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23 of 66 seats (One Third and oneby-election) toWirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 35.6% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of results of 1978 election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members ofWirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as otherlocal elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 45 | ||
| Labour | 16 | ||
| Liberal | 5 | ||
Overall result compared with1976.
| Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1978 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| Conservative | 23 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 59.1 | 55.7 | 51,523 | ||||||||
| Labour | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27.3 | 28.4 | 26,246 | ||||||||
| Liberal | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 14,231 | ||||||||
| National Front | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 209 | N/A | |||||||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 191 | ||||||||
| Communist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 59 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Kimberly | 1,240 | 52.7 | ||
| Liberal | Anna Blumenthal | 527 | 22.4 | ||
| Conservative | B. Jones | 506 | 21.5 | ||
| National Front | Howard Hawksley | 78 | 3.3 | New | |
| Majority | 713 | 30.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,259 | ||||
| Turnout | 32.4 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S. Kellett | 1,200 | 48.8 | ||
| Conservative | M. Riley | 1,116 | 45.4 | ||
| Liberal | M. McDonnell | 144 | 5.9 | ||
| Majority | 84 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 7,556 | ||||
| Turnout | 32.6 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Roy Perkins | 1,366 | 38.8 | ||
| Conservative | D. Stoppard | 1,318 | 37.4 | ||
| Labour | Walter Smith | 841 | 23.9 | ||
| Majority | 48 | 1.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,641 | ||||
| Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Myrra Lea[n 2] | 1,789 | 43.3 | ||
| Conservative | E. Williams[n 3] | 1,724 | – | – | |
| Labour | J. Macdougall | 1,361 | 32.9 | ||
| Labour | R. Leeper | 1,299 | – | – | |
| Liberal | G. Quinn | 982 | 23.8 | ||
| Liberal | A. Halliday | 944 | – | – | |
| Majority | 428 | 10.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,925 | ||||
| Turnout | 34.6 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | – | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Flynn | 1,927 | 72.2 | ||
| Conservative | T. Bird | 493 | 18.5 | ||
| Liberal | D. Murgatroyd | 250 | 9.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,434 | 53.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,376 | ||||
| Turnout | 31.9 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Gordon Lindsay | 2,564 | 47.7 | ||
| Conservative | R. Hardy | 1,980 | 36.8 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Davies | 833 | 15.5 | ||
| Majority | 584 | 10.9 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,242 | ||||
| Turnout | 40.6 | ||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Baker | 2,993 | 65.2 | ||
| Labour | F. Naylor | 1,597 | 34.8 | ||
| Majority | 1,396 | 30.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 15,422 | ||||
| Turnout | 29.7 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. Hibbert | 3,256 | 59.9 | ||
| Labour | J. Seaman | 2,180 | 40.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,076 | 19.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 21,661 | ||||
| Turnout | 25.1 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Clark | 2,004 | 55.4 | ||
| Conservative | A. Smith | 1,481 | 40.9 | ||
| Liberal | M. Canning | 133 | 3.7 | ||
| Majority | 523 | 14.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,982 | ||||
| Turnout | 30.2 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. Morgan | 2,404 | 59.6 | ||
| Labour | G. Watkins | 1,379 | 34.2 | ||
| Liberal | S. Pollit | 253 | 6.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,025 | 25.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,770 | ||||
| Turnout | 31.6 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Young | 1,596 | 53.3 | ||
| Labour | Jim Edwards | 1,273 | 42.5 | ||
| Liberal | J. Jenkins | 124 | 4.1 | ||
| Majority | 323 | 10.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,168 | ||||
| Turnout | 36.6 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Moir | 4,176 | 63.7 | ||
| Liberal | N. Thomas | 1,856 | 28.3 | ||
| Labour | W. Edwards | 525 | 8.0 | ||
| Majority | 2,320 | 35.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,454 | ||||
| Turnout | 45.4 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jack Redhead | 2,651 | 75.5 | ||
| Labour | B. Lloyd | 591 | 16.8 | ||
| Liberal | J. Barton | 270 | 7.7 | ||
| Majority | 2,060 | 58.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,546 | ||||
| Turnout | 30.4 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phoebe Bentzien | 2,187 | 58.0 | ||
| Conservative | M. Kemble | 1,248 | 33.1 | ||
| Liberal | P. Mawdsley | 143 | 3.8 | ||
| National Front | John Fishwick | 131 | 3.5 | New | |
| Communist | R. Harris | 59 | 1.6 | New | |
| Majority | 939 | 24.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,223 | ||||
| Turnout | 33.6 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frank Theaker | 3,285 | 71.2 | ||
| Labour | Audrey Moore | 921 | 20.0 | ||
| Liberal | Penelope Globy | 410 | 8.9 | New | |
| Majority | 2,364 | 51.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,181 | ||||
| Turnout | 45.3 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S. Price | 2,082 | 52.2 | ||
| Conservative | T. Stacey | 1,905 | 47.8 | ||
| Majority | 177 | 4.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,828 | ||||
| Turnout | 40.6 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Phillip Gilchrist | 3,729 | 58.1 | ||
| Conservative | B. Davies | 1,749 | 27.3 | ||
| Labour | R. Dunning | 940 | 14.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,980 | 30.8 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,985 | ||||
| Turnout | 45.9 | ||||
| Liberalgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Zowe | 3,630 | 65.3 | ||
| Labour | R. Woods | 1,015 | 18.2 | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Harney | 918 | 16.5 | ||
| Majority | 2,615 | 47.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,163 | ||||
| Turnout | 39.3 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. Lloyd | 3,523 | 74.5 | ||
| Liberal | B. Crosby | 562 | 11.9 | ||
| Labour | John McCabe | 454 | 9.6 | ||
| Independent | J. Ellison | 191 | 4.0 | New | |
| Majority | 2,961 | 62.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,589 | ||||
| Turnout | 34.8 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Whitehurst | 4,051 | 86.0 | ||
| Labour | David Jackson | 660 | 14.0 | ||
| Majority | 3,391 | 72.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,150 | ||||
| Turnout | 38.8 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Wilson | 3,859 | 91.1 | ||
| Labour | P. Wallace | 375 | 8.9 | ||
| Majority | 3,484 | 82.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,581 | ||||
| Turnout | 36.6 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Fletcher | 2,514 | 79.2 | ||
| Labour | H. Ellis-Thomas | 661 | 20.8 | ||
| Majority | 1,853 | 58.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,048 | ||||
| Turnout | 31.6 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
•italics denote the sitting councillor •bold denotes the winning candidate
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