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| Borough of Wirral | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Merseyside |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 208th 157.05 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Wallasey |
| ONS code: | 00CB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 13th 310,209 1,975 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 98.3% White |
| Politics | |
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.wirral.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | All party |
| MPsThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at: | Ben ChapmanJames Keith Chapman (born July 8, 1940), known as Ben Chapman is the British member of Parliament for Wirral South. He is a member of the Labour Party, and first won the seat in a by-election in 1997. Chapman, Ben., Angela EagleAngela Eagle (born 17 February 1961) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour member of Parliament for Wallasey. She was first elected in the 1992 election. From 1997 she was a junior minister but was dropped in 2002. She is the twin sister of, Frank FieldThe Right Honourable Frank Field is a British politician, and Labour MP for Birkenhead. He is a member of the Privy Council. During the 1970s he was Director of Child Poverty Action Group, and of the Low Pay Unit. He became MP for Birkenhead at the 1979 g, Stephen HesfordStephen Hesford (born 27 May 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for Wirral West in Merseyside, and was first elected in 1997. He had previously been a barrister. Hesford, Stephen. |
Wirral is a peninsulaA peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory or spit. Peninsulas of the world: Continental Europe Apsheron, A and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, more commonly known locally as The Wirral.
The Wirral has a population of about 312,000 in an area of 60 square miles. It faces Liverpool over the River Mersey to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and the River Dee to the west. The main towns in the borough are Birkenhead and Wallasey