Coordinates: 53°25′06″N 3°04′27″W / 53.4184°N 3.0742°W
| Wallasey Borough constituency |
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| Wallasey shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | Angela Eagle |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Merseyside |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Wallasey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
The constituency covers the town of Wallasey, at the north of the Wirral Peninsula, including the six areas: Wallasey Village, Seacombe, Egremont, Liscard, New Brighton and Poulton, as well as Moreton and Leasowe. It is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
History
A Conservative seat until 1992, it was held by such well-known Tories as Ernest Marples (former Transport minister) and Lynda Chalker. Increasing unemployment in the area saw the Conservative vote decline throughout the 1980s, with Angela Eagle of the Labour Party gaining the constituency in 1992. Labour have held it comfortably since then.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Bouverie Francis Primrose McDonald | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Robert Chadwick | Conservative | |
| 1931 | John Moore-Brabazon | Conservative | |
| 1942 | George Leonard Reakes | Independent | |
| 1945 | Ernest Marples | Conservative | |
| Feb 1974 | Lynda Chalker | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Angela Eagle | Labour | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Angela Eagle | ||||
| Conservative | Leah Fraser | ||||
| UKIP | Neil Gregory | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Steve Pitt | ||||
| General Election 2005: Wallasey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Angela Eagle | 20,085 | 54.8 | -6.0 | |
| Conservative | Leah Fraser | 10,976 | 29.9 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Joanna Pemberton | 4,770 | 13.0 | +1.8 | |
| UKIP | Philip Griffiths | 840 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,109 | 24.8 | |||
| Turnout | 36,671 | 57.5 | -0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Wallasey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Angela Eagle | 22,718 | 60.8 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | Lesley Rennie | 10,442 | 28.0 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Reisdorf | 4,186 | 11.2 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 12,276 | 32.8 | |||
| Turnout | 37,346 | 57.6 | -16.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
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