1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority |
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Turnout | 27.8% (0.3%)[1] |
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Map of results of 1999 election |
Leader of the Council before election Dave Jackson Labour | Leader of the Council after election Dave Jackson Labour | |
The 1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] 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 | 3 |
| Conservative | 17 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | 2 |
[3]
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 1998.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1999 |
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Party | Candidates | Votes |
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| Labour | 22 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 59.1 | 38.4 | 26,142 | 3.7 |
| Conservative | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.7 | 34.8 | 23,675 | 1.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18.2 | 23.9 | 16,295 | 2.5 |
| Green | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1,834 | 0.1 |
| Socialist Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 94 | 0.5 |
[1][2]
Ward results
Bebington
Bebington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Patrick Smith | 1,846 | 47.8 | 1.0 |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Hall | 1,511 | 39.2 | 3.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Dyer | 402 | 10.4 | 2.3 |
| Green | Ann Jones | 99 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
Majority | 335 | 8.7 | 4.4 |
Registered electors | 10,736 | | |
Turnout | | 35.9 | 2.8 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 | |
[2][4]
Bidston
Bidston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Harry Smith | 1,049 | 81.5 | 9.0 |
| Conservative | Doreen Pike | 105 | 8.2 | New |
| Liberal Democrats | John Tomlinson | 95 | 7.4 | 3.7 |
| Green | Robert Mitchell | 38 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
Majority | 944 | 73.3 | 14.0 |
Registered electors | 7,967 | | |
Turnout | | 16.1 | 1.3 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 7.0 | |
[2][5]
Birkenhead
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 | |
[2][6]
Bromborough
Bromborough Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Anna McLaughlin | 1,504 | 54.8 | 5.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Moon | 578 | 21.0 | 6.9 |
| Conservative | Ian Mackenzie | 565 | 20.6 | 1.4 |
| Green | J. Jones | 99 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
Majority | 926 | 33.7 | 4.1 |
Registered electors | 10,720 | | |
Turnout | | 25.6 | 1.8 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 | |
[2][7]
Clatterbridge
Clatterbridge Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Isabel Moon | 2,011 | 38.1 | 21.7 |
| Conservative | Mary Jordan | 1,735 | 32.9 | 15.6 |
| Labour | Audrey Moore | 1,417 | 26.8 | 5.9 |
| Green | Michael Harper | 116 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
Majority | 276 | 5.2 | N/A |
Registered electors | 13,936 | | |
Turnout | | 37.9 | 2.9 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 10.5 | |
[2][8]
Claughton
Claughton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Denise Roberts | 1,406 | 54.1 | 1.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Blaycock | 527 | 20.3 | 1.9 |
| Conservative | Barbara Brassey | 512 | 19.7 | 3.8 |
| Green | Elisabeth Heydon | 153 | 5.9 | 3.2 |
Majority | 879 | 33.8 | 0.2 |
Registered electors | 10,725 | | |
Turnout | | 24.2 | 2.7 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 | |
[2][9]
Eastham
Eastham Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | George Mitchell | 2,278 | 64.0 | 1.8 |
| Labour | S. Blair | 796 | 22.4 | 1.7 |
| Conservative | S. Hutchen | 422 | 11.9 | |
| Green | Brian Gibbs | 63 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
Majority | 1,482 | 41.6 | 3.5 |
Registered electors | 11,171 | | |
Turnout | | 31.9 | 3.2 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.8 | |
[2][10]
Egerton
Egerton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Walter Smith | 1,441 | 65.1 | 6.5 |
| Conservative | Cyrus Ferguson | 368 | 16.6 | 0.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Lloyd | 234 | 10.6 | 0.7 |
| Green | Catherine Page | 172 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
Majority | 1,073 | 48.4 | 5.7 |
Registered electors | 10,468 | | |
Turnout | | 21.2 | 0.1 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.9 | |
[2][11]
Heswall
Heswall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Peter Johnson | 2,894 | 67.9 | 6.3 |
| Labour | Margaret Allen | 740 | 17.4 | 4.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Norton | 508 | 11.9 | 1.3 |
| Green | Garnette Bowler | 118 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
Majority | 2,154 | 50.6 | 11.0 |
Registered electors | 13,325 | | |
Turnout | | 32.0 | 1.7 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 5.5 | |
[2][12]
Hoylake
Hoylake Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Hale | 2,820 | 67.2 | 3.6 |
| Labour | Dennis Woods | 782 | 18.6 | 1.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Richards | 446 | 10.6 | 1.2 |
| Green | Allen Burton | 149 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
Majority | 2,038 | 48.6 | 5.5 |
Registered electors | 12,447 | | |
Turnout | | 33.7 | 1.3 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.8 | |
