2004 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

2004 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)

All 66 seats
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.2% (Increase15.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Cllr Steve Foulkes.jpg
Cllr Jeff Green.jpg
Cllr Stuart Kelly2.jpg
Leader Steve Foulkes Jeff Green Stuart Kelly
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
Claughton
West Kirby
and
Thurstaston

Oxton
Last election 8 seats,
31.4%
8 seats,
37.9%
6 seats,
27.0%
Seats before 26 23 16
Seats won 26 21 19
Seat change Steady Decrease2 Increase3
Popular vote 32,135 36,404 32,530
Percentage 29.6% 33.5% 30.0%
Swing Decrease1.8% Decrease4.4% Increase3.0%

Map of results of 2004 election

Leader of the Council before election

Steve Foulkes (Labour)
No Overall Control

Leader of the Council after election

Steve Foulkes (Labour)
No Overall Control

The 2004 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

The whole council was up for election due to boundary changes.[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Seats   ±  
Labour 26 Steady
Conservative 21 Decrease2
Liberal Democrat 19 Increase3
WIN 0 Decrease1

[1]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2003.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2004
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Net % of total % № Net %
Conservative 66 21 Decrease2 31.8 33.5 36,404 Decrease4.4
Liberal Democrats 66 19 Increase3 28.8 30.0 32,530 Increase3.0
Labour 62 26 Steady 39.4 29.6 32,135 Decrease1.8
Green 17 0 Steady 0.0 5.9 6,404 Increase3.3
WIN 7 0 Decrease1 0.0 0.8 846 Steady
BNP 1 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 246 Increase0.1

[1][3]

Ward results

Bebington

Bebington (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila Clarke [n 1] 2,150 35.1 N/A
Labour Keith Williams [n 2] 2,131 34.8 N/A
Conservative Leslie Thomas [n 3] 2,104 – –
Labour Anna McLaughlin 2,097 – –
Labour Walter Smith 2,034 – –
Conservative Jacqueline Hall 1,875 – –
Liberal Democrats Edward Rayner 1,227 20.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gary Booth 1,225 – –
Liberal Democrats Stuart Southern 985 – –
Green Michael Harper 617 10.1 N/A
Majority 19 0.3 N/A
Registered electors 12,066
Turnout 49.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

[4][5][6][7][8]

Bidston and St James

Bidston and St James (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cocker [n 1] 1,786 68.5 N/A
Labour Harry Smith [n 2] 1,716 – –
Labour Ann McLachlan [n 3] 1,559 – –
Liberal Democrats John Tomlinson 439 16.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Gilbert 429 – –
Liberal Democrats Tamara Gilbert 418 – –
Conservative Audrey Clare 382 14.7 N/A
Conservative Harold Hall 358 – –
Conservative John Laing 356 – –
Majority 1,347 51.7 N/A
Registered electors 10,638
Turnout 27.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

[4][9][10][11]

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Birkenhead and Tranmere (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Stapleton [n 1] 1,400 47.7 N/A
Labour Phillip Davies [n 2] 1,292 – –
Labour David Christian [n 3] 1,275 – –
WIN Andrew Dow 408 13.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Phillip Lloyd 401 13.7 N/A
WIN Deirdre Baker 382 – –
Liberal Democrats Alan Brighouse 376 – –
Liberal Democrats Margaret Teggin 349 – –
WIN John Maher 311 – –
Green Catherine Page 249 8.5 N/A
BNP John Edwards 246 8.4 N/A
Conservative Tom Parker 233 7.9 N/A
Conservative Kenneth Jackson 217 – –
Conservative Elizabeth Johnson 186 – –
Majority 992 33.8 N/A
Registered electors 10,364
Turnout 27.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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Bromborough

Bromborough (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Niblock [n 1] 2,633 57.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Moon [n 2] 2,517 – –
Liberal Democrats Alan Taylor [n 3] 2,335 – –
Labour Joseph Walsh 1,146 24.8 N/A
Labour Andrew Page 1,049 – –
Labour Audrey Moore 1,017 – –
Conservative Allan Guy 460 10.0 N/A
Conservative Kathryn Hodson 433 – –
Conservative Barbara Rothwell 392 – –
Green Ann Jones 260 5.6 N/A
WIN Kathleen Parr 114 2.5 N/A
Majority 1,487 32.3 N/A
Registered electors 10,833
Turnout 41.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

