1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 1990 United Kingdom local elections

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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)

1991 →

23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

52.4% (

7.9%)

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab		LD
Leader	Peter Corcoran	John Hale	Ed Cunniffe
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat	Upton	Liscard	Prenton (lost)
Last election	13 seats, 41.9%	7 seats, 41.9%	2 seats, 13.5%
Seats before	29	24	10
Seats won	14	8	1
Seats after	33	23	7
Seat change	4	1	3
Popular vote	60,891	45,993	18,918
Percentage	45.9%	34.7%	14.3%
Swing	4.0%	7.2%	0.8%

Map of results of 1990 election

Leader of the Council before election

None
No Overall Control

Leader of the Council after election

Yvonne Nolan (Labour)
No Overall Control

The 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990 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:

	Seats	±
Labour	33	4
Conservative	23	1
Liberal Democrats	7	3
Independent Labour	3

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1988.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1988

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	23	14	4	0	4	63.6	45.9	60,891	4.0
	Conservative	23	8	0	1	1	31.8	34.7	45,993	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	23	1	0	3	3	4.5	14.3	18,918	0.8
	Green	22	0	0	0		0.0	5.1	6,737	2.8

Ward results

Bebington

Bebington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*A. Green*	2,900	46.0	8.2
	Labour	Audrey Moore	2,504	39.7	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Turner	589	9.3	3.0
	Green	Garnette Bowler	317	5.0	0.1
Majority			396	6.3	13.5
Registered electors			11,015
Turnout				57.3	8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Bidston

Bidston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Nock	3,189	84.3	0.6
	Conservative	T. Robinson	249	6.6	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Doyle	196	5.2	0.9
	Green	Robert Mitchell	149	3.9	1.5
Majority			2,940	77.7	1.3
Registered electors			8,764
Turnout				43.2	7.4
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

Birkenhead

Birkenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Gaskell	3,821	81.8	5.3
	Conservative	J. Oliver	372	8.0	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Niblock	306	6.5	1.9
	Green	T. Keen	174	3.7	1.2
Majority			3,449	73.8	9.9
Registered electors			10,766
Turnout				43.4	7.4
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

Bromborough

Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Witter	3,171	55.1	3.0
	Conservative	J. Faulkner	1,411	24.5	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	L. Smith	921	16.0	8.7
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	256	4.4	2.7
Majority			1,760	30.6	5.3
Registered electors			11,311
Turnout				50.9	7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Myrra Lea*	3,977	53.9	7.6
	Labour	S. Christie	2,107	28.6	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	M. Cody	926	12.6	1.0
	Green	Nigel Birchenough	362	4.9	2.0
Majority			1,870	25.4	12.0
Registered electors			14,102
Turnout				52.3	7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.1

Claughton

Claughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Foulkes	2,797	45.8	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Kelly	1,530	25.1	4.4
	Conservative	D. Smith	1,518	24.9	10.5
	Green	Barbara Burton	262	4.3	1.6
Majority			1,267	20.7	15.0
Registered electors			10,708
Turnout				57.0	7.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.5

Eastham

Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vera Ruck	2,704	40.4	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Gilchrist	2,104	34.1	2.1
	Conservative	E. Green	1,547	23.1	6.9
	Green	R. Georgeson	340	5.1	3.2
Majority			600	9.0	8.0
Registered electors			11,782
Turnout				56.8	10.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	4.0

Egerton

Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*P. Williams*	3,257	61.3	4.9
	Conservative	A. Flynn	923	17.4	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Anderson	891	16.8	8.2
	Green	C. Pye	243	4.6	1.5
Majority			2,334	43.9	0.2
Registered electors			11,359
Turnout				46.8	6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

Heswall

Heswall (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Mackenzie	4,689	65.3	10.5
	Conservative	*T. Price*	4,496	–	–
	Labour	H. Walsh	1,094	15.2	3.4
	Labour	N. Apperley	1,092	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	W. Jones	814	11.3	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Norton	767	–	–
	Green	J. Bruce	587	8.2	4.8
Majority			3,595	50.0	14.0
Registered electors			13,171
Turnout				53.6	10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	–

Hoylake

Hoylake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*R. Amyes*	3,771	60.4	9.3
	Labour	D. Blake	1,374	22.0	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Dennis	561	9.0	2.5
	Green	C. Fisher	533	8.5	4.2
Majority			2,397	38.4	16.8
Registered electors			12,464
Turnout				50.1	6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.4

