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23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 37.8% (1.1%)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council members in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 42 | 5 | |
Labour | 18 | 3 | |
Liberal | 6 | 2 | |
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 1975.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1976 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 23 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 72.7 | 54.3 | 53,029 | 0.4 | ||||||
Labour | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22.7 | 26.9 | 26,276 | 1.9 | ||||||
Liberal | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.5 | 18.4 | 17,928 | 1.3 | ||||||
Communist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 187 | ||||||||
Ind. Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 98 | N/A | |||||||
National Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 89 | N/A | |||||||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 | 0.1 |
Ward results
Birkenhead
No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Lungley | 1,354 | 46.9 | 2.3 | |
Liberal | Roy Perkins | 1,135 | 39.3 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | F. Morton | 397 | 13.8 | 2.9 | |
Majority | 219 | 7.6 | 1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,498 | ||||
Turnout | 34.0 | 5.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.9 | |||
No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Welsh | 1,224 | 50.9 | 6.1 | |
Labour | K. Muir | 987 | 41.1 | 3.0 | |
Liberal | J. Hughes | 193 | 8.0 | 9.1 | |
Majority | 237 | 9.8 | 3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,846 | ||||
Turnout | 30.6 | 0.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 1.6 | |||
No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Evans | 1,605 | 42.9 | 0.4 | |
Conservative | R. Stretch | 1,209 | 32.3 | 1.4 | |
Labour | Walter Smith | 798 | 21.3 | 4.5 | |
National Party | R. Williams | 89 | 2.4 | New | |
Communist | J. Gowling | 44 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 396 | 10.6 | 1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,235 | ||||
Turnout | 40.6 | 2.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | 0.9 | |||
No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Lee | 1,902 | 45.5 | 7.3 | |
Labour | J. Macdougal | 1,322 | 31.6 | 7.1 | |
Liberal | E. Hughes | 958 | 22.9 | 14.4 | |
Majority | 580 | 13.9 | 13.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,209 | ||||
Turnout | 34.3 | 0.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 6.5 | |||
No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Jones | 1,579 | 58.7 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | H. Kirkby | 562 | 20.9 | 0.2 | |
Liberal | Roy Wood | 551 | 20.5 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 1,017 | 37.8 | 2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,611 | ||||
Turnout | 31.3 | 3.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.5 | |||
No. 6 (Grange and Oxton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Hesketh | 2,490 | 48.6 | 1.5 | |
Liberal | A. Halliday | 1,689 | 33.0 | 0.2 | |
Labour | A. Woods | 944 | 18.4 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 801 | 15.6 | 1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,849 | ||||
Turnout | 39.9 | 3.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 0.6 | |||
No. 7 (Prenton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Deverill | 3,304 | 64.6 | 9.3 | |
Labour | J. Pennington | 1,382 | 27.0 | 0.1 | |
Liberal | J. Edwards | 427 | 8.4 | 9.4 | |
Majority | 1,922 | 37.6 | 9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 15,492 | ||||
Turnout | 33.0 | 2.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.6 | |||
No. 8 (Upton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Winter | 3,271 | 56.9 | 1.6 | |
Labour | Bernard Gilfoyle | 2,338 | 40.6 | 7.3 | |
Communist | G. Hughes | 143 | 2.5 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 933 | 16.3 | 5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 20,914 | ||||
Turnout | 27.5 | 0.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.9 | |||
Wallasey
No. 9 (Leasowe)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Wells | 2,135 | 50.2 | 1.4 | |
Conservative | J. Merrill | 1,707 | 40.1 | 4.8 | |
Liberal | M. Goodwin | 373 | 8.8 | New | |
Independent | G. Smith | 37 | 0.9 | 2.6 | |
Majority | 428 | 10.1 | 3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,715 | ||||
Turnout | 36.3 | 10.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 | |||
No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Ebbs | 2,439 | 54.9 | 13.0 | |
Labour | E. Williams | 1,306 | 29.4 | 2.7 | |
Liberal | D. Green | 695 | 15.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,133 | 25.5 | 10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,883 | ||||
Turnout | 34.5 | 0.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.2 | |||
