Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007

2007 local election results in Wirral

Elections to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 36.68%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Wirral Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	25	0	1	-1	37.8	27.1	25,399	-0.4%
	Conservative	21	1	1	0	31.8	36.3	34,081	-0.9%
	Liberal Democrat	20	1	0	+1	30	25.2	22,259	-1.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	4,809	-1.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	1,475	+1.5%
	Wirral Independent Network	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	311	-0.1%

Ward results

Bebington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jerry WILLIAMS	2,201	?
	Conservative	Les THOMAS	1,554	?
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher John JACKSON	580	?
	Green	Michael John HARPER	187	?
Majority			647	?
Turnout			?	41.9%	?
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bidston and St.James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry SMITH	1,384	59.7	-4
	Independent	George Thomas	311	13.4	NA
	Conservative	Fiona Kirsty MARSH	292	12.6	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Michael BRACE	215	9.3	-4.9
	Green	George Bowler	116	5	-2.2
Majority			1,073	46.2%	-3.2%
Turnout			2,318	22.4	2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Birkenhead and Tranmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Phillip Leslie DAVIES	1,399
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Brighouse	333
	Conservative	June Cowin	255
	Green	Catherine Page	254
Majority			1,066	21.7%
Turnout			2,103	20.9	-6.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Taylor	1,827	53.3
	Labour	Audrey Moore	924	27.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	487	14.2
	Green	Ann Jones	190	5.5
Majority			903	26.3
Turnout			3,428	32.0	-9.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clatterbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Teggin	2,354	45.3
	Conservative	Irene Povall	1,978	38.0
	Labour	Andrew Page	702	13.5
	Green	Khalid Hussenbux	168	3.2
Majority			376	7.3
Turnout			5,202	44.1	-8.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Claughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Denise Roberts	1,590	49.3
	Conservative	Peter Hartley	879	27.3
	Liberal Democrat	Anna Blumenthal	531	16.5
	Green	Joyce Hogg	223	6.9
Majority			711	22.0
Turnout			3,223	28.3	-12.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Harney	2,924	68.4
	Conservative	Barbara Green	637	14.9
	Labour	Christopher Lawler	559	13.1
	Green	Brian Gibbs	155	3.6
Majority			2,287	53.5
Turnout			4,275	38.7	-9.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Greasby, Frankby and Irby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Quinn	2,690	48.9
	Conservative	Kenneth Young	2,032	36.9
	Labour	Barbara Moores	591	10.7
	Green	Anne Rosseinsky	193	3.5
Majority			658	12.0
Turnout			5,506	47.5	-5.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Heswall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Rowlands	3,412	69.6
	Liberal Democrat	William Jones	600	12.2
	Labour	Philip Waterfield	544	11.1
	Green	Ian Barclay	348	7.1
Majority			2,812	57.4
Turnout			4,904	44.5	-10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoylake and Meols
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Kirwan	2,509	59.0
	Labour	Stuart Wade	765	18.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Quinn	605	14.2
	Green	Hara Willow	377	8.9
Majority			1,744	41.0
Turnout			4,256	40.2	-9.8
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Leasowe and Moreton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iris Coates	1,426	45.6
	Conservative	Vida Wilson	1,050	33.6
	Liberal Democrat	Gerald Hainsworth	406	13.0
	Green	Rosemary Bland	243	7.8
Majority			376	12.0
Turnout			3,125	28.6	-8.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	2,047	49.9
	Labour	Christine Jones	1,396	34.0
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Uriel	286	7.0
	Green	Lucinda Richardson	209	5.1
	UKIP	Philip Griffiths	166	4.0
Majority			651	15.9
Turnout			4,104	36.4	-2.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Moreton West and Saughall Massie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Mountney	2,154	57.0
	Labour	Darren Dodd	973	25.7
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Copestake	401	10.6
	Green	James Drew	251	6.6
Majority			1,181	21.3
Turnout			3,779	34.7	-8.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Duffy	1,622	41.8
	Labour	Elizabeth McArdle	1,236	31.8
	Green	Cynthia Stonall	546	14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Byrne	479	12.3
Majority			386	10.0
Turnout			3,883	35.3	-6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Southwood	2,067	55.4
	Labour	David Barden	646	17.3
	Conservative	Tina McDonnell	565	15.1
	UKIP	Michael Pepler	267	7.2
	Green	Garnette Bowler	185	5.0
Majority			1,421	38.1
Turnout			3,730	33.4	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Pensby and Thingwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Redfern	1,843	40.4
	Conservative	Oliver Adam	1,710	37.5
	Labour	John Cunningham	754	16.5
	Green	Allen Burton	256	5.6
Majority			133	2.9
Turnout			4,563	42.6	-7.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Doyle	1,558	41.5
	Labour	Denise Realey	1,215	32.3
	Conservative	Susan Percy	753	20.0
	Green	Mark Mitchell	232	6.2
Majority			343	9.2
Turnout			3,758	34.2	-10.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Rock Ferry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Moira McLaughlin	1,405	58.0
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Heppinstall	405	16.7
	Conservative	Joanne Suffield	404	16.7
	Green	Anna Stamp	207	8.6
Majority			1,000	41.3
Turnout			2,421	23.8	-6.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Adrian Jones	1,341	58.2
	Conservative	Robert Sherlock	413	17.9
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Pitt	344	14.9
	Green	Beverley Kells	205	8.9
Majority			928	40.3
Turnout			2,303	22.2	-7.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John George	1,716	39.1
	Conservative	Julie Kirwan	1,424	32.4
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Earl	991	22.6
	Green	Lesley Hussenbux	262	6.0
Majority			292	6.7
Turnout			4,393	36.2	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	2,907	59.1
	Labour	James Crabtree	957	19.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Uriel	546	11.1
	BNP	John Edwards	282	5.7
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	228	4.6
Majority			1,950	39.6
Turnout			4,920	41.1	-7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Kirby and Thurstaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green	2,771	62.4
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Beazer	716	16.1
	Labour	James Brown	591	13.3
	Green	Patrick Cleary	362	8.2
Majority			2,055	46.3
Turnout			4,440	42.9	-11.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

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