1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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.

1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 19986 May 1999 (1999-05-06)2000 →

22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout27.8% (Decrease0.3%)[1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Lab
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Cllr Phil Gilchrist2.jpg
LeaderDave JacksonJohn HalePhil Gilchrist
PartyLabourConservativeLiberal Democrats
Leader's seatBromboroughHoylakeEastham
Last election13 seats,
42.1%
7 seats,
33.1%
4 seats,
21.4%
Seats before42168
Seats won1354
Seats after391710
Seat changeDecrease3Increase1Increase2
Popular vote26,14223,67516,295
Percentage38.4%34.8%23.9%
SwingDecrease3.7%Increase1.7%Increase2.5%

Map of results of 1999 election

Leader of the Council before election

Dave Jackson
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Dave Jackson
Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats±
Labour39Decrease3
Conservative17Increase1
Liberal Democrats10Increase2

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Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1998.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1999
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet% of total%No.Net %
 Labour221303 359.138.426,142 3.7
 Conservative22510 122.734.823,675 1.7
 Liberal Democrats22420 218.223.916,295 2.5
 Green18000 0.02.71,834 0.1
 Socialist Labour1000 0.00.194 0.5

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Ward results

Bebington

Bebington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPatrick Smith 1,846 47.8 1.0
ConservativeJacqueline Hall1,51139.2 3.4
Liberal DemocratsNigel Dyer40210.4 2.3
GreenAnn Jones992.6 0.1
Majority3358.7 4.4
Registered electors10,736
Turnout35.9 2.8
Labour holdSwing 2.2

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Bidston

Bidston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourHarry Smith 1,049 81.5 9.0
ConservativeDoreen Pike1058.2New
Liberal DemocratsJohn Tomlinson957.4 3.7
GreenRobert Mitchell383.0 0.2
Majority94473.3 14.0
Registered electors7,967
Turnout16.1 1.3
Labour holdSwing 7.0

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPhillip Davies 1,298 74.1 5.0
Liberal DemocratsMary Williams1669.5 11.4
ConservativeSusan Bebell1327.5New
Socialist LabourAlec McFadden945.4New
GreenStuart Harvey623.5New
Majority1,13264.6 6.4
Registered electors9,887
Turnout17.7 0.4
Labour holdSwing 3.2

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Bromborough

Bromborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourAnna McLaughlin 1,504 54.8 5.0
Liberal DemocratsRobert Moon57821.0 6.9
ConservativeIan Mackenzie56520.6 1.4
GreenJ. Jones993.6 0.5
Majority92633.7 4.1
Registered electors10,720
Turnout25.6 1.8
Labour holdSwing 2.0

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsIsabel Moon 2,011 38.1 21.7
ConservativeMary Jordan1,73532.9 15.6
LabourAudrey Moore1,41726.8 5.9
GreenMichael Harper1162.2 0.2
Majority2765.2N/A
Registered electors13,936
Turnout37.9 2.9
Liberal Democrats gain from LabourSwing 10.5

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Claughton

Claughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourDenise Roberts 1,406 54.1 1.7
Liberal DemocratsStephen Blaycock52720.3 1.9
ConservativeBarbara Brassey51219.7 3.8
GreenElisabeth Heydon1535.9 3.2
Majority87933.8 0.2
Registered electors10,725
Turnout24.2 2.7
Labour holdSwing 0.1

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Eastham

Eastham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsGeorge Mitchell 2,278 64.0 1.8
LabourS. Blair79622.4 1.7
ConservativeS. Hutchen42211.9
GreenBrian Gibbs631.8 0.1
Majority1,48241.6 3.5
Registered electors11,171
Turnout31.9 3.2
Liberal Democrats holdSwing 1.8

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Egerton

Egerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourWalter Smith 1,441 65.1 6.5
ConservativeCyrus Ferguson36816.6 0.7
Liberal DemocratsPhilip Lloyd23410.6 0.7
GreenCatherine Page1727.8 0.5
Majority1,07348.4 5.7
Registered electors10,468
Turnout21.2 0.1
Labour holdSwing 2.9

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Heswall

Heswall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Johnson 2,894 67.9 6.3
LabourMargaret Allen74017.4 4.6
Liberal DemocratsJean Norton50811.9 1.3
GreenGarnette Bowler1182.8 0.5
Majority2,15450.6 11.0
Registered electors13,325
Turnout32.0 1.7
Conservative holdSwing 5.5

