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Main article:1996 United Kingdom local elections

1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2 May 1996 (1996-05-02)

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22 of 66 seats (One Third)
toWirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

35.0% (

3.2%)^[1]

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab
Leader	Dave Jackson	John Hale	Phil Gilchrist
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat	Bromborough	Hoylake	Eastham
Last election	15 seats, 53.5%	4 seats, 25.8%	3 seats, 20.1%
Seats before	36	22	8
Seats won	13	6	3
Seats after	41	16	9
Seat change	5	6	1
Popular vote	41,521	25,611	17,066
Percentage	48.9%	30.2%	20.1%
Swing	4.6%	4.4%

Map of results of 1996 election

Leader of the Council before election

Dave Jackson
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Dave Jackson
Labour

The1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 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:

	Seats	±
Labour	41	5
Conservative	16	6
Liberal Democrats	9	1

^[3]

Election results

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Overall election result

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Overall result compared with1995.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1996

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	22	13	5	0	5	59.1	48.9	41,521	4.6
	Conservative	20	6	0	6	6	27.3	30.2	25,611	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	22	3	1	0	1	13.6	20.1	17,066
	Green	6	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	555	0.1
	Independent	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	161	N/A

^[1]^[2]

Ward results

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Bebington

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Bebington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Williams	2,171	47.7	4.9
	Conservative	Brian Cummings	1,940	42.6	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Turner	363	8.0	0.7
	Green	Ann Jones	77	1.7	New
Majority			231	5.1	7.4
Registered electors			10,555
Turnout				43.1	4.5
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	3.7

^[2]^[4]

Bidston

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Bidston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*J. Williams*	1,713	88.4	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	224	11.6	6.8
Majority			1,489	76.9	8.9
Registered electors			8,211
Turnout				23.6	7.8
	Labourhold		Swing	4.5

^[2]

Birkenhead

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Birkenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*D. Gower*	2,228	88.0	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Redfern	303	12.0	5.9
Majority			1,925	76.1	6.1
Registered electors			10,211
Turnout				24.8	5.9
	Labourhold		Swing	3.1

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Bromborough

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Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*David Jackson*	2,401	65.1	8.1
	Conservative	K. Roberts	658	17.9	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	M. Bolton	384	10.4	0.2
	Independent	J. Rohan	161	4.4	New
	Green	J. Jones	82	2.2	New
Majority			1,743	47.3	9.7
Registered electors			10,752
Turnout				34.3	2.0
	Labourhold		Swing	4.9

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Clatterbridge

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Clatterbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Michael Moore*	2,478	45.1	7.2
	Labour	L. Flanagan	2,066	37.6	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	W. Walsh	947	17.2	2.1
Majority			412	7.5	N/A
Registered electors			13,713
Turnout				40.0	1.5
	Conservativehold		Swing	6.2

^[2]

Claughton

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Claughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*George Davies*	2,007	51.7	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Kelly	1,237	31.8	5.3
	Conservative	P. Greening-Jackson	560	14.4	2.9
	Green	George Bowler	80	2.1	0.5
Majority			770	19.8	7.1
Registered electors			10,359
Turnout				37.5	4.3
	Labourhold		Swing	3.6

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Eastham

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Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Phillip Gilchrist*	2,805	65.1	6.3
	Labour	A. McGuiness	1,059	24.6	5.2
	Conservative	S. Hutchence	444	10.3	1.1
Majority			1,746	40.5	11.4
Registered electors			11,170
Turnout				38.6	3.1
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	5.8

^[2]^[7]

Egerton

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Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Andrew Dow*	2,290	75.3	1.5
	Conservative	H. Jackson-Payne	407	13.4	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Lloyd	238	7.8	0.9
	Green	Joyce Hogg	107	3.5	1.3
Majority			1,883	61.9	2.6
Registered electors			10,554
Turnout				28.8	5.9
	Labourhold		Swing	1.3

^[2]

Heswall

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Heswall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*T. Price*	2,820	60.3	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Norton	1,040	22.2	2.5
	Labour	C. Murphy	820	17.5	6.8
Majority			1,780	38.0	6.2
Registered electors			13,119
Turnout				35.7	2.9
	Conservativehold		Swing	3.2

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Hoylake

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Hoylake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Hilary Jones*	2,433	55.5	2.1
	Labour	Alan Milne	1,218	27.8	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	A. Richards	733	16.7	1.4
Majority			1,215	27.7	5.6
Registered electors			12,232
Turnout				35.8	2.2
	Conservativehold		Swing	2.8

^[2]

Leasowe

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Leasowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Abbey	2,169	77.1	4.8
	Conservative	Ian Lewis	418	14.8	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	C. Robertson	228	8.1	0.1
Majority			1,751	62.2	9.6
Registered electors			9,345
Turnout				30.1	3.6
	Labourhold		Swing	4.8

