2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The 2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
Overall, Labour gained seven seats at the expense of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and gained overall control of the council, with a majority of eight.[2]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
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Labour | 37 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 22 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrat | 7 | ![]() |
Election results
[edit]Overall election result
[edit]Overall result compared with 2011.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 22 | 13 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
59.1 | 44.6 | 38,455 | ![]() | ||||||
Conservative | 22 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ![]() |
31.8 | 30.6 | 26,426 | ![]() | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
9.1 | 10.9 | 9,375 | ![]() | ||||||
UKIP | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 7.4 | 6,378 | ![]() | ||||||
Green | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 5.9 | 5,064 | ![]() | ||||||
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 364 | ![]() | ||||||
TUSC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 130 | N/A | ||||||
BNP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 61 | N/A |
Changes in council composition
[edit]Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
30 | 27 | 9 |
Lab | Con | LD |
After the election the composition of the council was:
37 | 21 | 7 |
Lab | Con | LD |
Ward results
[edit]Results compared directly with the last local election in 2011.
Bebington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christina Muspratt | 2,572 | 53.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Sheila Clarke | 1,513 | 31.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Hilary Jones | 386 | 8.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Michael Harper | 173 | 3.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Faulkner | 40 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 1,059 | 22.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,886 | ||||
Turnout | 40.4 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Bidston and St James
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Crabtree | 1,992 | 78.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Peter Dawson | 179 | 7.0 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Helen Romnes | 136 | 5.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Colin Dignam-Gill | 85 | 3.3 | New | |
Independent | John Brace | 82 | 3.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Wood | 73 | 2.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,813 | 71.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,817 | ||||
Turnout | 26.0 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Birkenhead and Tranmere
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jean Stapleton | 1,474 | 49.7 | ![]() | |
Green | Pat Cleary | 1,215 | 41.0 | ![]() | |
UKIP | David Martin | 99 | 3.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Allan Brame | 61 | 2.1 | ![]() | |
BNP | Joe Killen | 61 | 2.1 | New | |
Conservative | June Cowin | 54 | 1.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 259 | 8.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,527 | ||||
Turnout | 31.2 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Bromborough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve Niblock | 2,292 | 64.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Kathryn Hodson | 466 | 13.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Timothy Pass | 298 | 8.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Penelope Golby | 296 | 8.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Percy Hogg | 187 | 5.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,826 | 51.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,969 | ||||
Turnout | 32.4 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Clatterbridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cherry Povall | 2,220 | 47.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | Phillip Brightmore | 1,623 | 34.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Roger Jones | 370 | 7.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thomson | 337 | 7.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Jim McGinley | 174 | 3.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 597 | 12.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,640 | ||||
Turnout | 40.7 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Claughton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Davies | 2,367 | 65.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Barbara Sinclair | 575 | 15.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Bethan Williams | 304 | 8.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Teggin | 187 | 5.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Cathy Page | 177 | 4.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,792 | 49.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,054 | ||||
Turnout | 32.7 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Eastham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Phillip Gilchrist | 2,151 | 50.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mike Thompson | 1,539 | 36.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Kevin Sharkey | 315 | 7.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Laurence Jones | 219 | 5.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Jackie Smith | 55 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 612 | 14.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,964 | ||||
Turnout | 39.2 | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Greasby, Frankby and Irby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Cox | 1,820 | 37.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Reisdorf | 1,277 | 26.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Lee Rushworth | 1,159 | 23.7 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Derek Snowden | 421 | 8.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Rachel Markey | 208 | 4.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 543 | 11.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,485 | ||||
Turnout | 42.6 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Heswall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Johnson | 2,766 | 62.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Audrey Moore | 785 | 17.8 | ![]() | |
UKIP | David Scott | 413 | 9.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Barbara Burton | 261 | 5.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | David Tyrrell | 186 | 4.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,981 | 44.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,926 | ||||
Turnout | 40.5 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hoylake and Meols
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hale | 2,134 | 53.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Alan Milne | 1,056 | 26.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph McDowell | 187 | 4.7 | ![]() | |
Green | Yvonne McGinley | 334 | 8.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | George Robinson | 274 | 6.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,078 | 27.1 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,327 | ||||
Turnout | 38.8 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Leasowe and Moreton East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anita Leech | 2,094 | 51.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ian Lewis | 1,776 | 43.3 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Catherine Williams | 144 | 3.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Cynthia Stonall | 89 | 2.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 318 | 7.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,466 | ||||
Turnout | 39.3 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Liscard
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Janette Williamson | 1,882 | 49.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | James Keeley | 1,261 | 33.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Lynda Williams | 400 | 10.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Kenneth Peers | 230 | 6.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 621 | 16.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,991 | ||||
