Wirral Council election, 2004

Elections to Wirral Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003.^[1] The council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 43.2%.

Election result

Wirral Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	26			0	39.4	30.6	88,147	-0.8%
	Conservative	21			-2	31.8	35.7	102,874	-2.1%
	Liberal Democrat	19			+3	28.8	30.5	87,893	+3.5%
	Green	0			0	0	2.4	6,916	-0.2%
	Wirral Independent Network	0			0	0	0.6	1,864	-0.2%
	BNP	0			0	0	0.1	246	-0.0%
	Independent	0			-1	0	0	0	0

Ward results

Bebington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Clarke	2,150
	Labour	Keith Williams	2,131
	Conservative	Leslie Thomas	2,104
	Labour	Anna McLaughlin	2,097
	Labour	Walter Smith	2,034
	Conservative	Jacqueline Hall	1,875
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Rayner	1,227
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Booth	1,225
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Southern	985
	Green	Michael Harper	617
Turnout			16,445	49.2

Bidston and St. James (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cocker	1,786
	Labour	Harry Smith	1,716
	Labour	Ann McLachlan	1,559
	Liberal Democrat	John Tomlinson	439
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Gilbert	429
	Liberal Democrat	Tamara Gilbert	418
	Conservative	Audrey Clare	382
	Conservative	Harold Hall	358
	Conservative	John Laing	356
Turnout			7,443	27.2

Birkenhead and Tranmere (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Stapleton	1,400
	Labour	Phillip Davies	1,292
	Labour	David Christian	1,275
	Wirral Independent Network	Andrew Dow	408
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Lloyd	401
	Wirral Independent Network	Deirdre Baker	382
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Brighouse	376
	Liberal Democrat	Maragaret Teggin	349
	Wirral Independent Network	John Maher	311
	Green	Catherine Page	249
	BNP	John Edwards	246
	Conservative	Tom Parker	233
	Conservative	Kenneth Jackson	217
	Conservative	Elizabeth Johnson	186
Turnout			7,325	27.0

Bromborough (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Niblock	2,633
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Moon	2,517
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Taylor	2,335
	Labour	Joseph Walsh	1,146
	Labour	Andrew Page	1,049
	Labour	Audrey Moore	1,017
	Conservative	Allan Guy	460
	Conservative	Kathryn Hodson	433
	Conservative	Barbara Rothwell	392
	Green	Ann Jones	260
	Wirral Independent Network	Kathleen Parr	114
Turnout			12,356	41.6

Clatterbridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Isabel Moon	3,243
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Jennings	2,817
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Teggin	2,298
	Conservative	Irena Povall	2,184
	Conservative	David Kirwan	2,025
	Conservative	Alexander Melbourne	1,841
	Labour	Robert Buckingham	952
	Labour	Ethel Morgan	931
	Labour	Christina Muspratt	893
	Green	Lesley Hussenbux	341
Turnout			17,525	52.9

Claughton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Davies	2,187
	Labour	Stephen Foulkes	2,124
	Labour	Denise Roberts	2,003
	Conservative	Peter Hartley	1,101
	Conservative	Alan Robinson	959
	Conservative	David Kingsley-Lote	949
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Wood	692
	Liberal Democrat	Anna Blumenthal	682
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Molyneux	659
	Green	Joyce Hogg	282
	Green	Khalid Hussenbux	259
	Green	Christopher Childe	253
Turnout			12,150	40.4

Eastham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Phillip Gilchrist	4,160
	Liberal Democrat	George Mitchell	3,328
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Harney	3,217
	Labour	Anita Clarke	793
	Conservative	Barbara Green	655
	Conservative	Brian Stewart	538
	Conservative	Susan Bebell	527
	Green	Brian Gibbs	246
Turnout			13,464	48.4

Greasby, Frankby and Irby (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Gardiner	2,873
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Reisdorf	2,793
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Quinn	2,714
	Conservative	Susan Amyes	2,474
	Conservative	Marcus Darby	2,398
	Conservative	Kenneth Young	2,369
	Labour	Barbara Moores	815
	Labour	Jean Wood	806
	Labour	Maureen Oldham	7757
Turnout			17,999	53.2

Heswall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	3,844
	Conservative	Andrew Hodson	3,655
	Conservative	Stephen Rowlands	3,591
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	1,202
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Bozman	1,090
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Norton	1,011
	Labour	James Brown	820
	Green	Patrick Cleary	755
Turnout			15,968	55.3

Hoylake and Meols (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale	3,043
	Conservative	Grald Ellis	3,032
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	2,530
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Otterson	1,168
	Labour	Stuart Wade	955
	Labour	Ian Cannon	953
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Gardiner	878
	Labour	Michael Benson	797
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Redfern	791
	Green	Shirley Johhnson	526
Turnout			14,673	50.0

