2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election explained
See main article: 2014 United Kingdom local elections.
Election Name: | 2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2012 |
Next Election: | 2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2015 |
Seats For Election: | 23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Turnout: | 35.6% (0.8%) |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Leader of the Council |
Before Election: | Phil Davies |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
After Election: | Phil Davies |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 37 |
Seats1: | 12 |
Seats After1: | 38 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 33,145 |
Percentage1: | 38.6% |
Swing1: | 6.0% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 22 |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 21 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 24,105 |
Percentage2: | 28.0% |
Swing2: | 2.6% |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before4: | 6 |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seats After4: | 6 |
Popular Vote4: | 6,728 |
Percentage4: | 7.8% |
Swing4: | 3.1% |
Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seats After5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 6,835 |
Percentage5: | 8.0% |
Swing5: | 2.1% |
The 2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± |
---|
| | 38 | 1 |
| | 21 | 1 |
| | 6 | |
| | 1 | 1 |
| | 0 | 1 |
|
[1]
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 2012.
[1] [2]
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 2012.
Bebington
[3] [4]
Bidston and St James
[5] [6]
Birkenhead and Tranmere
[7] [8] [9]
Bromborough
[10] [11]
Clatterbridge
[12] [13]
Claughton
[14] [15]
Eastham
[16] [17]
Greasby, Frankby and Irby
[18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Heswall
[23] [24]
Hoylake and Meols
[25] [26] [27]
Leasowe and Moreton East
[28] [29] [30]
Liscard
[31]
Moreton West and Saughall Massie
[32] [33]
New Brighton
[34] [35] [36]
Oxton
[37] [38] [39]
Pensby and Thingwall
[40] [41] [42]
Prenton
[43] [44] [45]
Rock Ferry
[46] [47]
Seacombe
[48] [49]
Upton
[50] [51]
Wallasey
[52] [53]
West Kirby and Thurstaston
[54] [55]
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
Notes and References
- Web site: Election Result for 22 May 2014 Summary . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Local Election Results 2014 Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
- Web site: Election Result for Bebington ward on 22 May 2014 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Walter Smith. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 20 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144009/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=119. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Bidston and St James ward on 22 May 2014 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Ann McLachlan. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 20 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144053/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=121. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Birkenhead and Tranmere ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Pat Cleary. 4 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Brian Kenny. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 21 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140026/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=124. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Bromborough ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Irene Williams. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 20 May 2018. 21 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180521022008/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=658. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Clatterbridge ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Tracey Pilgrim. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Claughton ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Denise Roberts. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 20 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144136/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=183. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Eastham ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Chris Carubia. 4 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Wendy Clements . . 20 May 2018 . 21 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180521022133/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=660 . dead .
- Web site: Councillor Tom Anderson . . 20 May 2018 . 21 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180521022125/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=129 . dead .
- Web site: Councillor Julie McManus. 4 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Peter Reisdorf . . 20 May 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 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Les Rowlands. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 20 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144024/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=178. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Hoylake and Meols ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Eddie Boult. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Patricia Glasman. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Leasowe and Moreton East ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Treena Johnson. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Ian Lewis. 4 July 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Liscard ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Bruce Berry. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for New Brighton ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Christine Spriggs. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Tony Pritchard. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 21 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144112/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=165. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Oxton ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Alan Brighouse. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 21 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142422/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=665. dead.
- Web site: Councillor Angela Davies. 4 July 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Pensby and Thingwall ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Louise Reecejones. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Denis Knowles. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 21 May 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 Prenton ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Denise Realey. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 21 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144130/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=668. dead.
- Web site: Councillor Allan Brame. 4 July 2023. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Rock Ferry ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Moira McLaughlin. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 21 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144138/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=158. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Seacombe ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Adrian Jones. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 22 May 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144106/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=159. dead.
- Web site: Election Result for Upton ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Stuart Whittingham. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for Wallasey ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Lesley Rennie. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Election Result for West Kirby and Thurstaston ward on 22 May 2014. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Web site: Councillor Jeff Green. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.