2004 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

See main article: 2004 United Kingdom local elections.

Election Name:2004 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Country:England
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2003 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Previous Year:2003
Next Election:2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Next Year:2006
Seats For Election:All 66 seats
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Majority Seats:34
Turnout:43.2% (15.3%)
3Blank:Swing (pp)-->
Leader of the Council
Before Election:Steve Foulkes (Labour)
Before Party:No Overall Control
Posttitle:Leader of the Council after election
After Election:Steve Foulkes (Labour)
After Party:No Overall Control
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:26
Seats1:26
Popular Vote1:32,135
Percentage1:29.6%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:23
Seats2:21
Popular Vote2:36,404
Percentage2:33.5%
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before3:16
Seats3:19
Popular Vote3:32,530
Percentage3:30.0%

The 2004 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

The whole council was up for election due to boundary changes.[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
26
21 2
19 3
0 1

[1]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2003.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2004
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedNet% of total%№Net %
6621231.833.536,4044.4
6619328.830.032,5303.0
622639.4 29.632,1351.8
1700.05.96,4043.3
7010.00.8846
100.00.22460.1

[1] [3]

Ward results

Bebington

[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Bidston and St James

[4] [9] [10] [11]

Birkenhead and Tranmere

[4] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Bromborough

[4] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Clatterbridge

[4] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Claughton

[4] [25] [26] [27] [28]

Eastham

[4] [29] [30] [31] [32]

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

[4] [33] [34] [35]

Heswall

[4] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]

Hoylake and Meols

[4] [41] [42] [43]

Leasowe and Moreton East

[4] [44] [45]

Liscard

[4] [46] [47] [48] [49]

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

[4] [50] [51] [52] [53]

New Brighton

[4] [54] [55] [56] [57]

Oxton

[4] [58] [59] [60]

Pensby and Thingwall

[4] [61]

Prenton

[4] [62] [63] [64] [65]

Rock Ferry

[4] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70]

Seacombe

[4] [71] [72] [73] [74]

Upton

[4] [75] [76]

Wallasey

[4] [77] [78] [79] [80]

West Kirby and Thurstaston

[4] [81] [82] [83] [84]

Changes between 2004 and 2006

DateWardNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance
November 2004Hoylake and MeolsHilary JonesResigned.[85]
April 2005Pensby and ThingwallOliver AdamDefected.[86]
?Hoylake and MeolsHilary JonesDefected.[87]

Notes

• bold denotes the winning candidate

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local election - 10 June 2004 Summary . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  2. Web site: The Borough of Wirral (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. legislation.gov.uk.
  3. Web site: Local Election Results 2004 Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  4. Web site: Local election - 10 June 2004 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  5. Web site: Bebington Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  6. Web site: Councillor Sheila Clarke MBE . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  7. Web site: Councillor Jerry Williams . 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  8. Web site: Councillor Walter Smith . . 6 June 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144009/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=119 . dead .
  9. Web site: Bidston and St James Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  10. Web site: Councillor Harry Smith . . 6 June 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144002/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=122 . dead .
  11. Web site: Councillor Ann McLachlan . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  12. Web site: Birkenhead and Tranmere Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  13. Web site: Councillor Jean Stapleton. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  14. Web site: Councillor Phil Davies. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144100/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=148. dead.
  15. Web site: Councillor Alan Brighouse. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 7 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142422/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=665. dead.
  16. Web site: Bromborough Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  17. Web site: Councillor Steve Niblock. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  18. Web site: Councillor Bob Moon. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  19. Web site: Councillor Joe Walsh. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  20. Web site: Councillor Kathy Hodson. 27 July 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  21. Web site: Clatterbridge Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  22. Web site: Councillor Alan Jennings . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  23. Web site: Councillor Cherry Povall, JP . 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  24. Web site: Councillor Christina Muspratt . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  25. Web site: Claughton Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  26. Web site: Councillor George Davies. 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  27. Web site: Councillor Steve Foulkes. 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  28. Web site: Councillor Denise Roberts. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  29. Web site: Eastham Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  30. Web site: Councillor Phil Gilchrist. 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  31. Web site: Councillor Dave Mitchell. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  32. Web site: Councillor Tom Harney. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144111/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=182. dead.
  33. Web site: Greasby, Frankby and Irby Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  34. Web site: Councillor Gill Gardiner. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  35. Web site: Councillor Peter Reisdorf. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143021/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=179. dead.
  36. Web site: Heswall Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  37. Web site: Councillor Peter Johnson . . 6 June 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180457/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=176 . dead .
  38. Web site: Councillor Andrew Hodson. 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  39. Web site: Councillor Les Rowlands. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  40. Web site: Councillor Pat Cleary. 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  41. Web site: Hoylake and Meols Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  42. Web site: Councillor John Hale . . 6 June 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180701/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=173 . dead .
  43. Web site: Councillor Gerry Ellis. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  44. Web site: Leasowe and Moreton East Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  45. Web site: Councillor Ron Abbey. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  46. Web site: Liscard Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  47. Web site: Councillor Chris Jones. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  48. Web site: Councillor Leah Fraser. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  49. Web site: Councillor Karen Hayes. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  50. Web site: Moreton West and Saughall Massie Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  51. Web site: Councillor Chris Blakeley . . 11 June 2018 . 1 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901163031/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=126 . dead .
  52. Web site: Councillor Simon R Mountney. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  53. Web site: Councillor Jim Crabtree. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  54. Web site: New Brighton Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  55. Web site: Councillor Pat Hackett. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  56. Web site: Councillor Tony Pritchard. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  57. Web site: Councillor Ian Lewis. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  58. Web site: Oxton Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  59. Web site: Councillor Pat Williams. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 11 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144020/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=133. dead.
  60. Web site: Councillor Stuart Kelly. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  61. Web site: Pensby and Thingwall Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  62. Web site: Prenton Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  63. Web site: Councillor Ann Bridson. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  64. Web site: Councillor Simon Holbrook. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 11 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142330/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=160. dead.
  65. Web site: Councillor Denise Realey. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  66. Web site: Rock Ferry Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  67. Web site: Councillor Bill Davies. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 11 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144130/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=156. dead.
  68. Web site: Councillor Chris Meaden. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 11 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144201/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=157. dead.
  69. Web site: Councillor Moira McLaughlin. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  70. Web site: Councillor Allan Brame. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  71. Web site: Seacombe Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  72. Web site: Councillor John Salter. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  73. Web site: Councillor Denis Knowles. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  74. Web site: Councillor Adrian Jones. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 11 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144106/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=159. dead.
  75. Web site: Upton Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  76. Web site: Councillor Tony Smith. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  77. Web site: Wallasey Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  78. Web site: Councillor Kate Wood. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144146/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=131. dead.
  79. Web site: Councillor Lesley Rennie. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  80. Web site: Councillor Anne McArdle. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  81. Web site: West Kirby and Thurstaston Ward — Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  82. Web site: Councillor Geoffrey Watt. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 11 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144207/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=136. dead.
  83. Web site: Councillor David M Elderton. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  84. Web site: Councillor Jeff Green. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  85. News: 17 November 2004 . 'No respect for mayor' . 28 December 2018. Wirral Globe.
  86. News: 13 April 2005 . Why I jumped ship to join the Tories . 28 December 2018. Wirral Globe.
  87. Web site: Local election - 04 May 2006 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 28 December 2018. 4 May 2006.

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