Editing Sefton, Merseyside (section)

==Governance==
From 1997 until 2010 the village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of Sefton was part of the [[Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency)|Knowsley North and Sefton East]] constituency represented by [[George Howarth]], a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]]. As a result of boundary revisions for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] the village now forms part of the new [[Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sefton Central]] constituency which is represented by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Bill Esterson]].

For elections to [[Sefton Council]] the village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of Sefton is within the Park electoral ward and is represented by three [[councillors]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |title=Your Councillors by Ward | publisher=Sefton Council |accessdate=2010-10-15}}</ref>