[4][16][17][18][19][20]

Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Isabel Moon [n 1] 3,243 48.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Jennings [n 2] 2,817 – –
Liberal Democrats Christopher Teggin [n 3] 2,298 – –
Conservative Irena Povall 2,184 32.5 N/A
Conservative David Kirwan 2,025 – –
Conservative Alexander Melbourne 1,841 – –
Labour Robert Buckingham 952 14.2 N/A
Labour Ethel Morgan 931 – –
Labour Christina Muspratt 893 – –
Green Lesley Hussenbux 341 5.1 N/A
Majority 1,059 15.8 N/A
Registered electors 11,964
Turnout 52.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

[4][21][22][23][24]

Claughton

Claughton (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Davies [n 1] 2,187 51.3 N/A
Labour Stephen Foulkes [n 2] 2,124 – –
Labour Denise Roberts [n 3] 2,003 – –
Conservative Peter Hartley 1,101 25.8 N/A
Conservative Alan Robinson 959 – –
Conservative David Kingsley-Lote 949 – –
Liberal Democrats Roy Wood 692 16.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Anna Blumenthal 682 – –
Liberal Democrats Anthony Molyneux 659 – –
Green Joyce Hogg 282 6.6 N/A
Green Khalid Hussenbux 259 – –
Green Christopher Childe 253 – –
Majority 1,086 25.5 N/A
Registered electors 11,203
Turnout 40.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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Eastham

Eastham (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phillip Gilchrist [n 1] 4,160 71.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats George Mitchell [n 2] 3,328 – –
Liberal Democrats Thomas Harney [n 3] 3,217 – –
Labour Anita Clarke 793 13.5 N/A
Conservative Barbara Green 655 11.2 N/A
Conservative Brian Stewart 538 – –
Conservative Susan Bebell 527 – –
Green Brian Gibbs 246 4.2 N/A
Majority 3,367 57.6 N/A
Registered electors 11,096
Turnout 48.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Greasby, Frankby and Irby (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gillian Gardiner [n 1] 2,873 46.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Reisdorf [n 2] 2,793 – –
Liberal Democrats Jean Quinn [n 3] 2,714 – –
Conservative Susan Amyes 2,474 40.1 N/A
Conservative Marcus Darby 2,398 – –
Conservative Kenneth Young 2,369 – –
Labour Barbara Moores 815 13.2 N/A
Labour Jean Wood 806 – –
Labour Maureen Oldham 775 – –
Majority 399 6.5 N/A
Registered electors 11,712
Turnout 53.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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Heswall

Heswall (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Johnson [n 1] 3,844 58.1 N/A
Conservative Andrew Hodson [n 2] 3,655 – –
Conservative Stephen Rowlands [n 3] 3,591 – –
Liberal Democrats David Evans 1,202 18.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ronald Bozman 1,090 – –
Liberal Democrats Edward Norton 1,011 – –
Labour James Brown 820 12.4 N/A
Green Patrick Cleary 755 11.4 N/A
Majority 2,642 39.9 N/A
Registered electors 11,060
Turnout 55.3 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

[4][36][37][38][39][40]

Hoylake and Meols

Hoylake and Meols (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hale [n 1] 3,043 53.5 N/A
Conservative Gerald Ellis [n 2] 3,032 – –
Conservative Hilary Jones [n 3] 2,530 – –
Liberal Democrats Jane Otterson 1,168 20.5 N/A
Labour Stuart Wade 955 16.8 N/A
Labour Ian Cannon 953 – –
Liberal Democrats Sally Gardiner 878 – –
Labour Michael Benson 797 – –
Liberal Democrats Michael Redfern 791 – –
Green Shirley Johnson 526 9.2 N/A
Majority 1,875 33.0 N/A
Registered electors 10,608
Turnout 50.0 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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Leasowe and Moreton East

