1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 52.4% (7.9%)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990 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 | ± | |
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Labour | 33 | 4 | |
Conservative | 23 | 1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 3 | |
Independent Labour | 3 |
Election results[]
Overall election result[]
Overall result compared with 1988.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1988 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 63.6 | 45.9 | 60,891 | 4.0 | ||||||
Conservative | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31.8 | 34.7 | 45,993 | 7.2 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 14.3 | 18,918 | 0.8 | ||||||
Green (UK) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 6,737 | 2.8 |
Ward results[]
Bebington[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Green | 2,900 | 46.0 | 8.2 | |
Labour | Audrey Moore | 2,504 | 39.7 | 5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Turner | 589 | 9.3 | 3.0 | |
Green (UK) | Garnette Bowler | 317 | 5.0 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 396 | 6.3 | 13.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,015 | ||||
Turnout | 57.3 | 8.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.8 |
Bidston[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Nock | 3,189 | 84.3 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | T. Robinson | 249 | 6.6 | 1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis Doyle | 196 | 5.2 | 0.9 | |
Green (UK) | Robert Mitchell | 149 | 3.9 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 2,940 | 77.7 | 1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,764 | ||||
Turnout | 43.2 | 7.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Birkenhead[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Gaskell | 3,821 | 81.8 | 5.3 | |
Conservative | J. Oliver | 372 | 8.0 | 4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Niblock | 306 | 6.5 | 1.9 | |
Green (UK) | T. Keen | 174 | 3.7 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 3,449 | 73.8 | 9.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,766 | ||||
Turnout | 43.4 | 7.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.0 |
Bromborough[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Witter | 3,171 | 55.1 | 3.0 | |
Conservative | J. Faulkner | 1,411 | 24.5 | 8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Smith | 921 | 16.0 | 8.7 | |
Green (UK) | Perle Sheldricks | 256 | 4.4 | 2.7 | |
Majority | 1,760 | 30.6 | 5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,311 | ||||
Turnout | 50.9 | 7.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.7 |
Clatterbridge[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Myrra Lea | 3,977 | 53.9 | 7.6 | |
Labour | S. Christie | 2,107 | 28.6 | 4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Cody | 926 | 12.6 | 1.0 | |
Green (UK) | Nigel Birchenough | 362 | 4.9 | 2.0 | |
Majority | 1,870 | 25.4 | 12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,102 | ||||
Turnout | 52.3 | 7.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.1 |
Claughton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Foulkes | 2,797 | 45.8 | 4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 1,530 | 25.1 | 4.4 | |
Conservative | D. Smith | 1,518 | 24.9 | 10.5 | |
Green (UK) | Barbara Burton | 262 | 4.3 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 1,267 | 20.7 | 15.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,708 | ||||
Turnout | 57.0 | 7.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 7.5 |
Eastham[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vera Ruck [n 2] | 2,704 | 40.4 | 5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Gilchrist | 2,104 | 34.1 | 2.1 | |
Conservative | E. Green | 1,547 | 23.1 | 6.9 | |
Green (UK) | R. Georgeson | 340 | 5.1 | 3.2 | |
Majority | 600 | 9.0 | 8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,782 | ||||
Turnout | 56.8 | 10.7 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 4.0 |
Egerton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Williams | 3,257 | 61.3 | 4.9 | |
Conservative | A. Flynn | 923 | 17.4 | 4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Freda Anderson | 891 | 16.8 | 8.2 | |
Green (UK) | C. Pye | 243 | 4.6 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 2,334 | 43.9 | 0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,359 | ||||
Turnout | 46.8 | 6.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 |
Heswall[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Mackenzie [n 3] | 4,689 | 65.3 | 10.5 | |
Conservative | T. Price [n 4] | 4,496 | – | – | |
Labour | H. Walsh | 1,094 | 15.2 | 3.4 | |
Labour | N. Apperley | 1,092 | – | – | |
Liberal Democrats | W. Jones | 814 | 11.3 | 2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Norton | 767 | – | – | |
Green (UK) | J. Bruce | 587 | 8.2 | 4.8 | |
Majority | 3,595 | 50.0 | 14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,171 | ||||
Turnout | 53.6 | 10.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | – |
Hoylake[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Amyes | 3,771 | 60.4 | 9.3 | |
Labour | D. Blake | 1,374 | 22.0 | 7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Dennis | 561 | 9.0 | 2.5 | |
Green (UK) | C. Fisher | 533 | 8.5 | 4.2 | |
Majority | 2,397 | 38.4 | 16.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,464 | ||||
Turnout | 50.1 | 6.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.4 |
Leasowe[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Curtis | 3,391 | 71.3 | 2.3 | |
Conservative | H. Tooke | 836 | 17.6 | 9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Glover | 309 | 6.5 | 2.5 | |
Green (UK) | S. Hughes | 220 | 4.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,555 | 53.7 | 11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,773 | ||||
Turnout | 48.7 | 7.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.9 |
