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1983 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 1982 5 May 1983 (1983-05-05) 1984 →
22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	42.7% (2.2%)
First party Second party Third party   Lab SDP–Lib Leader David Fletcher George Clark Roy Perkins Party Conservative Labour Alliance Leader's seat Thurstaston Leasowe Claughton Last election 11 seats, 44.5% 8 seats, 27.8% 3 seats, 27.6% Seats before 35 25 6 Seats won 11 8 3 Seats after 34 24 8 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 49,878 39,402 22,246 Percentage 44.7% 35.3% 19.9% Swing 0.2% 7.5% 7.7%
Map of results of 1983 election
Leader of the Council before election David Fletcher Conservative Leader of the Council after election David Fletcher Conservative

The 1983 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

The third third of the council was up for election to new boundaries.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Conservative	34	1
	Labour	24	1
	Alliance	8	2

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1982.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 1983
Party		Candidates				Votes
		Stood	Elected	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	22	11	1	50.0	44.7	49,878	0.2
	Labour	22	8	1	36.4	35.3	39,402	7.5
	Alliance	22	3	2	13.6	19.9	22,246	7.7
	Independent	2	0		0.0	0.1	139	N/A

Ward results

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Shennan	3,280	56.6	0.5
	Labour	P. McCarthy	1,649	28.5	6.0
	Alliance	Alan Brighouse	863	14.9	5.4
Majority			1,631	28.2	6.4
Registered electors			11,407
Turnout				50.8	2.2
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	3.3

Bidston

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Davies	3,333	80.3	4.8
	Conservative	R. Firth	461	11.1	0.3
	Alliance	W. Wood	357	8.6	4.4
Majority			2,872	69.2	6.7
Registered electors			11,183
Turnout				37.1	3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Smith	2,878	66.6	7.2
	Alliance	C. Lloyd	903	20.9	6.7
	Conservative	A. Clement	543	12.6	0.3
Majority			1,975	45.7	13.9
Registered electors			11,663
Turnout				37.1	3.9
	Labour gain from (new seat)		Swing	7.0

Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Moore	2,461	48.4	7.6
	Conservative	E. Davies	1,904	37.4
	Alliance	R. Williams	721	14.2	7.6
Majority			557	11.0	7.6
Registered electors			11,715
Turnout				43.4	1.3
	Labour gain from (new seat)		Swing	3.8

Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Goodfellow	3,999	62.4	1.7
	Labour	G. Farmer	1,361	21.2	4.8
	Alliance	P. Lloyd	1,045	16.3	6.6
Majority			2,638	41.2	3.4
Registered electors			13,698
Turnout				46.8	1.8
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	1.7

Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Curtis	2,029	39.0	7.8
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	1,835	35.2	8.3
	Labour	C. Holmes	1,345	25.8	1.0
Majority			194	3.7	16.2
Registered electors			10,780
Turnout				48.3	11.8
	Alliance gain from (new seat)		Swing	8.1

Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	George Mitchell	2,416	39.7	12.1
	Conservative	M. Evans	2,003	32.9	4.4
	Labour	P. Taylor	1,674	27.5	7.9
Majority			413	6.8	16.5
Registered electors			12,037
Turnout				50.6	2.1
	Alliance gain from (new seat)		Swing	8.3

Egerton

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	2,538	50.5	11.1
	Conservative	M. Cureton	1,643	32.7	3.6
	Alliance	Simon Holbrook	845	16.8	7.6
Majority			895	17.8	14.7
Registered electors			11,561
Turnout				43.5	5.0
	Labour gain from (new seat)		Swing	7.4

Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Robertson	4,066	74.5	2.0
	Alliance	E. Judge	888	16.3	1.3
	Labour	J. Halling	505	9.3	3.3
Majority			3,178	58.2	0.7
Registered electors			12,879
Turnout				42.4	2.4
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	0.4

Hoylake

Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Thompson	3,652	65.0	1.9
	Alliance	C. Robertshaw	1,456	25.9	11.0
	Labour	John McCabe	511	9.1	New
Majority			2,196	39.1	12.8
Registered electors			12,589
Turnout				44.6	0.8
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	6.5

