Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Wallasey in Merseyside.
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Location of Merseyside within England.
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County | Merseyside |
Electorate | 65,732 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | Angela Eagle (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
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European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Wallasey is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Angela Eagle, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
The constituency covers the town of Wallasey, at the north of the Wirral Peninsula, which comprises 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.
The seat is formed from six electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral:
- Leasowe and Moreton East, Liscard, Moreton West and Saughall Massie, New Brighton, Seacombe, Wallasey.
History of boundaries
The Boundary Commission initially proposed the abolition in its 2005 draft review: Wallasey was to have been linked with sections of the city of Liverpool in a cross-river constituency.[2][n 3][3] The areas are linked only by a road tunnel under the river Mersey. Following opposition from political parties, local MPs and local residents, the plan was dropped.[4] The change made was the omission of a 40 electors' sub-neighbourhood from the only formerly shared ward: Hoylake and Meols which since before the 2010 election is in Wirral West.
History
The seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918.
Political history
The seat was a Conservative seat until 1992, with a three-year exception during World War II when represented by an ex-mayor who had been in both the Labour and Conservative parties. Increasing unemployment in the area saw the Conservative vote decline throughout the 1980s in the local and general elections, with them now holding only Moreton West and Saughall Massie and Wallasey itself on the local council, with Angela Eagle of the Labour Party gaining the national constituency in 1992, and has held it comfortably since then.
Prominent frontbenchers
Rt Hon Ernest Marples was Postmaster General while running the telephone network run by the General Post Office, Marples introduced subscriber trunk dialling, which eliminated the compulsory use of operators on national phone calls. On 2 June 1957, Marples brought in British postcodes and made the first draw for the new Premium Bonds.[5] Marples was Minister of Transport (1959-1964).
His successor to the seat was the Rt Hon Lynda Chalker Minister for Europe (1986-1989) and Minister for Overseas Development (1989-1997).
Angela Eagle was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury for two years then Minister for Pensions and Ageing Society for a year at the close of the Brown Ministry, before becoming in opposition Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury until October 2011, when in the general Shadow Cabinet reshuffle of Ed Miliband, she succeeded the Rt Hon Hilary Benn as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. She unsuccessfully stood for Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party in 2015 and subsequently was appointed as Shadow Secretary of State or Business, Innovation and Skills by Jeremy Corbyn.
Constituency profile
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8% and regional average of 4.4%, at 5.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[6]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Eagle | 26,176 | 60.4 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Chris Clarkson | 9,828 | 22.7 | -8.7 | |
UKIP | Geoffrey Caton | 5,063 | 11.7 | +8.8 | |
Green | Julian Pratt | 1,288 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Kris Brown | 1,011 | 2.3 | -11.3 | |
Majority | 16,348 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,366 | 66.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Eagle | 21,578 | 51.8 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Leah Fraser | 13,071 | 31.4 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steve Pitt | 5,693 | 13.7 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | Derek Snowden | 1,205 | 2.9 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Emmanuel Mwaba | 107 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,507 | 20.4 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,654 | 63.2 | +5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Eagle | 20,085 | 54.8 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Leah Fraser | 10,976 | 29.9 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joanna Lesley Pemberton | 4,770 | 13.0 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | Philip William Barrington Griffiths | 840 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,109 | 24.8 | |||
Turnout | 36,671 | 57.5 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | −4.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Eagle | 30,264 | 64.6 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Madelaine Patricia Wilcock | 11,190 | 23.9 | −18.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Reisdorf | 3,899 | 8.3 | +0.6 | |
Referendum | Roger Hayes | 1,490 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,074 | 40.7 | |||
Turnout | 46,843 | 73.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +16.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Eagle | 26,531 | 48.9 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Lynda Chalker | 22,722 | 41.9 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Neil Ronald Lindley Thomas | 4,177 | 7.7 | −7.9 | |
