1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 1999 United Kingdom local elections

1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  1998 6 May 1999 (1999-05-06) 2000  →
22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	27.8% (0.3%) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Lab Leader Dave Jackson John Hale Phil Gilchrist Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Bromborough Hoylake Eastham Last election 13 seats, 42.1% 7 seats, 33.1% 4 seats, 21.4% Seats before 42 16 8 Seats won 13 5 4 Seats after 39 17 10 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 26,142 23,675 16,295 Percentage 38.4% 34.8% 23.9% Swing 3.7% 1.7% 2.5%
Map of results of 1999 election
Leader of the Council before election Dave Jackson Labour Leader of the Council after election Dave Jackson Labour

The 1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 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	39	3
	Conservative	17	1
	Liberal Democrats	10	2

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Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1998.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1999
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	22	13	0	3	3	59.1	38.4	26,142	3.7
	Conservative	22	5	1	0	1	22.7	34.8	23,675	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	22	4	2	0	2	18.2	23.9	16,295	2.5
	Green	18	0	0	0		0.0	2.7	1,834	0.1
	Socialist Labour	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	94	0.5

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Ward results

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Smith	1,846	47.8	1.0
	Conservative	Jacqueline Hall	1,511	39.2	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	402	10.4	2.3
	Green	Ann Jones	99	2.6	0.1
Majority			335	8.7	4.4
Registered electors			10,736
Turnout				35.9	2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

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Bidston

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Smith	1,049	81.5	9.0
	Conservative	Doreen Pike	105	8.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	95	7.4	3.7
	Green	Robert Mitchell	38	3.0	0.2
Majority			944	73.3	14.0
Registered electors			7,967
Turnout				16.1	1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	7.0

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	1,298	74.1	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Williams	166	9.5	11.4
	Conservative	Susan Bebell	132	7.5	New
	Socialist Labour	Alec McFadden	94	5.4	New
	Green	Stuart Harvey	62	3.5	New
Majority			1,132	64.6	6.4
Registered electors			9,887
Turnout				17.7	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

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Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna McLaughlin	1,504	54.8	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Moon	578	21.0	6.9
	Conservative	Ian Mackenzie	565	20.6	1.4
	Green	J. Jones	99	3.6	0.5
Majority			926	33.7	4.1
Registered electors			10,720
Turnout				25.6	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Moon	2,011	38.1	21.7
	Conservative	Mary Jordan	1,735	32.9	15.6
	Labour	Audrey Moore	1,417	26.8	5.9
	Green	Michael Harper	116	2.2	0.2
Majority			276	5.2	N/A
Registered electors			13,936
Turnout				37.9	2.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	10.5

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Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Roberts	1,406	54.1	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blaycock	527	20.3	1.9
	Conservative	Barbara Brassey	512	19.7	3.8
	Green	Elisabeth Heydon	153	5.9	3.2
Majority			879	33.8	0.2
Registered electors			10,725
Turnout				24.2	2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

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Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Mitchell	2,278	64.0	1.8
	Labour	S. Blair	796	22.4	1.7
	Conservative	S. Hutchen	422	11.9
	Green	Brian Gibbs	63	1.8	0.1
Majority			1,482	41.6	3.5
Registered electors			11,171
Turnout				31.9	3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.8

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Egerton

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	1,441	65.1	6.5
	Conservative	Cyrus Ferguson	368	16.6	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Lloyd	234	10.6	0.7
	Green	Catherine Page	172	7.8	0.5
Majority			1,073	48.4	5.7
Registered electors			10,468
Turnout				21.2	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

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Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	2,894	67.9	6.3
	Labour	Margaret Allen	740	17.4	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Norton	508	11.9	1.3
	Green	Garnette Bowler	118	2.8	0.5
Majority			2,154	50.6	11.0
Registered electors			13,325
Turnout				32.0	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

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Hoylake

Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale	2,820	67.2	3.6
	Labour	Dennis Woods	782	18.6	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Richards	446	10.6	1.2
	Green	Allen Burton	149	3.6	0.4
Majority			2,038	48.6	5.5
Registered electors			12,447
Turnout				33.7	1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

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Leasowe

Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Prout	1,330	71.4	0.2
	Conservative	J. Tooke	293	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	M. Wright	239	12.8	0.3
Majority			1,037	55.7	0.1
Registered electors			9,187
Turnout				20.3	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

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Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cocker	1,343	56.1	1.7
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	666	27.8	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Robinson	387	16.2	1.3
Majority			677	28.3	4.9
Registered electors			11,010
Turnout				21.8	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4

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Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Green	1,266	46.4	7.4
	Conservative	Simon Mountney	1,222	44.8	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Susanne Uriel	239	8.8	1.1
Majority			44	1.6	15.9
Registered electors			9,737
Turnout				28.0	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

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New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Therese Irving	1,348	44.7	11.0
	Conservative	Anthony Pritchard	1,286	42.6	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	281	9.3	0.7
	Green	George Bowler	102	3.4	0.1
Majority			62	2.1	22.5
Registered electors			11,468
Turnout				26.3	1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	11.3

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Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Williams	2,103	66.0	11.3
	Labour	John Salter	606	19.0	4.0
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	380	11.9	4.9
	Green	Pamela Mitchell	98	3.1	2.4
Majority			1,497	47.0	15.3
Registered electors			11,365
Turnout				28.0	0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.7

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Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Holbrook	2,071	54.3	2.5
	Labour	C. Riley	918	24.1	1.1
	Conservative	David Elderton	752	19.7	3.2
	Green	John Wilson	76	2.0	0.5
Majority			1,153	30.2	1.3
Registered electors			11,460
Turnout				33.3	3.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	0.7

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Royden

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Watt	1,887	40.7	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	1,867	40.2	10.5
	Labour	G. O'Neil	798	17.2	6.1
	Green	Barbara Burton	88	1.9	0.4
Majority			20	0.4	14.7
Registered electors			12,694
Turnout				36.5	5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.3

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Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Jones	1,349	63.6	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	K. Robinson	552	26.0	15.2
	Conservative	K. Hobson	220	10.4	3.0
Majority			797	37.6	22.1
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout				19.7	0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	11.1

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Thurstaston

Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green	2,333	58.7	5.5
	Labour	A. Terry	1,129	28.4	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wall	404	10.2	0.7
	Green	Percy Hogg	108	2.7	0.3
Majority			1,204	30.3	11.9
Registered electors			12,445
Turnout				31.9	1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

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Tranmere

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Meaden	1,150	75.7	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin	153	10.1	2.8
	Conservative	Yvonne Sanne	126	8.3	New
	Green	Angela Upton	91	6.0
Majority			997	65.6	2.6
Registered electors			9,068
Turnout				16.8	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

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Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Corcoran	1,710	55.2	1.6
	Conservative	D. Milligan	904	29.2	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Redfern	392	12.6
	Green	Joyce Hogg	94	3.0	0.2
Majority			806	26.0	3.4
Registered electors			12,310
Turnout				25.2	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

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Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lewis	2,542	64.7	8.2
	Labour	M. Keenan [n 1]	916	23.3	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	362	9.2	1.6
	Green	F. Gillespie	108	2.7	0.7
Majority			1,626	41.4	14.3
Registered electors			11,813
Turnout				33.3	0.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	7.1

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Notes

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

1. Incumbent councillor for New Brighton ward.

References

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