Leasowe

Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Fox	2,447	62.5	8.8
	Conservative	E. Sanders	1,015	25.9	0.4
	Alliance	B. Thomas	451	11.5	8.5
Majority			1,432	36.6	9.2
Registered electors			10,851
Turnout				36.1	3.1
	Labour gain from (new seat)		Swing	4.6

Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale	2,352	47.7	0.6
	Labour	Keith Rimmer	1,668	33.9	6.8
	Alliance	Moira Gallagher	906	18.4	6.2
Majority			684	13.9	7.3
Registered electors			12,170
Turnout				40.5	0.7
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	3.7

Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Williams	1,918	44.0	0.8
	Labour	Stuart Marshall-Clarke	1,767	40.6	10.7
	Alliance	J. Eyres	670	15.4	9.9
Majority			151	3.5	11.4
Registered electors			9,394
Turnout				46.4	4.8
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	5.8

New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Nottage	2,289	53.2	2.9
	Labour	I. Jackson	1,312	30.5	8.0
	Alliance	G. Pumford	705	16.4	4.9
Majority			977	22.7	10.9
Registered electors			11,720
Turnout				36.7	1.2
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	5.5

Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	L. Egdell	2,172	41.2	12.5
	Conservative	T. Birkett	1,946	36.9	6.8
	Labour	Pauline Cocker	1,117	21.2	6.5
	Independent	R. Cross	36	0.7	New
Majority			226	4.3	19.3
Registered electors			11,409
Turnout				46.2	3.5
	Alliance gain from (new seat)		Swing	9.7

Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Taylor	2,944	50.0	1.1
	Labour	P. Brady	1,908	32.4	2.0
	Alliance	M. Miller	1,039	17.6	3.1
Majority			1,036	17.6	0.9
Registered electors			12,839
Turnout				45.9
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	0.4

Royden

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reg Cumpstey	3,013	64.7	0.8
	Alliance	A. Colwell	1,084	23.3	11.2
	Labour	J. Grant	562	12.1	New
Majority			1,929	41.4	10.4
Registered electors			11,987
Turnout				38.9	1.4
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	5.2

Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barney Gilfoyle	2,754	61.0	11.8
	Conservative	L. Kennedy	1,179	26.1	1.7
	Alliance	C. Holmes	584	12.9	13.5
Majority			1,575	34.9	12.1
Registered electors			12,584
Turnout				35.9	1.4
	Labour gain from (new seat)		Swing	6.1

Thurstaston

Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald McCubbin	3,409	66.6	0.7
	Labour	J. Burden	913	17.8	8.2
	Alliance	John Thornton	799	15.6	7.5
Majority			2,496	48.7	4.6
Registered electors			12,270
Turnout				41.7	0.3
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	2.3

Tranmere

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Barker	2,983	70.4	10.6
	Conservative	W. Lloyd	773	18.2	1.2
	Alliance	Edward Cunniffe	481	11.4	9.5
Majority			2,210	52.2	13.3
Registered electors			11,479
Turnout				36.9	4.9
	Labour gain from (new seat)		Swing	6.7

Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Corcoran	2,775	49.6	4.9
	Conservative	D. Bartlett	1,949	34.9	0.6
	Alliance	Eric Copestake	765	13.7	7.4
	Independent	M. Wilkinson	103	1.8	New
Majority			826	14.8	4.4
Registered electors			12,752
Turnout				43.9	1.9
	Labour gain from (new seat)		Swing	2.2

Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Whatling	3,705	64.9	1.8
	Alliance	I. Horton	1,067	18.7	8.3
	Labour	Vincent McGee	941	16.5	6.6
Majority			2,638	46.2	10.1
Registered electors			12,612
Turnout				45.3	0.7
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	5.1

Notes

• italics denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

References

1. ^ "Local Election Summaries 1983". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
2. ^ "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 6 and 7)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
3. The Borough of Wirral (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
4. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
5. "Councillor Alan Brighouse". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
6. "Councillor Dave Mitchell". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
7. "Councillor Walter Smith". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
8. "Councillor Simon Holbrook". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
9. "Councillor John Hale". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
10. "Councillor Don McCubbin". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

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