2000 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 2000 United Kingdom local elections

2000 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  1999 4 May 2000 (2000-05-04) 22 June 2000 (2000-06-22) (Seacombe) 2002  →
22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	27.1% (0.7%) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Hale Steve Foulkes Phil Gilchrist Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Hoylake Claughton Eastham Last election 5 seats, 34.8% 13 seats, 38.4% 4 seats, 23.9% Seats before 17 39 10 Seats won 9 8 5 Seats after 20 34 12 Seat change 3 5 2 Popular vote 27,238 20,542 17,271 Percentage 40.7% 30.7% 25.8% Swing 5.9% 7.7% 1.9%
Map of results of 2000 election
Leader of the Council before election Dave Jackson Labour Leader of the Council after election Steve Foulkes Labour

The 2000 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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	5
	Conservative	20	3
	Liberal Democrats	12	2

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Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1999.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 2000
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	22	5	4	1	3	40.9	40.7	27,238	5.9
	Labour	22	8	0	5	5	36.4	30.7	20,542	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	22	5	2	0	2	22.7	25.8	17,271	1.9
	Green	19	0	0	0		0.0	2.8	1,846	0.1

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Ward results

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Hall	1,712	45.7	6.5
	Labour	Keith Williams	1,550	41.4	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	374	10.0	0.4
	Green	Ann Jones	108	2.9	0.3
Majority			162	4.3	N/A
Registered electors			10,923
Turnout				34.3	1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6.5

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Bidston

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Crabtree	788	73.3	8.2
	Conservative	Yvonne Sanne	142	13.2	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	113	10.5	3.1
	Green	Pamela Holstein	32	3.0
Majority			646	60.1	13.2
Registered electors			7,790
Turnout				13.8	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	6.6

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Stapleton	1,107	71.3	2.8
	Conservative	Barbara Poole	184	11.8	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Williams	171	11.0	1.5
	Green	Stuart Harvey	91	5.9	2.4
Majority			923	59.4	5.2
Registered electors			10,099
Turnout				15.4	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

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Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Moon	1,390	46.0	25.0
	Labour	Robert Buckingham	1,080	35.7	19.1
	Conservative	Ian Mackenzie	475	15.7	4.9
	Green	Patricia Farmer	78	2.6	1.0
Majority			310	10.3	N/A
Registered electors			10,852
Turnout				27.9	2.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	22.1

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Moore	2,126	41.8	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Taylor	1,880	37.0	1.1
	Labour	Audrey Moore	974	19.2	7.6
	Green	Michael Harper	106	2.1	0.1
Majority			246	4.8	N/A
Registered electors			14,044
Turnout				36.2	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.0

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Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Davies	1,324	53.9	0.2
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	627	25.5	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blaycock	406	16.5	3.8
	Green	Elisabeth Heydon	99	4.0	1.9
Majority			697	28.4	5.4
Registered electors			11,050
Turnout				22.3	1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

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Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Gilchrist	2,469	67.9	3.9
	Conservative	Barbara Green	582	16.0	4.1
	Labour	Colin Kirwan	542	14.9	7.5
	Green	Brian Gibbs	41	1.1	0.7
Majority			1,887	51.9	10.3
Registered electors			11,264
Turnout				32.3	0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.2

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Egerton

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Dow	1,063	55.0	10.1
	Conservative	Cyrus Ferguson	455	23.6	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Lloyd	283	14.6	4.0
	Green	Catherine Page	131	6.8	1.0
Majority			608	31.5	16.9
Registered electors			10,643
Turnout				18.2	3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	8.6

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Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Rowlands	2,985	71.8	3.9
	Labour	Albert McCabe	576	13.9	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Norton	467	11.2	0.7
	Green	Garnette Bowler	128	3.1	0.3
Majority			2,409	58.0	7.4
Registered electors			13,478
Turnout				30.9	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.7

