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Wirral West
Wirral West
	; County constituency; for the House of Commons;
	; Boundary of Wirral West in Merseyside.;
	; Location of Merseyside within England.;
County	Merseyside
Electorate	55,077 (December 2010);
Major settlements	; Hoylake, West Kirby;
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Margaret Greenwood (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Wirral
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Coordinates: 53°22′48″N 3°09′32″W / 53.3801°N 3.1590°W / 53.3801; -3.1590

Wirral West is a county 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. In 2017, with 55,377 people eligible to vote, Wirral West had the smallest electorate of any constituency in England. The current MP is Margaret Greenwood of the Labour Party.

History

The present Wirral West constituency was formed in 1983, from the northern part of the former Wirral constituency. It's predecessor had traditionally elected Conservative MPs.

From 1945-1976, the MP was Selwyn Lloyd, who served as Foreign Secretary under the premiership of Anthony Eden and as Chancellor of the Exchequer under the premiership of Harold Macmillan, later becoming Speaker of the Commons in 1971 before being raised to the peerage in 1976. The ensuing by-election was won by David Hunt, who became the first MP for the newly created constituency of Wirral West in 1983. Hunt was a member of John Major's cabinet, serving twice as Secretary of State for Wales and also as Secretary of State for Employment.

Hunt held the seat until 1997, when he lost to Stephen Hesford of the Labour Party. Labour narrowly retained the seat in 2005, despite a challenge from former TV presenter Esther McVey, standing for the Conservative Party.

Stephen Hesford announced on 22 January 2010 that he would be stepping down at the next general election for family reasons. Boundary changes in 2010 meant that his majority would have been reversed and the Conservatives would have won the seat at the previous election by 569 votes. At the 2010 general election, Esther McVey won the seat for the Conservatives with a swing of 2.3% from Labour.

Wirral West has been described as a bellwether, with results in the constituency mirroring the national result at every general election since its formation in 1983 until 2015.^[2]^[3] However at the 2015 general election, Wirral West was gained by Labour; despite the Conservatives winning the election nationwide to form the first majority Conservative government in 23 years, this in spite of the Conservative Party increasing its popular vote and vote share in the constituency, with the Liberal Democrat turnout collapse benefiting Labour. Wirral West, like nearby City of Chester, was one of the few Conservative-held marginals outside of London to be taken by Labour.

Boundaries

1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral wards of Hoylake, Prenton, Royden, Thurstaston, and Upton.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral wards of Greasby, Frankby and Irby, Hoylake and Meols, Pensby and Thingwall, Upton, and West Kirby and Thurstaston.

The constituency is one of four covering the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. It contains the towns of Hoylake and West Kirby, as well as areas such as Greasby, Thingwall, Irby, Meols, Upton and Woodchurch.

In the 2005 Boundary Commission report, Wirral West lost part of the Prenton ward to the Birkenhead constituency, and gained part of Barnston from Wirral South.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	Party
1983	David Hunt	Conservative
1997	Stephen Hesford	Labour
2010	Esther McVey	Conservative
2015	Margaret Greenwood	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

June 2017

General Election 2017: Wirral West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Margaret Greenwood	23,866	54.3	+9.2
	Conservative	Tony Caldeira	18,501	42.1	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Reisdorf	1,155	2.6	-0.8
	Green	John Coyne	429	1.0	+1.0
Majority			5,365	12.2	+11.2
Turnout			44,034	78.5	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

May 2015

General Election 2015: Wirral West^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Margaret Greenwood	18,898	45.1	+8.9
	Conservative	Esther McVey	18,481	44.2	+1.7
	UKIP	Hilary Jones	2,772	6.6	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Reisdorf	1,433	3.4	−13.4
	Independent	David James	274	0.7	-0.1
Majority			417	1.0
Turnout			41,858	75.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.6

May 2010

General Election 2010: Wirral West^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Esther McVey	16,726	42.5	+0.7
	Labour	Phillip Davies	14,290	36.3	−4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Reisdorf	6,630	16.8	+0.5
	UKIP	Philip Griffiths	899	2.3	+1.1
	Independent	David Kirwan	506	1.3	+1.3
	Common Sense Party	David James	321	0.8	+0.8
Majority			2,436	6.2
Turnout			39,372	71.5	+3.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wirral West^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hesford	17,543	42.5	−4.7
	Conservative	Esther McVey	16,446	39.9	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Clarke	6,652	16.1	+0.5
	UKIP	John Moore	429	1.0	N/A
	Alternative Party	Roger Taylor	163	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,097	2.7
Turnout			41,233	67.5	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.7

General Election 2001: Wirral West^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hesford	19,105	47.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Chris Lynch	15,070	37.2	−1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Holbrook	6,300	15.6	+2.9
Majority			4,035	10.0
Turnout			40,475	65.0	−12.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wirral West^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hesford	21,035	44.9	+13.9
	Conservative	David Hunt	18,297	39.0	−13.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Thornton	5,945	12.7	−1.9
	Referendum	Derek Wharton	1,613	3.4	N/A
Majority			2,738	5.8	13.78
Turnout			46,890	77.2	−4.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.8

General Election 1992: Wirral West^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Hunt	26,852	52.7	+0.8
	Labour	Helen Stephenson	15,788	31.0	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Thornton	7,420	14.6	−5.6
	Green	Garnette Bowler	700	1.4	−0.3
	Natural Law	Nigel Broome	188	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,064	21.7	−4.0
Turnout			50,948	81.6	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wirral West^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Hunt	25,736	51.9	−3.9
	Labour	Alexander Dunn	13,013	26.3	+4.5
	Liberal	Allan Brame	10,015	20.2	−2.2
	Green	David Burton	806	1.6	N/A
Majority			12,723	25.6
Turnout			63,597	77.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Wirral West^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Hunt	25,276	55.8	N/A
	Liberal	Stephen Mulholland	10,125	22.4	N/A
	Labour	John McCabe	9,855	21.8	N/A
Majority			15,151	33.4	N/A
Turnout			61,646	73.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Joe Thomas (2015-04-22). "General election 2015: 'Kingmaker' Wirral West voters hold keys to Downing Street". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

^ Harry Lambert (2015-04-20). "What are the top seats to watch in the election?". New Statesman. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)

^ "Statement of Persons Nominated,Wirral West" (PDF). Wirral Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

^ "Wirral West". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

^ "Latest news - www.wirral.gov.uk". www.wirral.gov.uk.

^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[1] "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[2] Joe Thomas (2015-04-22). "General election 2015: 'Kingmaker' Wirral West voters hold keys to Downing Street". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

[3] Harry Lambert (2015-04-20). "What are the top seats to watch in the election?". New Statesman. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

[4] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)

[5] "Statement of Persons Nominated,Wirral West" (PDF). Wirral Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[electoralcalculus2015-6] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[BBC-WW-7] "Wirral West". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-8] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[9] "Latest news - www.wirral.gov.uk". www.wirral.gov.uk.

[electoralcalculus2005-10] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-11] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-12] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-13] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[14] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

[electoralcalculus1987-15] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-16] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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