2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 2014 United Kingdom local elections

2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  2012 22 May 2014 (2014-05-22) 2015  →
23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35.6% (0.8%)
First party Second party   Leader Phil Davies Jeff Green Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat Birkenhead and Tranmere West Kirby and Thurstaston Last election 13 seats, 44.6% 6 seats, 30.6% Seats before 37 22 Seats won 12 8 Seats after 38 21 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 33,145 24,105 Percentage 38.6% 28.0% Swing 6.0% 2.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Phil Gilchrist Pat Cleary Party Liberal Democrats Green Leader's seat Eastham Birkenhead and Tranmere Last election 2 seats, 10.9% 0 seats, 5.9% Seats before 6 0 Seats won 2 1 Seats after 6 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 6,728 6,835 Percentage 7.8% 8.0% Swing 3.1% 2.1%
Map of results of 2014 election
Leader of the Council before election Phil Davies Labour Leader of the Council after election Phil Davies Labour

The 2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. ^[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	38	1
	Conservative	21	1
	Liberal Democrat	6
	Green	1	1
	Independent	0	1

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Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2012.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2014
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	23	12	2	1	1	54.5	38.6	33,145	6.0
	Conservative	23	8	0	1	1	31.8	28.0	24,105	2.6
	UKIP	22	0	0	0		0.0	17.2	14,793	9.8
	Green	22	1	1	0	1	4.5	8.0	6,835	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	18	2	0	0		9.1	7.8	6,728	3.1
	Independent	3	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.3	239	0.1
	TUSC	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	91	0.1

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Changes in council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

37	22	6	1
Lab	Con	LD	I

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓

38	21	6	1
Lab	Con	LD	G

Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 2012.

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	2,165	48.7	5.1
	Conservative	Des Drury	1,013	22.8	8.8
	UKIP	Hilary Jones	873	19.6	11.5
	Green	Anthony Smith	289	6.5	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Faulkner	110	2.5	0.4
Majority			1,152	25.9	3.7
Registered electors			11,956
Turnout				37.3	3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	1.9

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Bidston and St James

Bidston and St James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann McLachlan	1,701	64.6	13.6
	UKIP	Cathy Williams	540	20.5	15.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Dormant	190	7.2	0.2
	Green	Colin Dignam-Gill	106	4.0	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Wood	53	2.0	0.9
	TUSC	Greg North	43	1.6	New
Majority			1,161	44.1	27.1
Registered electors			9,932
Turnout				26.6	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	13.6

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Birkenhead and Tranmere

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Pat Cleary	1,658	47.6	6.6
	Labour	Brian Kenny	1,421	40.8	8.9
	UKIP	Laurence Sharpe-Stevens	334	9.6	6.3
	Conservative	June Cowin	69	2.0	0.2
Majority			237	6.8	N/A
Registered electors			9,882
Turnout				35.4	4.2
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	7.8

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Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Williams	1,709	49.9	14.9
	UKIP	Sue Colquhoun	772	22.6	14.2
	Conservative	Peter Taylor	469	13.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Golby	247	7.2	1.2
	Green	Percy Hogg	225	6.6	1.3
Majority			937	27.3	24.3
Majority			1,152	25.9	3.7
Registered electors			11,312
Turnout				30.4	2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	12.2

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracey Smith	1,911	40.6	6.4
	Labour	Jenny Holliday	1,491	31.6	2.8
	UKIP	Roger Jones	802	17.0	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Donnelly	266	5.6	1.5
	Green	Colin Thompson	241	5.1	1.4
Majority			420	9.0	3.6
Registered electors			11,684
Turnout				40.5	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

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Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Roberts	1,912	53.3	12.3
	UKIP	Philip Griffiths	760	21.2	12.8
	Conservative	Barbara Sinclair	522	14.5	1.4
	Green	Paul Cartlidge	222	6.2	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Teggin	172	4.8	0.4
Majority			1,152	32.1	17.6
Registered electors			11,184
Turnout				32.2	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	8.8

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Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Carubia	1,558	39.5	10.8
	Labour	Mike Thompson	1,180	29.9	6.1
	UKIP	Ryan Bingham	592	15.0	9.9
	Conservative	Keith Jack	469	11.9	4.5
	Green	Oliver Downing	147	3.7	2.4
Majority			378	9.6	4.7
Registered electors			10,889
Turnout				36.4	2.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.4

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Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Clements [n 2]	2,193	38.6	1.3
	Conservative	Tom Anderson [n 3]	1,687	–	–
	Labour	Julie McManus	1,186	20.9	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	1,076	19.0	7.1
	Labour	Lee Rushworth	838	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	John Creswell	749	–	–
	UKIP	Derek Snowden	809	14.3	5.7
	Green	Rachel Markey	208	7.3	3.0
Majority			1,007	17.7	6.5
Registered electors			11,501
Turnout				43.0	0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	–

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Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Rowlands	2,398	55.7	7.0
	UKIP	David Scott	773	17.9	8.5
	Labour	Mike Holliday	668	15.5	2.3
	Green	Barbara Burton	277	6.4	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Tyrrell	191	4.4	0.2
Majority			1,625	37.8	0.6
Registered electors			10,894
Turnout				39.7	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.6