No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | I. Walker | 1,653 | 53.8 | 7.1 | |
Labour | G. Watkins | 1,134 | 36.9 | 2.2 | |
Liberal | J. Jenkins | 188 | 6.1 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | G. Brotherton | 98 | 3.2 | New | |
Majority | 519 | 16.9 | 4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,266 | ||||
Turnout | 42.3 | 6.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 2.5 | |||
No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kate Wood [n 2] | 3,513 | 53.1 | 9.8 | |
Liberal | D. Caldwell | 2,509 | 37.9 | 12.3 | |
Labour | B. Lloyd | 593 | 9.0 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 1,004 | 15.2 | 22.1 | ||
Registered electors | 14,758 | ||||
Turnout | 44.8 | 2.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 11.1 | |||
No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Venner | 2,304 | 58.7 | 11.5 | |
Liberal | F. Storey | 982 | 25.0 | 10.5 | |
Labour | John McCabe | 637 | 16.2 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 1,322 | 33.7 | 21.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,662 | ||||
Turnout | 33.6 | 2.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 10.8 | |||
No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Duffy | 2,288 | 58.4 | 8.4 | |
Conservative | A. Chantry | 1,418 | 36.2 | 7.3 | |
Liberal | R. Edge | 215 | 5.5 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 870 | 22.2 | 15.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,730 | ||||
Turnout | 33.4 | 6.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.9 | |||
Bebington
No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Richmond | 3,805 | 75.9 | 6.1 | |
Labour | M. Irvine | 1,208 | 24.1 | 4.3 | |
Majority | 2,597 | 51.8 | 1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 10,128 | ||||
Turnout | 49.5 | 3.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.9 | |||
No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. McCarthy | 1,775 | 47.4 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | O. Donaldson | 1,643 | 43.8 | 4.5 | |
Liberal | W. Walsh | 329 | 8.8 | 5.7 | |
Majority | 132 | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,774 | ||||
Turnout | 38.3 | 2.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 | |||
No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Jones | 2,457 | 38.0 | 9.7 | |
Liberal | Phillip Gilchrist | 2,330 | 36.0 | 16.6 | |
Labour | M. Halliday | 1,686 | 26.0 | 7.0 | |
Majority | 127 | 2.0 | 12.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,509 | ||||
Turnout | 47.9 | 5.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 6.4 | |||
No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Moore | 4,040 | 71.1 | 10.0 | |
Labour | D. Roscoe | 1,063 | 18.7 | 2.3 | |
Liberal | P. Cubbin | 581 | 10.2 | 12.2 | |
Majority | 2,977 | 52.4 | 13.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,417 | ||||
Turnout | 45.8 | 3.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.9 | |||
Hoylake
No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Gaughan | 3,528 | 72.3 | 0.9 | |
Liberal | B. Crosbie | 824 | 16.9 | 0.4 | |
Labour | J. Seaman | 526 | 10.8 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 2,704 | 55.4 | 1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,785 | ||||
Turnout | 38.2 | 0.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.7 | |||
No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Jones | 3,621 | 69.8 | 14.1 | |
Liberal | I. Smith | 1,214 | 23.4 | 20.9 | |
Labour | J. Pennington | 351 | 6.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,407 | 46.4 | 35.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,708 | ||||
Turnout | 44.3 | 3.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 17.5 | |||
Wirral
No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Maddox [n 3] | 4,143 | 85.3 | 6.8 | |
Conservative | M. Gates [n 4] | 4,120 | – | – | |
Liberal | G. Collins | 501 | 10.3 | 7.6 | |
Liberal | A. Conway | 495 | – | – | |
Labour | Peter Corcoran | 212 | 4.4 | 0.8 | |
Labour | J. Gilfoyle | 204 | – | – | |
Majority | 3,642 | 75.0 | 14.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,178 | ||||
Turnout | 43.4 | 2.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | – | |||
No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Jones | 2,399 | 65.1 | 5.9 | |
Labour | H. Ellis-Thomas | 658 | 17.9 | 12.7 | |
Liberal | G. Hunt | 629 | 17.1 | 6.9 | |
Majority | 1,741 | 47.2 | 18.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,632 | ||||
Turnout | 38.3 | 5.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.3 | |||
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References
- 1 2 "Local Election Summaries 1976". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 2 and 3)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ↑ "Councillor Walter Smith". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ↑ "Councillor Mrs Kate Wood". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ↑ "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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