Green | Sally Victoria Davis | 680 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Geoffrey Norman Walter Gay | 105 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,809 | 7.0 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 54,215 | 82.6 | +2.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynda Chalker | 22,791 | 42.5 | ||
Labour | Lawrence Duffy | 22,512 | 41.9 | ||
Social Democratic | Jonathan Kent Richardson | 8,363 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 279 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 67,216 | 79.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynda Chalker | 22,854 | 46.0 | ||
Labour | James Robertson | 16,146 | 32.5 | ||
Social Democratic | Jonathan Kent Richardson | 10,717 | 21.5 | ||
Majority | 6,708 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 68,462 | 72.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynda Chalker | 26,548 | 49.65 | ||
Labour | Hilary Hodge | 21,167 | 39.58 | ||
Liberal | Neil Thomas | 5,269 | 9.85 | ||
National Front | John Fishwick | 491 | 0.92 | ||
Majority | 5,381 | 10.06 | |||
Turnout | 77.26 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynda Chalker | 23,499 | 43.96 | ||
Labour | Gerald McNamara | 21,529 | 40.27 | ||
Liberal | Peter Tyrer | 7,643 | 14.30 | ||
National Front | John Fishwick | 787 | 1.47 | ||
Majority | 1,970 | 3.69 | |||
Turnout | 76.27 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynda Chalker | 22,428 | 40.71 | ||
Labour | Robert Paterson | 19,936 | 36.18 | ||
Liberal | Peter Tyrer | 12,734 | 23.11 | ||
Majority | 2,492 | 4.52 | |||
Turnout | 79.45 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Marples | 24,283 | 44.99 | ||
Labour | Clarence J Wells | 21,172 | 39.22 | ||
Liberal | David J Evans | 5,577 | 10.33 | ||
Anti-Common Market | John D Hill | 2,946 | 5.46 | ||
Majority | 3,111 | 5.76 | |||
Turnout | 74.87 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Marples | 22,901 | 43.69 | ||
Labour | Ronald G Truman | 22,312 | 42.56 | ||
Liberal | Gruffydd Evans | 7,207 | 13.75 | ||
Majority | 589 | 1.12 | |||
Turnout | 76.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Marples | 24,784 | 46.00 | ||
Labour | Ian Levin | 18,663 | 34.64 | ||
Liberal | Gruffydd Evans | 10,432 | 19.36 | ||
Majority | 6,121 | 11.36 | |||
Turnout | 76.63 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Marples | 35,567 | 63.44 | ||
Labour | Gordon Woodburn | 20,501 | 36.56 | ||
Majority | 15,066 | 26.87 | |||
Turnout | 77.16 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Marples | 33,537 | 63.45 | ||
Labour | WT Clements | 19,319 | 36.55 | ||
Majority | 14,218 | 26.90 | |||
Turnout | 72.26 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Marples | 37,423 | 63.28 | ||
Labour | FF Jarvis | 21,718 | 36.72 | ||
Majority | 15,705 | 26.56 | |||
Turnout | 79.72 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Marples | 33,904 | 57.08 | ||
Labour | John London Hindle | 18,989 | 31.97 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Ward Jones | 6,507 | 10.95 | ||
Majority | 14,915 | 25.11 | |||
Turnout | 82.47 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Marples | 18,448 | 42.94 | ||
Independent | George Leonard Reakes | 14,638 | 34.07 | ||
Labour | T Findley | 9,879 | 22.99 | ||
Majority | 3,810 | 8.87 | |||
Turnout | 75.23 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | George Leonard Reakes | 11,596 | 58.6 | ||
Conservative | J Pennington | 6,584 | 33.2 | ||
Independent | Leonard Cripps | 1,597 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 5,012 | ||||
Turnout | 34.2 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
- Notes
Another general election was in normal circumstances required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: John Moore-Brabazon, Liberal: Robert Forster. Moore-Brabazon was forced to retire early in 1942 for stating publicly (in fact in the House) the Soviet Union and Germany would hopefully destroy each other at the Battle of Stalingrad.
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Moore-Brabazon | 27,949 | 67.44 | ||
Labour | J Airey | 13,491 | 32.56 | ||
Majority | 14,458 | 34.89 | |||
Turnout | 66.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Moore-Brabazon | 40,161 | 83.89 | ||
Labour | John Mack | 7,712 | 16.11 | ||
Majority | 32,449 | 67.78 | |||
Turnout | 77.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick | 21,457 | 46.0 | -26.4 | |
Liberal | Hubert Phillips | 13,628 | 29.2 | n/a | |
Labour | John David Mack | 11,544 | 24.8 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 7,829 | 16.8 | -28.0 | ||
Turnout | 77.6 | +2.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick | 22,599 | |||
Labour | 8,634 | ||||
Majority | 13,965 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ↑ Proposed to contain the Liverpool wards of Everton and Kirkdale and the four Wirral wards Wallasey, New Brighton, Seacombe and Liscard.
- References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Wirral and City to share MP, Liverpool Echo, 10 March 2004
- ↑ Cross-river ward set to be declared a non-starter, Liverpool Echo, 15 June 2005
- ↑ Cross-Mersey constituency ditched, BBC News, 15 June 2005, accessed 16 May 2010
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- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ http://www.wirral.gov.uk/News/news_0001343.html
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