1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

See main article: 1986 United Kingdom local elections.

Election Name:	1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Country:	England
Flag Image:	Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1984 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1984
Next Election:	1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Next Year:	1987
Seats For Election:	24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Majority Seats:	34
Turnout:	46.6% (3.3%)^[1]
3Blank:	Swing (pp)-->
Leader of the Council
Before Election:	John Hale
Before Party:	Conservative
Posttitle:	Leader of the Council after election
After Election:	John Hale (Conservative)
After Party:	No Overall Control
Image1:	Lab
Leader1:	George Clark
Party1:	Labour Party (UK)
Leaders Seat1:	Ran in Prenton (lost)
Seats Before1:	24
Seats1:	10
Seats After1:	26
Popular Vote1:	44,991
Percentage1:	37.3%
Leader2:	John Hale
Party2:	Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:	34
Seats2:	9
Seats After2:	30
Popular Vote2:	41,772
Percentage2:	34.6%
Image3:	SDP–Lib
Leader3:	Roy Perkins
Party3:	SDP–Liberal Alliance
Leaders Seat3:	Claughton
Seats Before3:	8
Seats3:	5
Seats After3:	10
Popular Vote3:	29,813
Percentage3:	24.7%

The 1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 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	±
		30	4
		26	2
		10	2

^[3]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1984.

^{[1] [2]}

Ward results

Bebington

^[2]

Bidston

^[2]

Birkenhead

^[2]

Bromborough

^[2]

Clatterbridge

^{[2] [4]}

Claughton

^[2]

Eastham

^{[2] [5] [6]}

Egerton

^[2]

Heswall

^{[2] [7] [8]}

Hoylake

^[2]

Leasowe

^[2]

Liscard

^[2]

Moreton

^[2]

New Brighton

^[2]

Oxton

^[2]

Prenton

^[2]

Royden

^{[2] [9]}

Seacombe

^[2]

Thurstaston

^{[2] [10]}

Tranmere

^{[2] [11]}

Upton

^{[2] [12]}

Wallasey

^[2]

Notes

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

References

Web site: Mellows-Facer . Adam . 10 May 2006 . Local election 2006. parliament.uk. 29 December 2018.
News: BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL . 1 May 2003 . . 29 December 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Election Summaries 1986. The Elections Centre. 6 January 2019.
2. Web site: Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 7 and 8). The Elections Centre. 6 January 2019.
3. Web site: Council compositions. The Elections Centre. 27 July 2018.
4. Web site: Councillor Steve Niblock. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
5. Web site: Councillor Phil Gilchrist. 6 August 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
6. Web site: Councillor Mary Jordan. 6 August 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
7. Web site: Councillor Bob Wilkins. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 January 2019. 5 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180610/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=134. dead.
8. Web site: Councillor George Davies. 6 August 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
9. Web site: Councillor Peter Reisdorf. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
10. Web site: Councillor Jeff Green. 6 August 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
11. Web site: Councillor Bill Davies. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 January 2019. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144130/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=156. dead.
12. Web site: Councillor Geoffrey Watt. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.