Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1] Overall turnout was 31.8%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Wirral Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	1	2	-1	50.0	36.4	28,747
	Conservative	6	1	1	0	27.3	35.3	27,887
	Liberal Democrat	5	2	0	+2	22.7	26.2	20,738
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	1,453
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0.2	181

Ward results

Bebington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Realey	1,884	46.7
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	1,478	36.7
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Turner	493	12.2
	Green	Michael Harper	175	4.3
Majority			406	10.0
Turnout			4,030	37.4

Bidston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Nock	1,119	73.7
	Independent	Kathryn Shaughnessy	181	11.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Tomlinson	110	7.2
	Conservative	David May	108	7.1
Majority			938	61.8
Turnout			1,518	21.2

Birkenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Christian	1,481	80.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Williams	234	12.7
	Conservative	Barbara Poole	126	6.8
Majority			1,247	67.7
Turnout			1,841	18.5

Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Niblock	2,047	56.1
	Labour	Audrey Moore	1,183	32.4
	Conservative	Kathryn Hodson	349	9.6
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	72	2.0
Majority			864	23.7
Turnout			3,651	32.8

Clatterbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Jennings	3,019	51.0
	Conservative	Brian Cummings	1,770	29.9
	Labour	Joseph Walsh	1,023	17.3
	Green	Ann Jones	106	1.8
Majority			1,249	21.1
Turnout			5,918	42.5

Claughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Foulkes	1,775	56.2
	Conservative	Brian Stewart	704	22.3
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Doyle	561	17.8
	Green	Joyce Hogg	119	3.8
Majority			1,071	33.9
Turnout			3,159	27.5

Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Harney	2,743	69.7
	Labour	June Williams	719	18.3
	Conservative	Marcus Darby	376	9.6
	Green	Brian Gibbs	95	2.4
Majority			2,024	51.4
Turnout			3,933	35.0

Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Williams	1,652	65.5
	Conservative	Cyrus Ferguson	415	16.5
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Lloyd	315	12.5
	Green	Catherine Page	140	5.6
Majority			1,237	49.0
Turnout			2,522	23.3

Heswall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hodson	3,010	64.3
	Labour	John McElnay	747	16.0
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Jackson	703	15.0
	Green	Cecil Bowler	222	4.7
Majority			2,263	48.3
Turnout			4,682	34.7

Hoylake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Ellis	3,100	65.6
	Labour	Ronald Johnston	1,003	21.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Wilkins	620	13.1
Majority			2,097	44.4
Turnout			4,723	36.8

Leasowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iris Coates	1,436	58.1
	Conservative	Vida Wilson	808	32.7
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Uriel	227	9.2
Majority			628	25.4
Turnout			2,471	25.2

Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hawkins	1,569	48.5
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	1,335	41.3
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Thomas	328	10.1
Majority			234	7.2
Turnout			3,232	29.0

Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Spencer	1,622	47.7
	Labour	Ann McLachan	1,465	43.1
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Copestake	316	9.3
Majority			157	4.6
Turnout			3,403	34.1

New Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Hackett	1,692	47.1
	Conservative	John Laing	1,475	41.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Codling	427	11.9
Majority			217	6.1
Turnout			3,594	30.6

Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Kelly	1,810	54.7
	Labour	Mary Smith	785	23.7
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	590	17.8
	Green	Percy Hogg	124	3.7
Majority			1,025	31.0
Turnout			3,309	28.3

Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Thornton	2,153	53.4
	Labour	Gerard Allen	1,001	24.8
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	879	21.8
Majority			1,152	28.6
Turnout			4,033	34.8

Royden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Jones	2,405	42.8
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Gardiner	2,350	41.8
	Labour	Dennis Woods	762	13.6
	Green	Garnette Bowler	102	1.8
Majority			55	1.0
Turnout			5,619	43.2

Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Salter	1,630	66.1
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ellett	574	23.3
	Conservative	David Hearn	263	10.7
Majority			1,056	42.8
Turnout			2,467	22.8

Thurstaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline McKelvie	2,552	55.6
	Labour	David Kean	1,278	27.8
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Wall	568	12.4
	Green	Shirley Johnson	193	4.2
Majority			1,274	27.8
Turnout			4,591	36.0

Tranmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Davies	1,250	74.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Blaylock	169	10.1
	Conservative	Peter Hartley	150	9.0
	Green	Stuart Harvey	105	6.3
Majority			1,081	64.6
Turnout			1,674	19.1

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John George	2,041	51.1
	Conservative	David Stitcher	1,508	37.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Beazer	444	11.1
Majority			533	13.3
Turnout			3,993	32.4

Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	2,864	61.7
	Labour	Alexander Nuttall	1,252	27.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Uriel	527	11.4
Majority			1,612	34.7
Turnout			4,643	37.8

References

↑ "Wirral". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-10.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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