2022 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

2022 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election); to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35.5% (0.5%)
	Map of results of 2022 election
Leader of the Council before election; Janette Williamson (Labour); No Overall Control	Elected Leader of the Council ; Janette Williamson (Labour); No Overall Control

The 2022 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[11] This is expected to be the last election to the council where a third of councillors are elected, following recommendations from a government report into the Council's finances.^[12]

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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2022

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	23	9	1	3	2	40.9	42.7	36,642	3.0
	Conservative	23	8	1	0	1	36.4	26.2	22,499	7.1
	Green	23	4	3	0	3	13.6	17.4	14,955	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	23	2	0	0		9.1	12.6	10,814	2.5
	Independent	2	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.9	758	0.3
	NIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	89	New
	For Britain	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	51
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	38	New

28	23	6	6	3
Lab	Con	Grn	LDm	I

26	24	9	6	1
Lab	Con	Grn	LDm	I

Ward	Departing Councillor		Ref.
Bebington	Tony Cottier	Labour	^[16]
Birkenhead and Tranmere	Steve Hayes	Independent (vacated seat on 22 March 2022)	^[17]
Bromborough	Irene Williams	Labour	^[16]
Greasby, Frankby and Irby	Wendy Clements	Conservative	^[16]
Heswall	Les Rowlands	Conservative	^[16]
Leasowe and Moreton East	Sharon Jones	Labour (vacated seat on 13 February 2022)	^[18]
Moreton West and Saughall Massie	Bruce Berry	Conservative	^[16]
New Brighton	Christine Spriggs	Labour	^[16]
Pensby and Thingwall	Kate Cannon	Labour	^[16]
Prenton	Samantha Frost	Labour	^[16]
Rock Ferry	Moira McLaughlin	Independent	^[16]
Seacombe	Adrian Jones	Labour	^[16]
Upton	Stuart Whittingham	Labour	^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Judith Grier	2,855	53.1	6.7
	Labour	Brenda Ashton	1,876	34.9	5.9
	Conservative	Nicola Oakley	559	10.4	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thompson	89	1.7	0.5
Majority			979	18.2	12.6
Registered electors			11,798
Turnout			5,397	45.7	0.5
Rejected ballots			18	0.3	0.7
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	6.3

2022 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Overall election result

Changes in council composition

Retiring councillors

Ward results

Bebington

Bidston and St James

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Bromborough

Clatterbridge

Claughton

Eastham

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Heswall

Hoylake and Meols

Leasowe and Moreton East

Liscard

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

New Brighton

Oxton

Pensby and Thingwall

Prenton

Rock Ferry

Seacombe

Upton

Wallasey

West Kirby and Thurstaston

Changes between 2022 and 2023

Liscard by-election 2022

Notes

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Liz Grey*	1,648	73.4	3.8
	Conservative	Tina McDonnell	276	12.3	3.7
	Green	Jayne Clough	220	9.8	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Parson	102	4.5	0.9
Majority			1,372	61.1	7.5
Registered electors			10,468
Turnout			2,246	21.6	0.4
Rejected ballots			10	0.4	1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	*Pat Cleary*	1,798	59.8	0.1
	Green	Amanda Onwuemene	1,484	–	–
	Labour	Paul Jobson	1,045	34.8	3.3
	Labour	Tony Murphy	743	–	–
	Conservative	Mike Clements	86	2.9	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Campbell	78	2.6	1.4
	Conservative	Colin Young	70	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Smith	26	–	–
Majority			753	25.0	5.5
Registered electors			10,337
Turnout			2,816	27.2	0.6
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	1.0
	Green hold		Swing	2.7
	Green gain from Independent		Swing	–

