Wirral West
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Wirral West in Merseyside.
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Location of Merseyside within England.
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| County | Merseyside |
| Electorate | 55,077 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Hoylake, West Kirby |
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| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Margaret Greenwood (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Wirral |
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| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Coordinates: 53°22′48″N 3°09′32″W / 53.3801°N 3.1590°W
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 2015, with 56,085 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.
The present Wirral West constituency was formed in 1983, from the northern part of the former Wirral constituency. Its predecessor had traditionally been held by the Conservative Party.
From 1945 until 1976, the MP was Selwyn Lloyd, who served as Foreign Secretary under Anthony Eden and Chancellor of the Exchequer under 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 new seat 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.
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