Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held every four years from 2023 onwards, having previously been held three years out of every four for a third of the council at a time. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Wirral Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England.

Results Only four parties have won seats to Council: Conservative, Green, Labour and Liberal Democrat (and its predecessors). All other political representation has come via changes in affiliation.

Year Con Green Lab Lib Dem Other 1973 29 0 24 13 01974 29 0 24 13 01975 36 0 21 9 0 37 0 21 8 01976 42 0 18 6 01977 42 0 18 6 01978 45 0 16 5 01979 40 0 20 6 01980 37 0 23 6 0198137023601982 35 0 25 6 01983340248019843402480198534024801986300261001987 29 0 27 10 01988240321002402910198924029101990 23 0 33 7 230338199124034719922903160199329031601994300306028030801995 22 0 36 8 01996160419019971604190199816041816042801999 17 0 39 10 0200020034120200120034120 20 0 33 12 2002 20 0 32 12 20 0 31 14 2003 23 0 26 16 200421026190200261920052102618200621026190200721025200210251920025192008240212020092502020201027024150201127029100270309020122203770201323036702203770 2203762014211386020152113950201621138521139502017211395020182113950 2113852113752019211365 21135521134522332620202223262021235306235296202223528623628624926620232392662392562392462392361713306020241714296020251414296

Council elections Since the first election in 1973, boundary changes have occurred in 1980 (where a third of the council were up for election) and in 2004 (where there was an all out election).The Borough of Wirral (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 SI 1979/1523 Following changes in 2023, Wirral moved from a thirds system of election to an all-out system, with all councillors elected every four years.

1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1979 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1980 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1982 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1983 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1984 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1988 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1998 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2000 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2002 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2003 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2004 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2007 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2011 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2018 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2021 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2022 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Borough result maps

Changes between election 1973–1979 boundaries

1979–2004 boundaries

Wallasey by-election 1997

Prenton by-election 2003

2004–present boundaries Moreton West and Saughall Massie by-election 2009

Leasowe and Moreton East by-election 2013

Heswall by-election 2013

Pensby and Thingwall by-election 2013

Upton by-election 2013

Claughton by-election 2017

Bromborough by-election 2018

Upton by-election 2018

Liscard by-election 2021

Oxton by-election 2021

Liscard by-election 2022

Liscard by-election 2024

Changes in affiliation

Previous electionDateWardNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance1975September 1975New Brighton-Wallasey-WarrenKate Wood Defected.1988October 1988EgertonAlec Dunn Expelled.October 1988LeasoweJim Edwards Expelled.October 1988LeasoweKen Fox Expelled.1990?EgertonAlec Dunn Defected.1992March 1994EasthamVera Ruck Defected.1996?PrentonEd Cunniffe Resigned.1998June 1998PrentonEd Cunniffe Defected.2000December 2001EgertonColin Dow Whip removed.February 2002BebingtonKath Shaughnessy Resigned.2004November 2004Hoylake and MeolsHilary Jones Resigned.April 2005Pensby and ThingwallOliver Adam Defected.?Hoylake and MeolsHilary Jones Defected.2007May 2007ClatterbridgeIsabel Moon Resigned.June 2007Hoylake and MeolsDavid Kirwan Resigned.200818 May 2009SeacombeDenis Knowles Defected.201116 May 2011BromboroughSteve Niblock Defected.201230 April 2013Pensby and ThingwallMark Johnston Resigned.2015?BromboroughSteve Niblock Deselected.201828 August 2018Pensby and ThingwallMike Suillvan Resigned.25 October 2018Rock FerryMoira McLaughlin Resigned.January 2019Rock FerryChris Meaden Resigned. 4 March 2019BromboroughJo Bird Suspended. 14 March 2019BromboroughJo Bird Reinstated.18 March 2019Rock FerryBill Davies Resigned.April 2019OxtonPaul Doughty Suspended.201917 July 2019Greasby, Frankby and IrbyDavid Burgess-Joyce Suspended.6 February 2020BromboroughJo Bird Suspended.15 February 2020BromboroughJo Bird Reinstated.9 August 2020Birkenhead and TranmereSteve Hayes Resigned.After 20 July 2020Greasby, Frankby and IrbyDavid Burgess-Joyce Reinstated.14 November 2020Hoylake and MeolsTony Cox Suspended.December 2020PrentonTony Norbury Suspended.February 2021PrentonTony Norbury Reinstated.After November 2020Hoylake and MeolsTony Cox Reinstated.202119 November 2021BromboroughJo Bird Expelled.February 2022Leasowe and Moreton EastKarl Greaney Resigned.22 March 2022BromboroughJo Bird Defected.202212 April 2023Greasby, Frankby and IrbyDavid Burgess-Joyce Deselected and resigned to stand as an Independent.17 April 2023Rock FerryYvonne Nolan Deselected and resigned to stand as an Independent.20 April 2023Rock Ferry Clare O'Hagan Resigned.3 May 2023Rock Ferry Chris Davies Deselected and resigned.2023January 2024Greasby, Frankby and IrbyGail Jenkinson Defected.9 May 2025HeswallGraham Davies Resigned.Andrew Hodson Kathy Hodson

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References

By-election results

External links Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council