1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 1992 United Kingdom local elections

The 1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 1991 7 May 1992 (1992-05-07) 1994 →
22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.6% (9.2%)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Lab LD Leader John Hale George Clark Gordon Lindsay Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Hoylake Moreton (lost) Oxton Last election 11 seats, 43.6% 9 seats, 31.5% 3 seats, 19.3% Seats before 24 34 7 Seats won 12 8 2 Seats after 29 31 6 Seat change 5 3 1 Popular vote 50,918 30,161 17,152 Percentage 50.5% 29.9% 17.0% Swing 6.9% 1.6% 2.3%
Map of results of 1992 election
Leader of the Council before election George Clark Labour Leader of the Council after election None No Overall Control

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	31	3
	Conservative	29	5
	Liberal Democrats	6	1
	Independent Labour	0	1

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Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1991.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1992
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	21	12	5	0	5	54.5	50.5	50,918	6.9
	Labour	22	8	2	5	3	36.4	29.9	30,161	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	22	2	1	2	1	9.1	17.0	17,152	2.3
	Green	22	0	0	0		0.0	2.5	2,502	1.5
	Independent Labour	1	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.2	156	1.5

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Ward results

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Cummings	2,935	62.4	6.3
	Labour	Audrey Moore	1,250	26.6	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Turner	390	8.3	3.4
	Green	T. Keen	132	2.8	1.0
Majority			1,685	35.8	8.1
Registered electors			11,061
Turnout				42.6	11.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.1

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Bidston

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Williams	1,536	76.8	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	A. Molyneux	355	17.8	8.7
	Green	D. Pye	109	5.5	1.4
Majority			1,181	59.1	4.5
Registered electors			8,698
Turnout				23.0	12.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Gower	1,998	73.0	2.0
	Conservative	J. Oliver	447	16.3	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Cooke	213	7.8	3.2
	Green	Catherine Page	80	2.9	1.8
Majority			1,551	56.6	1.0
Registered electors			10,754
Turnout				25.5	8.2
	Labour hold		Swing	0.5

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Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jackson	1,723	44.0	1.0
	Conservative	J. Faulkner	1,670	43.0	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	L. Smith	406	10.5	7.1
	Green	Cecil Bowler	85	2.2	2.3
Majority			53	1.4	7.5
Registered electors			11,328
Turnout				34.3	11.7
	Labour hold		Swing	3.8

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Moore	4,245	70.0	9.3
	Labour	P. Mason	977	16.1	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Byde	717	11.8	6.2
	Green	S. Keen	123	2.0	1.4
Majority			3,268	53.9	11.2
Registered electors			14,180
Turnout				42.8	7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.6

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Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Davies	1,909	38.8	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	B. Grocott	1,851	37.6	5.2
	Conservative	D. Smith	1,058	21.5	1.9
	Green	A. Cuthbertson	99	2.0	0.7
Majority			58	1.2	N/A
Registered electors			10,753
Turnout				45.7	5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	6.5

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Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Gilchrist	3,362	58.3	14.8
	Conservative	A. Drury	1,240	21.5	2.7
	Labour	P. Jones	1,091	18.9	11.3
	Green	Nigel Birchenough	69	1.2	0.9
Majority			2,122	36.8	23.5
Registered electors			11,961
Turnout				48.2	6.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	11.8

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Egerton

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Dow [n 1]	1,677	48.6	3.1
	Conservative	J. Thomas	1,117	32.4	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Anderson	564	16.3	5.7
	Green	Tina Fox	94	2.7	1.2
Majority			560	16.2	13.0
Registered electors			11,142
Turnout				31.0	10.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	6.5

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Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Price	4,317	77.3	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	W. Jones	636	11.4	3.0
	Labour	M. Sambrook	496	8.9	1.3
	Green	Barbara Burton	134	2.4	1.0
Majority			3,681	65.9	8.3
Registered electors			13,317
Turnout				41.9	8.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

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Hoylake

Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Jones	4,307	78.5	5.6
	Labour	D. Clee	551	10.0	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Dennis	456	8.3	3.6
	Green	Allen Burton	175	3.2	1.8
Majority			3,756	68.4	7.4
Registered electors			12,707
Turnout				43.2	9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

