- 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 1Election 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 = -4.9Election 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 = -5.0Election 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 = -1.8Election 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 = -4.5Election 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 = -6.2Election 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 = -4.4Election 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 = -4.6Election 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 = -2.7Election 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 = -2.0Election 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 = -4.3Election 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 = -3.0Election 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 = -2.8Election 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 = -4.7Election 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 = -3.6Election 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 = -4.1Election 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 = -6.0Election 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 = +0.5Election 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 = -5.4Election 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 = -4.0Election 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 = -1.2Election 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 = -6.4Election 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 = -4.7sequence
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