[2][13]
Leasowe
Leasowe Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ernest Prout | 1,330 | 71.4 | 0.2 |
| Conservative | J. Tooke | 293 | 15.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | M. Wright | 239 | 12.8 | 0.3 |
Majority | 1,037 | 55.7 | 0.1 |
Registered electors | 9,187 | | |
Turnout | | 20.3 | 0.5 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 | |
[2]
Liscard
Liscard Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Cocker | 1,343 | 56.1 | 1.7 |
| Conservative | Patricia Jones | 666 | 27.8 | 3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Robinson | 387 | 16.2 | 1.3 |
Majority | 677 | 28.3 | 4.9 |
Registered electors | 11,010 | | |
Turnout | | 21.8 | 0.7 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.4 | |
[2]
Moreton
Moreton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Margaret Green | 1,266 | 46.4 | 7.4 |
| Conservative | Simon Mountney | 1,222 | 44.8 | 8.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Susanne Uriel | 239 | 8.8 | 1.1 |
Majority | 44 | 1.6 | 15.9 |
Registered electors | 9,737 | | |
Turnout | | 28.0 | 0.1 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 8.0 | |
[2][14]
New Brighton
New Brighton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Therese Irving | 1,348 | 44.7 | 11.0 |
| Conservative | Anthony Pritchard | 1,286 | 42.6 | 11.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Codling | 281 | 9.3 | 0.7 |
| Green | George Bowler | 102 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
Majority | 62 | 2.1 | 22.5 |
Registered electors | 11,468 | | |
Turnout | | 26.3 | 1.2 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 11.3 | |
[2][15]
Oxton
Oxton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Williams | 2,103 | 66.0 | 11.3 |
| Labour | John Salter | 606 | 19.0 | 4.0 |
| Conservative | Leonard Moore | 380 | 11.9 | 4.9 |
| Green | Pamela Mitchell | 98 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
Majority | 1,497 | 47.0 | 15.3 |
Registered electors | 11,365 | | |
Turnout | | 28.0 | 0.9 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.7 | |
[2][16][17]
Prenton
Prenton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Holbrook | 2,071 | 54.3 | 2.5 |
| Labour | C. Riley | 918 | 24.1 | 1.1 |
| Conservative | David Elderton | 752 | 19.7 | 3.2 |
| Green | John Wilson | 76 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
Majority | 1,153 | 30.2 | 1.3 |
Registered electors | 11,460 | | |
Turnout | | 33.3 | 3.2 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 0.7 | |
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Royden
Royden Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Watt | 1,887 | 40.7 | 4.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Reisdorf | 1,867 | 40.2 | 10.5 |
| Labour | G. O'Neil | 798 | 17.2 | 6.1 |
| Green | Barbara Burton | 88 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
Majority | 20 | 0.4 | 14.7 |
Registered electors | 12,694 | | |
Turnout | | 36.5 | 5.3 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 7.3 | |
[2][20][21]
Seacombe
Seacombe Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Adrian Jones | 1,349 | 63.6 | 9.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | K. Robinson | 552 | 26.0 | 15.2 |
| Conservative | K. Hobson | 220 | 10.4 | 3.0 |
Majority | 797 | 37.6 | 22.1 |
Registered electors | 10,745 | | |
Turnout | | 19.7 | 0.3 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 11.1 | |
[2][22]
Thurstaston
Thurstaston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jeffrey Green | 2,333 | 58.7 | 5.5 |
| Labour | A. Terry | 1,129 | 28.4 | 6.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Wall | 404 | 10.2 | 0.7 |
| Green | Percy Hogg | 108 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
Majority | 1,204 | 30.3 | 11.9 |
Registered electors | 12,445 | | |
Turnout | | 31.9 | 1.0 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 | |
[2][23]
Tranmere
Tranmere Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Christine Meaden | 1,150 | 75.7 | 5.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Teggin | 153 | 10.1 | 2.8 |
| Conservative | Yvonne Sanne | 126 | 8.3 | New |
| Green | Angela Upton | 91 | 6.0 | |
Majority | 997 | 65.6 | 2.6 |
Registered electors | 9,068 | | |
Turnout | | 16.8 | 0.7 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 | |
[2][24]
Upton
Upton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter Corcoran | 1,710 | 55.2 | 1.6 |
| Conservative | D. Milligan | 904 | 29.2 | 1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Redfern | 392 | 12.6 | |
| Green | Joyce Hogg | 94 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
Majority | 806 | 26.0 | 3.4 |
Registered electors | 12,310 | | |
Turnout | | 25.2 | 1.8 |
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 | |
[2]
Wallasey
Wallasey Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ian Lewis | 2,542 | 64.7 | 8.2 |
| Labour | M. Keenan [n 1] | 916 | 23.3 | 6.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 362 | 9.2 | 1.6 |
| Green | F. Gillespie | 108 | 2.7 | 0.7 |
Majority | 1,626 | 41.4 | 14.3 |
Registered electors | 11,813 | | |
Turnout | | 33.3 | 0.4 |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 7.1 | |
[2][25]
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References
"Last local elections of this Millennium, so . . . CAST YOUR VOTE". Wirral Globe. 5 May 1999. Retrieved 30 December 2018.