Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003

Elections to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1] Overall turnout was 27.9%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Wirral Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	4	1	+3	36.4	37.8	26,120	+2.5%
	Labour	8	0	5	-5	36.4	31.4	21,725	-5.0%
	Liberal Democrat	6	2	0	+2	27.3	27.0	18,668	+0.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	1,773	+0.8%
	Wirral Independent Network	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	553	+0.8%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	116	+0.2%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	102	+0.1%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	45	+0.07%

Ward results

Bebington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Thomas	1,402	40.0	+3.3
	Labour	Patrick Smith	1,364	38.9	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Sharkey	481	13.7	+1.5
	UKIP	John McCormack	116	3.3	+3.3
	Green	Michael Harper	92	2.6	-1.7
	Wirral Independent Network	Lynda Davies	53	1.5	+1.5
Majority			38	1.1
Turnout			3,508	32.5	-4.9

Bidston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Smith	860	72.5	-1.2
	Wirral Independent Network	Robert Ellis	143	12.1	+12.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Tomlinson	107	9.0	+1.8
	Conservative	Christopher Clare	76	6.4	-0.7
Majority			717	60.4	-1.4
Turnout			1,186	16.2	-5.0

Birkenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	1,157	70.3	-10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Lloyd	188	11.4	-1.3
	Conservative	David Noble	118	7.2	+0.4
	Wirral Independent Network	John Maher	98	6.0	+6.0
	Socialist Alliance	Morag Reid	45	2.7	+2.7
	Green	Christopher Childe	40	2.4	+2.4
Majority			969	58.9	-8.8
Turnout			1,646	16.7	-1.8

Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Taylor	1,449	46.7	-9.4
	Labour	Alan McLaughlin	1,089	35.1	+2.7
	Conservative	Irene Povall	568	18.3	+8.7
Majority			360	11.6	-12.1
Turnout			3,106	28.3	-4.5

Clatterbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Isabel Moon	2,655	53.0	+2.0
	Conservative	Brian Stewart	1,505	30.1	+0.2
	Labour	Andrew Page	718	14.3	-3.0
	Green	Ann Jones	128	2.6	+0.8
Majority			1,150	22.9	+1.8
Turnout			5,006	36.3	-6.2

Claughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danise Roberts	1,414	53.1	-3.1
	Conservative	David May	667	25.0	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Blaylock	434	16.3	-1.5
	Green	George Bowler	149	5.6	+1.8
Majority			747	28.1	-5.8
Turnout			2,664	23.1	-4.4

Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	George Mitchell	2,407	71.0	+1.3
	Labour	Audrey Moore	501	14.8	-3.5
	Conservative	Marcus Darby	390	11.5	+1.9
	Green	Brian Gibbs	63	1.9	-0.5
	Wirral Independent Network	Frederick Tooley	30	0.9	+0.9
Majority			1,906	56.2	+4.8
Turnout			3,391	30.4	-4.6

Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	1,256	56.7	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Brighouse	364	16.4	+3.9
	Conservative	Peter Hartley	274	12.4	-4.1
	Wirral Independent Network	Stanley Lamb	204	9.2	+9.2
	Green	Catherine Page	118	5.3	-0.3
Majority			892	40.3	-8.7
Turnout			2,216	20.6	-2.7

Heswall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	3,128	70.9	+6.6
	Labour	Gary Leech	546	12.4	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Jackson	489	11.1	-3.9
	Green	Patrick Cleary	249	5.6	+0.9
Majority			2,582	58.5	+10.2
Turnout			4,412	32.7	-2.0

Hoylake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale	2,694	64.2	-1.4
	Labour	Alan Milne	734	17.5	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Wilkins	563	13.4	+0.3
	Green	Shirley Johnson	202	4.8	+4.8
Majority			1,960	46.7	+2.3
Turnout			4,193	32.5	-4.3

Leasowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Prout	1,147	52.4	-5.7
	Conservative	Vida Wilson	818	37.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Susanne Uriel	225	10.3	+1.1
Majority			329	15.0	-10.4
Turnout			2,190	22.2	-3.0

Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	1,459	50.3	+9.0
	Labour	John Cocker	1,095	37.7	-10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Thomas	348	12.0	+1.9
Majority			364	12.6
Turnout			2,902	26.2	-2.8

Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne Moseley	1,704	58.1	+10.4
	Labour	Ronald Johnston	949	32.4	-10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Copestake	280	9.5	+0.2
Majority			755	25.7	+21.1
Turnout			2,933	29.4	-4.7

New Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Duffey	1,393	43.7	+2.7
	Labour	Therese Irving	1,339	42.0	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Codling	459	14.4	+2.5
Majority			54	1.7
Turnout			3,191	27.0	-3.6

Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Williams	1,705	60.2	+5.5
	Labour	John McElnay	525	18.5	-5.2
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	479	16.9	-0.9
	Green	Garnette Bowler	122	4.3	+0.6
Majority			1,180	41.7	+10.7
Turnout			2,831	24.2	-4.1

Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Holbrook	1,888	57.0	+3.6
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	705	21.3	-0.5
	Labour	Gerard Allen	638	19.2	-5.6
	Green	Khalid Hussenbux	84	2.5	+2.5
Majority			1,183	35.7	+7.1
Turnout			3,315	28.8	-6.0

Royden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Gardiner	2,637	46.6	+4.8
	Conservative	Geoffrey Watt	2,457	43.4	+0.6
	Labour	Dennis Woods	480	8.5	-5.1
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	82	1.4	-0.4
Majority			180	3.2
Turnout			5,656	43.7	+0.5

Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Jones	1,288	69.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Codling	367	19.7	-3.6
	Conservative	Situ Sandhu	208	11.2	+0.5
Majority			921	49.4	+6.6
Turnout			1,863	17.4	-5.4

Thurstaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green	2,292	56.2	+0.6
	Labour	Christine Jones	959	23.5	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Quinn	604	14.8	+2.4
	Green	Allen Burton	226	5.5	+1.3
Majority			1,333	32.7	+4.9
Turnout			4,081	32.0	-4.0

Tranmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Meaden	1,076	69.8	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Teggin	149	9.7	-0.4
	Conservative	Barbara Poole	110	7.1	-1.9
	BNP	Stephen Smeltzer	102	6.6	+6.6
	Green	Stuart Harvey	80	5.2	-1.1
	Wirral Independent Network	Patricia Tyson	25	1.6	+1.6
Majority			927	60.1	-4.5
Turnout			1,542	17.9	-1.2

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Corcoran	1,531	47.9	-3.2
	Conservative	Kathleen Friel	1,122	35.1	-2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Beazer	408	12.8	+1.7
	Green	Percy Hogg	138	4.3	+4.3
Majority			409	12.8	-0.5
Turnout			3,199	26.0	-6.4

Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lewis	2,551	62.7	+1.0
	Labour	Alexander Nuttall	1,059	26.0	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Uriel	461	11.3	-0.1
Majority			1,492	36.7	+2.0
Turnout			4,071	33.1	-4.7

References

↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-06.

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