Metropolitan Borough of Wirral

This article is about the local government district. For other uses, see Wirral (disambiguation).

Metropolitan borough in England

Borough of Wirral

Metropolitan borough

Wallasey Town Hall

Coat of arms

Motto(s):

By faith and foresight

Wirral shown within Merseyside

Coordinates: 53°21′24″N 3°03′49″W﻿ / ﻿53.3568°N 3.0635°W﻿ / 53.3568; -3.0635
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Country| England
Region| North West
Ceremonial county| Merseyside
City region| Liverpool
Incorporated| 1 April 1974
Named for| Wirral Peninsula
Administrative HQ| Wallasey Town Hall
Government

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• Type| Metropolitan borough
• Body| Wirral Council
• Executive| Committee system
• Control| No overall control
• Leader| Paul Stuart (L)
• Mayor of Wirral| Jerry Williams
• MPs|

4 MPs

* Angela Eagle (L)
* Alison McGovern (L)
* Margaret Greenwood (L)
* Mick Whitley (L)

Area

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• Total| 98 sq mi (253 km2)
• Land| 62 sq mi (161 km2)
• Rank| 161st
Population

(2022)[3]

• Total| 322,453
• Rank| 40th
• Density| 5,190/sq mi (2,004/km2)
Demonyms|

* Wirralian
* Wirralite (colloq.)

Ethnicity (2021)

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• Ethnic groups|

List

* 95.2% White
* 2.3% Asian
* 1.5% Mixed
* 0.4% Black
* 0.6% other

Religion (2021)

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• Religion|

List

* 55.0% Christianity
* 37.3% no religion
* 1.0% Islam
* 0.4% Hinduism
* 0.3% Buddhism
* 0.1% Sikhism
* 0.1% Judaism
* 0.4% other
* 5.3% not stated

Time zone| UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas|

* CH41–49
* CH60–63

Dialling code| 0151
ISO 3166 code| GB-WRL
GSS code| E08000015
Website| wirral.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 322,453 (2022),[3] and encompasses 62 square miles (161 km2) of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. Wirral is England's westernmost metropolitan borough, faced by the city of Liverpool to the northeast over the River Mersey.

## Geography

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Bordering is the River Mersey to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and the River Dee to the west; the borough of Cheshire West and Chester occupies the remainder of the Wirral Peninsula and borders the borough of Wirral to the south.

## History

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The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.

## Economy

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This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Wirral at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year | Regional Gross Value Added4 | Agriculture1 | Industry2 | Services3

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1995 | 2,089 | 10 | 674 | 1,405
2000 | 2,609 | 5 | 814 | 1,789
2003 | 3,020 | 9 | 755 | 2,256

^1 includes hunting and forestry

^2 includes energy and construction

^3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

^4 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Plans were announced in 2006 for a £4.5bn development around the docklands to be called Wirral Waters.[5] The development is a mixture of industrial, office, residential and leisure facilities. Planning permission was granted in 2010 and work began on the site in 2011, with development work potentially lasting for 30 years.[6]

## Education

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See also: List of schools in Wirral

When the borough was set up in 1974, it inherited comprehensive systems from the former County Boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey. In the part of Wirral formerly administered by Cheshire County Council, it inherited a selective system of grammar and secondary modern non-Roman Catholic schools and a comprehensive Roman Catholic school (St John Plessington Catholic College).

Until the implementation of the Education Reform Act 1988, education in Wirral continued to be organised in four areas; Birkenhead, Wallasey and the former parts of Cheshire known for education purposes as "Bebington" and "Deeside". However this Act introduced "open enrolment", allowing parents from anywhere in the borough, and outside it, to apply for a place for their child at any secondary school. As a result, significant numbers of pupils from the former "comprehensive areas" attend schools in the former "selective areas" and vice versa. The distinction between different types of school was to an extent masked, as all secondary modern and most comprehensive schools were named "High School". As a further result of this Act, St Anselm's College and Upton Hall School, both within the Birkenhead education area, became the only independent schools in the country to become state funded grant-maintained schools, retaining selective admissions policies to become Roman Catholic grammar schools.

A further change came as a result of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, which effectively changed secondary modern schools into comprehensives as schools were no longer permitted to select by examination failure. In summary, Wirral now has a state secondary sector made up of 16 comprehensive schools (of which two are Roman Catholic) and 6 grammar schools (of which two are Roman Catholic).

