UK Explained

Liverpool Wavertree

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

Your MP at a glance

Paula Barker, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Liverpool Wavertree 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 292 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £762£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 575 areas and lower than 73.

UK 3.9%This area 5.8%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 Wavertree£7625.8%
Glasgow East£7676.0%
Coventry North West£7665.4%
Croydon East£7885.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Liverpool Wavertree

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 people102,74559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over14%19%4 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%3 points higher
Households that own their home49%62%14 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%3 points higher
Households renting privately31%20%11 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
Paula Barker

Labour

MAJORITY
16,304

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Paula Barker won with 58% of the votes, and Tom Crone (Green Party) came second with 17%.

Votes for each party

Labour58% · 23,077
Green Party17% · 6,773
Reform UK9% · 3,454
Liberal Democrat7% · 2,759
Conservative5% · 1,887
Independent5% · 1,865
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Paula BarkerLabour23,07758.0%
Tom CroneGreen Party6,77317.0%
Adam HeatheringtonReform UK3,4548.7%
Rob McAllister-BellLiberal Democrat2,7596.9%
Charlotte EagarConservative1,8874.7%
Ann SanIndependent1,1913.0%
Mohamed El GadhyIndependent5661.4%
Joe OwensIndependent1080.3%

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
£762 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
5.8%
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