Liverpool is not a city known for its sympathies with the Conservative Party.
The city has no Tory MPs or councillors and hasn't had an elected Conservative Councillor for more than two decades. These days Liverpool is synonymous with anti-Tory sentiment.
But despite this, there are a number of high ranking Conservative MPs who were either born in Liverpool or have strong links to the city. Several of these figures have now been placed in Prime Minister Liz Truss's new cabinet. Here we take a look at those figures and their history with this city.
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Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse has been named the Secretary of State for Education in Liz Truss's new-look cabinet.
The 55-year-old was until recently the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a role he was moved into as Boris Johnson tried to quickly fill the many gaps appearing during a mass-resignation of his top team in July.
Mr Malthouse has also held a number of junior ministerial positions covering crime and policing, housing, planning and family support. This is all despite only entering Parliament in 2015 as the Member of Parliament for North West Hampshire.
Born in Aigburth in south Liverpool, he went to Sudley Junior School as a child before moving on to Liverpool College in Mossley Hill. He first ran for office in Liverpool, finishing a distant third in the battle for the Wavertree seat at the 1997 General Election.
He found more luck getting elected at Westminster Council - and it was here that he was part of a controversial campaign to target rough sleepers in the area. When he was deputy leader, the council was accused by one member of the London Assembly of adopting a "ruthless" policy towards homeless people which included 'hosing them out of doorways.'
Asked in 2008 if he was behind such a "hosing" policy, Mr Malthouse replied: "We certainly instituted a policy of making life - it sounds counter-intuitive and cruel - more uncomfortable; that is absolutely right."
Thérèse Coffey
Ms Coffey has been asked to take on the key position of Health Secretary as the NHS faces one of its most perilous moments. Many are expecting huge issues with the health service heading into this winter.
She may not have been born in Liverpool (she was actually born in Billinge in St Helens) but Thérèse Coffey was raised and went to school in the city. She attended St Edward's College in West Derby and describes herself as an avid Liverpool FC fan.
After attending Oxford University she was awarded a PHD in Chemistry at UCL in 1998. She first entered Parliament in 2010, elected to the Suffolk Coastal seat that she has represented ever since.
Having previously held positions of Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and Minister of State for the Environment, she was made Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Boris Johnson in 2019. A strong supporter of Liz Truss in the recent leadership election, she has been rewarded with the health brief.
Jake Berry
Rossendale and Darwen MP Jake Berry has been appointed as the new Tory Party Chair and Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Liz Truss.
Mr Berry was born in Liverpool in 1978 and attended Liverpool College before going on to Sheffield University. He trained to be a lawyer in Chester and then London and became a solicitor in 2003.
First elected to Parliament in 2010, he has held the Rossendale and Darwen seat ever since. He held the position of Northern Powerhouse Minister between 2017 and 2020 and despite being an old ally of Boris Johnson, he then turned down a cabinet job on offer from the former Prime Minister in order to spend more time with his family.
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