Leasowe

Leasowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Curtis	3,391	71.3	2.3
	Conservative	H. Tooke	836	17.6	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Glover	309	6.5	2.5
	Green	S. Hughes	220	4.6	New
Majority			2,555	53.7	11.8
Registered electors			9,773
Turnout				48.7	7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	5.9

Liscard

Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Gordon Paterson*	3,655	57.4	4.1
	Conservative	R. Beard	2,039	32.0	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	365	5.7	1.5
	Green	Pamela Mitchell	304	4.8	New
Majority			1,616	25.4	11.6
Registered electors			11,511
Turnout				55.3	1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	5.8

Moreton

Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Groves	3,049	55.4	2.2
	Conservative	P. Pluck	1,968	35.7	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	C. Robertson	279	5.1	0.7
	Green	Allen Burton	212	3.8	2.3
Majority			1,081	19.6	7.3
Registered electors			9,372
Turnout				58.8	4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	3.7

New Brighton

New Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Harris	2,966	46.5	2.4
	Conservative	Vic Borg	2,529	39.7	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	487	7.6	1.5
	Green	Sally Davis	394	6.2	3.9
Majority			437	6.9	6.3
Registered electors			11,450
Turnout				55.7	9.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.1

Oxton

Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Gordon Lindsay*	2,420	39.6	1.4
	Labour	Harry Smith	1,827	29.9	6.7
	Conservative	R. Hughes	1,644	26.9	9.8
	Green	George Bowler	213	3.5	1.6
Majority			593	9.7	8.2
Registered electors			11,656
Turnout				52.4	5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.1

Prenton

Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cocker	2,685	37.5	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Cunniffe	2,364	33.0	6.9
	Conservative	J. Weatherhead	1,901	26.5	7.7
	Green	David Pye	213	3.0	1.0
Majority			321	4.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,198
Turnout				58.7	9.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	5.1

Royden

Royden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*W. Lloyd*	3,696	59.0	5.9
	Labour	M. Watson	1,599	25.5	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Brame	580	9.3	5.7
	Green	K. Cuthbertson	392	6.3	2.9
Majority			2,097	33.5	14.8
Registered electors			12,736
Turnout				49.2	7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

Seacombe

Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Jackson	4,796	78.0	2.1
	Conservative	L. May	803	13.1	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	D. Kelly	322	5.2	1.9
	Green	D. Hughes	230	3.7	New
Majority			3,993	64.9	6.5
Registered electors			11,447
Turnout				53.7	11.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

Thurstaston

Thurstaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*David Fletcher*	3,537	55.2	10.4
	Labour	W. Gamet	1,710	26.7	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wall	597	9.3	0.6
	Green	David Burton	567	8.8	2.9
Majority			1,827	28.5	18.5
Registered electors			12,564
Turnout				51.0	9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.2

Tranmere

Tranmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*William Davies*	3,526	81.0	1.9
	Conservative	G. Francomb	412	9.5	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Townsend	233	5.4	0.6
	Green	Angela Upton	182	4.2	1.6
Majority			3,114	71.5	5.9
Registered electors			9,907
Turnout				43.9	9.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

Upton

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Hugh Lloyd*	3,786	56.5	1.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Caton	1,895	28.3	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	736	11.0	0.8
	Green	L. Georgeson	281	4.2	2.2
Majority			1,891	28.2	3.7
Registered electors			12,798
Turnout				52.3	8.2
	Labour hold		Swing	1.9

Wallasey

Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howden	3,376	48.6	10.7
	Labour	B. Williams	1,883	27.1	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Gallagher	1,388	20.0	3.5
	Green	A. Cuthbertson	306	4.4	New
Majority			1,493	21.5	13.5
Registered electors			12,054
Turnout				57.7	6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Changes between 1990 and 1991

Date	Ward	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
?	Egerton	Alec Dunn		Independent Labour		Liberal Democrats	Defected.

Notes

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

% of total refers to % of wards won.
Incumbent councillor for Leasowe ward.
Elected to serve a 4-year term.
Elected to serve a 2-year term.
Incumbent councillor for Bidston ward.

References

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^ "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 10)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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"Councillor Steve Foulkes". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 15 August 2023.
"Councillor Stuart Kelly". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 15 August 2023.
"Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 15 August 2023.
"Councillor Harry Smith". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
"Councillor Bill Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
"Councillor Peter Reisdorf". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
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