| Description | Birkenhead borough constituency was created in 1949 from parts of the Birkenhead East, Birkenhead West and Wirral constituencies,. It consisted of the most of the county borough of Birkenhead, except for the Bebington, Devonshire, Egerton, Mersey and Prenton wards (which were in the Bebington constituency from 1949 to 1970), and the Prenton and Upton wards (which were in the Wirral constituency from 1971). |