Liscard[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Paterson | 3,655 | 57.4 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | R. Beard | 2,039 | 32.0 | 7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 365 | 5.7 | 1.5 | |
Green (UK) | Pamela Mitchell | 304 | 4.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,616 | 25.4 | 11.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,511 | ||||
Turnout | 55.3 | 1.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.8 |
Moreton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Groves | 3,049 | 55.4 | 2.2 | |
Conservative | P. Pluck | 1,968 | 35.7 | 5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Robertson | 279 | 5.1 | 0.7 | |
Green (UK) | Allen Burton | 212 | 3.8 | 2.3 | |
Majority | 1,081 | 19.6 | 7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,372 | ||||
Turnout | 58.8 | 4.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.7 |
New Brighton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Harris | 2,966 | 46.5 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | Vic Borg | 2,529 | 39.7 | 3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Codling | 487 | 7.6 | 1.5 | |
Green (UK) | Sally Davis | 394 | 6.2 | 3.9 | |
Majority | 437 | 6.9 | 6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,450 | ||||
Turnout | 55.7 | 9.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.1 |
Oxton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gordon Lindsay | 2,420 | 39.6 | 1.4 | |
Labour | Harry Smith | 1,827 | 29.9 | 6.7 | |
Conservative | R. Hughes | 1,644 | 26.9 | 9.8 | |
Green (UK) | George Bowler | 213 | 3.5 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 593 | 9.7 | 8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,656 | ||||
Turnout | 52.4 | 5.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.1 |
Prenton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Cocker [n 5] | 2,685 | 37.5 | 13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Cunniffe | 2,364 | 33.0 | 6.9 | |
Conservative | J. Weatherhead | 1,901 | 26.5 | 7.7 | |
Green (UK) | David Pye | 213 | 3.0 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 321 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,198 | ||||
Turnout | 58.7 | 9.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 5.1 |
Royden[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Lloyd | 3,696 | 59.0 | 5.9 | |
Labour | M. Watson | 1,599 | 25.5 | 8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Brame | 580 | 9.3 | 5.7 | |
Green (UK) | K. Cuthbertson | 392 | 6.3 | 2.9 | |
Majority | 2,097 | 33.5 | 14.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,736 | ||||
Turnout | 49.2 | 7.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.4 |
Seacombe[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Janet Jackson | 4,796 | 78.0 | 2.1 | |
Conservative | L. May | 803 | 13.1 | 4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Kelly | 322 | 5.2 | 1.9 | |
Green (UK) | D. Hughes | 230 | 3.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,993 | 64.9 | 6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,447 | ||||
Turnout | 53.7 | 11.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 |
Thurstaston[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Fletcher | 3,537 | 55.2 | 10.4 | |
Labour | W. Gamet | 1,710 | 26.7 | 8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Wall | 597 | 9.3 | 0.6 | |
Green (UK) | David Burton | 567 | 8.8 | 2.9 | |
Majority | 1,827 | 28.5 | 18.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,564 | ||||
Turnout | 51.0 | 9.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.2 |
Tranmere[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Davies | 3,526 | 81.0 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | G. Francomb | 412 | 9.5 | 4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Townsend | 233 | 5.4 | 0.6 | |
Green (UK) | Angela Upton | 182 | 4.2 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 3,114 | 71.5 | 5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,907 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | 9.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.0 |
Upton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hugh Lloyd | 3,786 | 56.5 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Caton | 1,895 | 28.3 | 2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Reisdorf | 736 | 11.0 | 0.8 | |
Green (UK) | L. Georgeson | 281 | 4.2 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 1,891 | 28.2 | 3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,798 | ||||
Turnout | 52.3 | 8.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.9 |
Wallasey[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Howden | 3,376 | 48.6 | 10.7 | |
Labour | B. Williams | 1,883 | 27.1 | 2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Moira Gallagher | 1,388 | 20.0 | 3.5 | |
Green (UK) | A. Cuthbertson | 306 | 4.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,493 | 21.5 | 13.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,054 | ||||
Turnout | 57.7 | 6.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.8 |
Changes between 1990 and 1991[]
Date | Ward | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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? | Egerton | Alec Dunn | Independent Labour | Liberal Democrats | Defected.[11] |
Notes[]
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References[]
- ^ a b "Local Election Summaries 1990". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 10)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Steve Niblock". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Steve Foulkes". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Stuart Kelly". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Harry Smith". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Bill Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Peter Reisdorf". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ Walker, Chris (30 April 1991). "Battle Stations to woo Mersey voters". Liverpool Echo.
Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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