1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 1991 United Kingdom local elections

1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  1990 2 May 1991 (1991-05-02) 1992  →
23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48.8% (3.6%) [1]
First party Second party Third party   LD Leader John Hale Yvonne Nolan Gordon Lindsay Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Hoylake Moreton (lost) Oxton Last election 8 seats, 34.7% 14 seats, 45.9% 1 seat, 14.3% Seats before 23 33 8 Seats won 11 9 3 Seats after 24 34 7 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 54,489 39,347 24,049 Percentage 43.6% 31.5% 19.3% Swing 8.9% 14.4% 5.0%
Map of results of 1991 election
Leader of the Council before election Yvonne Nolan (Labour) No Overall Control Leader of the Council after election George Clark Labour

The 1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. ^[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	34	1
	Conservative	24	1
	Liberal Democrats	7	1
	Independent Labour	1	1

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Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1990.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1991
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	23	11	2	1	1	45.5	43.6	54,489	8.9
	Labour	23	9	2	1	1	40.9	31.5	39,347	14.4
	Liberal Democrats	23	3	0	1	1	13.6	19.3	24,049	5.0
	Green	23	0	0	0		0.0	4.0	4,949	1.1
	Independent Labour	2	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.7	2,081	N/A

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Ward results

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	3,360	56.1	10.1
	Labour	Audrey Moore	1,701	28.4	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Turner	698	11.7	2.4
	Green	T. Keen	230	3.8	1.2
Majority			1,659	27.7	21.4
Registered electors			11,144
Turnout				53.7	3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.7

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Bidston

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Smith	2,374	75.2	9.1
	Conservative	M. Vickers	366	11.6	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Molyneux	287	9.1	3.9
	Green	Robert Mitchell	129	4.1	0.2
Majority			2,008	63.6	14.1
Registered electors			8,842
Turnout				35.7	7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	7.1

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	2,610	71.0	10.8
	Conservative	J. Oliver	490	13.3	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Niblock	404	11.0	4.5
	Green	Pamela Mitchell	174	4.7	1.0
Majority			2,120	57.6	16.2
Registered electors			10,912
Turnout				33.7	9.7
	Labour hold		Swing	8.1

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Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Rose	2,291	43.4	11.7
	Conservative	S. Flynn	1,822	34.5	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	L. Smith	927	17.6	1.6
	Green	D. Hughes	240	4.5	0.1
Majority			469	8.9	21.7
Registered electors			11,481
Turnout				46.0	4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	10.9

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	4,341	60.7	6.8
	Labour	T. Collins	1,286	18.0	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Cody	1,285	18.0	5.4
	Green	Nigel Birchenough	243	3.4	1.5
Majority			3,055	42.7	17.3
Registered electors			14,231
Turnout				50.3	2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.7

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Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Kelly	2,390	42.8	17.7
	Labour	S. Van Vliet	1,736	31.1	14.7
	Conservative	D. Smith	1,306	23.4	1.5
	Green	A. Cuthbertson	153	2.7	1.6
Majority			654	11.7	N/A
Registered electors			10,914
Turnout				51.2	5.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	16.2

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Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Mitchell	2,847	43.5	12.1
	Labour	K. Dawson	1,977	30.2	10.2
	Conservative	A. Drury	1,580	24.2	1.1
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	136	2.1	3.0
Majority			870	13.3	N/A
Registered electors			11,994
Turnout				54.5	2.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.2

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Egerton

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	2,452	51.7	9.6
	Conservative	A. Flynn	1,066	22.5	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Anderson	1,044	22.0	5.2
	Green	Tina Fox	183	3.9	0.7
Majority			1,386	29.2	14.7
Registered electors			11,370
Turnout				41.7	5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	7.4

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Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	4,883	72.0	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	W. Jones	975	14.4	3.1
	Labour	H. Walsh	693	10.2	5.0
	Green	J. Bruce	230	3.4	4.8
Majority			3,908	57.6	7.6
Registered electors			13,374
Turnout				50.7	2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

