UK Explained

Liverpool Riverside

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

Your MP at a glance

Kim Johnson, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Liverpool Riverside 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 529 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £684£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 578 areas and lower than 70.

UK 3.9%This area 5.9%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
Liverpool Riverside£6845.9%
Luton North£6955.8%
East Thanet£6725.8%
Ashton-under-Lyne£6925.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Liverpool Riverside

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 people117,73359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1614%18%5 points lower
Aged 65 and over11%19%8 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher32%34%2 points lower
Households that own their home25%62%38 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association37%17%20 points higher
Households renting privately38%20%18 points higher

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
Kim Johnson

Labour

MAJORITY
14,793

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
45%

of people who could vote did

Kim Johnson won with 62% of the votes, and Chris Coughlan (Green Party) came second with 16%.

Votes for each party

Labour62% · 20,039
Green Party16% · 5,246
Reform UK10% · 3,272
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,544
Conservative4% · 1,155
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2% · 622
Everyone else2% · 503
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kim JohnsonLabour20,03961.9%
Chris CoughlanGreen Party5,24616.2%
Gary HincksReform UK3,27210.1%
Rebecca TurnerLiberal Democrat1,5444.8%
Jane AustinConservative1,1553.6%
Roger BannisterTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition6221.9%
Sean WeaverLiberal2560.8%
Stephen McNallyNational Health Action Party2470.8%

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
£684 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
5.9%
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