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Hoylake

Hoylake
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn Hale 2,820 67.2 3.6
LabourDennis Woods78218.6 1.9
Liberal DemocratsAlan Richards44610.6 1.2
GreenAllen Burton1493.6 0.4
Majority2,03848.6 5.5
Registered electors12,447
Turnout33.7 1.3
Conservative holdSwing 2.8

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Leasowe

Leasowe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourErnest Prout 1,330 71.4 0.2
ConservativeJ. Tooke29315.7
Liberal DemocratsM. Wright23912.8 0.3
Majority1,03755.7 0.1
Registered electors9,187
Turnout20.3 0.5
Labour holdSwing 0.1

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Liscard

Liscard
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJohn Cocker 1,343 56.1 1.7
ConservativePatricia Jones66627.8 3.1
Liberal DemocratsJames Robinson38716.2 1.3
Majority67728.3 4.9
Registered electors11,010
Turnout21.8 0.7
Labour holdSwing 2.4

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Moreton

Moreton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourMargaret Green 1,266 46.4 7.4
ConservativeSimon Mountney1,22244.8 8.5
Liberal DemocratsSusanne Uriel2398.8 1.1
Majority441.6 15.9
Registered electors9,737
Turnout28.0 0.1
Labour holdSwing 8.0

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New Brighton

New Brighton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourTherese Irving 1,348 44.7 11.0
ConservativeAnthony Pritchard1,28642.6 11.5
Liberal DemocratsJohn Codling2819.3 0.7
GreenGeorge Bowler1023.4 0.1
Majority622.1 22.5
Registered electors11,468
Turnout26.3 1.2
Labour holdSwing 11.3

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Oxton

Oxton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsPatricia Williams 2,103 66.0 11.3
LabourJohn Salter60619.0 4.0
ConservativeLeonard Moore38011.9 4.9
GreenPamela Mitchell983.1 2.4
Majority1,49747.0 15.3
Registered electors11,365
Turnout28.0 0.9
Liberal Democrats holdSwing 7.7

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Prenton

Prenton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsSimon Holbrook 2,071 54.3 2.5
LabourC. Riley91824.1 1.1
ConservativeDavid Elderton75219.7 3.2
GreenJohn Wilson762.0 0.5
Majority1,15330.2 1.3
Registered electors11,460
Turnout33.3 3.2
Liberal Democrats gain from LabourSwing 0.7

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Royden

Royden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGeoffrey Watt 1,887 40.7 4.0
Liberal DemocratsPeter Reisdorf1,86740.2 10.5
LabourG. O'Neil79817.2 6.1
GreenBarbara Burton881.9 0.4
Majority200.4 14.7
Registered electors12,694
Turnout36.5 5.3
Conservative holdSwing 7.3

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Seacombe

Seacombe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourAdrian Jones 1,349 63.6 9.5
Liberal DemocratsK. Robinson55226.0 15.2
ConservativeK. Hobson22010.4 3.0
Majority79737.6 22.1
Registered electors10,745
Turnout19.7 0.3
Labour holdSwing 11.1

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Thurstaston

Thurstaston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJeffrey Green 2,333 58.7 5.5
LabourA. Terry1,12928.4 6.5
Liberal DemocratsCharles Wall40410.2 0.7
GreenPercy Hogg1082.7 0.3
Majority1,20430.3 11.9
Registered electors12,445
Turnout31.9 1.0
Conservative holdSwing 6.0

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Tranmere

Tranmere
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourChristine Meaden 1,150 75.7 5.4
Liberal DemocratsChristopher Teggin15310.1 2.8
ConservativeYvonne Sanne1268.3New
GreenAngela Upton916.0
Majority99765.6 2.6
Registered electors9,068
Turnout16.8 0.7
Labour holdSwing 1.3

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Upton

Upton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPeter Corcoran 1,710 55.2 1.6
ConservativeD. Milligan90429.2 1.8
Liberal DemocratsMichael Redfern39212.6
GreenJoyce Hogg943.0 0.2
Majority80626.0 3.4
Registered electors12,310
Turnout25.2 1.8
Labour holdSwing 1.7

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Wallasey

Wallasey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeIan Lewis 2,542 64.7 8.2
LabourM. Keenan [n 1]91623.3 6.0
Liberal DemocratsJohn Uriel3629.2 1.6
GreenF. Gillespie1082.7 0.7
Majority1,62641.4 14.3
Registered electors11,813
Turnout33.3 0.4
Conservative gain from LabourSwing 7.1

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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.