2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 2015 United Kingdom local elections

2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  2014 7 May 2015 (2015-05-07) 2016  →
22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	69.1% (33.5%)
First party Second party   Leader Phil Davies Jeff Green Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat Birkenhead and Tranmere West Kirby and Thurstaston Last election 12 seats, 38.6% 8 seats, 28.0% Seats before 38 21 Seats won 14 7 Seats after 39 21 Seat change 1' Popular vote 79,409 46,611 Percentage 47.9% 28.1% Swing 9.3% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Phil Gilchrist Pat Cleary Party Liberal Democrats Green Leader's seat Eastham Birkenhead and Tranmere Last election 2 seats, 7.8% 1 seat, 8.0% Seats before 6 1 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 5 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 13,572 10,446 Percentage 8.2% 6.3% Swing 0.4% 1.7%
Map of results of 2015 election
Leader of the Council before election Phil Davies Labour Leader of the Council after election Phil Davies Labour

The 2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 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	39	1
	Conservative	21
	Liberal Democrat	5	1
	Green	1

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Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2014.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2015
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	22	14	1	0	1	63.6	47.9	79,409	9.3
	Conservative	21	7	0	0		31.8	28.1	46,611	0.1
	UKIP	20	0	0	0		0.0	9.0	14,919	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	18	1	0	1	1	4.5	8.2	13,572	0.4
	Green	22	0	0	0		0.0	6.3	10,446	1.7
	TUSC	6	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	632	0.3
	Independent	3	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	195	0.2

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Changes in council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

38	21	6	1
Lab	Con	LD	G

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓

39	21	5	1
Lab	Con	LD	G

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council composition after the 2015 election

Ward results

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jerry Williams	5,107	57.7	9.0
	Conservative	Des Drury	2,106	23.8	1.0
	UKIP	Jim Bradshaw	931	10.5	9.1
	Green	Anthony Smith	452	5.1	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Gill	261	2.9	0.4
Majority			3,001	33.9	8.0
Registered electors			12,107
Turnout				73.7	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing	4.0

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Bidston and St James

Bidston and St James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kenny	4,255	76.9	12.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Dormand	590	10.7	3.5
	Green	Karl Cumings	316	5.7	1.7
	TUSC	Ben Halligan	199	3.6	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Wood	175	3.2	1.2
Majority			3,665	66.2	22.1
Registered electors			10,049
Turnout				56.0	29.4
	Labour hold		Swing	11.1

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Birkenhead and Tranmere

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	3,130	56.0	15.2
	Green	Jayne Clough	1,763	31.6	16.1
	UKIP	Laurence Sharpe-Stevens	447	8.0	1.6
	Conservative	June Cowin	183	3.3	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Price	61	1.1	New
Majority			1,367	24.5	N/A
Registered electors			9,854
Turnout				56.9	21.5
	Labour hold		Swing	15.6

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Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Walsh	4,478	59.3	9.4
	Conservative	Mike Collins	1,396	18.5	4.8
	UKIP	Sue Colquhoun	865	11.5	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Golby	367	4.9	2.3
	Green	Percy Hogg	330	4.4	2.2
	TUSC	Mark Halligan	118	1.6	New
Majority			3,082	40.8	13.5
Registered electors			11,464
Turnout				66.3	35.9
	Labour hold		Swing	6.8

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Sykes	3,656	41.3	0.7
	Labour	Jenny Holliday	3,371	38.1	6.5
	UKIP	Roger Jones	864	9.8	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Cambridge	644	7.3	1.7
	Green	Vinny Spencer	323	3.6	1.5
Majority			285	3.2	5.8
Registered electors			11,689
Turnout				76.2	35.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.9

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Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Foulkes	4,101	56.8	3.5
	Conservative	Barbara Sinclair	1,309	18.1	3.6
	UKIP	Philip Griffiths	810	11.2	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin	512	7.1	2.3
	Green	Tom Cubbin	488	6.8	0.6
Majority			2,792	38.7	6.6
Registered electors			11,266
Turnout				64.5	32.3
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

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Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Mitchell	3,589	45.1	5.6
	Labour	Helen Robinson	2,772	34.8	4.9
	Conservative	Keith Jack	1,314	16.5	4.6
	Green	Paul Cartlidge	291	3.7
Majority			817	10.3	0.7
Registered electors			11,089
Turnout				72.5	36.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.4

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Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burgess-Joyce	3,655	40.4	1.8
	Labour	Julie McManus	2,980	33.0	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	1,330	14.7	4.3
	UKIP	Laurence Jones	723	8.0	6.3
	Green	Catherine Page	352	3.9	3.4
Majority			675	7.4	10.3
Registered electors			11,583
Turnout				78.4	35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.2

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Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hodson	5,035	59.5	3.8
	Labour	Mike Holliday	1,718	20.3	4.8
	UKIP	David Scott	715	8.4	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Tyrrell	535	6.3	1.9
	Green	Barbara Burton	464	5.4	0.9
Majority			3,317	39.2	1.4
Registered electors			10,874
Turnout				78.5	38.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