## Local government

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Further information: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

### Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

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The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is one of the six constituent local government districts of the Liverpool City Region. Since 1 April 2014, some of the borough's responsibilities have been pooled with neighbouring authorities within the metropolitan area and subsumed into the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The combined authority has effectively become the top-tier administrative body for the local governance of the city region and the leader of Wirral Borough Council, along with the five other leaders from neighbouring local government districts, take strategic decisions over economic development, transport, employment and skills, tourism, culture, housing and physical infrastructure.

As of July 2015, negotiations are currently taking place between the UK national government and the combined authority over a possible devolution deal to confer greater powers on the region. Discussions include whether to introduce an elected 'Metro Mayor' to oversee the entire metropolitan area.[7]

### Wirral Borough Council Composition

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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council composition, 2018

After the local elections in 2008 the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral was governed by a Labour Party/Liberal Democrat coalition, the second and third largest parties on the council respectively. Steve Foulkes of Labour was leader of the council. The Conservative Party was the largest party represented, and was in opposition with its leader Jeff Green being leader of the opposition.

After the local elections in 2010 the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral was governed by a Conservative Party/Liberal Democrat coalition, which reflected the coalition at national level.[8] The Conservative Party, continuing to be the largest party represented on the council increased its number of seats by 2 to 27 and has now entered into coalition government with the Liberal Democrats as the leading coalition partner with the leader of the Conservatives, Jeff Green, becoming the new leader of the council. The Labour Party increased its representation on the council by 4 to 24 and remained the second largest party though they are now in opposition with their leader, Steve Foulkes, who was leader of the council now leader of the opposition. The Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats decreasing their tally to 15 remaining the third largest party on the council but continuing to participate in the governing of the council as the junior coalition partner to the Conservatives. The one independent represented on the council lost their seat.

After the local elections in 2011 the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral was governed by a minority Labour Party administration. Foulkes was leader of the council with Phil Davies as deputy leader. The Liberal Democrats lost a councillor who switched to Labour, Steve Niblock shortly after the elections. There are now no independents on Wirral Council. Labour have 36 seats, Conservatives have 23 and the Liberal Democrats 7.

In February 2012 the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats defeated the Labour administration in a motion of no confidence and the two parties governed again until the May election.[9] Labour made gains in May 2012, gaining majority control of the council for the first time since local elections in 2002 saw Labour become a minority. Wirral is led by Phil Davies.

In 2014, the Green Party gained their first seat on the council, defeating Labour in their typically safe seat of Birkenhead and Tranmere. They retained it in 2018 with an increased vote share, albeit with a reduced majority.

## Political makeup

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Year  | Party  | Ref.