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Hoylake and Meols

Hoylake and Meols

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Boult	1,912	46.7	6.9
	Labour	Pat Glasman [n 4]	1,075	26.2	0.3
	UKIP	George Robinson	531	13.0	6.1
	Green	Yvonne McGinley	423	10.3	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph McDowell	155	3.8	0.9
Majority			837	20.5	6.6
Registered electors			10,403
Turnout				39.5	0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

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Leasowe and Moreton East

Leasowe and Moreton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Treena Johnson	1,819	45.5	5.5
	Conservative	Ian Lewis	1,633	40.8	2.5
	UKIP	Frank Whitham	433	10.8	7.3
	Green	David Dubost	116	2.9	0.7
Majority			186	4.7	3.2
Registered electors			10,691
Turnout				37.5	1.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.5

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Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Daniel	1,619	46.9	3.0
	UKIP	Lynda Williams	815	23.6	13.0
	Conservative	Ann Lavin	649	18.8	14.6
	Green	Craig Reynolds	273	7.9	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Clein	94	2.7	New
Majority			804	23.3	6.8
Registered electors			11,120
Turnout				31.2	3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

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Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Berry	1,817	43.9	13.5
	Labour	Karl Greaney	1,484	35.9	1.3
	UKIP	Susan Whitham	678	16.4	10.8
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	160	3.9	1.5
Majority			333	8.0	14.8
Registered electors			10,885
Turnout				38.1	0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

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New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Spriggs	1,658	42.3	10.5
	Conservative	Tony Pritchard	1,348	34.4	5.9
	UKIP	John Brown	492	12.6	2.5
	Green	John Howe	418	10.7	2.2
Majority			310	7.9	16.4
Registered electors			10,823
Turnout				36.3	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

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Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Brighouse	1,620	38.3	7.5
	Labour	Angela Davies	1,483	35.1	4.7
	UKIP	David Martin	563	13.3	7.5
	Conservative	Peter Hartley	310	7.3	2.1
	Green	Liz Heydon	250	5.9	2.5
Majority			137	3.2	2.8
Registered electors			11,281
Turnout				37.5	2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.4

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Pensby and Thingwall

Pensby and Thingwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Reecejones	1,334	32.6	0.2
	Conservative	Denis Knowles	1,172	28.7	0.3
	UKIP	Jan Davison	916	22.4	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Cummins	390	9.5	15.7
	Green	Allen Burton	274	6.7	2.3
Majority			162	4.0	0.4
Registered electors			10,520
Turnout				39.0	2.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	0.2

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Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Realey	1,731	47.0	6.9
	UKIP	James Bradshaw	802	21.8	13.6
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	578	15.7	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame	310	8.4	15.0
	Green	Moira Gommon	265	7.2	2.0
Majority			929	25.2	5.3
Registered electors			10,820
Turnout				34.2	2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

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Rock Ferry

Rock Ferry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moira McLaughlin	1,478	58.1	12.6
	UKIP	Ann Flynn	531	20.9	13.8
	Conservative	Barbara Poole	195	7.7	0.3
	Green	Karl Cumings	164	6.4	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hall	64	2.5	0.6
	Independent	James Pritchard	64	2.5	0.3
	TUSC	Clay Brady	48	1.9	2.8
Majority			947	37.2	26.1
Registered electors			9,654
Turnout				26.5	2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	13.1

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Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Jones	1,616	59.2	15.6
	UKIP	Christopher Wellstead	688	25.2	14.8
	Conservative	Suzanne Sheppick	211	7.7	2.0
	Green	Jayne Clough	162	5.9	0.8
	Independent	Karl Mercer	53	1.9	New
Majority			928	34.0	30.4
Registered electors			10,286
Turnout				26.7	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	15.2

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Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Whittingham	1,932	48.8	10.8
	UKIP	Geoffrey Caton	942	23.8	14.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Gubb	760	19.2	3.4
	Green	Jim McGinley	206	5.2	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Davies	117	3.0	0.9
Majority			990	25.0	12.0
Registered electors			12,101
Turnout				32.9	1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	6.0

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Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	2,216	48.8	7.3
	Labour	Paul Ronayne	1,291	28.5	5.1
	UKIP	Brian Farrell	594	13.1	7.3
	Green	Cynthia Stonall	288	6.3	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	148	3.3	New
Majority			925	20.3	2.2
Registered electors			11,752
Turnout				38.7	1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

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West Kirby and Thurstaston

West Kirby and Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Green	2,070	47.6	4.3
	Labour	Helen Campbell	1,192	27.4	1.6
	UKIP	David Evennett	553	12.7	7.2
	Green	Shirley Johnson	259	5.9	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Redfern	157	3.6	1.9
	Independent	Charles Barnes	122	2.8	2.1
Majority			878	20.2	5.9
Registered electors			10,365
Turnout				42.2	1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.0

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Notes

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

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

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