Main article: 1986 United Kingdom local elections
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24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 30 | 4 | |
Labour | 26 | 2 | |
Alliance | 10 | 2 |
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 1984.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1986 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45.5 | 37.3 | 44,991 | 0.7 | ||||||
Conservative | 24 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36.4 | 34.6 | 41,772 | 8.3 | ||||||
Alliance | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18.2 | 24.7 | 29,813 | 5.8 | ||||||
Residents | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2,551 | N/A | |||||||
Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1,554 | 1.3 |
Ward results
Bebington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Green | 2,860 | 49.0 | 6.2 | |
Labour | William Nock | 1,826 | 31.3 | 0.5 | |
Alliance | Kevin Turner | 1,049 | 18.0 | 3.9 | |
Green | K. McKee | 107 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,034 | 17.7 | 6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,329 | ||||
Turnout | 51.6 | 1.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.4 |
Bidston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cocker | 3,198 | 83.6 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | W. Houldin | 331 | 8.7 | 2.0 | |
Alliance | K. Hughes | 296 | 7.7 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 2,867 | 74.9 | 2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 10,115 | ||||
Turnout | 37.8 | 0.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 |
Birkenhead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Craig | 3,139 | 70.0 | 3.5 | |
Alliance | R. Francis | 987 | 22.0 | 7.7 | |
Conservative | L. Jones | 357 | 8.0 | 4.2 | |
Majority | 2,152 | 48.0 | 11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,300 | ||||
Turnout | 39.7 | 4.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.6 |
Bromborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Williams | 2,789 | 52.4 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | C. Suffield | 1,573 | 29.6 | 6.4 | |
Alliance | F. Mushrow | 961 | 18.1 | 4.9 | |
Majority | 1,216 | 22.8 | 8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,615 | ||||
Turnout | 45.8 | 1.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.0 |
Clatterbridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Myrra Lea | 3,403 | 54.1 | 5.3 | |
Alliance | Stephen Niblock | 1,650 | 26.2 | 8.4 | |
Labour | G. Chalinor | 1,234 | 19.6 | 3.2 | |
Majority | 1,753 | 27.9 | 8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 13,808 | ||||
Turnout | 45.5 | 0.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.4 |
Claughton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Roy Perkins | 2,102 | 37.8 | 5.8 | |
Labour | J. Pennington | 1,678 | 30.2 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | C. Bowditch | 1,669 | 30.0 | 8.4 | |
Green | K. Cuthbertson | 109 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 424 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,957 | ||||
Turnout | 50.7 | 1.3 | |||
Alliance hold | Swing | 7.0 |
Eastham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Phillip Gilchrist | 3,385 | 55.4 | 14.9 | |
Labour | P. Spruce | 1,650 | 27.0 | 3.0 | |
Conservative | Mary Jordan | 1,075 | 17.6 | 11.9 | |
Majority | 1,735 | 28.4 | 18.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,044 | ||||
Turnout | 50.7 | 2.6 | |||
Alliance hold | Swing | 9.0 |
Egerton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Williams | 2,842 | 54.4 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Hilary Jones | 1,171 | 22.4 | 7.8 | |
Alliance | W. Wood | 1,082 | 20.7 | 6.9 | |
Green | David Pye | 130 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,671 | 32.0 | 6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,481 | ||||
Turnout | 45.5 | 3.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.1 |
Heswall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. Price | 3,851 | 63.0 | 8.6 | |
Alliance | Robert Wilkins | 1,696 | 27.8 | 9.0 | |
Labour | George Davies | 563 | 9.2 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 2,155 | 35.3 | 17.6 | ||
Registered electors | 13,126 | ||||
Turnout | 46.5 | 3.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.8 |
Hoylake
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Amyes | 2,671 | 43.9 | 21.8 | |
Residents | J. Leonard | 1,498 | 24.6 | New | |
Alliance | J. Otterson | 1,347 | 22.2 | 0.3 | |
Labour | P. Morrin | 565 | 9.3 | 3.0 | |
Majority | 1,173 | 19.3 | 24.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,549 | ||||
Turnout | 48.5 | 5.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 12.3 |
Leasowe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John George | 2,591 | 62.2 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | L. Kennedy | 964 | 23.1 | 5.3 | |
Alliance | B. Thomas | 610 | 14.6 | 5.7 | |
Majority | 1,627 | 39.1 | 4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,091 | ||||
Turnout | 41.3 | 6.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.4 |
