Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
| Metropolitan Borough of Wirral | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial county: | Merseyside |
| Historic county: | Cheshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 208th 157.05 km2 |
| Admin. HQ: | Wallasey |
| ONS code: | 00CB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 311,200 1982 / km2 |
| Ethnicity: | 98.3% White |
| Politics | |
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.wirral.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | All party (3) |
| MPs: | Ben Chapman, Angela Eagle, Frank Field, Stephen Hesford |
Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, more commonly known as Wirral.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough has a population of about 311,235 (2004 estimate) 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. To the south it borders the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston, in Cheshire.
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Wirral at current basic prices published (pp.240–253) by the Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Year | Regional gross value added[1] | Agriculture[2] | Industry[3] | Services[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2,089 | 10 | 674 | 1,405 |
| 2000 | 2,609 | 5 | 814 | 1,789 |
| 2003 | 3,020 | 9 | 755 | 2,256 |
^ includes hunting and forestry
^ includes energy and construction
^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
In September 2006 a large scale development called Wirral Waters was unveiled by the company Peel Holdings, that if constructed as outlined may see the creation of up to 27,000 jobs.
Metropolitan Borough Of Wirral Media
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council composition, 2018
Official portrait of Mick Whitley MP crop 2
Official portrait of Ms Angela Eagle MP crop 2
Official portrait of Alison McGovern MP crop 2
Official portrait of Margaret Greenwood MP crop 2
Other websites
- Wirral Council home page Archived 2007-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Vision of Britain Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- The Wirral Wide Web Archived 2007-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
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