Leasowe and Moreton East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Prout	1,981
	Labour	Ronald Abbey	1,909
	Labour	Iris Coates	1,695
	Conservative	Vida Wilson	1,218
	Conservative	Heather Murray	1,184
	Conservative	Michael Holt	1,163
	Liberal Democrat	Susanne Uriel	516
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Coast	425
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Peck	398
Turnout			10,489	37.0

Liscard (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hawkins	1,908
	Labour	Gary Leech	1,789
	Labour	Christine Jones	1,776
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	1,760
	Conservative	Karen Hayes	1,516
	Conservative	Mark Williams	1,450
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Price	653
	Liberal Democrat	Mabel Uriel	630
	Liberal Democrat	Hope Warner	590
Turnout			12,072	39.2

Saughall Massie (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Blakeley	2,666
	Conservative	Suzanne Moseley	2,534
	Conservative	Simon Mountney	2,218
	Labour	Colin Winstanley	1,345
	Labour	Ronald Johnston	1,340
	Labour	James Crabtree	1,168
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Copestake	723
	Liberal Democrat	Gerald Hainsworth	576
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Jennings	466
Turnout			13,036	43.6

New Brighton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Hackett	1,807
	Conservative	Anthony Pritchard	1,800
	Conservative	William Duffey	1,672
	Labour	Therese Irving	1,657
	Conservative	Ian Lewis	1,606
	Labour	William Nock	1,282
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Richardson	670
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Codling	612
	Liberal Democrat	John Codling	582
	Green	Alison Rostron	565
Turnout			12,253	41.4

Oxton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Williams	3,295
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Kelly	3,074
	Liberal Democrat	Freda Anderson	2,924
	Labour	David Barden	999
	Labour	Michael Eastwood	997
	Labour	John Mitchell	985
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	843
	Conservative	Barbara Evans	663
	Conservative	June Cowan	661
	Green	Garnette Bowler	489
Turnout			14,930	42.7

Pensby and Thingwall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Mackenzie	2,037
	Conservative	Jacqueline McKelvie	2,033
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Adam	1,894
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	1,810
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Welshman	1,427
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Jackson	1,329
	Labour	John Cunningham	1,311
	Labour	Francis McIver	1,265
	Labour	David Kean	1,022
	Green	Allen Burton	586
Turnout			14,714	50.1

Prenton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maragret Bridson	2,164
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Holbrook	1,855
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Doyle	1,832
	Labour	Gerard Allen	1,476
	Labour	Denise Realey	1,441
	Labour	Barabar Lee	1,354
	Conservative	Mark Davey-Hayford	905
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	854
	Conservative	Bozena Hillyer	779
	Wirral Independent Network	Ann Adams	324
	Green	Matthew Adams	176
	Wirral Independent Network	Marita Grace	169
	Wirral Independent Network	Wallace Sturrock	156
Turnout			13,485	44.4

Rock Ferry (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Davies	1,783
	Labour	Christine Meaden	1,640
	Labour	Moira McLaughlin	1,448
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Heppinstall	504
	Conservative	Brenda Rampling	453
	Conservative	Joanne Suffield	446
	Green	Tina Fox	442
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Blaylock	441
	Conservative	Robert Johnson	431
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Brame	428
Turnout			6,516	30.5

Seacombe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Salter	1,940
	Labour	Denis Knowles	1,853
	Labour	Adrian Jones	1,813
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ellett	629
	Conservative	Christopher Wellstead	613
	Conservative	Robert Sherlock	528
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Norton	442
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Pitt	440
	Conservative	Kenneth Wilson	422
Turnout			8,680	29.5

Upton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Brown	2,140
	Labour	Patrick Smith	2,065
	Labour	John George	1,829
	Conservative	Julie Kirwan	1,300
	Conservative	Kathleen Friel	1,261
	Conservative	Jonathan Shone	1,160
	Liberal Democrat	Geraldine Greineder	1,086
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Davies	945
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Beazer	903
	Green	George Bowler	396
Turnout			13,085	40.6

Wallasey (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Wood	3,284
	Conservative	David Hunt	3,094
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	2,996
	Labour	Alexander Nuttall	1,576
	Labour	Elizabeth McArdle	1,439
	Labour	Moya Christey	1,400
	Liberal Democrat	Moira Gallagher	886
	Liberal Democrat	John Uriel	876
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Turner	624
Turnout			16,175	48.3

West Kirby and Thurstaston (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Watt	2,999
	Conservative	David Elderton	2,840
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green	2,814
	Liberal Democrat	John Cresswell	1,472
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Wall	1,387
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Quinn	1,245
	Labour	Edna Davies	884
	Labour	Dennis Woods	872
	Labour	David Harper	670
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	474
Turnout			15,657	54.6

References

^ "Wirral council". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3794.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-12.

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