Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections
One third of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 66 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
No overall control | 1973 - 1975 |
Conservative | 1975 - 1986 |
No overall control | 1986 - 1991 |
Labour | 1991 - 1992 |
No overall control | 1992 - 1995 |
Labour | 1995 - 2002 |
No overall control | 2002 - 2012 |
Labour | 2012 - present |
Council elections
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes)[3]
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
Borough result maps
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2004 results map
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2006 results map
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2008 results map
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Rennie | 1,781 | 47.3 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth McArdle | 1,490 | 39.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | John Uriel | 443 | 11.7 | ||
Green | George Bowler | 54 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 291 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,768 | 32.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denis Knowles | 1,454 | 55.4 | -8.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jim Robinson | 814 | 31.0 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Patricia Jones | 331 | 12.6 | +2.2 | |
Green | Perle Sheldricks | 26 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 640 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,625 | 24.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Frank Doyle | 1,764 | 63.3 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Ian McKellar | 634 | 22.7 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Gerard Allen | 389 | 14.0 | -10.8 | |
Majority | 1,130 | 40.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,787 | 24.0 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Williams | 2,255 | 70.1 | -1.0 | |
Labour | Andrew Hollingworth | 615 | 19.1 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steve Pitt | 134 | 4.2 | -1.6 | |
Independent | Alec McFadden | 121 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Green | Jim McGinley | 92 | 2.9 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 1,640 | 51.0 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,217 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian LEWIS | 1,620 | 50.47 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Pauline Ann DANIELS | 1,355 | 42.21 | -8.8 | |
UKIP | Susan Jane WHITHAM | 148 | 4.61 | +1.1 | |
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts | Mark HALLIGAN | 31 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Daniel CLEIN | 28 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
Green | Jim MCGINLEY | 28 | 0.87 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 265 | ||||
Turnout | 30.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kathryn Anne HODSON | 1,254 | 58.8 | -3.9 | |
UKIP | David Anthony SCOTT | 460 | 21.6 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Mike HOLLIDAY | 289 | 13.6 | -4.2 | |
Green | Barbara Florence BURTON | 110 | 5.2 | -0.8 | |
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts | Greg NORTH | 19 | |||
Majority | 794 | ||||
Turnout | 19.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip BRIGHTMORE | 1411 | 38.5 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Sheila Lesley CLARKE | 868 | 23.7 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Damien William CUMMINS | 834 | 22.7 | -2.4 | |
UKIP | Jan DAVISON | 426 | 11.6 | +2.4 | |
Green | Allen John BURTON | 74 | 2.0 | -2.4 | |
English Democrat | Neil KENNY | 53 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 543 | ||||
Turnout | 35 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Councillors, democracy and elections". Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ↑ "Wirral". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ↑ "Wirral council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ↑ "Kate calls Labour foul on soccer". The Wirral Globe. 1997-03-26. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ↑ "Labour hangs on to a tiny majority". The Wirral Globe. 2000-06-30. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ↑ "Local Election". Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ↑ "Conservatives win Moreton by-election". The Wirral Globe. 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ↑ "Election Result for Leasowe and Moreton East ward on 17 January 2013". Wirral MBC. January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ↑ "Election Result for Heswall ward on 17 January 2013". Wirral MBC. January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ↑ "Election Result for Pensby and Thingwall ward on 28 February 2013". Wirral MBC. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
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