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Knowsley

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 67% of the vote in 2024. Covers Kirkby, Huyton with Roby and Prescot. Population 91,881. Median income £26K (below average).

Knowsley's MP has been most visible on two fronts: assisted dying and constituency casework. On the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, Anneliese Midgley voted consistently against the legislation -- backing additional restrictions at report stage in May, supporting tightening amendments in June, and ultimately voting against the bill's third reading. This places her among the more sceptical Labour MPs on the issue, sitting 43 percentage points below her party's average support for assisted dying access. Separately, she has drawn positive local coverage for raising industrial pollution in Kirkby directly in Parliament, pressing the Environment Agency over sites described as causing "lasting misery" to residents -- with enforcement action subsequently credited partly to her campaigning.

Midgley is a reasonably active MP, participating in 83% of votes and voting with Labour 98% of the time -- a near party-line record outside the assisted dying free votes. Her 109 contributions across 79 debates skew toward economy and jobs, crime, social care, and fiscal policy. She sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee. Stance data shows strong alignment with progressive taxation (99%) and the government's agenda broadly (97%), with notably low scores on civil liberties (2%) and parliamentary scrutiny (23%).

386
Commons votes
This parliament
£26k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
72.0k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 5 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Anneliese Midgley

Anneliese Midgley

Labour Party

Anneliese Midgley is the Labour MP for Knowsley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situations where advertisers know their adverts could influence vulnerable people's choices — going further than the basic ban proposed by the bill's sponsor Kim Leadbeater.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

Vote on New Clause 1 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a private member's bill on assisted dying. Based on available debate context, this was one of several amendments considered at Report Stage, with the bill's sponsor Kim Leadbeater presenting changes developed with government legal and health officials to make the legislation workable.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 67% of the vote in 2024. Covers Kirkby, Huyton with Roby and Prescot. Population 91,881. Median income £26K (below average).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Midgley’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.412 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Midgley has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
93
Economy
83
Employment
45
Crime & Policing
44
Education
41
Welfare and Benefits
23
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 1413 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 113 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.9 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
CherryfieldSean Donnelly1,254Labour P
NorthwoodMatthew Rawlinson1,004Labour P
Prescot NorthIan Smith971Liberal
RobyMegan Dever1,383Labour P
ShevingtonAimee Wright1,150Labour P
St GabrielsChantelle Lunt923Labour P
St MichaelsJoan Lilly1,154Labour P
StockbridgeLynn O'Keeffe1,086Labour P
WhitefieldSteve Smith1,030Independ
Population (2021 Census)
91,881
Electorate 71,964 · 2024 register
Median income
£25,500
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
15.7%
England average 20.0%
Schools
40
29 primary · 4 secondary
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