1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 1995 United Kingdom local elections

The 1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 1994 4 May 1995 (1995-05-04) 1996 →
22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.2% (4.8%)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Lab Leader Dave Jackson John Hale Phil Gilchrist Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Bromborough Hoylake Eastham Last election 15 seats, 46.6% 6 seats, 30.8% 3 seats, 22.5% Seats before 30 28 8 Seats won 15 4 3 Seats after 36 22 8 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 51,052 24,550 19,179 Percentage 53.5% 25.8% 20.1% Swing 6.9% 5.0% 2.4%
Map of results of 1995 election
Leader of the Council before election None No Overall Control Leader of the Council after election Dave Jackson Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	36	6
	Conservative	22	6
	Liberal Democrats	8

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Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1994.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1995
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	22	15	6	0	6	68.2	53.5	51,052	6.9
	Conservative	21	4	0	6	6	18.2	25.8	24,550	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	22	3	1	1		13.6	20.1	19,179	2.4
	Green	6	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	558	0.5

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Ward results

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Smith	2,685	52.6	9.3
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	2,045	40.1	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Turner	375	7.3	8.0
Majority			640	12.5	10.6
Registered electors			10,735
Turnout				47.6	2.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.3

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Bidston

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Smith	2,401	90.6	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	128	4.8	4.6
	Conservative	P. Weare	121	4.6	2.3
Majority			2,273	85.8	11.4
Registered electors			8,446
Turnout				31.4	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	5.7

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	2,850	88.3	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Cooke	196	6.1	2.1
	Conservative	B. Brassey	183	5.7	1.6
Majority			2,654	82.2	6.0
Registered electors			10,508
Turnout				30.7	4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

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Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Mullins	2,950	73.2	11.6
	Conservative	K. Roberts	653	16.2	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Bolton	427	10.6	6.3
Majority			2,297	57.0	16.9
Registered electors			11,102
Turnout				36.3	4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	8.5

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Moore	2,486	42.8	11.3
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	2,201	37.9	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	W. Walsh	1,119	19.3	5.8
Majority			285	4.9	N/A
Registered electors			13,974
Turnout				41.5	3.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.5

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Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Day	2,205	49.8	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Kelly	1,644	37.1	4.7
	Conservative	P. Greening-Jackson	509	11.5	2.8
	Green	K. Cuthbertson	73	1.6	New
Majority			561	12.7	8.1
Registered electors			10,607
Turnout				41.8	4.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	4.1

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Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Mitchell	2,782	58.8	4.5
	Labour	A. Sheppard	1,407	29.8	1.9
	Conservative	D. Jones	539	11.4	2.6
Majority			1,375	29.1	6.5
Registered electors			11,345
Turnout				41.7	6.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.2

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Egerton

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	2,884	76.8	5.1
	Conservative	M. Vickers	461	12.3	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	D. Roberts	327	8.7	3.4
	Green	Joyce Hogg	82	2.2	New
Majority			2,423	64.5	9.0
Registered electors			10,832
Turnout				34.7	4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

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Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	2,874	56.0	2.0
	Labour	L. Flanagan	1,244	24.3	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Norton	1,011	19.7	5.6
Majority			1,630	31.8	0.9
Registered electors			13,295
Turnout				38.6	3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.5

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Hoylake

Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale	2,544	53.4	4.2
	Labour	Pauline Cocker	1,490	31.3	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Richards	731	15.3	7.0
Majority			1,054	22.1	13.1
Registered electors			12,544
Turnout				38.0	4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.6

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Leasowe

Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Prout	2,641	81.9	10.2
	Conservative	H. Tooke	326	10.1	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Susanne Uriel	259	8.0	3.2
Majority			2,315	71.8	17.2
Registered electors			9,581
Turnout				33.7	2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	8.6

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Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cocker	2,985	71.9	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Todd	1,169	28.1	16.1
Majority			1,816	43.7	9.6
Registered electors			11,324
Turnout				36.7	7.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.9

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Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Green	2,534	58.4	0.9
	Conservative	Ann Dishman	1,506	34.7	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Robertson	300	6.9	1.9
Majority			1,028	23.7	0.1
Registered electors			9,662
Turnout				44.9	5.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.1

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New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Keenan	2,608	62.4	11.2
	Conservative	Vera Ruck	1,042	24.9	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	531	12.7	3.2
Majority			1,566	35.7	18.5
Registered electors			11,563
Turnout				36.2	8.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.3

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Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Williams	2,473	53.3	5.3
	Labour	Denis Knowles	1,428	30.8	5.2
	Conservative	Cyrus Ferguson	655	14.1	1.7
	Green	Garnette Bowler	80	1.7	New
Majority			1,045	22.5	10.6
Registered electors			11,613
Turnout				39.9	4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.3

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Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Cunniffe	2,360	46.2	4.1
	Labour	Keith Williams	1,828	35.8	10.3
	Conservative	A. Adams [n 1]	919	18.0	6.1
Majority			532	10.4	14.4
Registered electors			11,752
Turnout				43.5	11.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	7.2

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Royden

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Kevan	2,161	45.4	5.8
	Labour	R. Pennington	1,534	32.3	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	952	20.0	3.3
	Green	Cecil Bowler	108	2.3	New
Majority			627	13.2	12.5
Registered electors			12,638
Turnout				37.6	3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.3

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Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Jones	3,200	83.5	4.4
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	315	8.2	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Wright	219	5.7	3.6
	Green	M. Godwin	99	2.6	New
Majority			2,885	75.3	7.8
Registered electors			11,321
Turnout				33.9	4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

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Thurstaston

Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green	2,084	46.2	14.0
	Labour	A. Bell	1,789	39.6	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wall	641	14.2	New
Majority			295	6.5	14.0
Registered electors			12,510
Turnout				36.1	4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

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Tranmere

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Meaden	2,478	83.7	2.6
	Conservative	H. Jackson-Payne	185	6.3	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blaylock	181	6.1	1.8
	Green	Nigel Birchenough	116	3.9
Majority			2,293	77.5	4.4
Registered electors			9,762
Turnout				30.3	4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	2.1

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Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Corcoran	3,109	64.6	10.7
	Conservative	D. Smith	1,157	24.1	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	E. Davies	543	11.3	4.2
Majority			1,952	40.6	17.3
Registered electors			12,810
Turnout				37.5	7.6
	Labour hold		Swing	8.6

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Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melanie Iredale	2,316	44.6	13.6
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie [n 2]	2,070	39.8	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	811	15.6	9.1
Majority			246	4.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,943
Turnout				43.5	3.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.1

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Notes

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

1. Incumbent councillor for New Brighton ward.
2. Incumbent councillor for Prenton ward.

References

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