North West · England · 73,641Boundary · 2023

Southport

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Apr 2026

Represented by Lab since 2024. Covers Southport, Tarleton and Hesketh Bank and Banks. Population 97,363, notably older (median age 48 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 37% below the national average. Median income £26K (below average).

Southport's MP has carved out a distinctive position on assisted dying, breaking with Labour five times in a single day during the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill's Report Stage in June 2025. Hurley voted to close the so-called "voluntary starvation loophole" -- backing amendments that would prevent someone using self-starvation to meet eligibility criteria -- and supported procedural moves his party opposed. His deviation data reinforces this: he sits 22 points above his Labour colleagues on end-of-life autonomy and 20 points above on assisted dying safeguards, suggesting a considered rather than casual divergence from the whip. Away from that debate, his local profile has been defined by two causes with a personal edge -- he drew on the deaths of his father and wife from cancer in a Parliamentary speech calling for better treatment access in the North West, and he led the campaign to reopen the Children's A&E at Southport Hospital, securing a preferred NHS option in early 2026.

At 90% voting participation and 96.8% party alignment, Hurley is an engaged, broadly loyal Labour MP whose rebellions are concentrated and issue-specific rather than habitual. His 136 contributions span economy and jobs, local government, health, crime, and social care. He scores strongly on workers' rights (90%) and progressive taxation (97%), but low on pro-business (12%) and parliamentary scrutiny (13%) measures, placing him firmly in the Labour mainstream on economic questions.

441
Commons votes
This parliament
£26k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
73.6k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab took this seat from Con after 2 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Patrick Hurley

Patrick Hurley

Labour Party

Patrick Hurley is the Labour MP for Southport, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a safety measure. This was debated alongside New Clause 1, which would have decriminalised abortion for women, making it a free vote on conscience issues around abortion law reform.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organising begging for profit, stronger protections for emergency workers against racial and religious abuse, removing the limitation period in child sexual abuse cases, and new offences around internal concealment of items for criminal purposes. The large Aye majority reflects broad government support for these law and order measures.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Report Stage, after proceedings had been interrupted on 13 June when an objection was raised. The debate excerpts do not reveal the substantive content of New Clause 16.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

Represented by Lab since 2024. Covers Southport, Tarleton and Hesketh Bank and Banks. Population 97,363, notably older (median age 48 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 37% below the national average. Median income £26K (below average).

2024 General Election

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

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

§ 07The record, at a glance.457 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Hurley 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
97
Economy
89
Employment
52
Education
41
Crime & Policing
38
Welfare and Benefits
28
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10617 Jun 2025
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 117 Jun 2025
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1620 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.8 wards

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

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BirkdaleSonya Ann Kelly1,435Labour P
CambridgeMike Sammon1,161Liberal
DukesMike Prendergast1,379Conserva
KewJen Corcoran1,358Labour P
MeolsJohn Dodd1,452Liberal
North Meols Hesketh BankIan Eccles768Conserva
NorwoodDave Neary1,487Labour P
Tarleton VillageDavid Alexander Westley834Conserva
Tarleton VillageJohn Mee985Conserva
Population (2021 Census)
97,363
Electorate 73,641 · 2024 register
Median income
£25,500
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
23.2%
England average 20.0%
Schools
35
24 primary · 5 secondary
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