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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2019
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22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
 
Cllr Phil Davies.jpg
Cllr Ian Lewis.jpg
Leader Phil Davies Ian Lewis
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 29 March 2012 (2012-03-29)[1] 8 May 2017 (2017-05-08)[2]
Leader's seat Birkenhead
and
Tranmere[n 1]
Wallasey
Last election 12 seats,
45.5% 		8 seats,
35.3%
Current seats 38 21
Seats needed Steady Increase13
 
Cllr Phil Gilchrist.jpg
Cllr Pat Cleary.jpg
Leader Phil Gilchrist Pat Cleary[n 2]
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since 16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)[3] 22 May 2014 (2014-05-22)[4]
Leader's seat
Eastham
 		Birkenhead
and
Tranmere
Last election 2 seats,
10.2% 		1 seat,
8.6%
Current seats 5 1
Seats needed Increase29[n 3] Increase33[n 3]
Incumbent Leader of the Council

Phil Davies
Labour



The 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election is due to take place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[5] This will be on the same day as other local elections.


Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
38 21 5 1 1
Lab Con LD G I

Contesting politicial parties

Party Leader Leader since Leader's seat Up for
re-election? 		Last election This election
% of
votes 		Wards Defending Current Composition
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| [[Labour Party (UK)|Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]] Phil Davies 29 March 2012 Birkenhead and Tranmere Green tickY 45.5% 12 14
38 / 66
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]] Ian Lewis 8 May 2017 Wallasey Red XN 31.8% 7 7
21 / 66
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/shortname]] Phil Gilchrist 16 May 2013 Eastham Red XN 10.2% 2 1
5 / 66
bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| [[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/shortname]] Pat Cleary[n 2] 22 May 2014 Birkenhead and Tranmere Red XN 8.6% 1 0
1 / 66
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politican)/meta/color"| [[Independent (politican)|Template:Independent (politican)/meta/shortname]] Mike Sullivan[n 4] 28 August 2018[n 5] Pensby and Thingwall Red XN 0.1% 0 0
1 / 66

At the last regular election (2018), The Conservatives, Greens and Labour all ran a full slate of candidates with the Liberal Democrats contesting all but one of the seats available with other parties only putting forward a handful of candidates between them.

Retiring councillors

Council Ward Departing Councillor Party
Oxton Paul Doughty [7] style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour

Candidates

Candidates so far declared

Birkenhead and Tranmere

[[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/shortname]]

Eastham

[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/shortname]]

Hoylake and Meols

Incumbent councillor of 20 years Gerry Ellis has been deselected by the Conservative Party.[9] Ellis is appealing the process claiming he had been "unlawfully" discriminated against because of his age.

Pensby and Thingwall

[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]

Prenton

[[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/shortname]]
[[Labour Party (UK)|Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]

Leasowe and Moreton East

[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]

New Brighton

[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]
  • William Raybould[13]

Wallasey

[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]

Notes

  1. ^ Current seat, may change.[citation needed]
  2. ^ a b As the only [[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/shortname]] on the council prior to the election, Pat Cleary is their de facto group leader.
  3. ^ a b Only 22 (or one third) of seats are scheduled for election. Party will be unable to gain majority without several concurrent by-elections or an all out election.
  4. ^ As the only [[Independent (politician)|Template:Independent (politician)/meta/shortname]] on the council prior to the election, Mike Sullivan is their de facto group leader.
  5. ^ Mike Suillvan resigned the Labour whip in August 2018 citing extremist parasites who had infiltrated the party.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Wirral council Labour group leader Steve Foulkes steps down". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ Marles, Leigh. "Wirral Council Conservative group has a new leader - Jeff Green ousted after 15-year reign". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ Cureton, Stephanie. "New leader for Wirral Liberal Democrats". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. ^ Murphy, Liam. "Green party enjoy shock Birkenhead success in Wirral elections". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Elections". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Wirral councillor quits party blaming hard left 'parasites'". Labour Uncut. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Councillor Paul Doughty". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  8. ^ a b Clough, Lily. "Wirral Green Party campaigners Steve Hayes & Chris Cooke…". Twitter. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  9. ^ Houghton, Tom. "Tory councillor thinks he has been sacked because he is 'too old'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  10. ^ Clements, Wendy. "Fab morning chatting to electors in Thingwall #torycanvass with @Mike4Pensby…". Twitter. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  11. ^ Gilligan, Andrew. "Ghost of Militant barges through Birkenhead". The Times. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  12. ^ a b c Lewis, Ian. "Congratulations to @PaulAlanHayes2 @CaplinDebbie and @cllr_s_williams…". Twitter. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Keith Raybould". Wirral Conservatives. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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