2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

See main article: 2015 United Kingdom local elections.

Election Name:2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Country:England
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Next Year:2016
Seats For Election:22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Majority Seats:34
Turnout:69.1% (33.5%)
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 Before1:38
Seats1:14
Seats After1:39
Seat Change1:1
Popular Vote1:79,409
Percentage1:47.9%
Swing1:9.3%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:21
Seats2:7
Seats After2:21
Popular Vote2:46,611
Percentage2:28.1%
Swing2:0.1%
Party4:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before4:6
Seats4:1
Seats After4:5
Seat Change4:1
Popular Vote4:13,572
Percentage4:8.2%
Swing4:0.4%
Party5:Green Party of England and Wales
Seats Before5:1
Seats5:0
Seats After5:1
Popular Vote5:10,446
Percentage5:6.3%
Swing5:1.7%

The 2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 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:

PartySeats  ±  
39 1
21
5 1
1

[1]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2014.

[1] [2]

Changes in council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
382161

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
392151

Ward results

Bebington

[3] [4]

Bidston and St James

[5] [6]

Birkenhead and Tranmere

[7] [8]

Bromborough

[9] [10] [11]

Clatterbridge

[12] [13]

Claughton

[14] [15]

Eastham

[16] [17]

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

[18] [19] [20] [21]

Heswall

[22] [23]

Hoylake and Meols

[24] [25]

Leasowe and Moreton East

[26] [27] [28]

Liscard

[29] [30]

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

[31] [32] [33]

New Brighton

[34] [35] [36]

Oxton

[37] [38] [39]

Pensby and Thingwall

[40] [41]

Prenton

[42] [43] [44]

Rock Ferry

[45] [46]

Seacombe

[47] [48]

Upton

[49] [50]

Wallasey

[51] [52]

West Kirby and Thurstaston

[53] [54] [55]

Notes

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Result for 7 May 2015 Summary . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  2. Web site: Local Election Results 2015 Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  3. Web site: Election Result for Bebington ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  4. Web site: Councillor Jerry Williams . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  5. Web site: Election Result for Bidston and St James ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  6. Web site: Councillor Brian Kenny. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140026/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=124. dead.
  7. Web site: Election Result for Birkenhead and Tranmere ward on 7 May 2015. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  8. Web site: Councillor Phil Davies. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144100/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=148. dead.
  9. Web site: Election Result for Bromborough ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  10. Web site: Councillor Joe Walsh. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 9 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215502/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=757. dead.
  11. Web site: Councillor Michael Collins . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 8 May 2019.
  12. Web site: Election Result for Clatterbridge ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  13. Web site: Councillor Adam Sykes. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 25 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161702/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=756. dead.
  14. Web site: Election Result for Claughton ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  15. Web site: Councillor Steve Foulkes. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  16. Web site: Election Result for Eastham ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  17. Web site: Councillor Dave Mitchell. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144046/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=181. dead.
  18. Web site: Election Result for Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  19. Web site: Councillor David Burgess-Joyce . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  20. Web site: Councillor Julie McManus . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  21. Web site: Councillor Peter Reisdorf. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143021/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=179. dead.
  22. Web site: Election Result for Heswall ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  23. Web site: Councillor Andrew Hodson. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  24. Web site: Election Result for Hoylake and Meols ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  25. Web site: Councillor Gerry Ellis. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144118/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=174. dead.
  26. Web site: Election Result for Leasowe and Moreton East ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  27. Web site: Councillor Ron Abbey . . 26 September 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143948/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=125 . dead .
  28. Web site: Councillor Denis Knowles. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140045/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=154. dead.
  29. Web site: Election Result for Liscard ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  30. Web site: Councillor Bernie Mooney. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  31. Web site: Election Result for Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  32. Web site: Councillor Steve Williams. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 5 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180759/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=622. dead.
  33. Web site: Councillor Karl Greaney . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  34. Web site: Election Result for New Brighton ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  35. Web site: Councillor Pat Hackett . . 26 September 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144042/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=752 . dead .
  36. Web site: Councillor Tony Pritchard . . 26 September 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144112/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=165 . dead .
  37. Web site: Election Result for Oxton ward on 7 May 2015. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  38. Web site: Councillor Paul Doughty. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180712222742/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50001573. dead.
  39. Web site: Councillor Stuart Kelly. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  40. Web site: Election Result for Pensby and Thingwall ward on 7 May 2015. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  41. Web site: Councillor Phillip Brightmore. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  42. Web site: Election Result for Prenton ward on 7 May 2015. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  43. Web site: Councillor Angela Davies. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  44. Web site: Councillor Allan Brame. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  45. Web site: Election Result for Rock Ferry ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  46. Web site: Councillor Chris Meaden. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144201/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=157. dead.
  47. Web site: Election Result for Seacombe ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  48. Web site: Councillor Chris Jones . . 26 September 2018 . 12 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180712183215/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=754 . dead .
  49. Web site: Election Result for Upton ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  50. Web site: Councillor Tony Smith. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144124/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=147. dead.
  51. Web site: Election Result for Wallasey ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  52. Web site: Councillor Paul Hayes. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144052/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=151. dead.
  53. Web site: Election Result for West Kirby and Thurstaston ward on 7 May 2015 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  54. Web site: Councillor David M Elderton. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 September 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144144/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=149. dead.
  55. Web site: Councillor Thomas Usher. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  56. News: 9 April 2016 . Battle lines drawn for Wirral's council elections on May 5 . 31 December 2018. Wirral Globe.

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