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Liscard

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Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis Knowles	2,421	64.6	7.3
	Conservative	M. Ebbs	883	23.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	M. Todd	444	11.8	16.3
Majority			1,538	41.0	2.7
Registered electors			11,087
Turnout				33.8	2.9
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	1.4

^[2]^[10]

Moreton

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Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann McLachlan	2,148	60.5	2.1
	Conservative	Vic Borg	1,177	33.1	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susanne Uriel	228	6.4	0.5
Majority			971	27.3	3.6
Registered electors			9,583
Turnout				37.1	7.8
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	1.9

^[2]^[11]

New Brighton

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New Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent McGee	2,132	59.3	3.1
	Conservative	H. Tooke	1,038	28.9	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	424	11.8	0.9
Majority			1,094	30.4	7.1
Registered electors			11,289
Turnout				31.8	4.4
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	3.6

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Oxton

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Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Alec Dunn*	2,221	56.3	3.0
	Labour	Pauline Cocker	1,123	28.5	2.3
	Conservative	Cyrus Ferguson	524	13.3	0.8
	Green	Garnette Bowler	75	1.9	0.2
Majority			1,098	27.8	5.3
Registered electors			11,261
Turnout				35.0	4.9
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	2.7

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Prenton

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Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bridson	2,300	47.8	1.6
	Labour	Ray Pullen	1,595	33.2	2.6
	Conservative	J. Thomas	912	19.0	1.0
Majority			705	14.7	4.3
Registered electors			11,399
Turnout				42.2	1.3
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing	2.1

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Royden

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Royden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Derek Robinson*	2,280	50.1	4.7
	Labour	R. Pennington	1,307	28.7	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	966	21.2	1.2
Majority			973	21.4	8.2
Registered electors			10,963
Turnout				41.5	3.9
	Conservativehold		Swing	4.2

^[2]^[13]

Seacombe

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Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*P. Clee*	2,564	82.7	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Gallagher	297	9.6	3.9
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	240	7.7	0.5
Majority			2,267	73.1	2.2
Registered electors			10,963
Turnout				28.3	5.6
	Labourhold		Swing	1.1

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Thurstaston

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Thurstaston (ward)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Sid Dunn*	2,454	51.1	4.9
	Labour	A. Beer	1,849	38.5	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wall	495	10.3	3.9
Majority			605	12.6	6.1
Registered electors			12,228
Turnout				39.1	3.0
	Conservativehold		Swing	3.0

^[2]

Tranmere

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Tranmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moira McLaughlin	1,824	79.9	3.8
	Conservative	C. Bowditch	174	7.6	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blaylock	151	6.6	0.5
	Green	Catherine Page	134	5.9	2.0
Majority			1,650	72.3	5.2
Registered electors			9,509
Turnout				24.0	6.3
	Labourhold		Swing	2.6

^[2]^[14]

Upton

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Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bell	2,579	58.3	6.3
	Conservative	L. Turnbull	1,350	30.5	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	N. Sherwen	492	11.1	0.2
Majority			1,229	27.8	12.8
Registered electors			12,466
Turnout				35.5	2.0
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	6.4

^[2]

Wallasey

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Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Kate Wood*	2,421	50.4	10.6
	Labour	Geoffrey Caton	1,837	38.2	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	546	11.4	4.2
Majority			584	12.2	N/A
Registered electors			11,690
Turnout				41.1	2.4
	Conservativehold		Swing	8.5

^[2]^[15]

Changes between 1996 and 1998

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Wallasey by-election 1997

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By-election, 13 March 1997:Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	1,781	47.3	3.1
	Labour	Elizabeth McArdle	1,490	39.5	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	443	11.8	0.4
	Green	George Bowler	54	1.4	New
Majority			291	7.7	4.5
Turnout				32.2	8.9
	Conservativehold		Swing	2.2

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Other changes

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Date	Ward	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
?	Prenton	Ed Cunniffe		Liberal Democrats		Ind. Lib Dem	Resigned.^[19]

Notes

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

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x"Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 13 and 14)"(PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved17 January 2019.
^"Council compositions".The Elections Centre. Retrieved27 July 2018.
^"Councillor Jerry Williams".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 July 2023.
^"Councillor George Davies".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 July 2023.
^"Councillor Stuart Kelly".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 July 2023.
^"Councillor Phil Gilchrist".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 July 2023.
^"Councillor Ron Abbey".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^"Councillor Ian Lewis".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 July 2023.
^"Councillor Denis Knowles".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^"Councillor Ann McLachlan".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^"Councillor Ann Bridson".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^"Councillor Peter Reisdorf".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^"Councillor Moira McLaughlin".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^"Councillor Mrs Kate Wood".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^"Kate calls Labour foul on soccer". Wirral Globe. 26 March 1997. Retrieved27 November 2009.
^"Councillor Lesley Rennie".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 July 2023.
^"Councillor Anne McArdle".Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
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