Leasowe and Moreton East (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Prout [n 1] 1,981 53.3 N/A
Labour Ronald Abbey [n 2] 1,909 – –
Labour Iris Coates [n 3] 1,695 – –
Conservative Vida Wilson 1,218 32.8 N/A
Conservative Heather Murray 1,184 – –
Conservative Michael Holt 1,163 – –
Liberal Democrats Susanne Uriel 516 13.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Valerie Coast 425 – –
Liberal Democrats Michael Peck 398 – –
Majority 763 20.5 N/A
Registered electors 10,831
Turnout 37.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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Liscard

Liscard (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hawkins [n 1] 1,908 44.2 N/A
Labour Gary Leech [n 2] 1,789 – –
Labour Christine Jones [n 3] 1,776 – –
Conservative Leah Fraser 1,760 40.7 N/A
Conservative Karen Hayes 1,516 – –
Conservative Mark Williams 1,450 – –
Liberal Democrats Raymond Price 653 15.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mabel Uriel 630 – –
Liberal Democrats Hope Warner 590 – –
Majority 148 3.5 N/A
Registered electors 11,389
Turnout 39.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

[4][46][47][48][49]

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Moreton West and Saughall Massie (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Blakeley [n 1] 2,666 56.3 N/A
Conservative Suzanne Moseley [n 2] 2,534 – –
Conservative Simon Mountney [n 3] 2,218 – –
Labour Colin Winstanley 1,345 28.4 N/A
Labour Ronald Johnston 1,340 – –
Labour James Crabtree 1,168 – –
Liberal Democrats Eric Copestake 723 15.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gerald Hainsworth 576 – –
Liberal Democrats Catherine Jennings 466 – –
Majority 1,321 27.9 N/A
Registered electors 11,002
Turnout 43.6 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

[4][50][51][52][53]

New Brighton

New Brighton (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Hackett [n 1] 1,807 37.3 N/A
Conservative Anthony Pritchard [n 2] 1,800 37.2 N/A
Conservative William Duffey [n 3] 1,672 – –
Labour Therese Irving 1,657 – –
Conservative Ian Lewis 1,606 – –
Labour William Nock 1,282 – –
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Richardson 670 13.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Julia Codling 612 – –
Liberal Democrats John Codling 582 – –
Green Alison Rostron 565 11.7 N/A
Majority 7 0.1 N/A
Registered electors 11,072
Turnout 41.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

[4][54][55][56][57]

Oxton

Oxton (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Williams [n 1] 3,295 58.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stuart Kelly [n 2] 3,074 – –
Liberal Democrats Freda Anderson [n 3] 2,924 – –
Labour David Barden 999 17.8 N/A
Labour Michael Eastwood 997 – –
Labour John Mitchell 985 – –
Conservative Leonard Moore 843 15.0 N/A
Conservative Barbara Evans 663 – –
Conservative June Cowan 661 – –
Green Garnette Bowler 489 8.7 N/A
Majority 2,296 40.8 N/A
Registered electors 11,269
Turnout 42.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

[4][58][59][60]

Pensby and Thingwall

Pensby and Thingwall (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Mackenzie [n 1] 2,037 35.0 N/A
Conservative Jacqueline McKelvie [n 2] 2,033 – –
Liberal Democrats Oliver Adam [n 3] 1,894 32.5 N/A
Conservative Ian McKellar 1,810 – –
Liberal Democrats Susan Welshman 1,427 – –
Liberal Democrats Christopher Jackson 1,329 – –
Labour John Cunningham 1,311 22.5 N/A
Labour Francis McIver 1,265 – –
Labour David Kean 1,022 – –
Green Allen Burton 586 10.1 N/A
Majority 143 2.5 N/A
Registered electors 10,813
Turnout 50.1 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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Prenton

