Phil Davies (politician)

Not to be confused with Philip Davies, a Conservative MP and husband of Esther McVey.

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Honorary Alderman Phil Davies
Councillor Phil Davies speaking at a public meeting in Hoylake in December 2017.
Leader of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
In office 14 May 2012 –14 May 2019
	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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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 5 May 2011: Birkenhead and Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	1,750	53.9	2.1
	Green	Pat Cleary	1,133	34.9	11.3
	Conservative	June Cowin	148	4.6	3.6
	UKIP	David Martin	120	3.7	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame	95	3.0	9.3
Majority			617	19.0	9.3
Registered electors			9,807
Turnout				33.2	14.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.6

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General Election, 6 May 2010: Wirral West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Esther McVey	16,726	42.5	0.7
	Labour	Phillip Davies	14,290	36.3	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	6,630	16.8	0.5
	UKIP	Philip Griffiths	899	2.3	1.1
	Ind. Conservative	David Kirwan	506	1.3	1.3
	Common Sense Party	David James	321	0.8	0.8
Majority			2,436	6.2	N/A
Turnout			39,372	71.5	3.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.4

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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 3 May 2007: Birkenhead and Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	1,399	62.4	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Brighouse	333	14.9	0.5
	Conservative	June Cowin	255	11.4	2.2
	Green	Catherine Page	254	11.3	3.2
Majority			1,066	47.5	9.4
Registered electors			10,374
Turnout				21.7	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 10 June 2004: Birkenhead and Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Stapleton	1,400	47.7	N/A
	Labour	Phillip Davies	1,292	–	–
	Labour	David Christian	1,275	–	–
	WIN	Andrew Dow	408	13.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Lloyd	401	13.7	N/A
	WIN	Deirdre Baker	382	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Brighouse	376	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Teggin	349	–	–
	WIN	John Maher	311	–	–
	Green	Catherine Page	249	8.5	N/A
	BNP	John Edwards	246	8.4	N/A
	Conservative	Tom Parker	233	7.9	N/A
	Conservative	Kenneth Jackson	217	–	–
	Conservative	Elizabeth Johnson	186	–	–
Majority			992	33.8	N/A
Registered electors			10,364
Turnout				27.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1 May 2003: Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	1,157	70.3	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Lloyd	188	11.4	1.3
	Conservative	David Noble	118	7.2	0.4
	WIN	John Maher	98	6.0	New
	Socialist Alliance Against The War	Morag Reid	45	2.7	New
	Green	Christopher Childe	40	2.4	New
Majority			969	58.9	8.8
Registered electors			9,867
Turnout				16.7	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	4.4

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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 6 May 1999: 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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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 4 May 1995: Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	2,850	88.3	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Cooke	196	6.1	2.1
	Conservative	B. Brassey	183	5.7	1.6
Majority			2,654	82.2	6.0
Registered electors			10,508
Turnout				30.7	4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2 May 1991: 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	57.7	16.1
Registered electors			10,912
Turnout				33.7	9.7
	Labour hold		Swing	8.1

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21. "Local Election - 01 May 2003". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Smith	Councillor for Birkenhead 1992–2004	Succeeded by Ward abolished
Preceded by Ward Created	Councillor for Birkenhead and Tranmere 2004–2019	Succeeded by Steve Hayes
Preceded by Jeff Green	Leader of Wirral Council 2012–2019	Succeeded by Pat Hackett
Party political offices
Preceded by Steve Foulkes	Leader of Wirral Council Labour Group 2012–2019	Succeeded by Pat Hackett