The 2007 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 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 | 25 | 1 |
| Conservative | 21 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 20 | 1 |
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Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 2006.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2007 |
|
Party | Candidates | Votes |
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| Conservative | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 31.8 | 38.6 | 34,081 | 1.3 |
| Labour | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36.4 | 28.7 | 25,399 | 1.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.8 | 25.2 | 22,289 | 1.9 |
| Green | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 5.4 | 4,809 | 0.9 |
| UKIP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,475 | 0.7 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 311 | N/A |
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Ward results
Results compared directly with the last local election in 2006.
Bebington
Bebington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jerry Williams | 2,201 | 43.7 | 8.3 |
| Conservative | Les Thomas | 1,554 | 30.9 | 1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Jackson | 580 | 11.5 | 6.9 |
| UKIP | Hilary Jones | 514 | 10.2 | 1.1 |
| Green | Michael Harper | 187 | 3.7 | 0.8 |
Majority | 647 | 12.8 | 10.1 |
Registered electors | 12,020 | | |
Turnout | | 41.9 | 0.7 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 5.1 | |
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Bidston and St James
Bidston and St James Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Harry Smith | 1,384 | 59.7 | 4.0 |
| Independent | George Thomas | 311 | 13.4 | New |
| Conservative | Fiona Marsh | 292 | 12.6 | 1.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Brace | 215 | 9.3 | 4.9 |
| Green | George Bowler | 116 | 5.0 | 2.8 |
Majority | 1,073 | 46.3 | 3.1 |
Registered electors | 10,380 | | |
Turnout | | 22.4 | 1.9 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.6 | |
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Birkenhead and Tranmere
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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Bromborough
Bromborough Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Moon | 1,753 | 48.3 | 5.0 |
| Labour | Audrey Moore | 1,002 | 27.6 | 0.6 |
| Conservative | Mark Gibson | 684 | 18.8 | 4.6 |
| Green | Joyce Hogg | 192 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
Majority | 751 | 20.7 | 5.6 |
Registered electors | 10,953 | | |
Turnout | | 33.3 | 1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.8 | |
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Clatterbridge
Clatterbridge Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Jennings | 2,401 | 44.7 | 0.6 |
| Conservative | Cherry Povall | 2,152 | 40.1 | 2.1 |
| Labour | Ethel Morgan | 643 | 12.0 | 1.5 |
| Green | Jim McGinley | 173 | 3.2 | |
Majority | 249 | 4.6 | 2.7 |
Registered electors | 11,856 | | |
Turnout | | 45.4 | 1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.4 | |
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Claughton
Claughton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Foulkes | 1,784 | 52.0 | 2.7 |
| Conservative | Barbara Sinclair | 943 | 27.5 | 0.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anna Blumenthal | 485 | 14.1 | 2.4 |
| Green | Garnette Bowler | 218 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
Majority | 841 | 24.5 | 2.5 |
Registered electors | 11,553 | | |
Turnout | | 29.8 | 1.5 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 | |
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Eastham
Eastham Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Mitchell | 3,067 | 70.3 | 1.9 |
| Conservative | Graham Davies | 661 | 15.2 | 0.3 |
| Labour | Christopher Lawler | 518 | 11.9 | 1.2 |
| Green | Brian Gibbs | 114 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
Majority | 2,406 | 55.1 | 1.6 |
Registered electors | 11,164 | | |
Turnout | | 39.1 | 0.4 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8 | |
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Greasby, Frankby and Irby
Greasby, Frankby and Irby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Reisdorf | 2,552 | 47.3 | 1.6 |
| Conservative | Vida Wilson | 1,846 | 34.2 | 2.7 |
| Labour | Barbara Moores | 553 | 10.3 | 0.4 |
| UKIP | Mike Pepler | 309 | 5.7 | New |
| Green | Perle Sheldricks | 132 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
Majority | 706 | 13.1 | 1.1 |
Registered electors | 11,607 | | |
Turnout | | 46.2 | 1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.5 | |
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Heswall
Heswall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Andrew Hodson | 3,385 | 69.3 | 0.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 618 | 12.7 | 0.5 |
| Labour | Philip Waterfield | 589 | 12.1 | 1.0 |
| Green | Anne Rosseinsky | 292 | 6.0 | 1.1 |
Majority | 2,767 | 56.6 | 0.8 |
Registered electors | 11,136 | | |
Turnout | | 44.0 | 0.5 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.4 | |
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Hoylake and Meols
Hoylake and Meols Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Gerry Ellis | 2,944 | 66.7 | 7.7 |
| Labour | Alan Milne | 665 | 15.1 | 2.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Clark | 457 | 10.3 | 3.9 |
| Green | Hara Willow | 350 | 7.9 | 1.0 |
Majority | 2,279 | 51.6 | 10.6 |
Registered electors | 10,606 | | |
Turnout | | 41.7 | 1.5 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 5.3 | |
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Leasowe and Moreton East
Leasowe and Moreton East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ron Abbey | 1,682 | 44.3 | 1.3 |
| Conservative | Ian Lewis | 1,664 | 43.9 | 10.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerald Hainsworth | 244 | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| Green | Rosemary Bland | 204 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
