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The 2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 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 | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 39 | 1 | |
Conservative | 21 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 5 | 1 | |
Green | 1 |
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 2014.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63.6 | 47.9 | 79,409 | 9.3 | ||||||
Conservative | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31.8 | 28.1 | 46,611 | 0.1 | |||||||
UKIP | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 14,919 | 8.2 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 13,572 | 0.4 | ||||||
Green | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 10,446 | 1.7 | |||||||
TUSC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 632 | 0.3 | |||||||
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 195 | 0.2 |
Changes in council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
38 | 21 | 6 | 1 |
Lab | Con | LD | G |
After the election the composition of the council was:
39 | 21 | 5 | 1 |
Lab | Con | LD | G |
Ward results
Bebington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jerry Williams | 5,107 | 57.7 | 9.0 | |
Conservative | Des Drury | 2,106 | 23.8 | 1.0 | |
UKIP | Jim Bradshaw | 931 | 10.5 | 9.1 | |
Green | Anthony Smith | 452 | 5.1 | 1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Gill | 261 | 2.9 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 3,001 | 33.9 | 8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,107 | ||||
Turnout | 73.7 | 36.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.0 |
Bidston and St James
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Kenny | 4,255 | 76.9 | 12.3 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Dormand | 590 | 10.7 | 3.5 | |
Green | Karl Cumings | 316 | 5.7 | 1.7 | |
TUSC | Ben Halligan | 199 | 3.6 | 2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Wood | 175 | 3.2 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 3,665 | 66.2 | 22.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,049 | ||||
Turnout | 56.0 | 29.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 11.1 |
Birkenhead and Tranmere
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Davies | 3,130 | 56.0 | 15.2 | |
Green | Jayne Clough | 1,763 | 31.6 | 16.1 | |
UKIP | Laurence Sharpe-Stevens | 447 | 8.0 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | June Cowin | 183 | 3.3 | 1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Price | 61 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,367 | 24.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,854 | ||||
Turnout | 56.9 | 21.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 15.6 |
Bromborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Walsh | 4,478 | 59.3 | 9.4 | |
Conservative | Mike Collins | 1,396 | 18.5 | 4.8 | |
UKIP | Sue Colquhoun | 865 | 11.5 | 11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penelope Golby | 367 | 4.9 | 2.3 | |
Green | Percy Hogg | 330 | 4.4 | 2.2 | |
TUSC | Mark Halligan | 118 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 3,082 | 40.8 | 13.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,464 | ||||
Turnout | 66.3 | 35.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.8 |
Clatterbridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Sykes | 3,656 | 41.3 | 0.7 | |
Labour | Jenny Holliday | 3,371 | 38.1 | 6.5 | |
UKIP | Roger Jones | 864 | 9.8 | 7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jan Cambridge | 644 | 7.3 | 1.7 | |
Green | Vinny Spencer | 323 | 3.6 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 285 | 3.2 | 5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,689 | ||||
Turnout | 76.2 | 35.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.9 |
Claughton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Foulkes | 4,101 | 56.8 | 3.5 | |
Conservative | Barbara Sinclair | 1,309 | 18.1 | 3.6 | |
UKIP | Philip Griffiths | 810 | 11.2 | 10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Teggin | 512 | 7.1 | 2.3 | |
Green | Tom Cubbin | 488 | 6.8 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 2,792 | 38.7 | 6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,266 | ||||
Turnout | 64.5 | 32.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 |
Eastham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dave Mitchell | 3,589 | 45.1 | 5.6 | |
Labour | Helen Robinson | 2,772 | 34.8 | 4.9 | |
Conservative | Keith Jack | 1,314 | 16.5 | 4.6 | |
Green | Paul Cartlidge | 291 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 817 | 10.3 | 0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,089 | ||||
Turnout | 72.5 | 36.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.4 |
Greasby, Frankby and Irby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Burgess-Joyce | 3,655 | 40.4 | 1.8 | |
Labour | Julie McManus | 2,980 | 33.0 | 12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Reisdorf | 1,330 | 14.7 | 4.3 | |
UKIP | Laurence Jones | 723 | 8.0 | 6.3 | |
Green | Catherine Page | 352 | 3.9 | 3.4 | |
Majority | 675 | 7.4 | 10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,583 | ||||
Turnout | 78.4 | 35.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.2 |
Heswall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hodson | 5,035 | 59.5 | 3.8 | |
Labour | Mike Holliday | 1,718 | 20.3 | 4.8 | |
UKIP | David Scott | 715 | 8.4 | 9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Tyrrell | 535 | 6.3 | 1.9 | |
Green | Barbara Burton | 464 | 5.4 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 3,317 | 39.2 | 1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,874 | ||||
Turnout | 78.5 | 38.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.7 |
Hoylake and Meols
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Ellis | 4,125 | 50.8 | 4.1 | |
Labour | Bill McGenity | 2,367 | 29.1 | 2.9 | |
Green | Yvonne McGinley | 758 | 9.3 | 1.0 | |
UKIP | George Robinson | 497 | 6.1 | 6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Redfern | 374 | 4.6 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 1,758 | 21.7 | 1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,610 | ||||
Turnout | 77.0 | 37.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Leasowe and Moreton East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ron Abbey | 4,297 | 60.8 | 15.3 | |
