History
Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Liverpool Walton has been held by the Labour Party since the 1960s, and is now one of that party's safest seats. Labour won over 70% of the vote in every general election since 1992, though for many years it was regarded as a reasonably safe Conservative seat; until 1964, Labour had only gained Walton once, in their landslide victory in 1945; the Conservatives have struggled to get 6% in recent elections. From 1964 until his death in 1991 the seat was held by the notable left-winger Eric Heffer; the subsequent by-election was won by Peter Kilfoyle, who held the seat until 2010. Steve Rotheram won in 2010, after Kilfoyle had stood down.
Read more about this topic: Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“If you look at the 150 years of modern China’s history since the Opium Wars, then you can’t avoid the conclusion that the last 15 years are the best 15 years in China’s modern history.”
—J. Stapleton Roy (b. 1935)
“There is nothing truer than myth: history, in its attempt to “realize” myth, distorts it, stops halfway; when history claims to have “succeeded” this is nothing but humbug and mystification. Everything we dream is “realizable.” Reality does not have to be: it is simply what it is.”
—Eugène Ionesco (b. 1912)
“It’s nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I’m bloody close.”
—John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten)