in the region by seat count, with the Conservatives total now standing at 27. The Conservatives made two gains in Cheshire, three gains in Lancashire, five gains in Greater Manchester, notably including [[Andy Burnham]]'s former seat of Leigh.

In the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], the area was dominated by the Labour Party. Fifty-five per cent of the region's electorate voted Labour, 36.3% Conservative, 5.4% Liberal Democrat, 1.9% UKIP and 1.1% Greens; however, by number of parliamentary seats, Labour have 54, the Conservatives have 20, and the Liberal Democrats have 1. The Lib Dems' North West seat is in south Cumbria; Labour dominates Greater Manchester, and the Conservatives' vote is concentrated in affluent suburban areas such as [[Cheadle (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheadle]], [[Hazel Grove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hazel Grove]] and [[Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)|Altrincham and Sale West]]. Labour seats also predominate in Merseyside. In Cheshire the 2015 result was reversed, with Labour winning seven seats and the Conservatives four, whilst Lancashire is competitive between Labour and Conservative (8 seats each); the Labour seats in Lancashire are concentrated in the south of the county along the [[M65 motorway|M65]]. For the region, the Labour gained 3 seats; there was a 5.2% swing from Conservative to Labour.

In the 2015 general election, [[Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Walton]] was the safest seat in the UK, with a 72% majority, and in 2017 this was repeated with a 77% majority for [[Dan Carden]] (Labour), when an astonishing 85.7% of the electorate voted for him (the Conservatives came second with 8.6%). In the [[2012 Manchester Central by-election|by-election of 2012]], [[Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Central]] has the record for the lowest turnout in the UK—18%. [[Gwyneth Dunwoody]], for Crewe and Nantwich, was the longest serving female MP until her death in 2008.

In the final [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|European Elections]] in the UK in 2019, 31.23% voted for the Brexit Party, with Labour polling 21.91%, the Liberal Democrats 17.15% and the Green Party 12.48%. The Conservatives came fifth in the region with 7.55% of votes cast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=votes |first=North west |title=North west votes Results Information |url=http://www.northwestvotes.gov.uk/info/11/results |access-date=2020-12-17 |website=northwestvotes.gov.uk|archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509203250/http://www.northwestvotes.gov.uk/info/11/results |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Constituencies in North West England}}