Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Wirral Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 66 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.[1]
Political control
The borough of Wirral was created under the Local Government Act 1972 as a metropolitan borough, with Merseyside County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Merseyside County Council was abolished in 1986 and Wirral became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Party in Control | Years | |
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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 | 2012–2019 | |
No overall control | 2019–present |
Leadership
The leaders of the council since 1973 have been:[4]
Councillor | Image | Party | From | To | |
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Bill Whitehurst | Conservative | 1973 | 1974 | ||
Malcolm Thornton | Conservative | 1974 | 1977 | ||
Harry Deverill | Conservative | 1977 | 1980 | ||
David Fletcher | ![]() | Conservative | 1980 | 1985 | |
John Hale | ![]() | Conservative | 1985 | Oct 1986 | |
No overall control | 1986 | 1990 | |||
Yvonne Nolan | ![]() | Labour | 1990 | 1991 | |
George Clark | Labour | 1991 | 1992 | ||
No overall control | 1992 | 1995 | |||
Dave Jackson | Labour | 1995 | 2000 | ||
Steve Foulkes | ![]() | Labour | 2000 | 24 May 2010 | |
Jeff Green | ![]() | Conservative | 24 May 2010 | 23 May 2011 | |
Steve Foulkes | ![]() | Labour | 23 May 2011 | 13 Feb 2012 | |
Jeff Green | ![]() | Conservative | 13 Feb 2012 | 21 May 2012 | |
Phil Davies | ![]() | Labour | 21 May 2012 | 5 May 2019 | |
Pat Hackett | ![]() | Labour | 14 May 2019 | Sep 2020 | |
Janette Williamson[5] | ![]() | Labour | 28 Sep 2020 |
Council elections
Since the first election in 1973, boundary changes have occurred in 1980 (where a third of the council were up for election) and in 2004 (where there was an all out election).[6][1][7]
- 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1979 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1980 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1982 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1983 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1984 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1988 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1996 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 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 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2018 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2021 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2022 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Borough result maps
- 1973 results map
- 1975 results map
- 1976 results map
- 1978 results map
- 1979 results map
- 1980 results map
- 1982 results map
- 1983 results map
- 1984 results map
- 1986 results map
- 1987 results map
- 1988 results map
- 1990 results map
- 1991 results map
- 1992 results map
- 1994 results map
- 1995 results map
- 1996 results map
- 1998 results map
- 1999 results map
- 2000 results map
- 2002 results map
- 2003 results map
- 2004 results map
- 2006 results map
- 2007 results map
- 2008 results map
- 2010 results map
- 2011 results map
- 2012 results map
- 2014 results map
- 2015 results map
- 2016 results map
- 2018 results map
- 2019 results map
- 2021 results map
- 2022 results map
- 2023 results map
Changes between election
1973–1979 boundaries
Wallasey by-election 1997
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lesley Rennie | 1,781 | 47.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Elizabeth McArdle | 1,490 | 39.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 443 | 11.8 | ![]() | |
Green | George Bowler | 54 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 291 | 7.7 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 32.2 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Prenton by-election 2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Francis Doyle | 1,764 | 63.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ian McKellar | 634 | 22.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Gerard Allen | 389 | 14.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,130 | 40.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,596 | ||||
Turnout | 24.0 | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Moreton West and Saughall Massie by-election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Steve Williams | 2,255 | 70.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Andrew Hollingworth | 615 | 19.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Pitt | 134 | 4.2 | ![]() | |
Independent | Alec McFadden | 121 | 3.8 | New | |
Green | Jim McGinley | 92 | 2.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,640 | 51.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 28.0 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Leasowe and Moreton East by-election 2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Lewis | 1,620 | 50.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Pauline Daniels | 1,355 | 42.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Susan Whitham | 148 | 4.6 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Mark Halligan | 31 | 1.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Clein | 28 | 0.9 | New | |
Green | Jim McGinley | 28 | 0.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 265 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,551 | ||||
Turnout | 30.5 | ![]() | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
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Heswall by-election 2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kathryn Hodson | 1,254 | 58.8 | ![]() | |
UKIP | David Scott | 460 | 21.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mike Holliday | 289 | 13.6 | -4.2 | |
Green | Barbara Burton | 110 | 5.2 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Greg North | 19 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 794 | 37.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,855 | ||||
Turnout | 19.7 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Pensby and Thingwall by-election 2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Brightmore | 1,411 | 38.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Sheila Clarke | 868 | 23.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Damien Cummins | 834 | 22.7 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Jan Davison | 426 | 11.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Allen Burton | 74 | 2.0 | ![]() | |
English Democrat | Neil Kenny | 53 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 543 | 14.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,487 | ||||
Turnout | 35.0 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
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Upton by-election 2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Patrick | 1,954 | 65.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Gubb | 762 | 25.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Jim McGinley | 143 | 4.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 130 | 4.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,192 | 39.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,154 | ||||
Turnout | 3,031 | 24.9 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Claughton by-election 2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Wood | 1,761 | 52.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 740 | 22.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Barbara Sinclair | 567 | 16.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Liz Heydon | 136 | 4.1 | ![]() | |
UK_Independence_Party | Beryl Jones | 130 | 3.9 | New | |
TUSC | Leon Wheddon | 27 | 0.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 976 | 30.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,336 | ||||
Turnout | 3,372 | 29.7 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Bromborough by-election 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Jo Bird | 1,253 | 47.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Des Drury | 749 | 28.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Vicky Downie | 454 | 17.1 | ![]() | |
Independent | Steve Niblock | 147 | 5.5 | New | |
Green | Susan Braddock | 59 | 2.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 504 | 19.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,760 | ||||
Turnout | 2664 | 22.7 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Upton by-election 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jean Robinson | 1,490 | 61.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Emma Sellman | 705 | 29.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Lily Clough | 151 | 6.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 83 | 3.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 785 | 32.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,040 | ||||
Turnout | 2,434 | 20.2 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Liscard by-election 2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daisy Kenny | 1,137 | 53.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jane Owens | 582 | 27.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Arrowsmith | 201 | 9.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Edward Lamb | 109 | 5.1 | ![]() | |
Independent | Lynda Williams | 68 | 3.2 | New | |
For Britain | Gary Bergin | 26 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 555 | 26.1 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,399 | ||||
Turnout | 2,128 | 18.7 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Oxton by-election 2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Orod Osanlou | 1,666 | 68.3 | ![]() | |
Labour Co-op | Sue Mahoney[30] | 460 | 18.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Philip Merry | 168 | 6.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Mary Heydon | 147 | 6.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,206 | 49.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,795 | ||||
Turnout | 22.7 | 2,447 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Liscard by-election 2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Laing | 1,304 | 64.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jane Owens | 370 | 18.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Nadia Parson | 172 | 8.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Arrowsmith | 167 | 8.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 934 | 46.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,795 | ||||
Turnout | 2,027 | 18.8 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Changes in affiliation
Notes
- Later forming the Wirral Independent Network.[37]
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