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Hoylake

Hoylake (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale [n 2] [n 3]	4,714	72.9	12.5
	Conservative	J. Stedmon [n 4]	4,568	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	S. Welshman	772	11.9	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Dennis	761	–	–
	Labour	S. Wynne	654	10.1	11.9
	Labour	J. Rohan	609	–	–
	Green	L. Bufton	325	5.0	3.5
	Green	Cecil Bowler	317	–	–
Majority			3,942	61.0	22.6
Registered electors			12,644
Turnout				52.2	2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	–

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Leasowe

Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Cashman	1,779	39.6	31.7
	Independent Labour	Ken Fox	1,326	29.5	New
	Conservative	H. Tooke	944	21.0	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Gallagher	327	7.3	0.8
	Green	Allen Burton	116	2.6	2.0
Majority			453	10.1	43.6
Registered electors			9,819
Turnout				45.7	3.0
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	21.8

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Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Williams	2,753	45.2	12.2
	Conservative	M. Ebbs	2,412	39.6	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	660	10.8	5.1
	Green	W. Lorimer	271	4.4	0.4
Majority			341	5.6	19.8
Registered electors			11,644
Turnout				52.3	3.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.9

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Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Dishman	2,701	48.8	13.1
	Labour	Yvonne Nolan	1,501	27.1	28.3
	Independent Labour	H. Euers	755	13.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	C. Robertson	434	7.8	2.7
	Green	R. Georgeson	140	2.5	1.3
Majority			1,200	21.7	N/A
Registered electors			9,381
Turnout				59.0	0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	20.7

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New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Adams	2,849	49.7	10.0
	Labour	Aileen Keyes	1,869	32.6	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	679	11.8	4.2
	Green	Sally Davis	341	5.9	0.3
Majority			980	17.1	N/A
Registered electors			11,688
Turnout				49.1	6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.0

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Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Willams	2,792	47.4	7.8
	Conservative	R. Hughes	1,883	32.0	5.1
	Labour	J. Mitchell	973	16.5	13.4
	Green	K. Cuthbertson	242	4.1	0.6
Majority			909	15.4	5.7
Registered electors			11,781
Turnout				50.0	2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.9

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Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	2,709	39.2	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Thornton	2,620	37.9	4.9
	Labour	W. Lowe	1,431	20.7	16.8
	Green	David Pye	148	2.1	0.9
Majority			89	1.3	N/A
Registered electors			12,253
Turnout				56.4	2.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	6.2

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Royden

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Kevan	4,394	66.7	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	B. Crosbie	913	13.9	4.6
	Labour	P. Jones	849	12.9	12.6
	Green	Garnette Bowler	432	6.6	0.3
Majority			3,481	52.8	19.3
Registered electors			12,829
Turnout				51.3	2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.7

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Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Scully	3,229	62.4	15.6
	Conservative	L. May	1,159	22.4	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Kelly	545	10.5	5.3
	Green	L. Georgeson	238	4.6	0.9
Majority			2,070	40.0	24.9
Registered electors			11,792
Turnout				43.8	9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	12.5

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Thurstaston

Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green	4,220	66.5	11.3
	Labour	W. Gamet	960	15.1	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wall	837	13.2	3.9
	Green	David Burton	326	5.1	3.7
Majority			3,260	51.4	22.9
Registered electors			12,704
Turnout				49.9	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.5

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Tranmere

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Meaden	2,360	64.5	16.5
	Conservative	Mark Hughes	678	18.5	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blaylock	461	12.6	7.2
	Green	Angela Upton	162	4.4	0.2
Majority			1,682	46.0	25.6
Registered electors			10,066
Turnout				36.4	7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	12.8

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Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Corcoran	2,598	40.8	15.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Caton	2,532	39.7	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Copestake	993	15.6	4.6
	Green	S. Boyle	252	4.0	0.2
Majority			66	1.1	27.1
Registered electors			12,963
Turnout				49.2	3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	13.6

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Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Whatling	4,080	60.5	11.9
	Labour	D. Pitchard	1,271	18.8	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	1,159	17.2	2.8
	Green	Barbara Burton	238	3.5	0.9
Majority			2,809	41.7	20.2
Registered electors			12,271
Turnout				55.0	2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.1

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Notes

• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

1. % of total refers to % of wards won.
2. Incumbent councillor for Liscard ward.
3. Elected to serve a 4-year term.
4. Elected to serve a 3-year term.

References

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