Conservative | Denis Knowles | 1,744 | 24.7 | 16.1 | |
UKIP | Jan Davison | 734 | 10.4 | 0.4 | |
Green | Craig Reynolds | 291 | 4.1 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 2,553 | 36.1 | 31.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,764 | ||||
Turnout | 65.9 | 28.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 15.7 |
Liscard
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernie Mooney | 4,397 | 62.9 | 16.0 | |
UKIP | Lynda Williams | 1,352 | 19.4 | 4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Clein | 578 | 8.3 | 5.6 | |
Green | Lindsey Stowell-Smith | 542 | 7.8 | 0.1 | |
TUSC | Adam Khan | 118 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,045 | 43.5 | 20.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,091 | ||||
Turnout | 64.5 | 33.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.1 |
Moreton West and Saughall Massie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Williams | 3,324 | 44.3 | 0.4 | |
Labour | Karl Greaney | 3,191 | 42.5 | 6.6 | |
UKIP | Susan Whitham | 716 | 9.5 | 6.9 | |
Green | Perle Sheldricks | 272 | 3.6 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 133 | 1.8 | 6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,860 | ||||
Turnout | 69.3 | 31.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.1 |
New Brighton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Hackett | 3,822 | 52.5 | 10.2 | |
Conservative | Tony Pritchard | 2,223 | 30.6 | 3.8 | |
Green | Gillian Homeri | 634 | 8.7 | 2.0 | |
UKIP | Tim Power | 595 | 8.2 | 4.4 | |
Majority | 1,599 | 21.9 | 14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,003 | ||||
Turnout | 66.4 | 30.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.0 |
Oxton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Doughty | 3,085 | 39.7 | 4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 2,788 | 35.9 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | Hilary Jones | 854 | 11.0 | 3.7 | |
UKIP | David Martin | 615 | 7.9 | 5.4 | |
Green | Liz Heydon | 424 | 5.5 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 297 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,236 | ||||
Turnout | 69.4 | 31.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 3.5 |
Pensby and Thingwall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Brightmore | 3,085 | 39.1 | 6.5 | |
Conservative | Ian MacKenzie | 2,918 | 36.9 | 8.2 | |
UKIP | Hilary Jones | 796 | 10.1 | 12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Damien Cummins | 602 | 7.6 | 1.9 | |
Green | Allen Burton | 378 | 4.8 | 1.9 | |
Independent | Maureen Wilkinson | 69 | 0.9 | New | |
TUSC | Phil Simpson | 50 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 167 | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,589 | ||||
Turnout | 75.2 | 36.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.9 |
Prenton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Davies | 4,362 | 59.3 | 12.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Hughes | 1,307 | 17.8 | 2.1 | |
UKIP | James Shorthall | 864 | 11.7 | 10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allan Brame | 481 | 6.5 | 1.9 | |
Green | Moira Gommon | 342 | 4.6 | 2.6 | |
Majority | 3,055 | 41.5 | 16.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,790 | ||||
Turnout | 68.4 | 34.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.2 |
Rock Ferry
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Meaden | 3,767 | 66.7 | 8.6 | |
UKIP | Terry Hansen | 617 | 10.9 | 10.0 | |
Conservative | Cy Ferguson | 552 | 9.8 | 2.1 | |
Green | Paul Harris | 430 | 7.6 | 1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Hall | 148 | 2.6 | 0.1 | |
TUSC | Morag Reid | 72 | 1.3 | 0.6 | |
Independent | Jim Pritchard | 62 | 1.1 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 3,150 | 55.8 | 18.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,727 | ||||
Turnout | 58.3 | 31.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.3 |
Seacombe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Jones | 4,157 | 71.1 | 11.9 | |
UKIP | Christopher Wellstead | 726 | 12.4 | 12.8 | |
Conservative | Christine Jones | 581 | 9.9 | 2.2 | |
Green | Lily Clough | 244 | 4.2 | 1.7 | |
TUSC | Gregory North | 75 | 1.3 | New | |
Independent | Karl Mercer | 64 | 1.1 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 3,431 | 58.7 | 24.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,309 | ||||
Turnout | 57.1 | 30.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.4 |
Upton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Smith | 5,347 | 62.4 | 13.6 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Gubb | 1,807 | 21.1 | 1.9 | |
UKIP | Geoffrey Caton | 853 | 9.9 | 13.9 | |
Green | Marian Hussenbux | 306 | 3.6 | 1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 262 | 3.1 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 3,540 | 41.3 | 16.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,394 | ||||
Turnout | 69.6 | 36.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.2 |
Wallasey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Hayes | 3,831 | 44.8 | 4.0 | |
Labour | Giuseppe Roberto | 3,309 | 38.7 | 10.2 | |
UKIP | Brian Farrell | 647 | 7.6 | 5.5 | |
Green | Cynthia Stonall | 464 | 5.4 | 0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Codling | 302 | 3.5 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 522 | 6.1 | 14.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,871 | ||||
Turnout | 72.5 | 33.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.1 |
West Kirby and Thurstaston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Elderton | 4,099 | 50.6 | 3.0 | |
Labour | Thomas Usher | 2,311 | 28.5 | 1.1 | |
Green | Trevor Desrosiers | 582 | 7.2 | 1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Cresswell | 563 | 6.9 | 3.3 | |
UKIP | Dave Evennett | 552 | 6.8 | 5.9 | |
Majority | 1,788 | 22.1 | 1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,380 | ||||
Turnout | 78.7 | 36.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.9 |
Changes between 2015 and 2016
Date | Ward | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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? | Bromborough | Steve Niblock | Labour | Independent | Deselected. |
Notes
- Incumbent councillor for Prenton ward.
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
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