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Hoylake

Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	2,680	68.4	1.2
	Labour	Alan Milne	570	14.5	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Richards	470	12.0	1.4
	Green	Allen Burton	199	5.1	1.5
Majority			2,110	53.8	5.2
Registered electors			12,605
Turnout				31.1	2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

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Leasowe

Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Abbey	936	56.6	14.8
	Conservative	Simon Mountney	436	26.4	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Hayden	281	17.0	4.2
Majority			500	30.2	25.5
Registered electors			9,390
Turnout				17.6	2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	12.8

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Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Robinson	1,185	45.8	18.0
	Labour	Denis Knowles	1,005	38.8	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ellett	297	11.5	4.7
	Green	Matthew Adams	101	3.9	New
Majority			180	7.0	N/A
Registered electors			11,135
Turnout				23.3	1.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	17.7

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Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Blakeley	1,613	55.9	11.1
	Labour	Ann McLachlan	1,023	35.4	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Susanne Uriel	251	8.7	0.1
Majority			590	20.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,947
Turnout				29.1	1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	11.1

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New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Pritchard	1,503	51.4	8.8
	Labour	John Salter	1,049	35.9	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	264	9.0	0.3
	Green	George Bowler	108	3.7	0.3
Majority			454	15.5	N/A
Registered electors			11,579
Turnout				25.3	1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.8

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Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Anderson	1,683	56.8	9.2
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	620	20.9	9.0
	Labour	John Mitchell	540	18.2	0.8
	Green	Pamela Mitchell	122	4.1	1.0
Majority			1,063	35.9	11.1
Registered electors			11,544
Turnout				25.7	2.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.6

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Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bridson	1,924	55.5	1.2
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	843	24.3	4.6
	Labour	June Williams	633	18.3	5.8
	Green	John Wilson	68	2.0
Majority			1,081	31.2	1.0
Registered electors			11,659
Turnout				29.8	3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.5

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Royden

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	2,507	48.1	7.9
	Conservative	Derek Robinson	2,203	42.3	1.6
	Labour	William Ward	420	8.1	9.1
	Green	Barbara Burton	77	1.5	0.4
Majority			304	5.8	N/A
Registered electors			12,914
Turnout				40.3	3.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	3.2

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Seacombe

Incumbent councillor for Bromborough and leader of the council Dave Jackson died in April 2000, days before he was due to stand, causing the election to be delayed. ^[20]

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis Knowles	1,454	55.4	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Robinson	814	31.0	5.0
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	331	12.6	2.2
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	26	1.0	New
Majority			640	24.4	13.2
Registered electors			10,728
Turnout				24.7	5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	6.6

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Thurstaston

Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Elderton	2,508	64.0	5.3
	Labour	David Kean	856	21.9	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wall	408	10.4	0.2
	Green	Percy Hogg	145	3.7	1.0
Majority			1,652	42.2	11.9
Registered electors			12,605
Turnout				31.1	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

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Tranmere

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moira McLaughlin	893	68.5	7.2
	Conservative	Susan Bebell	204	15.6	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin	127	9.7	0.4
	Green	Angela Upton	80	6.1	0.1
Majority			689	52.8	12.8
Registered electors			9,036
Turnout				14.5	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	6.4

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Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Brown	1,461	49.9	5.3
	Conservative	Marcus Darby	1,050	35.9	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Beazer	309	10.6	2.0
	Green	Joyce Hogg	106	3.6	0.6
Majority			411	14.0	12.0
Registered electors			12,336
Turnout				23.7	1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	6.0

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Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Wood	2,774	72.0	7.3
	Labour	Margaret Allen	698	18.1	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	383	9.9	0.7
Majority			2,076	53.9	12.5
Registered electors			12,011
Turnout				32.2	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.3

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Changes between 2000 and 2002

Date	Ward	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
December 2001	Egerton	Colin Dow		Labour		Independent	Whip removed. [24]
February 2002	Bebington	Kath Shaughnessy		Labour		Independent	Resigned. [24]

Notes

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

References

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