Wallasey
2010 Results:
Conservative: 13071 (31.38%)
Labour: 21578 (51.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 5693 (13.67%)
UKIP: 1205 (2.89%)
Independent: 107 (0.26%)
Majority: 8507 (20.42%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 20085 (54.8%)
Conservative: 10976 (29.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 4770 (13%)
Other: 840 (2.3%)
Majority: 9109 (24.8%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 10976 (29.9%)
Labour: 20085 (54.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 4770 (13%)
UKIP: 840 (2.3%)
Majority: 9109 (24.8%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 10442 (28%)
Labour: 22718 (60.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 4186 (11.2%)
Majority: 12276 (32.9%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 11190 (23.9%)
Labour: 30264 (64.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 3899 (8.3%)
Referendum: 1490 (3.2%)
Majority: 19074 (40.7%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Angela Eagle(Labour) Born 1961, Bridlington. Educated at Formby High School and Oxford University. Prior to her election worked for the COHSE. MP for Wallasey since 1992. Opposition whip 1996-1997. Under secretary of state at DETR 1997-1998, social security 1998-2001, Home Office 2001-2002. Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury 2007-2009. Minister of State for Work and Pensions since 2009. She is the first openly lesbian Member of Parliament, coming out in September 1997. Her twin sister Maria is MP for Liverpool Garston (more information at They work for you)
Leah Fraser (Conservative) born 1959. Educated at Weatherhead School for Girls. Worked for Roy Castle Lung Foundation. Wirral councillor since 2005. Contested Wallasey 2005.Angela Eagle(Labour) Born 1961, Bridlington. Educated at Formby High School and Oxford University. Prior to her election worked for the COHSE. MP for Wallasey since 1992. Opposition whip 1996-1997. Under secretary of state at DETR 1997-1998, social security 1998-2001, Home Office 2001-2002. Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury 2007-2009. Minister of State for Work and Pensions since 2009. She is the first openly lesbian Member of Parliament, coming out in September 1997. Her twin sister Maria is MP for Liverpool Garston (more information at They work for you)
Steve Pitt (Liberal Democrat) Born 1956, Wallasey. Former soldier in the Kings (Liverpool) Regiment. 
Derek Snowden (UKIP) Emmanuel Mwaba (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 87186
Male: 47.2%
Female: 52.8%
Under 18: 24.4%
Over 60: 21.5%
Born outside UK: 3.1%
White: 98.4%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 0.4%
Mixed: 0.6%
Other: 0.5%
Christian: 79.3%
Full time students: 2.7%
Graduates 16-74: 13%
No Qualifications 16-74: 31.9%
Owner-Occupied: 71%
Social Housing: 16.1% (Council: 9.5%, Housing Ass.: 6.6%)
Privately Rented: 10.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 18.9%
Another example of a largely urban seat
where the contest is Lab-Con
where strong local election performances by the latter hasn’t come off.
Tynemouth is another, and several in London.
Perhaps people have a view that Labour councils are likely to be badly run, but not the government.
In my opinion, a disappointing Tory result – they deserved to do better,
although there was a swing.
Quite agree on the fact that the Tories did not do well in Merseyside. The one seat they won had a majority of far less than most people thought. Now Lancashire, I’m not so sure of. To win Rossendale and Pendle (seats they lost in 1992) was quite an achievement as well as Blackpool North and Morecambe must be satisfactory though there must be disappinrment in Blackpool South, Chorley and West Lancashire. In many ways the Tories’ Merseyside performance is on a par with theirs’ in Scotland
The Con vote has actually increased 7.5% since 1997 (having dropped around 18% then).
Nevertheless,
it is clearly too small to compete with Labour on a General Election turnout.
Even so, the amount of difference between local and national was a bit of a shock, as it sounds like the Tories had worked hard and deserved a better result, in my view.
Labour’s absolute vote increased quite significantly..
Looking back 1992 was a pretty amazing result for the Tories polling 22,722 votes compared to 22,791 in 1987.
The LD vote halved in 1992 and went to Labour,
as Linda Chalker re-iterated at the count.
In 2008, there was a discussion on this thread, at a tangent, about seats with the fewest posts on them.
” JOE JAMES B
I’m trying to get a bit of interest in Redcar.
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August 20th, 2008 at 7:43 pm ”
Well, I didn’t know what was to come.
I typed in the share of the votes from the 1931 general election into Electoral Caculus last night, and Wallasey was still a Labour hold.
It’s a shame Lynda Chalker didn’t return to the Commons in 1997 – but she had already been given a peerage and had continued to serve as a minister until then.