Southport: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Patrick Hurley (Labour) is the MP for Southport, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Patrick Hurley took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 17,252 votes (38.3%), ahead of Damien Moore (Conservative) on 11,463. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 61.2% (45,059 of 73,641); the winning margin was 5,789 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Southport has the 60th lowest median full-time pay for jobs based here of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£32,269 a year).
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 81.2% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 5.8 points. The economically inactive share was 16.6%.
About 99,900 people live in Southport: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 99,881. 26,273 were aged 65 or over and 15,287 were under 16.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £225,000 and half for less. That is up 42% on £157,998 ten years before. It ranks 158th lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,296 recorded sales.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £32,269 for jobs in Southport and £36,449 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £37,152. The residents' figure ranks 214th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
4,014 children in Southport were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 26.3% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 20.1% in 2024/25, from 16.7% in 2021/22.
4,060 business sites were registered in Southport in March 2026 (4,115 a year before), and employed 35,000 people in 2024.
Southport counted 43,630 households on Census day 2021; 28.8% of adults were retired and 25.6% of those in work were mostly working from home.
In September 2026, 3.1% of 16 to 64 year olds in Southport were claimants (1,820 people). September 2025 had 1,755.
MP
Patrick Hurley, Labour
- MP for Southport since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Patrick Hurley on this site
In Parliament
What Patrick Hurley said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 13 October 2026 to 22 October 2026). Hansard search returns 162 spoken contributions by Patrick Hurley since 4 July 2024.
I add my voice to the bid from my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool South (Chris Webb) for Blackpool to become city of culture, but we must not forget towns of culture.
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T4. Flooding has caused damage to farmland in my constituency this year, affecting crop yields and threatening food security.
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I welcome the GDP figures that have been published this morning, but if we are serious about growth, we need to ramp up our manufacturing capacity and ensure that GDP growth is matched with jobs growth.
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6. What steps his Department is taking to help increase economic growth.
I have been investigating the extraordinary differences in domestic electricity standing charges in regions of the country, and I am increasingly concerned that the same underlying network charging system may also be imposing substantially higher fixed costs on businesses in …
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Hurley | Labour | 17,252 | 38.3% | +1.5 |
| Damien Moore | Conservative | 11,463 | 25.4% | −24.9 |
| Andrew Lynn | Reform UK | 7,395 | 16.4% | |
| Erin Harvey | Liberal Democrat | 5,868 | 13.0% | +0.5 |
| Edwin Black | Green Party | 2,159 | 4.8% | +4.4 |
| Sean Halsall | Independent | 922 | 2.0% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 38.3% | Conservative 25.4% | 5,789 | 61.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 50.4% | Labour 36.8% | 6,771 | 67.2% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Southport covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Sefton E08000014
- West Lancashire E07000127
Who has power over Southport
Every body that makes decisions for Southport, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority combined authority
- Lancashire County Council county council
- Merseyside Police police force
- Lancashire Constabulary police force
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board NHS
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board NHS
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- North West in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Southport this page: Patrick Hurley (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Southport?
UK Parliament lists Patrick Hurley, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Southport since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Southport?
Patrick Hurley (Labour) won with 17,252 votes, a majority of 5,789, on a turnout of 61.2% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Southport?
3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 1,820 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Southport?
The median price paid was £225,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Southport?
Median full-time pay of residents was £36,449 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Southport live in low income families?
DWP counts 4,014 (26.3% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Southport?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 99,881 residents.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.