UK Explained

Sefton Central

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

Your MP at a glance

Bill Esterson, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Sefton Central 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 121 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £862£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 105 areas and lower than 543.

UK 3.9%This area 2.2%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
Sefton Central£8622.2%
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire£8622.2%
Lichfield£8622.3%
Stirling and Strathallan£8612.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Sefton Central

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 people90,78259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over28%19%9 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher35%34%2 points higher
Households that own their home82%62%20 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association7%17%10 points lower
Households renting privately10%20%10 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
Bill Esterson

Labour

MAJORITY
18,282

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
64%

of people who could vote did

Bill Esterson won with 56% of the votes, and Marcus Bleasdale (Conservative) came second with 18%.

Votes for each party

Labour56% · 26,772
Conservative18% · 8,490
Reform UK12% · 5,767
Green Party7% · 3,294
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,630
Independent1% · 496
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill EstersonLabour26,77256.4%
Marcus BleasdaleConservative8,49017.9%
Nagender ChindamReform UK5,76712.2%
Kieran DamsGreen Party3,2946.9%
Gareth Lloyd-JohnsonLiberal Democrat2,6305.5%
Ralph JamesIndependent4961.0%

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
£862 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
2.2%
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