2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

See main article: 2010 United Kingdom local elections.

Election Name:2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Country:England
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2011 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Next Year:2011
Seats For Election:23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Majority Seats:34
Turnout:65.3% (29.3%)
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:Jeff Green (Conservative)
After Party:No Overall Control
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:20
Seats1:12
Seats After1:24
Seat Change1:4
Popular Vote1:58,715
Percentage1:37.6%
Swing1:12.0%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:25
Seats2:8
Seats After2:27
Seat Change2:2
Popular Vote2:50,206
Percentage2:32.1%
Swing2:11.5%
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before3:20
Seats3:3
Seats After3:15
Seat Change3:5
Popular Vote3:35,168
Percentage3:22.5%
Swing3:0.1%

The 2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

The council stayed under no overall control, with the Conservatives becoming the largest single party, and resulted in a new Lib-Con coalition.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
27 2
24 4
15 5
0 1

[1]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2008.

[1]

Changes in council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
25201911

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
272415

Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 2008.

Bebington

[2] [3]

Bidston and St James

[4] [5]

Birkenhead and Tranmere

[6] [7] [8]

Bromborough

[9] [10]

Clatterbridge

[11] [12]

Claughton

[13] [14]

Eastham

[15] [16]

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

[17] [18]

Heswall

[19] [20]

Hoylake and Meols

[21] [22] [23]

Leasowe and Moreton East

[24] [25]

Liscard

[26] [27] [28]

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

[29] [30]

New Brighton

[31] [32]

Oxton

[33] [34]

Pensby and Thingwall

[35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]

Prenton

[41] [42]

Rock Ferry

[43] [44]

Seacombe

[45] [46] [47]

Upton

[48] [49]

Wallasey

[50] [51] [52]

West Kirby and Thurstaston

[53] [54]

Notes

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

References

  1. Web site: Election Result for 6 May 2010 Summary . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  2. Web site: Election Result for Bebington ward on 6 May 2010 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  3. Web site: Councillor Walter Smith. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144009/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=119. dead.
  4. Web site: Election Result for Bidston and St. James ward on 6 May 2010 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  5. Web site: Councillor Ann McLachlan. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144053/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=121. dead.
  6. Web site: Election Result for Birkenhead and Tranmere ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  7. Web site: Councillor Brian Kenny. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  8. Web site: Councillor Pat Cleary. 31 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  9. Web site: Election Result for Bromborough ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  10. Web site: Councillor Irene Williams. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  11. Web site: Election Result for Clatterbridge ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  12. Web site: Councillor Peter Kearney . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  13. Web site: Election Result for Claughton ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  14. Web site: Councillor Denise Roberts. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144136/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=183. dead.
  15. Web site: Election Result for Eastham ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  16. Web site: Councillor Tom Harney. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144111/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=182. dead.
  17. Web site: Election Result for Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  18. Web site: Councillor Wendy Clements. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  19. Web site: Election Result for Heswall ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  20. Web site: Councillor Les Rowlands. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144024/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=178. dead.
  21. Web site: Election Result for Hoylake and Meols ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  22. Web site: Councillor Eddie Boult. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  23. Web site: Councillor Paul Doughty. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  24. Web site: Election Result for Leasowe and Moreton East ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  25. Web site: Councillor Anne McArdle . . 12 July 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180520/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=662 . dead .
  26. Web site: Election Result for Liscard ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  27. Web site: Councillor Darren Dodd. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  28. Web site: Councillor Leah Fraser. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  29. Web site: Election Result for Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  30. Web site: Councillor Simon R Mountney. 31 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  31. Web site: Election Result for New Brighton ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  32. Web site: Councillor Patricia Glasman. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  33. Web site: Election Result for Oxton ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  34. Web site: Councillor Alan Brighouse. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142422/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=665. dead.
  35. Web site: Election Result for Pensby and Thingwall ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  36. Web site: Councillor Mark Johnston. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  37. Web site: Councillor Don McCubbin. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180712222729/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=666. dead.
  38. Web site: Councillor Adam Sykes. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  39. Web site: Councillor Michael Sullivan. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  40. Web site: Councillor Sylvia Hodrien. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  41. Web site: Election Result for Prenton ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  42. Web site: Councillor Denise Realey. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144130/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=668. dead.
  43. Web site: Election Result for Rock Ferry ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  44. Web site: Councillor Moira McLaughlin. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144138/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=158. dead.
  45. Web site: Election Result for Seacombe ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  46. Web site: Councillor Adrian Jones. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 12 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144106/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=159. dead.
  47. Web site: Councillor Tony Cox. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  48. Web site: Election Result for Upton ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  49. Web site: Councillor Stuart Whittingham. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  50. Web site: Election Result for Wallasey ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  51. Web site: Councillor Lesley Rennie. 31 July 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  52. Web site: Councillor Chris Jones. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  53. Web site: Election Result for West Kirby and Thurstaston ward on 6 May 2010. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  54. Web site: Councillor Jeff Green. 31 July 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

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