Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)

Wallasey
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wallasey in Merseyside.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	65,732 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament	Angela Eagle (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Wallasey is a borough 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.

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.

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Bouverie McDonald	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Robert Chadwick	Conservative
	1931	John Moore-Brabazon	Conservative
	1942 by-election	George Reakes	Independent
	1945	Ernest Marples	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Lynda Chalker	Conservative
	1992	Angela Eagle	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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
	UKIP	Philip Griffiths	840	2.3	N/A
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	-4.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Party	Roger Hayes	1,490	3.2	N/A
Majority			19,074	40.7
Turnout			46,843	73.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+16.9

General Election 1992: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1987: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	22,791	42.5
	Labour	Lawrence Duffy	22,512	41.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Jonathan Kent Richardson	8,363	15.6
Majority			279	0.6
Turnout			67,216	79.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	22,854	46.0
	Labour	James Robertson	16,146	32.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Jonathan Kent Richardson	10,717	21.5
Majority			6,708	13.5
Turnout			68,462	72.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	26,548
	Labour	Hilary Hodge	21,167
	Liberal	Neil Thomas	5,269
	National Front	John Fishwick	491
Majority			5,381
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	23,499
	Labour	Gerald McNamara	21,529
	Liberal	Peter Tyrer	7,643
	National Front	John Fishwick	787
Majority			1,970
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	22,428
	Labour	Robert Paterson	19,936
	Liberal	Peter Tyrer	12,734
Majority			2,492
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside