Wirral Council election, 2003

Elections to Wirral Council were held on 1st May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 27.9%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 26
*Conservative 23
*Liberal Democrat 16
*Independent 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain = 4
loss = 1
net = +3
seats % = 36.4
votes % = 37.8
votes = 26,120
plus/minus = +2.5%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain = 0
loss = 5
net = -5
seats % = 36.4
votes % = 31.4
votes = 21,725
plus/minus = -5.0%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 27.3
votes % = 27.0
votes = 18,668
plus/minus = +0.8%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.6
votes = 1,773
plus/minus = +0.8%Election Summary
party = Wirral Independent Network
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 553
plus/minus = +0.8%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 116
plus/minus = +0.2%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.1
votes = 102
plus/minus = +0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.07
votes = 45
plus/minus = +0.07%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Thomas
votes = 1,402
percentage = 40.0
change = +3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Smith
votes = 1,364
percentage = 38.9
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevin Sharkey
votes = 481
percentage = 13.7
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John McCormack
votes = 116
percentage = 3.3
change = +3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Michael Harper
votes = 92
percentage = 2.6
change = -1.7Election box candidate
party = Wirral Independent Network
candidate = Lynda Davies
votes = 53
percentage = 1.5
change = +1.5Election box majority
votes = 38
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,508
percentage = 32.5
change = -4.9

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Smith
votes = 860
percentage = 72.5
change = -1.2Election box candidate
party = Wirral Independent Network
candidate = Robert Ellis
votes = 143
percentage = 12.1
change = +12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Tomlinson
votes = 107
percentage = 9.0
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Clare
votes = 76
percentage = 6.4
change = -0.7Election box majority
votes = 717
percentage = 60.4
change = -1.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,186
percentage = 16.2
change = -5.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Phillip Davies
votes = 1,157
percentage = 70.3
change = -10.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Philip Lloyd
votes = 188
percentage = 11.4
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Noble
votes = 118
percentage = 7.2
change = +0.4Election box candidate
party = Wirral Independent Network
candidate = John Maher
votes = 98
percentage = 6.0
change = +6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Morag Reid
votes = 45
percentage = 2.7
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Christopher Childe
votes = 40
percentage = 2.4
change = +2.4Election box majority
votes = 969
percentage = 58.9
change = -8.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,646
percentage = 16.7
change = -1.8

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Taylor
votes = 1,449
percentage = 46.7
change = -9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan McLaughlin
votes = 1,089
percentage = 35.1
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irene Povall
votes = 568
percentage = 18.3
change = +8.7Election box majority
votes = 360
percentage = 11.6
change = -12.1Election box turnout
votes = 3,106
percentage = 28.3
change = -4.5

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Isabel Moon
votes = 2,655
percentage = 53.0
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Stewart
votes = 1,505
percentage = 30.1
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Page
votes = 718
percentage = 14.3
change = -3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Ann Jones
votes = 128
percentage = 2.6
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 1,150
percentage = 22.9
change = +1.8Election box turnout
votes = 5,006
percentage = 36.3
change = -6.2

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Danise Roberts
votes = 1,414
percentage = 53.1
change = -3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David May
votes = 667
percentage = 25.0
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Blaylock
votes = 434
percentage = 16.3
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = George Bowler
votes = 149
percentage = 5.6
change = +1.8Election box majority
votes = 747
percentage = 28.1
change = -5.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,664
percentage = 23.1
change = -4.4

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Mitchell
votes = 2,407
percentage = 71.0
change = +1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Audrey Moore
votes = 501
percentage = 14.8
change = -3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marcus Darby
votes = 390
percentage = 11.5
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Brian Gibbs
votes = 63
percentage = 1.9
change = -0.5Election box candidate
party = Wirral Independent Network
candidate = Frederick Tooley
votes = 30
percentage = 0.9
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 1,906
percentage = 56.2
change = +4.8Election box turnout
votes = 3,391
percentage = 30.4
change = -4.6

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Smith
votes = 1,256
percentage = 56.7
change = -9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Brighouse
votes = 364
percentage = 16.4
change = +3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Hartley
votes = 274
percentage = 12.4
change = -4.1Election box candidate
party = Wirral Independent Network
candidate = Stanley Lamb
votes = 204
percentage = 9.2
change = +9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Catherine Page
votes = 118
percentage = 5.3
change = -0.3Election box majority
votes = 892
percentage = 40.3
change = -8.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,216
percentage = 20.6
change = -2.7

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Johnson
votes = 3,128
percentage = 70.9
change = +6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Leech
votes = 546
percentage = 12.4
change = -3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Jackson
votes = 489
percentage = 11.1
change = -3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Patrick Cleary
votes = 249
percentage = 5.6
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 2,582
percentage = 58.5
change = +10.2Election box turnout
votes = 4,412
percentage = 32.7
change = -2.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Hale
votes = 2,694
percentage = 64.2
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Milne
votes = 734
percentage = 17.5
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Wilkins
votes = 563
percentage = 13.4
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Shirley Johnson
votes = 202
percentage = 4.8
change = +4.8Election box majority
votes = 1,960
percentage = 46.7
change = +2.3Election box turnout
votes = 4,193
percentage = 32.5
change = -4.3

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ernest Prout
votes = 1,147
percentage = 52.4
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Vida Wilson
votes = 818
percentage = 37.4
change = +4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susanne Uriel
votes = 225
percentage = 10.3
change = +1.1Election box majority
votes = 329
percentage = 15.0
change = -10.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,190
percentage = 22.2
change = -3.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leah Fraser
votes = 1,459
percentage = 50.3
change = +9.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Cocker
votes = 1,095
percentage = 37.7
change = -10.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neil Thomas
votes = 348
percentage = 12.0
change = +1.9Election box majority
votes = 364
percentage = 12.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,902
percentage = 26.2
change = -2.8

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Suzanne Moseley
votes = 1,704
percentage = 58.1
change = +10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Johnston
votes = 949
percentage = 32.4
change = -10.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eric Copestake
votes = 280
percentage = 9.5
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 755
percentage = 25.7
change = +21.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,933
percentage = 29.4
change = -4.7

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Duffey
votes = 1,393
percentage = 43.7
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Therese Irving
votes = 1,339
percentage = 42.0
change = -5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julia Codling
votes = 459
percentage = 14.4
change = +2.5Election box majority
votes = 54
percentage = 1.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,191
percentage = 27.0
change = -3.6

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Williams
votes = 1,705
percentage = 60.2
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John McElnay
votes = 525
percentage = 18.5
change = -5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Moore
votes = 479
percentage = 16.9
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Garnette Bowler
votes = 122
percentage = 4.3
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 1,180
percentage = 41.7
change = +10.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,831
percentage = 24.2
change = -4.1

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Simon Holbrook
votes = 1,888
percentage = 57.0
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian McKellar
votes = 705
percentage = 21.3
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerard Allen
votes = 638
percentage = 19.2
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Khalid Hussenbux
votes = 84
percentage = 2.5
change = +2.5Election box majority
votes = 1,183
percentage = 35.7
change = +7.1Election box turnout
votes = 3,315
percentage = 28.8
change = -6.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gillian Gardiner
votes = 2,637
percentage = 46.6
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Watt
votes = 2,457
percentage = 43.4
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Woods
votes = 480
percentage = 8.5
change = -5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Perle Sheldricks
votes = 82
percentage = 1.4
change = -0.4Election box majority
votes = 180
percentage = 3.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,656
percentage = 43.7
change = +0.5

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Jones
votes = 1,288
percentage = 69.1
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Codling
votes = 367
percentage = 19.7
change = -3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Situ Sandhu
votes = 208
percentage = 11.2
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 921
percentage = 49.4
change = +6.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,863
percentage = 17.4
change = -5.4

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeffrey Green
votes = 2,292
percentage = 56.2
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Jones
votes = 959
percentage = 23.5
change = -4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jean Quinn
votes = 604
percentage = 14.8
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Allen Burton
votes = 226
percentage = 5.5
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 1,333
percentage = 32.7
change = +4.9Election box turnout
votes = 4,081
percentage = 32.0
change = -4.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Meaden
votes = 1,076
percentage = 69.8
change = -4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Teggin
votes = 149
percentage = 9.7
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Poole
votes = 110
percentage = 7.1
change = -1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Stephen Smeltzer
votes = 102
percentage = 6.6
change = +6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Stuart Harvey
votes = 80
percentage = 5.2
change = -1.1Election box candidate
party = Wirral Independent Network
candidate = Patricia Tyson
votes = 25
percentage = 1.6
change = +1.6Election box majority
votes = 927
percentage = 60.1
change = -4.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,542
percentage = 17.9
change = -1.2

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Corcoran
votes = 1,531
percentage = 47.9
change = -3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Friel
votes = 1,122
percentage = 35.1
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Beazer
votes = 408
percentage = 12.8
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Percy Hogg
votes = 138
percentage = 4.3
change = +4.3Election box majority
votes = 409
percentage = 12.8
change = -0.5Election box turnout
votes = 3,199
percentage = 26.0
change = -6.4

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Lewis
votes = 2,551
percentage = 62.7
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander Nuttall
votes = 1,059
percentage = 26.0
change = -1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Uriel
votes = 461
percentage = 11.3
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 1,492
percentage = 36.7
change = +2.0Election box turnout
votes = 4,071
percentage = 33.1
change = -4.7

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