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Hoylake and Meols

Hoylake and Meols

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerry Ellis	4,125	50.8	4.1
	Labour	Bill McGenity	2,367	29.1	2.9
	Green	Yvonne McGinley	758	9.3	1.0
	UKIP	George Robinson	497	6.1	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Redfern	374	4.6	0.8
Majority			1,758	21.7	1.2
Registered electors			10,610
Turnout				77.0	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

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Leasowe and Moreton East

Leasowe and Moreton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Abbey	4,297	60.8	15.3
	Conservative	Denis Knowles	1,744	24.7	16.1
	UKIP	Jan Davison	734	10.4	0.4
	Green	Craig Reynolds	291	4.1	1.2
Majority			2,553	36.1	31.4
Registered electors			10,764
Turnout				65.9	28.4
	Labour hold		Swing	15.7

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Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernie Mooney	4,397	62.9	16.0
	UKIP	Lynda Williams	1,352	19.4	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Clein	578	8.3	5.6
	Green	Lindsey Stowell-Smith	542	7.8	0.1
	TUSC	Adam Khan	118	1.7	New
Majority			3,045	43.5	20.2
Registered electors			11,091
Turnout				64.5	33.3
	Labour hold		Swing	10.1

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Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Williams	3,324	44.3	0.4
	Labour	Karl Greaney	3,191	42.5	6.6
	UKIP	Susan Whitham	716	9.5	6.9
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	272	3.6	0.3
Majority			133	1.8	6.2
Registered electors			10,860
Turnout				69.3	31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.1

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New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Hackett	3,822	52.5	10.2
	Conservative	Tony Pritchard	2,223	30.6	3.8
	Green	Gillian Homeri	634	8.7	2.0
	UKIP	Tim Power	595	8.2	4.4
Majority			1,599	21.9	14.0
Registered electors			11,003
Turnout				66.4	30.1
	Labour hold		Swing	7.0

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Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Doughty [n 1]	3,085	39.7	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Kelly	2,788	35.9	2.4
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	854	11.0	3.7
	UKIP	David Martin	615	7.9	5.4
	Green	Liz Heydon	424	5.5	0.4
Majority			297	3.8	N/A
Registered electors			11,236
Turnout				69.4	31.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	3.5

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Pensby and Thingwall

Pensby and Thingwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Brightmore	3,085	39.1	6.5
	Conservative	Ian MacKenzie	2,918	36.9	8.2
	UKIP	Hilary Jones	796	10.1	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Cummins	602	7.6	1.9
	Green	Allen Burton	378	4.8	1.9
	Independent	Maureen Wilkinson	69	0.9	New
	TUSC	Phil Simpson	50	0.6	New
Majority			167	2.2	1.7
Registered electors			10,589
Turnout				75.2	36.2
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

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Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Davies	4,362	59.3	12.3
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	1,307	17.8	2.1
	UKIP	James Shorthall	864	11.7	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame	481	6.5	1.9
	Green	Moira Gommon	342	4.6	2.6
Majority			3,055	41.5	16.3
Registered electors			10,790
Turnout				68.4	34.2
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

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Rock Ferry

Rock Ferry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Meaden	3,767	66.7	8.6
	UKIP	Terry Hansen	617	10.9	10.0
	Conservative	Cy Ferguson	552	9.8	2.1
	Green	Paul Harris	430	7.6	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hall	148	2.6	0.1
	TUSC	Morag Reid	72	1.3	0.6
	Independent	Jim Pritchard	62	1.1	1.4
Majority			3,150	55.8	18.6
Registered electors			9,727
Turnout				58.3	31.8
	Labour hold		Swing	9.3

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Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Jones	4,157	71.1	11.9
	UKIP	Christopher Wellstead	726	12.4	12.8
	Conservative	Christine Jones	581	9.9	2.2
	Green	Lily Clough	244	4.2	1.7
	TUSC	Gregory North	75	1.3	New
	Independent	Karl Mercer	64	1.1	0.8
Majority			3,431	58.7	24.7
Registered electors			10,309
Turnout				57.1	30.4
	Labour hold		Swing	12.4

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Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Smith	5,347	62.4	13.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Gubb	1,807	21.1	1.9
	UKIP	Geoffrey Caton	853	9.9	13.9
	Green	Marian Hussenbux	306	3.6	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Davies	262	3.1	0.1
Majority			3,540	41.3	16.3
Registered electors			12,394
Turnout				69.6	36.7
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

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Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Hayes	3,831	44.8	4.0
	Labour	Giuseppe Roberto	3,309	38.7	10.2
	UKIP	Brian Farrell	647	7.6	5.5
	Green	Cynthia Stonall	464	5.4	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	302	3.5	0.2
Majority			522	6.1	14.2
Registered electors			11,871
Turnout				72.5	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.1

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West Kirby and Thurstaston

West Kirby and Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Elderton	4,099	50.6	3.0
	Labour	Thomas Usher	2,311	28.5	1.1
	Green	Trevor Desrosiers	582	7.2	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Cresswell	563	6.9	3.3
	UKIP	Dave Evennett	552	6.8	5.9
Majority			1,788	22.1	1.9
Registered electors			10,380
Turnout				78.7	36.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

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Changes between 2015 and 2016

Date	Ward	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
?	Bromborough	Steve Niblock		Labour		Independent	Deselected. [56]

Notes

1. Incumbent councillor for Prenton ward.

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

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