Wirral South

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Wirral South is a UK parliamentary constituency on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, represented in the House of Commons.

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Wirral South canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
borderingConstituency Birkenhead
City of Chester
Ellesmere Port
surface form: Ellesmere Port and Neston

Wirral West
boundaryReview 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
byElectionWinner1997 Ben Chapman
byElectionWinningParty1997 Labour Party (UK)
category Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
containsArea Bromborough
Clatterbridge
Heswall
Port Sunlight
Spital
Storeton
containsIndustrialArea Bromborough
surface form: Bromborough industrial estate
containsResidentialSuburb Bebington
surface form: Higher Bebington
containsTown Bebington
containsVillage Barnston
Brimstage
Raby
country United Kingdom
county Merseyside
created 1983
electorateApprox around 60,000–70,000 voters
electorateType borough constituency
elects one Member of Parliament
hasPortArea Bromborough Docks
historicCounty Cheshire
locatedIn Merseyside
Wirral
surface form: Wirral Peninsula
MP Alison McGovern
MPParty Labour Party (UK)
MPStartYear 2010
notableByElection 1997 Wirral South by-election
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
previousConstituency Bebington
surface form: Bebington and Ellesmere Port

Wallasey
Wirral
region North West England
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
statusAfterNextGeneralElection to be abolished
successorConstituencyPart Birkenhead
Ellesmere Port
surface form: Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

Wirral West
votingSystem first past the post

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