Turnout | 34.5 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Moreton West and Saughall Massie
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Chris Blakeley | 2,269 | 57.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Karl Greaney | 1,369 | 34.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Susan Whitham | 223 | 5.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Perle Sheldricks | 95 | 2.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 900 | 22.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,655 | ||||
Turnout | 37.2 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
New Brighton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Gregson | 1,908 | 52.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Sue Taylor | 1,032 | 28.5 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Bill Duffey | 366 | 10.1 | ![]() | |
Green | James Brady | 309 | 8.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 876 | 24.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,669 | ||||
Turnout | 34.0 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Oxton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Pat Williams | 2,026 | 45.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Matthew Patrick | 1,763 | 39.8 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Philip Grittiths | 258 | 5.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Tina McDonnell | 232 | 5.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Elisabeth Heydon | 149 | 3.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 263 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,140 | ||||
Turnout | 39.9 | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Pensby and Thingwall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Sullivan | 1,406 | 32.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Tom Anderson [n 1] | 1,217 | 28.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Damien Cummins | 1,079 | 25.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Janet Davison | 394 | 9.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Allen Burton | 190 | 4.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 189 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,462 | ||||
Turnout | 41.1 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
Prenton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Norbury | 2,061 | 53.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Doyle | 895 | 23.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Cyrus Ferguson | 357 | 9.3 | ![]() | |
UKIP | James Bradshaw | 313 | 8.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Mark Mitchell | 200 | 5.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,166 | 30.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,595 | ||||
Turnout | 36.2 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
Rock Ferry
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Davies | 1,941 | 70.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Barbara Poole | 202 | 7.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Ann Flynn | 195 | 7.1 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Morag Reid | 130 | 4.7 | New | |
Green | Joy Hogg | 115 | 4.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Hall | 85 | 3.1 | ![]() | |
Independent | Jim Pritchard | 76 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,739 | 63.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,564 | ||||
Turnout | 28.7 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Seacombe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Salter | 1,996 | 74.8 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Christopher Wellstead | 278 | 10.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ann Lavin | 258 | 9.7 | ![]() | |
Green | Timothy Denton | 135 | 5.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,718 | 64.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,338 | ||||
Turnout | 25.9 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Upton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sylvia Hodrien | 2,504 | 59.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Denis Knowles | 948 | 22.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Patricia Lamb | 381 | 9.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Lesley Hussenbux | 205 | 4.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 164 | 3.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,556 | 37.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,171 | ||||
Turnout | 34.6 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Wallasey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leah Fraser | 2,652 | 56.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Alan Hannaford | 1,590 | 33.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Ian Watson | 276 | 5.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Janet Wright | 208 | 4.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,062 | 22.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,863 | ||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
West Kirby and Thurstaston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Watt | 2,180 | 51.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | Louise Reecejones | 1,082 | 25.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Shirley Johnson | 270 | 6.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Cresswell | 231 | 5.5 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Frank Whitham | 230 | 5.5 | ![]() | |
Independent | Charles Barnes | 206 | 4.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,098 | 26.1 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,276 | ||||
Turnout | 40.9 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Changes between 2012 and 2014
[edit]Leasowe and Moreton East by-election 2013
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Lewis | 1,620 | 50.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Pauline Daniels | 1,355 | 42.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Susan Whitham | 148 | 4.6 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Mark Halligan | 31 | 1.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Clein | 28 | 0.9 | New | |
Green | Jim McGinley | 28 | 0.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 265 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,551 | ||||
Turnout | 30.5 | ![]() | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Heswall by-election 2013
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kathryn Hodson | 1,254 | 58.8 | ![]() | |
UKIP | David Scott | 460 | 21.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mike Holliday | 289 | 13.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Barbara Burton | 110 | 5.2 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Greg North | 19 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 794 | 37.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,855 | ||||
Turnout | 19.7 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Pensby and Thingwall by-election 2013
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phillip Brightmore | 1,411 | 38.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Sheila Clarke | 868 | 23.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Damien Cummins | 834 | 22.7 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Jan Davison | 426 | 11.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Allen Burton | 74 | 2.0 | ![]() | |
English Democrat | Neil Kenny | 53 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 543 | 14.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,487 | ||||
Turnout | 35.0 | ![]() | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Upton by-election 2013
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Matthew Patrick | 1,954 | 65.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Gubb | 762 | 25.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Jim McGinley | 143 | 4.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 130 | 4.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,192 | 39.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,154 | ||||
Turnout | 3,031 | 24.9 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Other changes
[edit]Date | Ward | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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30 April 2013 | Pensby and Thingwall | Mark Johnston | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Resigned.[63] |
Notes
[edit]• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
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