Editing Formby (section)

==Governance==
Until 1974, Formby was an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] (Formby Urban District) within the [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]] of [[Lancashire]]. Since 1 April 1974, it has formed part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton]], in [[Merseyside]].

Prior to 1983 Formby was in the parliamentary constituency of [[Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Ormskirk]] and after Ormskirk's abolition was made part of the [[Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)|Crosby]] constituency. The [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for Crosby from 1997 until 2010 was [[Claire Curtis-Thomas]], a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], prior to her election the seat was generally considered to be a safe [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] stronghold with Tory MPs elected at every election barring the [[1981 Crosby by-election]] when [[Shirley Williams]] of the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] was elected to represent the constituency.

As a result of the Crosby constituency being abolished for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Formby is part of the newly created [[Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sefton Central constituency]], represented by [[Bill Esterson]], a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. Sefton Central is now considered a safe Labour seat.<ref>{{cite web |author=Stuart Wilks-Hegg |date=2019 |title=Safe Labour Suburbia? The Changing Politics of the Merseyside Suburbs |url=https://core.ac.uk/display/159082162 |journal=The Political Quarterly |volume=90 |issue= 1 |doi=10.1111/1467-923X.12528 |access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref>

For elections to [[Sefton Council]], Formby is divided between two electoral wards with three [[councillors]] each. As of May 2023, [[Harington (ward)|Harington]] ward, whose councillors are Peter Harvey (Labour), Carol Richards (Labour) and Joe Riley (Conservative); and [[Ravenmeols (ward)|Ravenmeols]] ward, whose councillors are Catie Page (Labour), Christopher Page (Labour) and Nina Killen (Labour). Locally Formby is governed by Formby Parish Council.