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| CON |  | GRN |  | LAB |  | LIB |  | OTH
| LDM
1973  | 29 | 0  | 24  | 13  | 0  | [10]
1974  | 29 | 0  | 24  | 13  | 0
1975  | 36 | 0  | 21  | 9  | 0
37 | 0  | 21  | 8  | 0
1976  | 42 | 0  | 18  | 6  | 0
1977  | 42 | 0  | 18  | 6  | 0
1978  | 45 | 0  | 16  | 5  | 0
1979  | 40 | 0  | 20  | 6  | 0
1980  | 37 | 0  | 23  | 6  | 0
1981  | 37 | 0  | 23  | 6  | 0
1982  | 35 | 0  | 25  | 6  | 0
1983  | 34 | 0  | 24  | 8  | 0
1984  | 34 | 0  | 24  | 8  | 0
1985  | 34 | 0  | 24  | 8  | 0
1986  | 30 | 0  | 26  | 10  | 0
1987  | 29 | 0  | 27  | 10  | 0
1988  | 24  | 0  | 32 | 10  | 0
24  | 0  | 29 | 10  | 3
1989  | 24  | 0  | 29 | 10  | 3
1990  | 23  | 0  | 33 | 7  | 3
23  | 0  | 33 | 8  | 2
1991  | 24  | 0  | 34 | 7  | 1
1992  | 29  | 0  | 31 | 6  | 0
1993  | 29  | 0  | 31 | 6  | 0
1994  | 28  | 0  | 30 | 8  | 0
1995  | 22  | 0  | 36 | 8  | 0
1996  | 16  | 0  | 41 | 9  | 0
1997  | 16  | 0  | 41 | 9  | 0
1998  | 16  | 0  | 41 | 8  | 1
1999  | 16  | 0  | 42 | 8  | 0  | [11]
17  | 0  | 39 | 10  | 0  | [10]
2000  | 20  | 0  | 34 | 12  | 0
2001  | 20  | 0  | 34 | 12  | 0
20  | 0  | 33 | 12  | 1 | [12]
2002  | 20  | 0  | 32 | 12  | 2
20  | 0  | 31 | 14  | 1 | [13]
2003  | 23  | 0  | 26 | 16  | 1 | [14]
2004  | 21  | 0  | 26 | 19  | 0  | [15]
20  | 0  | 26 | 19  | 1 | [16]
2005  | 21  | 0  | 26 | 18  | 1 | [17]
2006  | 21  | 0  | 26 | 19  | 0  | [18]
2007  | 21  | 0  | 25 | 20  | 0  | [19]
21  | 0  | 25 | 19  | 1 | [20]
20  | 0  | 25 | 29  | 2 | [21]
2008  | 24 | 0  | 21  | 20  | 1 | [22]
2009  | 25 | 0  | 20  | 20  | 1 | [23]
2010  | 27 | 0  | 24  | 15  | 0  | [24]
2011  | 27  | 0  | 29 | 10  | 0  | [25]
27  | 0  | 30 | 9  | 0  | [26]
2012  | 22  | 0  | 37 | 7  | 0  | [27]
2013  | 23  | 0  | 36 | 7  | 0  | [28]
22  | 0  | 37 | 7  | 0  | [29]
22  | 0  | 37 | 6  | 1 | [30]
2014  | 21  | 1  | 38 | 6  | 0  | [31]
2015  | 21  | 1  | 39 | 5  | 0  | [32]
2016  | 21  | 1  | 38 | 5  | 1 | [33]
21  | 1  | 39 | 5  | 0  | [34]
2017  | 21  | 1  | 39 | 5  | 0
2018  | 21  | 1  | 39 | 5  | 0  | [35]
21  | 1  | 38 | 5  | 1 | [36]
21  | 1  | 37 | 5  | 2 | [37]
2019  | 22  | 3  | 32 | 6  | 3  | [38]

## Members of Parliament

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See also: List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

Constituency | Member of Parliament | Political party | Year first elected  |

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Birkenhead | Mick Whitley |  | Labour Party | 2019 |
Wallasey | Angela Eagle |  | Labour Party | 1992 |
Wirral South | Alison McGovern |  | Labour Party | 2010 |
Wirral West | Margaret Greenwood |  | Labour Party | 2015 |

## Places of interest

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Wirral Council maintains five designated Local Nature Reserves: Bidston Moss, Dibbinsdale, Heswall Dales, Hilbre Island and Thurstaston Common.[39] It also operates the Merseyside part of Wirral Country Park, which was the first country park to be established in Britain.[40]

## International relations

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom

### Twin towns – sister cities

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The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is twinned or has sister city relationships with:

* Lorient, France[41]
* Gennevilliers, France[41]
* Midland, Texas, United States
* Reno, Nevada, United States[42]
* Sibiu, Romania, Romania[43]

## Freedom of the Borough

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The following people, military units, organisations and groups have received the Freedom of the Borough of Wirral.[44]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2022)

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### Individuals

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* Lieutenant Commander Ian Edward Fraser: 1993.
* Joseph Lynch: 1996.
* Raymond Holmes: 2005.
* Reverend David Urquhart: 2006.
* Michael Chan, Baron Chan: 2006.
* Stephen Maddox: 2010.
* Police Constable David Phillips: 21 May 2016.[45]
* Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead: 16 February 2022.[46][47][48]
* Paul O'Grady: 8 June 2023. (Awarded Posthumously)[49]
* Glenda Jackson: 9 October 2023. (Awarded Posthumously)[50]

### Military units

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* The Cheshire Regiment: 1996.
* The Royal Marines: 1998.
* 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment: 2009.
* 234 (Wirral) Transport Squadron, RLC (Volunteers): 18 February 2012.
* 107 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Field Squadron (Volunteers): 18 February 2012.

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* HMS Astute, RN: 6 July 2015.
* Wallasey Sea Cadet Corps: 6 July 2015.

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### Organisations and groups

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* The 96 people killed at the Hillsborough disaster: 15 September 2017.[56]
* Andrew Devine (97th Hillsborough Victim): 21 March 2021.[57]

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