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Birkenhead is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of...

Birkenhead is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Birkenhead was enfranchised in 1861, and the constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918 with effect from the 1918 general election. It was then replaced by the new Birkenhead East and Birkenhead West constituencies. Since the constituency was re-established at the 1950 general election, it has returned only Labour MPs. The constituency covers the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside and the Birkenhead suburbs of Bidston, Claughton, Oxton, Rock Ferry and Tranmere. It is one of four parliamentary constituencies within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. The boundary commission has recommended that Birkenhead gain the entire Prenton ward from Wirral West (the ward is currently shared between the two constituencies) at the next UK general election.