Wirral South

Wirral South
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wirral South in Merseyside.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	56,238 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Heswall, Bebington
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Alison McGovern (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Wirral Bebington & Ellesmere Port
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Coordinates: 53°20′03″N 3°02′00″W / 53.3342°N 3.0334°W / 53.3342; -3.0334

Wirral South is a constituency in Merseyside represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alison McGovern of the Labour Party.

In 1983 Wirral South arose for election following the national boundary review by taking over parts of two seats that were abolished to create it: Wirral and Bebington and Ellesmere Port, held by the Conservative Party since 1923 and 1979 respectively.

Barry Porter (Con) won the seat the first time when it was fought and at the next two general elections. He had ousted the Labour party candidate from Bebington and Ellesmere Port in 1979 which he held until the election in 1983. Following the death of Porter in late 1996, a by-election was held in February 1997, the last by-election of that Parliament, held a matter of weeks before the general election was called. It was won by Ben Chapman (Lab), who held the seat until retiring following controversy over his expenses. Labour narrowly managed to hold on in the 2010 general election.