My column below which I published back in mid June spoke about Patrick Purley and his potential MP role for Southport – I have now seen that he was correct with 17,252 votes and Damien Moore for Conservative who has been the MP in the past be he has only achieved 11,463 votes on Thursday 4th July!. Here is my previous comment below:

I was born in Crosby and lived there till I was 18 and I now live in Brighton but I visit the area regularly and it is close to Southport. This year on 4th July the General Election is taking place and so Southport along with all other settings will vote their MP. Southport has been Conservative since 2015 and the current MP Damien Moore is standing again but during his time as Southport MP the Labour group has been the second support.

Previously on 2015 when Damien tried to win, the MP was Liberal Democrat and indeed they have been the MP arrangement for Southport since 1997 and previously when the Conservative was the MP from 1992 and in 1987 Liberal was MP and Conservative second and then previously back to 1970 the Conservatives were MPs and Liberal was second group. All the way back to 1885 when this location was created there have only been Liberal or Conservative MPs.

Given that the Conservative location has been less significant in the last few years and also that Labour has been the second group in Southport it would be very interesting to see if they win on 4th July? The previous Labour person was Liz Savage but now it is Patrick Hurley so it will be interesting to see what happens in the next month!