Wallasey | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Wallasey in Merseyside.
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Location of Merseyside within England.
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County | Merseyside |
Electorate | 65,732 (December 2010) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | Angela Eagle (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
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European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Coordinates: 53°25′06″N 3°04′27″W / 53.4184°N 3.0742°W
Wallasey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Angela Eagle, a member of the Labour Party.
1945-1983: The County Borough of Wallasey.
1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral wards of Leasowe, Liscard, Moreton, New Brighton, Seacombe, and Wallasey.
2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral wards of Leasowe and Moreton East, Liscard, Moreton West and Saughall Massie, New Brighton, Seacombe, and Wallasey.
The constituency covers the town of Wallasey, at the north of the Wirral Peninsula, which comprises 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.