Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°25′06″N 3°04′27″W / 53.4184°N 3.0742°W / 53.4184; -3.0742

Wallasey
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wallasey in Merseyside.
Location of Merseyside within England.
County	Merseyside
Electorate	65,732 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Angela Eagle (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Wallasey is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Angela Eagle, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

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.

The seat is formed from six electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral:

Leasowe and Moreton East, Liscard, Moreton West and Saughall Massie, New Brighton, Seacombe, Wallasey.

History of boundaries

The Boundary Commission initially proposed the abolition in its 2005 draft review: Wallasey was to have been linked with sections of the city of Liverpool in a cross-river constituency.^[2]^{[n 3]}^[3] The areas are linked only by a road tunnel under the river Mersey. Following opposition from political parties, local MPs and local residents, the plan was dropped.^[4] The change made was the omission of a 40 electors' sub-neighbourhood from the only formerly shared ward: Hoylake and Meols which since before the 2010 election is in Wirral West.

History

The seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918.

Political history

The seat was a Conservative seat until 1992, with a three-year exception during World War II when represented by an ex-mayor who had been in both the Labour and Conservative parties. Increasing unemployment in the area saw the Conservative vote decline throughout the 1980s in the local and general elections, with them now holding only Moreton West and Saughall Massie and Wallasey itself on the local council, with Angela Eagle of the Labour Party gaining the national constituency in 1992, and has held it comfortably since then.

Prominent frontbenchers

Rt Hon Ernest Marples was Postmaster General while running the telephone network run by the General Post Office, Marples introduced subscriber trunk dialling, which eliminated the compulsory use of operators on national phone calls. On 2 June 1957, Marples brought in British postcodes and made the first draw for the new Premium Bonds.^[5] Marples was Minister of Transport (1959-1964).

His successor to the seat was the Rt Hon Lynda Chalker Minister for Europe (1986-1989) and Minister for Overseas Development (1989-1997).

Angela Eagle was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury for two years then Minister for Pensions and Ageing Society for a year at the close of the Brown Ministry, before becoming in opposition Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury until October 2011, when in the general Shadow Cabinet reshuffle of Ed Miliband, she succeeded the Rt Hon Hilary Benn as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. She unsuccessfully stood for Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party in 2015 and subsequently was appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by Jeremy Corbyn.

Constituency profile

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8% and regional average of 4.4%, at 5.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[6]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[7]	Party
1918	Bouverie McDonald	Coalition Conservative
1922	Robert Chadwick	Conservative
1931	John Moore-Brabazon	Conservative
1942 by-election	George Reakes	Independent
1945	Ernest Marples	Conservative
Feb 1974	Lynda Chalker	Conservative
1992	Angela Eagle	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Wallasey^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Eagle	26,176	60.4	+8.6
	Conservative	Chris Clarkson	9,828	22.7	-8.7
	UKIP	Geoffrey Caton	5,063	11.7	+8.8
	Green	Julian Pratt	1,288	3.0	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kris Brown	1,011	2.3	-11.3
Majority			16,348	37.7	+17.3
Turnout			43,366	66.2	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6

General Election 2010: Wallasey^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Eagle	21,578	51.8	−2.7
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	13,071	31.4	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Pitt	5,693	13.7	+0.9
	UKIP	Derek Snowden	1,205	2.9	+0.6
	Independent	Emmanuel Mwaba	107	0.3	N/A
Majority			8,507	20.4	−3.6
Turnout			41,654	63.2	+5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Eagle	20,085	54.8	−6.0
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	10,976	29.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Joanna Lesley Pemberton	4,770	13.0	+1.8
	UKIP	Philip William Barrington Griffiths	840	2.3	N/A
Majority			9,109	24.8
Turnout			36,671	57.5	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

General Election 2001: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Eagle	22,718	60.8	−3.8
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	10,442	28.0	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Reisdorf	4,186	11.2	+2.9
Majority			12,276	32.8
Turnout			37,346	57.6	−16.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Eagle	30,264	64.6	+15.7
	Conservative	Madelaine Patricia Wilcock	11,190	23.9	−18.0
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Reisdorf	3,899	8.3	+0.6
	Referendum	Roger Hayes	1,490	3.2	N/A
Majority			19,074	40.7
Turnout			46,843	73.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+16.9

