A by-election was held for the United Kingdom parliament constituency of Wirral South, in Merseyside, England, on 27 February 1997. The seat became vacant...
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Wirral South was a constituency in Merseyside in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented from 1997 until 2024 by members of the Labour...
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Lloyd resigned his seat and the ensuing by-election was won by David Hunt, who became the first MP for Wirral West in 1983. Hunt was a Cabinet member...
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at the 1997 general election. In the 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hunt of Wirral of Wirral in the...
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1997 Winchester by-election 1997 Wirral South by-election 1997 United Kingdom local elections 1997 Northern Ireland local elections 1997 Wiltshire County...
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"Conservative victory in Wirral by-elections". Wirral Globe. "UPDATED: Labour victory in Wirral Council by-election". Wirral Globe. "Wirral councillor Mark Johnson...
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1999. During this time he organised Labour's campaign in the 1997 Wirral South by-election, when the party gained the seat for the first time. Evans went...
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This was Labour's first by-election win from a Conservative since the 1997 Wirral South by-election. At the 2015 general election Tom Pursglove standing...
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Ben Chapman (politician) (category Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
former civil servant who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral South from 1997 to 2010. Ben Chapman was born in Kirkby Stephen, the son of a farm...
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in a by-election Elected in a by-election Elected for Labour An MEP for North West England (2019–2020) Incumbent MP for the abolished Wirral South, contesting...
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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held every four years from 2023 onwards, having previously been held three years out of every four for...
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defeated by Alison McGovern, the MP for Wirral South (to be abolished), for the Labour selection for Birkenhead at the upcoming general election. He was...
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Greenwood announced that she was standing down at the next general election. As Wirral South was abolished, incumbent MP Alison McGovern challenged neighbouring...
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general election. The constituency was formed in 1983, largely from the southern parts of the former Bebington and Ellesmere Port and Wirral constituencies...
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names but changed boundaries from the 2019 election. For example, the Conservatives would have won Wirral West and Leeds North West instead of the Labour...
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re-established, and Wirral South was abolished, with its contents being redistributed to Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Wirral West. Four wards...
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Commons at the 1997 general election, held on 1 May. The list is arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election are noted at the...
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Stephen Hesford (category Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
Suffolk in the general election of the same year. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election for Wirral West, defeating former...
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was the first seat gained by Labour in a by-election since the 1997 Wirral South by-election, and was the last by-election which resulted in a Labour...
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Merseyside (section Wirral)
Wirral, and Liverpool. The borough councils (and Halton in Cheshire) collaborate through the Liverpool City Region combined authority, chaired by an...
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local elections Wigan local elections Wiltshire local elections Winchester local elections Windsor and Maidenhead local elections Wirral local elections Woking...
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from 1983 to 1997 and the Member for Manchester Central from 1997 to 2012. McVey previously served in the House as the Member for Wirral West from 2010...
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(and a by-election in 1990). Alasdair McDonnell, elected for Belfast South in 2005, after standing in 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2001 (and a by-election...
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Irby, Merseyside (redirect from Irby, wirral)
Borough of Wirral and is within the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. According to the 2001 census, Irby had a population of 6,110, By the time...
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Wirral Council, or Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan...
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List of MPs for constituencies in England (2024–present) (category 2024 United Kingdom general election)
until the constituency was abolished. McGovern was formerly the MP for Wirral South since 2010 until the constituency was abolished. Platt previously served...
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writ to move the by-election. In 1997 the major parties had observed a recent tradition by not opposing the Speaker seeking re-election. On its return to...
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Upton, Merseyside (redirect from Upton, Wirral)
Upton is a village in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, England, and is situated within 4 miles (6.4 km) of Birkenhead, 4 miles (6.4 km) of the...
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dissatisfaction with the Iraq War. 1997 Wirral South by-election: A Labour gain on a large swing just weeks before a general election confirmed the move in the...
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the breakdown of the results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election by constituency. The results are listed by nation, region and/or county. Bold...
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