2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election explained
See main article: 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
Election Name: | 2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2011 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Seats For Election: | 22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Turnout: | 36.4% (6.8%) |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Leader of the Council |
Before Election: | Jeff Green (Conservative) |
Before Party: | No Overall Control |
Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
After Election: | Phil Davies |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 30 |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seats After1: | 37 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 38,455 |
Percentage1: | 44.6% |
Swing1: | 0.8% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 27 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seats After2: | 22 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 26,426 |
Percentage2: | 30.6% |
Swing2: | 3.2% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 9 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seats After3: | 7 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 9,375 |
Percentage3: | 10.9% |
Swing3: | 1.6% |
The 2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
Overall, Labour gained seven seats at the expense of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and gained overall control of the council, with a majority of eight.[2]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
[1]
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 2011.
[1]
Changes in council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
After the election the composition of the council was:
Ward results
Results compared directly with the last local election in 2011.
Bebington
[3] [4] [5]
Bidston and St James
[6] [7]
Birkenhead and Tranmere
[8] [9] [10]
Bromborough
[11] [12] [13]
Clatterbridge
[14] [15] [16]
Claughton
[17] [18]
Eastham
[19] [20]
Greasby, Frankby and Irby
[21] [22] [23]
Heswall
[24] [25]
Hoylake and Meols
[26] [27]
Leasowe and Moreton East
[28] [29] [30]
Liscard
[31] [32] [33]
Moreton West and Saughall Massie
[34] [35]
New Brighton
[36] [37] [38]
Oxton
[39] [40] [41]
Pensby and Thingwall
[42] [43] [44]
Prenton
[45] [46]
Rock Ferry
[47] [48]
Seacombe
[49] [50]
Upton
[51] [52] [53]
Wallasey
[54] [55]
West Kirby and Thurstaston
[56] [57] [58]
Changes between 2012 and 2014
Leasowe and Moreton East by-election 2013
[59] [30]
Heswall by-election 2013
[60] [13]
Pensby and Thingwall by-election 2013
[61] [16] [5]
Upton by-election 2013
[62] [41]
Other changes
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
Notes and References
- Web site: Election Result for 3 May 2012 Summary . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- News: Wirral Council under Labour control as party win majority. Liverpool Echo.
- Web site: Election Result for Bebington ward on 3 May 2012 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Christina Muspratt. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Sheila Clarke MBE . . 5 September 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144137/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=128 . dead .
- Web site: Election Result for Bidston and St James ward on 3 May 2012 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Jim Crabtree . . 7 September 2018 . 19 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180519033727/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=132 . dead .
- Web site: Election Result for Birkenhead and Tranmere ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Pat Cleary. 7 August 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Allan Brame. 7 August 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Bromborough ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Steve Niblock . . 7 September 2018 . 17 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180617170154/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=155 . dead .
- Web site: Councillor Kathy Hodson. 7 August 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Clatterbridge ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Cherry Povall, JP . 7 August 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Phillip Brightmore. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Claughton ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor George Davies. 7 August 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Eastham ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Phil Gilchrist. 7 August 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward on 3 May 2012 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Tony Cox. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Peter Reisdorf. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 19 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143021/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=179. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Heswall ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Peter Johnson . . 19 September 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180457/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=176 . dead .
- Web site: Election Result for Hoylake and Meols ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor John Hale . . 19 September 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180701/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=173 . dead .
- Web site: Election Result for Leasowe and Moreton East ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Anita Leech. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Ian Lewis. 7 August 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Liscard ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Janette Williamson. 7 August 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor James Keeley. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Chris Blakeley . . 19 September 2018 . 1 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901163031/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=126 . dead .
- Web site: Election Result for New Brighton ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Robert Gregson. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Sue Taylor. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Oxton ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Pat Williams. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 19 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144020/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=133. dead.
- Web site: Councillor Matthew Patrick. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Pensby and Thingwall ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Michael Sullivan. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 19 September 2018. 12 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180712223037/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50001303. dead.
- Web site: Councillor Tom Anderson. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Prenton ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Tony Norbury. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Rock Ferry ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Bill Davies. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 19 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144130/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=156. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Seacombe ward on3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor John Salter. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 19 September 2018. 5 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180621/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=152. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Upton ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Sylvia Hodrien. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Denis Knowles. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 19 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140045/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=154. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Wallasey ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Leah Fraser . . 19 September 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144128/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=137 . dead .
- Web site: Election Result for West Kirby and Thurstaston ward on 3 May 2012. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Geoffrey Watt. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 19 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144207/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=136. dead.
- Web site: Councillor Louise Reecejones. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Leasowe and Moreton East ward on 17 January 2013 . 1 March 2013 . January 2013 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Heswall ward on 17 January 2013 . 1 March 2013 . January 2013 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Pensby and Thingwall ward on 28 February 2013 . 1 March 2013 . 1 March 2013 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Upton ward on 24 October 2013 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- News: Murphy . Liam . 30 April 2013 . Wirral councillor Mark Johnson quits Liberal Democrat Party . 28 December 2018. Liverpool Echo.