1998 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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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 1998 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 41 | ![]() |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 16 | ![]() |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | | [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/shortname]] | 8 | ![]() |
style="background-color: Template:Independent Liberal Democrat/meta/color" | | [[Independent Liberal Democrat|Template:Independent Liberal Democrat/meta/shortname]] | 1 | ![]() |
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 1996.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1998 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
59.1 | 42.1 | 29,075 | ![]() | ||||||
Conservative | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
27.3 | 33.1 | 22,856 | ![]() | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
13.6 | 21.4 | 14,740 | ![]() | ||||||
Green | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.8 | 1,925 | ![]() | ||||||
Socialist Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.6 | 435 | N/A |
Ward results
Bebington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kathryn Shaughnessy | 1,933 | 46.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | H. Gow | 1,757 | 42.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Dyer | 333 | 8.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Ann Jones | 104 | 2.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 176 | 4.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,693 | ||||
Turnout | 38.7 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Bidston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Nock | 1,009 | 72.5 | ![]() | |
Socialist Labour | Alec McFadden | 183 | 13.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | John Tomlinson | 155 | 11.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Robert Mitchell | 45 | 3.2 | New | |
Majority | 826 | 59.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 7,994 | ||||
Turnout | 17.4 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Birkenhead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Christian | 1,351 | 79.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Williams | 357 | 20.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 994 | 58.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,892 | ||||
Turnout | 17.3 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Bromborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Witter | 1,742 | 59.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jacqueline Hall | 640 | 22.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Bolton | 412 | 14.1 | ![]() | |
Green | J. Jones | 120 | 4.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,102 | 37.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,662 | ||||
Turnout | 27.4 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Clatterbridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Cummings | 2,344 | 48.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | C. Riley | 1,578 | 32.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Isabel Moon | 792 | 16.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Michael Harper | 115 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 766 | 15.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 13,814 | ||||
Turnout | 35.0 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Claughton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Foulkes | 1,600 | 55.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Molyneux | 637 | 22.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | K. Wise | 455 | 15.9 | ![]() | |
Socialist Labour | Michael Cullen | 99 | 3.5 | New | |
Green | S. Johnson | 76 | 2.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 963 | 33.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,644 | ||||
Turnout | 26.9 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Eastham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Thomas Harney | 2,419 | 62.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jean Stapleton | 937 | 24.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | M. Hunt | 462 | 11.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Brian Gibbs | 72 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 1,482 | 38.1 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,083 | ||||
Turnout | 35.1 | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Egerton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barney Gilfoyle | 1,293 | 58.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Cyrus Ferguson | 351 | 15.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Lloyd | 250 | 11.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Catherine Page | 161 | 7.3 | ![]() | |
Socialist Labour | Nicholas Kearns | 153 | 6.9 | New | |
Majority | 942 | 42.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,461 | ||||
Turnout | 21.1 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Heswall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Hodson [n 2] | 2,850 | 61.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Stephen Rowlands [n 3] | 2,647 | – | – | |
Labour | L. Flanaghan | 1,016 | 22.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | A. Terry | 900 | – | – | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Norton | 610 | 13.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Wilkins | 556 | – | – | |
Green | Garnette Bowler | 151 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,834 | 39.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 13,214 | ||||
Turnout | 33.7 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Conservative hold | Swing | – |
Hoylake
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Ellis | 2,536 | 63.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | E. Harrison | 817 | 20.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Richards | 472 | 11.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Allen Burton | 160 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,719 | 43.1 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,130 | ||||
Turnout | 32.4 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Leasowe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iris Coates | 1,347 | 71.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | G. Beattie | 296 | 15.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Susanne Uriel | 248 | 13.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,051 | 55.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,072 | ||||
Turnout | 20.8 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Liscard
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Paterson | 1,334 | 57.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | J. Tooke | 569 | 24.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Wright | 404 | 17.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 765 | 33.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,939 | ||||
Turnout | 21.1 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Moreton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Groves | 1,449 | 53.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ian Lewis | 977 | 36.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Robertson | 267 | 9.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 472 | 17.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,653 | ||||
Turnout | 27.9 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
New Brighton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patrick Hackett | 1,729 | 55.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Anthony Pritchard | 965 | 31.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Codling | 310 | 10.0 | ![]() | |
Green | George Bowler | 102 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 764 | 24.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,306 | ||||
Turnout | 27.5 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Oxton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly [n 2] | 1,913 | 54.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Freda Anderson [n 3] | 1,856 | – | – | |
Labour | Anna McLaughlin | 804 | 23.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | Denise Roberts | 771 | – | – | |
Conservative | Leonard Moore | 587 | 16.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Pamela Mitchell | 193 | 5.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,109 | 31.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,282 | ||||
Turnout | 27.1 | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | – |
Prenton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Thornton | 2,343 | 56.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | R. Pullen | 1,042 | 25.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | David Elderton | 679 | 16.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Perle Sheldricks | 63 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,301 | 31.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,320 | ||||
Turnout | 36.5 | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Royden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Laurence Jones | 1,746 | 44.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Reisdorf | 1,158 | 29.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | R. Pennington | 909 | 23.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Barbara Burton | 89 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 588 | 15.1 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,501 | ||||
Turnout | 31.2 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Seacombe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Jackson | 1,525 | 73.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | L. May | 280 | 13.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Ellett | 225 | 10.8 | ![]() | |
Green | P. Exley | 56 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,245 | 59.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,743 | ||||
Turnout | 19.4 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Thurstaston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jacqueline McKelvie | 2,163 | 53.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | A. Beer | 1,417 | 34.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Wall | 388 | 9.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Percy Hogg | 96 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 746 | 18.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,363 | ||||
Turnout | 32.9 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Tranmere
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Davies | 1,328 | 81.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Blaylock | 211 | 12.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Angela Upton | 98 | 6.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,117 | 68.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,380 | ||||
Turnout | 17.5 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Upton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hugh Lloyd | 1,790 | 53.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | John Laing | 1,034 | 31.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Redfern | 421 | 12.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Joyce Hogg | 94 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 756 | 22.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,375 | ||||
Turnout | 27.0 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Wallasey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lesley Rennie | 2,165 | 56.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | P. Carrington | 1,125 | 29.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 415 | 10.8 | ![]() | |
Green | George Bowler | 130 | 3.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,040 | 27.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 32.9 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Changes between 1998 and 1999
Date | Ward | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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June 1998 | Prenton | Ed Cunniffe
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Ind. Lib Dem
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Labour | Defected.[20] |
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References
- ^ a b "Local Election Summaries 1998". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 14 and 15)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Steve Foulkes". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Tom Harney". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Jean Stapleton". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Andrew Hodson". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Les Rowlands". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Bob Wilkins". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Gerry Ellis". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Ian Lewis". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Pat Hackett". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Tony Pritchard". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Stuart Kelly". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Denise Roberts". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor David M Elderton". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Peter Reisdorf". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Bill Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Lesley Rennie". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Lib Dem councillor switches sides". Wirral Globe. 17 June 1998. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
"Socialist Labour candidates". Wirral Globe. 23 April 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2018.