Election Name: | 2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2022 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Election Date: | 4 May 2023 |
Next Election: | 2027 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 66 seats to Wirral Council |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Turnout: | 36.0% (0.5%) |
3Blank: | Swing (pp) |
Map Size: | 400px |
Leader | |
Before Election: | Janette Williamson Labour[1] |
Before Party: | No Overall Control |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
After Election: | Paul Stuart (Labour) |
After Party: | No Overall Control |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 23 |
Seats1: | 30 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 36,625 |
Percentage1: | 38.9% |
Swing1: | 3.8% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 23 |
Seats2: | 17 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 21,517 |
Percentage2: | 22.8% |
Swing2: | 3.4% |
Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Seats Before4: | 9 |
Seats4: | 13 |
Seat Change4: | 4 |
Popular Vote4: | 20,211 |
Percentage4: | 21.4% |
Swing4: | 4.0% |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before5: | 6 |
Seats5: | 6 |
Popular Vote5: | 12,062 |
Percentage5: | 12.8% |
Swing5: | 0.2% |
The 2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, electing members to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was the third election to the council where all councillors were up for election and the first in which the authority moves to a four-yearly, whole-council election system, following recommendations from a government report into the council's finances.[2] [3]
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control being led by a Labour minority administration. The council remained under no overall control after the election and Labour continued to form the largest party.[4]
Overall result compared with 2022.[5]
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:[7]
23 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
They were originally elected as:[8]
28 | 24 | 8 | 6 | |
After the election the composition of the council was:
30 | 17 | 13 | 6 | |
Ward | Departing councillor | First elected | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birkenhead and Tranmere | Emily Gleaves | 2021 | [9] | ||
Bromborough | Joe Walsh | 2011 | |||
Eastham | Dave Mitchell | 1983 | |||
Greasby, Frankby and Irby | Tom Anderson | 2008 | |||
Heswall | Paul Connolly | 2022 | (vacated seat on 28 November 2022) | [10] | |
Hoylake and Meols | Alison Wright | 2019 | |||
Moreton West and Saughall Massie | Steve Williams | 2009 | |||
Oxton | Orod Osanlou | 2021 | |||
Rock Ferry | Christopher Davies | 2022 | (deselected) | [11] | |
Rock Ferry | Claire O'Hagan | 2021 | [12] | ||
Upton | Tony Smith | 1995 | |||
Wallasey | Paul Hayes | 2007 | |||
Old ward | Moving councillor | First elected | Party | New ward | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bebington | Jerry Williams | 1996 | Upton | |||
Leasowe and Moreton East | Helen Collinson | 2021 | Birkenhead and Tranmere | |||
Moreton West and Saughall Massie | Max Booth | 2021 | Hoylake and Meols | |||
Ward | Moving councillor | First elected | Old party | New party | Details | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bromborough | Jo Bird | 2018 | Expelled from Labour Party in November 2021.[13] Joined Green Party in March 2022.[14] | ||||
Greasby, Frankby and Irby | David Burgess-Joyce | 2015 | Deselected by his local Conservative Party in July 2022.[15] Later became the party's candidate for Heswall before being barred from standing by the national party in late March.[16] | ||||
Leasowe and Moreton East | Karl Greaney | 2019 | Resigned from Labour Party in February 2022.[17] | ||||
Rock Ferry | Yvonne Nolan | 1987 | no description | Deselected by Labour Party after protesting the deselection of her partner and ward colleague Chris Davies in late March 2023.[18] Withdrew as a Labour candidate and resubmitted nomination as an Independent. Ward colleague Claire O'Hagan withdrew her own candidacy leaving only two Labour candidates in the historically safe Labour ward. | |||
Ward | Former councillor | Term | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bidston and St James | Wendy Clements | Greasby Frankby and Irby (2010 to 2022) | |||
Greasby, Frankby and Irby | Alan Brighouse | Oxton (2010 to 2018) | |||
Moreton West and Saughall Massie | Christopher Teggin | Clatterbridge (2004 to 2010) | |||
Oxton | Mike Redfern | Pensby and Thingwall (2006 to 2010) | |||
Pensby and Thingwall | Mike Sullivan | Pensby and Thingwall (2012 to 2019) | |||
Rock Ferry | Frank Doyle | Prenton (2003 to 2010) | |||
Seacombe | Sarah Spoor | Liscard (2019 to 2021) | (was Labour) | ||
West Kirby and Thurstaston | Peter Reisdorf | Royden, Greasby, Frankby and Irby (2000 to 2011) | |||
Bold indicated candidate was elected.