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WirralSouth
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Merseyside
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Merseyside
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County
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Merseyside
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1983
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Ben Chapman
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Labour
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North West England
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is a
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.
The constituency is one of four covering the
Metropolitan Borough Of Wirral , covering the south of the borough. Like its neighbour
Wirral West , it is comprised of a predominantly middle-class area. It contains the towns of
Bebington ,
Bromborough , Eastham and
Heswall , and the rural area between them where the villages of
Brimstage and
Thornton Hough are situated.
The constituency was formed in 1983, from parts of the former
Wirral Constituency and
Bebington And Ellesmere Port constituency. Both had been held by the
Conservative Party , for whom
Barry Porter took the new seat in
That Year's General Election .
Following the death of Barry Porter in November 1996, a
By-election Was Held In February 1997 . This was the last by-election of that Parliament, held a matter of weeks before the general election was called. It was won by
Ben Chapman of the
Labour Party , who has held the seat since.
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Carl Cross
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13,168
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332
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-16
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Simon Holbrook
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8,568
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216
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+38
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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David Scott
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616
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16
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+16
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Independent (politician)
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Laurence Jones
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460
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12
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+12
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Tony Millard
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13,841
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348
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-16
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Phil Gilchrist
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7,087
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178
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+74
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