Wirral (UK Parliament constituency)

Wirral
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Ellesmere Port and Neston, Wirral South, Wirral West and Birkenhead

Wirral was a county constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was located on the Wirral Peninsula, historically part of Cheshire in North West England, and was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. From 1974, its territory was split between the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, part of the metropolitan county of Merseyside, and the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston which remained part of Cheshire.

It was abolished for the 1983 general election, and was succeeded by the constituencies of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Wirral South and Wirral West.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Birkenhead, and the Hundred of Wirral.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Bromborough, Ellesmere Port and Whitby, Higher Bebington, Hoylake and West Kirby, Lower Bebington, and Neston and Parkgate, and the Rural District of Wirral.

1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Ellesmere Port, Hoylake, Neston, and Wirral.

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