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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2018
23 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
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The 2018 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to take place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This is on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Liberal Democrat
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" \|	Green

Summary of Results

Party		Standing	Defending
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	Labour	23	12
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	Conservative	23	8
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	Liberal Democrat	22	2
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	Green	23	1
style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	UKIP	1	0
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	Independent	1	0
style="background-color: Template:Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	TUSC	3	0

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
38	20	5	1	2
Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Green	Vacant

After the election the composition of the council was:

Parties and candidates

Candidates

There were in total 96 candidates (down 7 from 2016). ^[2] As per 2016, both Labour and The Conservative Party contested all 23 seats up for election. The Green Party also stood 23 (up 2), the Liberal Democrats, 22 (up 3) and TUSC, 3 (down 4). UKIP stood 1 candidate (down 8) with 1 Independent also standing. ^[3]

Labour Party

Leader of the Labour Group, Phil Davies, has been leader of Wirral Council since 2012 and councillor for Birkenhead and Tranmere ward and the previous Birkenhead ward since 1991. ^[4]

Wirral Labour's local election campaign was launched on the 10th of April 2018 at The Engineering College in Monk's Ferry with the help of the Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram.^[5]

Wirral Labour's key priorities were to:

Fight to protect and improve the communities and neighbourhoods we call home and to protect the services Wirral residents rely on ^[6]
Care for our elderly, care for our young people and care for the most vulnerable in our borough ^[6]
Continue to work with the Police and Social Services to clampdown on Anti-Social Behaviour ^[6]
Work with the Metro Mayor to access funds to improve our roads and highways ^[6]

Conservative Party

Ian Lewis (Councillor for Wallasey ward since 2016) has been leader of the Conservative group since 2017. ^[7] ^[8]

The Wirral Conservative's key priorities were to:

Cut Spending on consultants and Senior directors ^[9]
Abolish parking charges in country parks and costal areas ^[9]
Scrap the Wirral View newspaper and use the money to reinstate school crossing patrols ^[9]
Scrap the plan for food waste bins and do more, instead, to reduce the amount of packaging and plastic waste ^[9]
Make “better use” of the council’s £800m budget: banning lending money to other councils ^[10]

Scrap plans to build on the greenbelt ^[10]

Liberal Democrats

Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, Phil Gilchrist, has been a councillor for Eastham since 1977. ^[11]

The Wirral Liberal Democrat's key priorities were to:

Focus on getting basic services right ^[10]
Secure grants from the government that will recognise Wirral’s needs ^[10]
Give local people a greater say, particularly over the Wirral Growth Company ^[10]
“leave nobody out”, particularly in the example of health and social services ^[10]
Money from the sale of council assets “must be ploughed back into our communities” ^[10]
A better maintained road network with more 20mph zones to improve safety ^[10]
Scrap the Wirral View ^[10]

Green Party

Pat Cleary, the sole Green representation on Wirral Council ^[12], has been councillor for Birkenhead and Tranmere since 2014. ^[13]

The Wirral Green Party's key priorities were to:

Clamp down on waste and invest more in “key public services” ^[10]
Scrap the Wirral View newspaper and invest savings made in improving the environment. ^[10]
Freeze executive pay and introduce measures to address the “obscene pay gap” between the lowest and highest paid council staff. ^[10]
Prioritise key brownfield sites for regeneration and housing, “ending the threat to Wirral’s green belt” ^[10]
Transform democratic structures to secure “a more inclusive and transparent council in contrast to the rigid closed shop operated by the Labour Party” ^[10]
Prioritise investment in active travel with pedestrians, cyclists and cleaner air ^[10]

Other Parties

Sole UKIP Candidate, Paula Walters, was urged to withdraw her nomination by The Labour Party due to a series of “hate-filled” tweets from an account under her name that compared migrants to terrorists. ^[14]

Ward Results

Declared candidates.^[2] Candidates ordered in alphabetical order until the result is declared. Declarations will not be published until the 4th May 2018. Results compared directly with the last local election in 2016 except for Claughton which is compared directly with the 2017 Claughton By election.

