See main article: 1988 United Kingdom local elections.
Election Name: | 1988 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1987 |
Next Election: | 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1990 |
Seats For Election: | 22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Turnout: | 44.5% (4.3%)[1] |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Leader of the Council | |
Before Election: | None |
Before Party: | No Overall Control |
Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
After Election: | None |
After Party: | No Overall Control |
Image1: | Lab |
Leader1: | Peter Corcoran |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Upton |
Seats Before1: | 27 |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seats After1: | 32 |
Popular Vote1: | 47,974 |
Percentage1: | 41.9% |
Leader2: | John Hale |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 29 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seats After2: | 24 |
Popular Vote2: | 47,921 |
Percentage2: | 41.9% |
Image3: | SLD |
Leader3: | Ed Cunniffe |
Party3: | Social and Liberal Democrats |
Leaders Seat3: | Prenton |
Seats Before3: | 10 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seats After3: | 10 |
Popular Vote3: | 15,451 |
Percentage3: | 13.5% |
The 1988 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1988 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 | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
32 | 5 | ||
24 | 5 | ||
10 | |||
Overall result compared with 1987.
Date | Ward | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 1988 | Egerton | Alec Dunn | Expelled.[13] | ||||
October 1988 | Leasowe | Jim Edwards | Expelled. | ||||
October 1988 | Leasowe | Ken Fox | Expelled. | ||||
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
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.