Majority | 18 | 0.4 | 11.6 |
Registered electors | 11,087 | | |
Turnout | | 34.3 | 5.7 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 5.8 | |
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Liscard
Liscard Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Karen Hayes | 2,116 | 49.7 | 0.2 |
| Labour | Gary Leech | 1,609 | 37.8 | 3.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Clein | 244 | 5.7 | 1.3 |
| UKIP | Phil Griffiths | 149 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Green | Rebecca Koncienzcy | 143 | 3.4 | 1.7 |
Majority | 507 | 11.9 | 4.0 |
Registered electors | 11,418 | | |
Turnout | | 37.4 | 1.0 |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 2.0 | |
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Moreton West and Saughall Massie
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Suzanne Moseley | 2,365 | 60.5 | 3.5 |
| Labour | Darren Dodd | 943 | 24.1 | 1.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Copestake | 306 | 7.8 | 2.8 |
| Green | James Drew | 160 | 4.1 | 2.5 |
| UKIP | Natasha Minns | 136 | 3.5 | New |
Majority | 1,422 | 36.4 | 5.1 |
Registered electors | 11,087 | | |
Turnout | | 35.3 | 0.6 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.6 | |
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New Brighton
New Brighton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tony Pritchard | 1,814 | 45.7 | 3.9 |
| Labour | Anne McArdle | 1,256 | 31.6 | 0.2 |
| Green | Cynthia Stonall | 534 | 13.4 | 0.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Hick | 368 | 9.3 | 3.0 |
Majority | 558 | 14.1 | 4.1 |
Registered electors | 11,095 | | |
Turnout | | 35.7 | 0.4 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.1 | |
[3][33][34][35]
Oxton
Oxton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 2,007 | 54.8 | 0.6 |
| Labour | David Barden | 693 | 18.9 | 1.6 |
| Conservative | Marcus Bleasdale | 611 | 16.7 | 1.6 |
| Green | Marilyn Jones | 193 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| UKIP | Cathy Williams | 158 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
Majority | 1,314 | 35.9 | 2.2 |
Registered electors | 11,278 | | |
Turnout | | 32.6 | 0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.1 | |
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Pensby and Thingwall
Pensby and Thingwall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Quinn | 2,110 | 44.0 | 3.6 |
| Conservative | Jacquie McKelvie | 1,777 | 37.0 | 0.5 |
| Labour | John Cunningham | 742 | 15.5 | 1.0 |
| Green | Allen Burton | 170 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
Majority | 333 | 7.0 | 4.1 |
Registered electors | 10,743 | | |
Turnout | | 44.8 | 2.2 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.1 | |
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Prenton
Prenton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Holbrook | 2,148 | 52.3 | 10.8 |
| Labour | Denise Realey | 1,105 | 26.9 | 5.4 |
| Conservative | Andrew Burns | 677 | 16.5 | 3.5 |
| Green | Mark Mitchell | 177 | 4.3 | 1.9 |
Majority | 1,043 | 25.4 | 16.2 |
Registered electors | 11,141 | | |
Turnout | | 36.9 | 2.7 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.1 | |
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Rock Ferry
Rock Ferry Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Chris Meaden | 1,474 | 59.6 | 1.6 |
| Conservative | Joanne Suffield | 433 | 17.5 | 0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Heppinstall | 342 | 13.8 | 2.9 |
| Green | Peter Exley | 224 | 9.1 | 0.5 |
Majority | 1,041 | 42.1 | 0.8 |
Registered electors | 10,292 | | |
Turnout | | 24.1 | 0.3 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 | |
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Seacombe
Seacombe Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Denis Knowles | 1,447 | 59.5 | 1.3 |
| Conservative | Bernie Howden | 527 | 21.7 | 3.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Pitt | 299 | 12.3 | 2.6 |
| Green | Beverley Kells | 160 | 6.6 | 2.3 |
Majority | 920 | 37.8 | 2.5 |
Registered electors | 10,614 | | |
Turnout | | 23.0 | 0.8 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 | |
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Upton
Upton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Tony Smith | 1,931 | 43.1 | 4.0 |
| Conservative | Julie Kirwan | 1,734 | 38.7 | 6.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Beazer | 575 | 12.8 | 9.8 |
| Green | Marian Hussenbux | 244 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
Majority | 197 | 4.4 | 2.3 |
Registered electors | 12,311 | | |
Turnout | | 36.4 | 0.2 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 | |
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Wallasey
Wallasey Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Paul Hayes | 2,801 | 58.3 | 0.8 |
| Labour | Christine Jones | 1,138 | 23.7 | 4.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 466 | 9.7 | 1.4 |
| UKIP | Ian Watson | 209 | 4.4 | New |
| Green | Percy Hogg | 189 | 3.9 | 0.7 |
Majority | 1,663 | 34.6 | 5.0 |
Registered electors | 11,979 | | |
Turnout | | 40.1 | 1.0 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.5 | |
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West Kirby and Thurstaston
West Kirby and Thurstaston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Elderton | 2,846 | 62.0 | 0.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Cresswell | 719 | 15.7 | 0.4 |
| Labour | James Brown | 641 | 14.0 | 0.7 |
| Green | Patrick Cleary | 383 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
Majority | 2,127 | 46.3 | |
Registered electors | 10,493 | | |
Turnout | | 43.9 | 1.0 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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Changes between 2007 and 2008
Date | Ward | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
May 2007 | Clatterbridge | Isabel Moon | | Liberal Democrats | | Ind. Lib Dem | Resigned.[53] |
June 2007 | Hoylake and Meols | David Kirwan | | Conservative | | Ind. Conservative | Resigned.[54] |
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References