General Election 1992: Wallasey^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Eagle	26,531	48.9	+7.0
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	22,722	41.9	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Ronald Lindley Thomas	4,177	7.7	−7.9
	Green	Sally Victoria Davis	680	1.3	N/A
	Natural Law	Geoffrey Norman Walter Gay	105	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,809	7.0	+6.5
Turnout			54,215	82.6	+2.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	22,791	42.5
	Labour	Lawrence Duffy	22,512	41.9
	Social Democratic	Jonathan Kent Richardson	8,363	15.6
Majority			279	0.6
Turnout			67,216	79.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	22,854	46.0
	Labour	James Robertson	16,146	32.5
	Social Democratic	Jonathan Kent Richardson	10,717	21.5
Majority			6,708	13.5
Turnout			68,462	72.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	26,548	49.65
	Labour	Hilary Hodge	21,167	39.58
	Liberal	Neil Thomas	5,269	9.85
	National Front	John Fishwick	491	0.92
Majority			5,381	10.06
Turnout				77.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	23,499	43.96
	Labour	Gerald McNamara	21,529	40.27
	Liberal	Peter Tyrer	7,643	14.30
	National Front	John Fishwick	787	1.47
Majority			1,970	3.69
Turnout				76.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Chalker	22,428	40.71
	Labour	Robert Paterson	19,936	36.18
	Liberal	Peter Tyrer	12,734	23.11
Majority			2,492	4.52
Turnout				79.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Marples	24,283	44.99
	Labour	Clarence J Wells	21,172	39.22
	Liberal	David J Evans	5,577	10.33
	Anti-Common Market	John D Hill	2,946	5.46
Majority			3,111	5.76
Turnout				74.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Marples	22,901	43.69
	Labour	Ronald G Truman	22,312	42.56
	Liberal	David Thomas Gruffydd Evans	7,207	13.75
Majority			589	1.12
Turnout				76.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Marples	24,784	46.00
	Labour	Ian Levin	18,663	34.64
	Liberal	David Thomas Gruffydd Evans	10,432	19.36
Majority			6,121	11.36
Turnout				76.63
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Marples	35,567	63.44
	Labour	Gordon Woodburn	20,501	36.56
Majority			15,066	26.87
Turnout				77.16
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Marples	33,537	63.45
	Labour	William T Clements	19,319	36.55
Majority			14,218	26.90
Turnout				72.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Marples	37,423	63.28
	Labour	Frederick Frank Jarvis	21,718	36.72
Majority			15,705	26.56
Turnout				79.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Marples	33,904	57.08
	Labour	John London Hindle	18,989	31.97
	Liberal	Arthur Ward Jones	6,507	10.95
Majority			14,915	25.11
Turnout				82.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Marples	18,448	42.94
	Independent	George Leonard Reakes	14,638	34.07
	Labour	T Findley	9,879	22.99
Majority			3,810	8.87
Turnout				75.23
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Wallasey by-election, 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Leonard Reakes	11,596	58.6
	Conservative	J Pennington	6,584	33.2
	Independent	Leonard Cripps	1,597	8.1
Majority			5,012
Turnout				34.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Notes

Moore-Brabazon was forced to retire early in 1942 for stating publicly (in fact in the House) the Soviet Union and Germany would hopefully destroy each other at the Battle of Stalingrad.

1939/40

Another general election was in normal circumstances required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative:

John Moore-Brabazon

Liberal: Robert Forster

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon	27,949	67.44
	Labour	J Airey	13,491	32.56
Majority			14,458	34.89
Turnout				66.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon	40,161	83.89
	Labour	John David Mack	7,712	16.11
Majority			32,449	67.78
Turnout				77.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick	21,457	46.0	-26.4
	Liberal	Hubert Phillips	13,628	29.2	n/a
	Labour	John David Mack	11,544	24.8	-2.8
Majority			7,829	16.8	-28.0
Turnout				77.6	+2.9
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick	22,599
	Labour		8,634
Majority			13,965
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Wallasey ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick	13,995	51.6	-12.1
	Liberal	Tudor Artro Morris	13,146	48.4	+12.1
Majority			7,829	3.2	-24.2
Turnout				67.2	-2.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	-12.1

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
↑ Proposed to contain the Liverpool wards of Everton and Kirkdale and the four Wirral wards Wallasey, New Brighton, Seacombe and Liscard.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Wirral and City to share MP, Liverpool Echo, 10 March 2004
↑ Cross-river ward set to be declared a non-starter, Liverpool Echo, 15 June 2005
↑ Cross-Mersey constituency ditched, BBC News, 15 June 2005, accessed 16 May 2010
↑ Arthur, Charles (7 October 2009). "Who would really benefit of postcode data were free?". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
↑ "Wallasey". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ http://www.wirral.gov.uk/News/news_0001343.html
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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Liberal Democrats (2)	Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

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