2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.1% (Increase0.8%)
  First party Second party
 
Cllr Phil Davies portrait.jpg
Cllr Ian Lewis.jpg
Leader Phil Davies Ian Lewis
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 29 March 2012 (2012-03-29)[1] 8 May 2017 (2017-05-08)[2]
Leader's seat Birkenhead
and
Tranmere
Wallasey
Last election 12 seats,
45.5% 		8 seats,
35.3%
Seats before 34 21
Seats won 10 8
Seats after 32 22
Seat change Decrease2 Increase1
Popular vote 31,778 28,467
Percentage 35.8% 32.1%
Swing Decrease9.7% Decrease3.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Cllr Pat Cleary2.jpg
Cllr Phil Gilchrist2.jpg
Leader Pat Cleary[n 1] Phil Gilchrist
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader since 22 May 2014 (2014-05-22)[4] 16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)[3]
Leader's seat Birkenhead
and
Tranmere
Eastham
Last election 1 seat,
8.6% 		2 seats,
10.2%
Seats before 1 5
Seats won 2 2
Seats after 3 6
Seat change Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 14,803 10,283
Percentage 16.7% 11.6%
Swing Increase8.1% Increase1.4%
Map of results of 2019 election
Leader of the Council before election

Phil Davies
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Pat Hackett (Labour)
No Overall Control

The 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[5] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Seats   ±  
Labour 32 Decrease2
Conservative 22 Increase1
Liberal Democrat 6 Increase1
Green 3 Increase2
Independent 3 Decrease2
Source: The Guardian[6]
  1. ^ "Wirral council Labour group leader Steve Foulkes steps down". BBC News. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ Marles, Leigh (8 May 2017). "Wirral Council Conservative group has a new leader - Jeff Green ousted after 15-year reign". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ Cureton, Stephanie (16 May 2013). "New leader for Wirral Liberal Democrats". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. ^ Murphy, Liam (23 May 2014). "Green party enjoy shock Birkenhead success in Wirral elections". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. ^ Robinson, Eric (22 March 2019). "Election Notices for local elections on 2 May 2019". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. ^ Holder, Josh; Voce, Antonio (3 May 2019). "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2019.


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