1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 1975 United Kingdom local elections
1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 1973 1 May 1975 (1975-05-01) 1976 →
22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.7% (Decrease4.4%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
Blank
Leader Malcolm Thornton Bill Wells Gruff Evans
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street Leasowe Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland
Last election 29 seats,
42.9% 		24 seats,
32.6% 		13 seats,
22.6%
Seats before 29 24 13
Seats won 16 5 1
Seats after 36 21 9
Seat change Increase7 Decrease3 Decrease3
Popular vote 51,547 23,603 18,570
Percentage 54.7% 25.0% 19.7%
Swing Increase11.8% Decrease7.6% Decrease2.9%
Map of results of 1975 election
Leader of the Council before election

Malcolm Thornton (Conservative)
No Overall Control

Leader of the Council after election

Malcolm Thornton
Conservative

The 1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 1975 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Seats ±
Conservative 36 Increase7
Labour 21 Decrease3
Liberal 9 Decrease4

[3]

  1. ^ "Local Election Summaries 1975". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.