Bebington

Bebington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Britton
	Labour	Tony Cottier
	Conservative	Des Drury
	Green	Rachel Heydon
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Bidston and St James

Bidston and St James
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Liz Grey
	Conservative	Nick Hanna
	Green	Jamie Parkhouse
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Parsons
	TUSC	Warwick Roberts
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Birkenhead and Tranmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Green	Pat Cleary	1881
	Labour	Paul Jobson	1810
	Conservative	June Cowin	96
Majority			71	N/A
Registered electors			10,281
Turnout			3793
Rejected ballots			6
	Green hold		Swing

Bromborough

Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Susan Braddock
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Downie
	Conservative	Peter Taylor
	Labour	Irene Williams
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mary Jordan
	Green	Jim McGinley
	Labour	Guiseppe Roberto
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Thompson
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Claughton

Claughton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Suzanne Downward
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans
	Green	Liz Heydon
	Labour	Gillian Wood
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Eastham

Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jo Bird
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Carubia
	Conservative	Allan Guy
	Green	Percy Hogg
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Greasby, Frankby and Irby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Wendy Clements
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Corkhill
	Green	Cathy Page
	Labour	Katherine Stuart
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Heswall

Heswall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Barbara Burton
	Conservative	Les Rowlands
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thompson
	Labour	Christine Trenery
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Hoylake and Meols

Hoylake and Meols (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Clark
	Green	Alix Cockcroft
	Conservative	Tony Cox
	Labour	Matthew Daniel
	Conservative	Andrew Gardner
	Labour	Tony Murphy
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf
	Green	Mark Wilde
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing
			Swing

Leasowe and Moreton East

Leasowe and Moreton East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Debbie Caplin
	Green	Michael Dixon
	Independent	Mike Holt
	Labour	Sharon Jones
	Liberal Democrats	David Tyrrell
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Liscard

Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Arrowsmith
	Conservative	Margaret Kalil
	Green	Perle Sheldricks
	Labour	Janette Williamson
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Moreton West and Saughall Massie
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bruce Berry
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Crowfoot
	Labour	Bill McGenity
	Green	Helen O'Donnell
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

New Brighton

New Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Keenan
	Conservative	William Raybould
	Labour	Christine Spriggs
	Green	Cynthia Stonall
	UKIP	Paula Walters
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Oxton

Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame
	Labour	Jeff Davies
	Green	Moira Gommon
	Conservative	Hilary Jones
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Pensby and Thingwall

Pensby and Thingwall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Allen Burton
	Labour	Kate Cannon
	Conservative	Michael Collins
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Johnson
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Prenton

Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Samantha Frost	1914
	Green	Chris Cooke	1322
	Conservative	Tom Bottom	470
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Forshaw	172
Majority			592
Registered electors			10,995
Turnout			3891
Rejected ballots			19
	Labour hold		Swing

Rock Ferry

Rock Ferry
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Sheena Hatton
	TUSC	Mark Hazlehurst
	Conservative	Sue Hemmings
	Labour	Moira McLaughlin
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Smith
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Seacombe

Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Adrian Jones
	Green	Peter Lageard
	Conservative	John Laing
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Upton

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Lily Clough
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Davies
	TUSC	John Murray
	Labour	Stuart Whittingham
	Conservative	Alison Wright
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

Wallasey

Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	James Brady
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling
	Labour	Paul Martin
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

West Kirby and Thurstaston

West Kirby and Thurstaston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jeff Green
	Labour	James Laing
	Green	Yvonne McGinley
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Redfern
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
			Swing

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

References

^ "Local elections on 3 May 2018". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ ^a ^b "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Here are the Wirral Council candidates you can vote for in May's local election". Wirral Globe.
^ "Councillor Phil Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Wirral Council leader Phil Davies launches local election campaign". Wirral Globe.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Labour is last line of defence against savage Tory cuts" (Press release). Wirral Labour.
^ "Councillor Ian Lewis". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Ian Lewis". Wirral Conservatives.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Wirral A5 Choice Graphic" (Press release). Wirral Conservatives.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "What Wirral's main political parties say they will do if they win power in May local elections". Liverpool Echo.
^ "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Green party enjoy shock Birkenhead success in Wirral elections". Liverpool Echo.
^ "Councillor Pat Cleary". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "UKIP council hopeful's 'hate-filled' tweets compared migrants to terrorists". Liverpool Echo.

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[1] "Local elections on 3 May 2018". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[nom-2] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[globe-3] "Here are the Wirral Council candidates you can vote for in May's local election". Wirral Globe.

[4] "Councillor Phil Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[5] "Wirral Council leader Phil Davies launches local election campaign". Wirral Globe.

[lab-6] "Labour is last line of defence against savage Tory cuts" (Press release). Wirral Labour.

[7] "Councillor Ian Lewis". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[8] "Councillor Ian Lewis". Wirral Conservatives.

[con-9] "Wirral A5 Choice Graphic" (Press release). Wirral Conservatives.

[echo-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "What Wirral's main political parties say they will do if they win power in May local elections". Liverpool Echo.

[11] "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[12] "Green party enjoy shock Birkenhead success in Wirral elections". Liverpool Echo.

[13] "Councillor Pat Cleary". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[14] "UKIP council hopeful's 'hate-filled' tweets compared migrants to terrorists". Liverpool Echo.

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