CREATE TABLE table_23248420_1 (rank VARCHAR2, city_town VARCHAR2, country VARCHAR2, county VARCHAR2)

When birkenhead is the city/town and merseyside is the county and england is the country how many ranks are there?
SELECT COUNT(rank) FROM table_23248420_1 WHERE country = "England" AND county = "Merseyside" AND city_town = "Birkenhead"
SELECT COUNT("rank") FROM "table_23248420_1" WHERE "Birkenhead" = "city_town" AND "England" = "country" AND "Merseyside" = "county"