Wirral South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wirral South
County constituency

Wirral South shown within Merseyside, and Merseyside shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Ben Chapman
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Merseyside
EP constituency: North West England

Wirral South 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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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is one of four covering the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, covering the south of the borough. Like its neighbour Wirral West, it is comprised of a predominantly middle-class area. It contains the towns of Bebington, Bromborough, Eastham and Heswall, and the rural area between them where the villages of Brimstage and Thornton Hough are situated.

[edit] History

The constituency was formed in 1983, from parts of the former Wirral constituency and Bebington and Ellesmere Port constituency. Both had been held by the Conservative Party, for whom Barry Porter took the new seat in that year's general election.

Following the death of Barry Porter in November 1996, a by-election was held in February 1997. This was the last by-election of that Parliament, held a matter of weeks before the general election was called. It was won by Ben Chapman of the Labour Party, who has held the seat since.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

[edit] Results in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wirral South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Chapman 16,892 42.5 -4.9
Conservative Carl Cross 13,168 33.2 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Simon Holbrook 8,568 21.6 +3.8
UK Independence David Scott 616 1.6 +1.6
Independent (politician) Laurence Jones 460 1.2 +1.2
Majority 3,724 9.4
Turnout 39,704 67.5 +1.9
Labour hold Swing -1.6
General Election 2001: Wirral South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Chapman 18,890 47.4 -3.5
Conservative Tony Millard 13,841 34.8 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Phil Gilchrist 7,087 17.8 +7.4
Majority 5,049 12.6
Turnout 39,818 65.6 -15.4
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Results in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wirral South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Chapman 24,499 50.9
Conservative Les Byrom 17,495 36.4
Liberal Democrat Phil Gilchrist 5,018 10.4
Referendum Party Donald Wilcox 768 1.6
People's Labour Jane Nielsen 264 0.5
Natural Law Geoffrey Mead 51 0.1
Majority 7,004 14.6
Turnout 48,095 81.0
Labour hold Swing
Wirral South by-election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Chapman 22,767 52.6 +18.0
Conservative Leslie Byrom 14,879 34.4 -16.5
Liberal Democrat Flo Clucas 4,357 10.1 -3.0
UK Independence Richard North 410 0.9
Independent Harold Bence 184 0.4
Socialist Labour Michael Cullen 156 0.4
Disillusioned Conservative Phillip Gott 148 0.3
Independent Roger Taylor 132 0.3
Independent - anti tobacco donation Anthony Samuelson 124 0.3
Natural Law Geoffery Mead 52 0.1 -0.2
21st Century Foresters Colin Palmer 44 0.1
Independent - Thalidomide Action Group Frederick Astbury 40 0.1
Majority 7,888 18.2
Turnout 71.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -17.24
General Election 1992: Wirral South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Porter 25,590 50.8
Labour H. Southworth 17,407 34.6
Liberal Democrat E.T. Cunniffe 6,581 13.1
Green E. Birchenough 584 1.2
Natural Law G. Griffiths 182 0.4
Majority 8,183 16.3
Turnout 50,344 82.4
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] See also

Constituencies in North West England
Labour

Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative

Altrincham and Sale West | Crewe and Nantwich | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat

Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Conservative (4) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)


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