Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wallasey Borough constituency
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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Bouverie Francis Primrose McDonald	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Sir Robert Burton Chadwick	Conservative
	1931	John Moore-Brabazon	Conservative
	1942	George Leonard Reakes	Independent
	1945	Ernest Marples	Conservative
	1974	Lynda Chalker	Conservative
	1992	Angela Eagle	Labour

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Eagle
	Conservative	Leah Fraser
	UK Independence	Neil Gregory

General Election 2005: Wallasey
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
	UK Independence	Philip Griffiths	840	2.3	+2.3
Majority			9,109	24.8
Turnout			36,671	57.5	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

General Election 2001: Wallasey
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

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

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)

[edit] References

1. ^ Wallasey, UKPollingReport