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 | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Wirral South in Merseyside. |
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Location of Merseyside within England. |
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| 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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