Wirral
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| Borough of Wirral | |
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| Missing image EnglandWirral.png Wirral | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Merseyside |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 208th 157.05 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Wallasey |
| ONS code: | 00CB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 13th 313,846 1,998 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.3% White |
| Politics | |
| Missing image Arms-wirral-mbc.jpg Arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.wirral.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | All party |
| MPs: | Ben Chapman, Angela Eagle, Frank Field, Stephen Hesford |
Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies part of the Wirral peninsula, more commonly known locally as The Wirral.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough has a population of about 312,000 in an area of 60 square miles (155 km²). It faces Liverpool over the River Mersey to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and the River Dee to the west. Major towns and villages in the borough include Birkenhead, New Brighton, Wallasey and West Kirby.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough forms the most north-westerly part of the traditional county of Cheshire, and was once a hundred.
Parliamentary constituencies
| Districts of England - North West England | 
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Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |