Wirral South (UK Parliament Constituency)

Wirral South (UK Parliament Constituency)

Coordinates: 53°20′03″N 3°02′00″W / 53.3342°N 3.0334°W / 53.3342; -3.0334

Wirral South
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Wirral South in Merseyside.

Location of Merseyside within England.
County Merseyside
Electorate 56,238 (December 2010)
Major settlements Heswall, Bebington
Current constituency
Created 1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament Alison McGovern (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Wirral
Bebington & Ellesmere Port
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Wirral South is a county constituency in Merseyside, 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, and was first contested in 1983.

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