Wirral West
North West · County constituency · Wirral borough
About the Wirral West constituency
Wirral West is a county constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Matthew Patrick (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 46.4% to 26.3% for the Conservatives, a majority of 9,998 votes on a 68.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 40.7% and the Conservatives on 22.4%, a margin of 18.3 points.
Who lives in Wirral West? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Wirral West vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Wirral West
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Wirral West within Wirral
Wirral West sits entirely within Wirral Council. Wirral was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Wirral | 100% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clatterbridge | Labour 46.6%vs Conservative 26.2% | 2023 Conservative 44.6%vs Labour 35.7% | - | 45.8% |
| Greasby, Frankby and Irby | Labour 46.8%vs Conservative 28.3% | 2023 Labour 47.5%vs Conservative 38.1% | - | 53.9% |
| Heswall | Labour 38.2%vs Conservative 29.9% | 2023 Conservative 46.2%vs Lib Dem 40.5% | - | 49.2% |
| Hoylake and Meols | Labour 45.9%vs Conservative 26.8% | 2023 Conservative 48.0%vs Labour 35.2% | - | 47.6% |
| Pensby and Thingwall | Labour 50.1%vs Conservative 24.0% | 2023 Labour 46.5%vs Conservative 38.1% | - | 48.0% |
| Upton | Labour 57.6%vs Reform 15.5% | 2023 Labour 63.3%vs Conservative 18.1% | - | 32.3% |
| West Kirby and Thurstaston | Labour 44.1%vs Conservative 28.1% | 2023 Conservative 42.6%vs Labour 31.6% | - | 45.5% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Wirral West at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Wirral West at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Con hold | Esther McVey | 36.3% | 42.5% | 16.8% | 2,436 | 71.5% |
| 2015 | Lab gain from Con | Margaret Greenwood | 45.1% | 44.2% | 3.4% | 417 | 75.6%+4.1 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Margaret Greenwood | 54.3% | 42.1% | 2.6% | 5,365 | 78.5%+2.9 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Margaret Greenwood 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 45.2% | 44.4% | 5.7% | 455 | 77.7%-0.8 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Matthew Patrick | 46.4% | 26.3% | 6.1% | 9,998 | 68.6%-9.1 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Wirral West
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Wirral West. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied79.0 / 79.7vs 61.9
- ↓Leave44.7 / 44.7vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent11.6 / 10.8vs 20.2
- ↑Owner-occupied79.0 / 82.0vs 61.9
- ↑Age 65+33.3 / 32.6vs 22.7
- ↓Leave44.7 / 44.1vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied79.0 / 77.5vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3520.8 / 21.3vs 30.2
- ↓Social rent9.0 / 7.6vs 16.8
- ↑Owner-occupied79.0 / 75.9vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.6 / 12.4vs 20.2
- ↑Age 65+33.3 / 29.3vs 22.7
- ↑Age 65+33.3 / 33.5vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied79.0 / 73.3vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3520.8 / 21.6vs 30.2
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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