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Leasowe

Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aileen Keyes	1,610	54.7	15.1
	Conservative	E. Pritchard	1,069	36.3	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	B. Thomas	185	6.3	1.0
	Green	S. Hughes	78	2.7	0.1
Majority			541	18.4	8.3
Registered electors			9,894
Turnout				29.7	16.0
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	4.2

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Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Ebbs	2,288	47.5	7.9
	Labour	E. Smith	1,991	41.3	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Skelly	405	8.4	2.4
	Green	W. Lorimer	137	2.8	1.6
Majority			297	6.2	N/A
Registered electors			11,525
Turnout				41.8	10.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.9

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Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vic Borg	2,412	56.8	8.0
	Labour	John Clark	1,447	34.1	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Robertson	168	4.0	3.8
	Labour Moderate	Jim Edwards [n 2]	156	3.7	10.0
	Green	Pamela Mitchell	66	1.6	0.9
Majority			965	22.7	1.0
Registered electors			9,495
Turnout				44.7	14.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	0.5

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New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. McMahon	2,590	53.2	3.5
	Labour	Adrian Jones	1,589	32.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	466	9.6	2.2
	Green	Sally Davis	225	4.6	1.3
Majority			1,001	20.6	3.5
Registered electors			11,683
Turnout				41.7	7.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	1.8

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Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Dunn [n 3]	2,008	41.6	5.8
	Conservative	Mark Hughes	1,961	40.6	8.6
	Labour	David Christian	763	15.8	0.7
	Green	K. Cuthbertson	98	2.0	2.1
Majority			47	1.0	14.4
Registered electors			11,818
Turnout				40.9	9.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.2

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Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Morton	2,577	41.2	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Thornton	2,532	40.5	2.6
	Labour	John Mitchell	1,083	17.3	3.4
	Green	Perle Shedricks	63	1.0	1.1
Majority			45	0.7	0.6
Registered electors			12,083
Turnout				51.8	4.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	0.3

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Royden

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Robinson	4,030	74.8	8.1
	Labour	G. O'Neill	672	12.5	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	B. Crosbie	518	9.6	4.3
	Green	Garnette Bowler	166	3.1	3.5
Majority			3,358	62.3	9.5
Registered electors			12,766
Turnout				42.2	9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.8

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Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Clee	2,575	65.7	3.3
	Conservative	L. May	1,039	26.5	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	D. Kelly	222	5.7	4.8
	Green	L. Georgeson	82	2.1	2.5
Majority			1,536	39.2	0.8
Registered electors			11,604
Turnout				33.8	10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.4

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Thurstaston

Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sid Dunn	3,883	75.0	8.5
	Labour	W. Gamet	685	13.2	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wall	418	8.1	5.1
	Green	David Burton	194	3.7	1.4
Majority			3,198	61.7	10.3
Registered electors			12,691
Turnout				40.8	9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.2

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Tranmere

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Davies	1,527	65.3	0.8
	Conservative	D. Brunskill	488	20.9	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blaylock	235	10.0	2.6
	Green	Angela Upton	90	3.8	0.6
Majority			1,039	44.4	1.5
Registered electors			10,045
Turnout				23.3	13.1
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

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Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Turnbull	3,205	55.8	16.1
	Labour	W. Lowe	2,045	35.6	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	E. Davies	403	7.0	8.6
	Green	L. Bulton	89	1.5	2.5
Majority			1,160	20.2	N/A
Registered electors			12,897
Turnout				44.5	4.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	10.7

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Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Wood	4,040	70.1	9.6
	Labour	J. Strang	966	16.8	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	642	11.1	6.1
	Green	Robert Mitchell	114	2.0	1.5
Majority			3,074	53.3	11.7
Registered electors			12,212
Turnout				47.2	7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.8

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Changes between 1992 and 1994

Date	Ward	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
March 1994	Eastham	Vera Ruck		Labour		Conservative	Defected.

Notes

• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

1. Incumbent councillor for Eastham ward.
2. Incumbent councillor for Leasowe ward.
3. Incumbent councillor for Egerton ward.

References

1. "Local Election Summaries 1992". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
2. "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 11 and 12)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
3. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
4. "Councillor George Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
5. "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
6. "Councillor Adrian Jones". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
7. "Councillor Mrs Kate Wood". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

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