Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004
Map of the results of the 2004 Wirral council election.
Labour in red,
Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Elections to Wirral Metropolitan Borough 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 |
|
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