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Elections to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1] Overall turnout was 27.9%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Wirral Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 8 4 1 +3 36.4 37.8 26,120 +2.5%
  Labour 8 0 5 -5 36.4 31.4 21,725 -5.0%
  Liberal Democrats 6 2 0 +2 27.3 27.0 18,668 +0.8%
  Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 1,773 +0.8%
  Wirral Independent Network 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 553 +0.8%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 116 +0.2%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 102 +0.1%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.07 45 +0.07%

Ward results

Bebington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas 1,402 40.0 +3.3
Labour Patrick Smith 1,364 38.9 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Sharkey 481 13.7 +1.5
UKIP John McCormack 116 3.3 +3.3
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Michael Harper 92 2.6 −1.7
Wirral Independent Network Lynda Davies 53 1.5 +1.5
Majority 38 1.1
Turnout 3,508 32.5 −4.9
Bidston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Smith 860 72.5 −1.2
Wirral Independent Network Robert Ellis 143 12.1 +12.1
Liberal Democrats John Tomlinson 107 9.0 +1.8
Conservative Christopher Clare 76 6.4 −0.7
Majority 717 60.4 −1.4
Turnout 1,186 16.2 −5.0
Birkenhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phillip Davies 1,157 70.3 −10.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Lloyd 188 11.4 −1.3
Conservative David Noble 118 7.2 +0.4
Wirral Independent Network John Maher 98 6.0 +6.0
Socialist Alliance Morag Reid 45 2.7 +2.7
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Christopher Childe 40 2.4 +2.4
Majority 969 58.9 −8.8
Turnout 1,646 16.7 −1.8
Bromborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Taylor 1,449 46.7 −9.4
Labour Alan McLaughlin 1,089 35.1 +2.7
Conservative Irene Povall 568 18.3 +8.7
Majority 360 11.6 −12.1
Turnout 3,106 28.3 −4.5
Clatterbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Isabel Moon 2,655 53.0 +2.0
Conservative Brian Stewart 1,505 30.1 +0.2
Labour Andrew Page 718 14.3 −3.0
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Ann Jones 128 2.6 +0.8
Majority 1,150 22.9 +1.8
Turnout 5,006 36.3 −6.2
Claughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danise Roberts 1,414 53.1 −3.1
Conservative David May 667 25.0 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blaylock 434 16.3 −1.5
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales George Bowler 149 5.6 +1.8
Majority 747 28.1 −5.8
Turnout 2,664 23.1 −4.4
Eastham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George Mitchell 2,407 71.0 +1.3
Labour Audrey Moore 501 14.8 −3.5
Conservative Marcus Darby 390 11.5 +1.9
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Brian Gibbs 63 1.9 −0.5
Wirral Independent Network Frederick Tooley 30 0.9 +0.9
Majority 1,906 56.2 +4.8
Turnout 3,391 30.4 −4.6
Egerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Smith 1,256 56.7 −9.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Brighouse 364 16.4 +3.9
Conservative Peter Hartley 274 12.4 −4.1
Wirral Independent Network Stanley Lamb 204 9.2 +9.2
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Catherine Page 118 5.3 −0.3
Majority 892 40.3 −8.7
Turnout 2,216 20.6 −2.7
Heswall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Johnson 3,128 70.9 +6.6
Labour Gary Leech 546 12.4 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher Jackson 489 11.1 −3.9
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Patrick Cleary 249 5.6 +0.9
Majority 2,582 58.5 +10.2
Turnout 4,412 32.7 −2.0
Hoylake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hale 2,694 64.2 −1.4
Labour Alan Milne 734 17.5 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Wilkins 563 13.4 +0.3
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Shirley Johnson 202 4.8 +4.8
Majority 1,960 46.7 +2.3
Turnout 4,193 32.5 −4.3
Leasowe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Prout 1,147 52.4 −5.7
Conservative Vida Wilson 818 37.4 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Susanne Uriel 225 10.3 +1.1
Majority 329 15.0 −10.4
Turnout 2,190 22.2 −3.0
Liscard
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leah Fraser 1,459 50.3 +9.0
Labour John Cocker 1,095 37.7 −10.8
Liberal Democrats Neil Thomas 348 12.0 +1.9
Majority 364 12.6
Turnout 2,902 26.2 −2.8
Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suzanne Moseley 1,704 58.1 +10.4
Labour Ronald Johnston 949 32.4 −10.7
Liberal Democrats Eric Copestake 280 9.5 +0.2
Majority 755 25.7 +21.1
Turnout 2,933 29.4 −4.7
New Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Duffey 1,393 43.7 +2.7
Labour Therese Irving 1,339 42.0 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Julia Codling 459 14.4 +2.5
Majority 54 1.7
Turnout 3,191 27.0 −3.6
Oxton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Williams 1,705 60.2 +5.5
Labour John McElnay 525 18.5 −5.2
Conservative Leonard Moore 479 16.9 −0.9
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Garnette Bowler 122 4.3 +0.6
Majority 1,180 41.7 +10.7
Turnout 2,831 24.2 −4.1
Prenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Holbrook 1,888 57.0 +3.6
Conservative Ian McKellar 705 21.3 −0.5
Labour Gerard Allen 638 19.2 −5.6
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Khalid Hussenbux 84 2.5 +2.5
Majority 1,183 35.7 +7.1
Turnout 3,315 28.8 −6.0
Royden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gillian Gardiner 2,637 46.6 +4.8
Conservative Geoffrey Watt 2,457 43.4 +0.6
Labour Dennis Woods 480 8.5 −5.1
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Perle Sheldricks 82 1.4 −0.4
Majority 180 3.2
Turnout 5,656 43.7 +0.5
Seacombe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adrian Jones 1,288 69.1 +3.0
Liberal Democrats John Codling 367 19.7 −3.6
Conservative Situ Sandhu 208 11.2 +0.5
Majority 921 49.4 +6.6
Turnout 1,863 17.4 −5.4
Thurstaston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Green 2,292 56.2 +0.6
Labour Christine Jones 959 23.5 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Quinn 604 14.8 +2.4
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Allen Burton 226 5.5 +1.3
Majority 1,333 32.7 +4.9
Turnout 4,081 32.0 −4.0
Tranmere
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Meaden 1,076 69.8 −4.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Teggin 149 9.7 −0.4
Conservative Barbara Poole 110 7.1 −1.9
BNP Stephen Smeltzer 102 6.6 +6.6
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Stuart Harvey 80 5.2 −1.1
Wirral Independent Network Patricia Tyson 25 1.6 +1.6
Majority 927 60.1 −4.5
Turnout 1,542 17.9 −1.2
Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Corcoran 1,531 47.9 −3.2
Conservative Kathleen Friel 1,122 35.1 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Beazer 408 12.8 +1.7
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales Percy Hogg 138 4.3 +4.3
Majority 409 12.8 −0.5
Turnout 3,199 26.0 −6.4
Wallasey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Lewis 2,551 62.7 +1.0
Labour Alexander Nuttall 1,059 26.0 −1.0
Liberal Democrats John Uriel 461 11.3 −0.1
Majority 1,492 36.7 +2.0
Turnout 4,071 33.1 −4.7

References

  1. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 December 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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