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.
The Boundary Commission for England initially proposed the abolition of the constituency in its 2004 report. Wallasey was to have been linked with sections of the city of Liverpool in a cross river constituency which would connect the Liverpool wards of Everton and Kirkdale with the four Wirral areas of Wallasey, New Brighton, Seacombe and Liscard. 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.
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