Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Wirral council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 35.2%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 26
• Conservative 21
• Liberal Democrat 19

Election result

Wirral Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	1	1	0	36.4	27.5	23,487	-3.1%
	Conservative	7	2	2	0	31.8	37.3	31,839	+1.6%
	Liberal Democrat	7	1	0	+1	31.8	27.1	23,066	-3.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	5,389	+3.9%
	UKIP	0	0	1	-1	0	1.0	879	+1.0%
	Wirral Independent Network	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	318	-0.2%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	282	+0.2%

Ward results

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	1,730	35.4
	Conservative	Leslie Thomas	1,599	32.7
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Jackson	898	18.4
	UKIP	Hilary Jones	446	9.1
	Green	Michael Harper	218	4.5
Majority			131	2.7
Turnout			4,891	41.2	-8.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bidston and St.James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann McLachlan	1,307	63.7
	Conservative	Barbara Sinclair	293	14.3
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Wood	292	14.2
	Green	George Bowler	161	7.8
Majority			1,014	49.4
Turnout			2,053	20.5	-6.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kenny	1,119	53.2
	Wirral Independent Network	Andrew Dow	318	15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Brighouse	303	14.4
	Conservative	June Cowin	193	9.2
	Green	Catherine Page	170	8.1
Majority			801	38.1
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

External links

• Results on Wirral Council site