1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 1991 United Kingdom local elections
1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 1990 2 May 1991 (1991-05-02) 1992 →
23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout48.8% (Decrease3.6%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
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LD
Leader John Hale Yvonne Nolan Gordon Lindsay
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Hoylake Moreton (lost) Oxton
Last election 8 seats,
34.7% 		14 seats,
45.9% 		1 seat,
14.3%
Seats before 23 33 8
Seats won 11 9 3
Seats after 24 34 7
Seat change Increase1 Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 54,489 39,347 24,049
Percentage 43.6% 31.5% 19.3%
Swing Increase8.9% Decrease14.4% Increase5.0%
Map of results of 1991 election
Leader of the Council before election

Yvonne Nolan (Labour)
No Overall Control

Leader of the Council after election

George Clark
Labour

The 1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991 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 ±
Labour 34 Increase1
Conservative 24 Increase1
Liberal Democrats 7 Decrease1
Independent Labour 1 Decrease1

[3]

  1. ^ "Local Election Summaries 1991". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 10 and 11)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.