Liscard
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Paterson | 2,724 | 45.9 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | S. Morgan | 2,267 | 38.2 | 3.7 | |
Alliance | John Uriel | 943 | 15.9 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 457 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,962 | ||||
Turnout | 49.6 | 7.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.9 |
Moreton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Marshall-Clarke | 2,311 | 46.0 | 2.3 | |
Conservative | W. Leigh | 1,773 | 35.3 | 8.7 | |
Alliance | J. Eyres | 939 | 18.7 | 6.4 | |
Majority | 538 | 10.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,298 | ||||
Turnout | 54.0 | 5.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 5.5 |
New Brighton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Redhead | 2,150 | 40.0 | 7.0 | |
Labour | A. Clark | 1,978 | 36.8 | 3.7 | |
Alliance | R. Curphey | 1,243 | 23.1 | 6.0 | |
Majority | 172 | 3.2 | 10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,818 | ||||
Turnout | 45.4 | 1.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.4 |
Oxton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Gordon Lindsay | 2,607 | 48.6 | 5.0 | |
Conservative | Leonard Moore | 1,394 | 26.0 | 7.3 | |
Labour | T. Kelly | 1,248 | 23.3 | 1.2 | |
Green | A. Tebbs | 112 | 2.1 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 1,213 | 22.6 | 12.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,402 | ||||
Turnout | 47.0 | 1.9 | |||
Alliance hold | Swing | 6.2 |
Prenton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Edward Cunniffe | 2,681 | 40.4 | 19.0 | |
Alliance | John Thornton | 2,655 | – | – | |
Conservative | M. Baker | 2,106 | 31.7 | 12.9 | |
Conservative | R. Stretch | 1,934 | – | – | |
Labour | John Clark | 1,739 | 26.2 | 7.8 | |
Labour | L. Blair | 1,722 | – | – | |
Green | C. Pye | 109 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 575 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,580 | ||||
Turnout | 53.9 | 8.4 | |||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.7 | |||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | – |
Royden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Lloyd | 2,848 | 49.0 | 15.1 | |
Residents | W. Evans | 1,053 | 18.1 | New | |
Alliance | Peter Reisdorf | 989 | 17.0 | 2.9 | |
Labour | C. Harrison | 923 | 15.9 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 1,795 | 30.9 | 13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,648 | ||||
Turnout | 46.0 | 7.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.7 |
Seacombe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Cowderoy | 3,377 | 67.9 | 0.2 | |
Conservative | F. Hunter | 928 | 18.7 | 4.7 | |
Alliance | D. Kelly | 667 | 13.4 | 4.5 | |
Majority | 2,449 | 49.3 | 5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,053 | ||||
Turnout | 41.3 | 2.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Thurstaston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Fletcher | 3,008 | 49.3 | 18.8 | |
Conservative | Jeffrey Green | 2,970 | – | – | |
Alliance | Charles Wall | 1,235 | 20.2 | 6.5 | |
Alliance | Ray Pullen | 1,109 | – | – | |
Labour | M. Cooper | 1,036 | 17.0 | 1.2 | |
Green | David Burton | 823 | 13.5 | New | |
Labour | P. Connell | 813 | – | – | |
Majority | 1,773 | 29.1 | 20.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,663 | ||||
Turnout | 45.9 | 4.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 10.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | – |
Tranmere
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Davies | 3,239 | 77.0 | 3.1 | |
Conservative | J. Hockaday | 466 | 11.1 | 3.6 | |
Alliance | G. Pumford | 420 | 10.0 | 1.5 | |
Green | Garnette Bowler | 83 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,773 | 65.9 | 6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,003 | ||||
Turnout | 38.2 | 3.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.4 |
Upton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hugh Lloyd | 3,048 | 50.3 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Watt | 1,793 | 29.6 | 3.8 | |
Alliance | Eric Copestake | 1,142 | 18.8 | 3.1 | |
Green | Cecil Bowler | 81 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,255 | 20.7 | 3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 12,586 | ||||
Turnout | 48.2 | 2.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.6 |
Wallasey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Moir | 3,114 | 50.3 | 10.9 | |
Alliance | P. Rimmer | 1,782 | 28.8 | 7.8 | |
Labour | G. Kenna | 1,293 | 20.9 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 1,332 | 21.5 | 18.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,268 | ||||
Turnout | 50.4 | 4.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.4 |
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
- % of total refers to % of wards won.
- ^ Elected to serve a 4-year term.
- ^ Elected to serve a 1-year term.
- Incumbent councillor for Leasowe ward.
References
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