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

References

  1. "Wirral council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-12.