Prenton (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bridson [n 1] 2,164 42.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Simon Holbrook [n 2] 1,855 – –
Liberal Democrats Francis Doyle [n 3] 1,832 – –
Labour Gerard Allen 1,476 29.3 N/A
Labour Denise Realey 1,441 – –
Labour Barbara Lee 1,354 – –
Conservative Mark Davey-Hayford 905 17.9 N/A
Conservative Jonathan Mackie 854 – –
Conservative Bozena Hillyer 779 – –
WIN Ann Adams 324 6.4 N/A
Green Matthew Adams 176 3.5 N/A
WIN Marita Grace 169 – –
WIN Wallace Sturrock 156 – –
Majority 688 13.6 N/A
Registered electors 11,072
Turnout 44.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

[4][62][63][64][65]

Rock Ferry

Rock Ferry (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Davies [n 1] 1,783 56.0 N/A
Labour Christine Meaden [n 2] 1,640 – –
Labour Moira McLaughlin [n 3] 1,448 – –
Liberal Democrats Peter Heppinstall 504 15.8 N/A
Conservative Brenda Rampling 453 14.2 N/A
Conservative Joanne Suffield 446 – –
Green Tina Fox 442 13.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blaylock 441 – –
Conservative Robert Johnson 431 – –
Liberal Democrats Allan Brame 428 – –
Majority 1,279 40.2 N/A
Registered electors 10,490
Turnout 30.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

[4][66][67][68][69][70]

Seacombe

Seacombe (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Salter [n 1] 1,940 61.0 N/A
Labour Denis Knowles [n 2] 1,853 – –
Labour Adrian Jones [n 3] 1,813 – –
Liberal Democrats Richard Ellett 629 19.8 N/A
Conservative Christopher Wellstead 613 19.3 N/A
Conservative Robert Sherlock 528 – –
Liberal Democrats Jean Norton 442 – –
Liberal Democrats Terence Pitt 440 – –
Conservative Kenneth Wilson 422 – –
Majority 1,311 41.2 N/A
Registered electors 10,617
Turnout 29.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

[4][71][72][73][74]

Upton

Upton (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Brown [n 1] 2,140 43.5 N/A
Labour Patrick Smith [n 2] 2,065 – –
Labour John George [n 3] 1,829 – –
Conservative Julie Kirwan 1,300 26.4 N/A
Conservative Kathleen Friel 1,261 – –
Conservative Jonathan Shone 1,160 – –
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Greineder 1,086 22.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Davies 945 – –
Liberal Democrats Christopher Beazer 903 – –
Green George Bowler 396 8.0 N/A
Majority 840 17.1 N/A
Registered electors 12,384
Turnout 40.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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Wallasey

Wallasey (new boundaries)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kate Wood [n 1] 3,284 57.2 N/A
Conservative David Hunt [n 3] 3,094 — —
Conservative Lesley Rennie [n 2] 2,996 — —
Labour Alexander Nuttall 1,576 27.4 N/A
Labour Elizabeth McArdle 1,439 — —
Labour Moya Christey 1,400 — —
Liberal Democrats Moira Gallagher 886 15.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Uriel 876 — —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Turner 624 — —
Majority 1,708 29.8 N/A
Registered electors 12,039
Turnout 48.3 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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West Kirby and Thurstaston

West Kirby and Thurstaston (new ward)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Watt [n 1] 2,999 51.4 N/A
Conservative David Elderton [n 2] 2,840 — —
Conservative Jeffrey Green [n 3] 2,814 — —
Liberal Democrats John Cresswell 1,472 25.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Charles Wall 1,387 — —
Liberal Democrats Sarah Quinn 1,245 — —
Labour Edna Davies 884 15.2 N/A
Labour Dennis Woods 872 — —
Labour David Harper 670 — —
Green Perle Sheldricks 474 8.1 N/A
Majority 1,527 26.1 N/A
Registered electors 10,440
Turnout 54.6 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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Changes between 2004 and 2006

Date Ward Name Previous affiliation New affiliation Circumstance
November 2004 Hoylake and Meols Hilary Jones Conservative Independent Resigned.[85]
April 2005 Pensby and Thingwall Oliver Adam Liberal Democrats Conservative Defected.[86]
? Hoylake and Meols Hilary Jones Independent UKIP Defected.[87]

Notes

• bold denotes the winning candidate

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Elected to serve a 4-year term.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Elected to serve a 3-year term.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Elected to serve a 2-year term.

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