UK Explained

Knowsley

Represented in Parliament by Anneliese Midgley (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Anneliese Midgley, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Knowsley compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 383 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £730£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 515 areas and lower than 133.

UK 3.9%This area 4.7%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Knowsley£7304.7%
Wakefield and Rothwell£7294.7%
Southampton Test£7404.6%
Aberdeen North£7404.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Knowsley

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people93,59259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher23%34%11 points lower
Households that own their home57%62%6 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association28%17%10 points higher
Households renting privately16%20%5 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Anneliese Midgley

Labour

MAJORITY
18,319

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
50%

of people who could vote did

Anneliese Midgley won with 67% of the votes, and Alexander Hitchmough (Reform UK) came second with 16%.

Votes for each party

Labour67% · 24,243
Reform UK16% · 5,924
Green Party8% · 2,772
Conservative4% · 1,496
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,232
Workers Party of Britain1% · 245
Everyone else0% · 135
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anneliese MidgleyLabour24,24367.3%
Alexander HitchmoughReform UK5,92416.4%
Graham WickensGreen Party2,7727.7%
Sherrie McDaidConservative1,4964.2%
Kate TiptonLiberal Democrat1,2323.4%
Graham PaddenWorkers Party of Britain2450.7%
Patricia JamesonSocial Democratic Party1350.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£730 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026