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Percy	1,866	52.5	8.6
	Green	Edward Lamb	726	20.4	11.8
	Conservative	Graham Davies	608	17.1	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Downie	357	10.0	2.0
Majority			1,140	32.0	6.8
Registered electors			12,122
Turnout			3,557	29.5	0.9
Rejected ballots			19	0.5	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Mary Jordan*	1,967	43.1	8.7
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Laing	1,521	33.3	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Raymond	542	11.9	4.2
	Green	Jim McGinley	532	11.7	1.7
Majority			446	9.8	11.4
Registered electors			11,202
Turnout			4,562	40.9	0.7
Rejected ballots			16	0.3	0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	*Gillian Wood*	1,984	59.6	0.6
	Conservative	Andy Hodson	598	18.0	0.5
	Green	Liz Heydon	414	12.4	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	275	8.3	0.7
	For Britain	Gary Bergin	57	1.7	0.2
Majority			1,386	41.6	1.1
Registered electors			11,336
Turnout			3,328	29.5	1.3
Rejected ballots			14	0.4	1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Christopher Carubia*	2,201	56.6	6.6
	Labour	Nicole Williams	1,032	26.5	6.4
	Conservative	Denise Crossley-Williams	416	10.7	1.7
	Green	Percy Hogg	239	6.1	1.8
Majority			1,169	30.1	13.1
Registered electors			11,033
Turnout			3,888	35.3	0.6
Rejected ballots			9	0.2	0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracy Elzeiny	2,206	42.9	11.4
	Labour	Gail Jenkinson	2,142	41.7	10.5
	Green	Cathy Page	418	8.1	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Redfern	374	7.3	1.3
Majority			64	1.2	21.9
Registered electors			11,462
Turnout			5,140	45.0	0.8
Rejected ballots			22	0.4	0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Connolly	1,999	40.6	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Johnson	1,700	34.6	23.8
	Labour	Ann Ainsworth	897	18.2	4.3
	Green	Barbara Burton	322	6.5	2.9
Majority			299	6.1	27.5
Registered electors			10,838
Turnout			4,918	45.6	0.5
Rejected ballots			22	0.4	0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Tony Cox*	1,981	42.2	10.5
	Labour	David Sindall	1,577	33.6	4.7
	Green	Alix Cockcroft	484	10.3	1.1
	Independent	John Ellis	329	7.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	326	6.9	0.1
Majority			404	8.6	15.1
Registered electors			10,521
Turnout			4,697	44.8	1.1
Rejected ballots			18	0.4	0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angie Davies	2,112	65.1	11.0
	Conservative	Debbie Caplin	805	24.8	14.4
	Green	Hannah Rapley	177	5.5	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chase Newton	150	4.6	2.8
Majority			1,307	40.3	25.4
Registered electors			10,969
Turnout			3,244	29.7	3.0
Rejected ballots			11	0.3	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	12.7

Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Janette Williamson*	2,101	64.8	7.9
	Conservative	Jane Owens	643	19.8	6.4
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	334	10.3	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Doyle	164	5.1	1.5
Majority			1,458	45.0	14.3
Registered electors			11,245
Turnout			3,242	29.0	0.6
Rejected ballots			18	0.6	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	7.2

Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hoey	1,669	53.9	15.7
	Green	Rae Voller	1,218	39.3	30.2
	Conservative	Bobby Cartwright	116	5.4	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Morris	46	1.5	2.1
Majority			451	14.6	37.4
Registered electors			10,227
Turnout			3,099	30	7.9
Rejected ballots			13	0.4	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	18.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vida Wilson	1,812	48.4	7.8
	Labour	James Laing	1,453	38.8	5.2
	Green	Hilary Cullen	313	8.4	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin	167	4.5	2.5
Majority			359	9.6	13.0
Registered electors			10,599
Turnout			3,745	35.5	1.5
Rejected ballots			15	0.4	0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Powell-Wilde	2,317	60.7	7.5
	Conservative	Darren May	757	19.8	9.9
	Green	Cynthia Stonall	518	13.6	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Keenan	225	5.9	0.7
Majority			1,560	40.9	17.4
Registered electors			11,400
Turnout			3,817	33.6	1.4
Rejected ballots			18	0.5	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Allan Brame*	2,513	64.2	7.2
	Labour Co-op	Susan Mahoney	916	23.4	2.5
	Green	Rachel Heydon	234	6.0	1.5
	Conservative	Philip Merry	216	5.5	2.6
	UKIP	Philip Griffiths	38	1.0	New
Majority			1,597	40.8	9.7
Registered electors			10,879
Turnout			3,917	36.1	1.1
Rejected ballots			12	0.3	0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	1,787	40.5	7.9
	Labour	Finlay Gordon	1,755	39.7	3.4
	Green	Allen Burton	491	11.1	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Waterfield	383	8.7	3.1
Majority			32	0.7	11.4
Registered electors			10,505
Turnout			4,416	42.2	2.3
Rejected ballots			22	0.5	0.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Naomi Graham	2,087	52.8	1.7
	Labour	Julienne McGeough	1,520	38.5	3.3
	Conservative	William Harland	250	6.3	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Tyrrell	92	2.3	0.2
Majority			567	14.4	5.0
Registered electors			10,850
Turnout			3,967	36.6	1.0
Rejected ballots			18	0.5	0.3
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Davies	1,579	60.6	4.9
	Independent	Stephen Davies	429	16.5	3.5
	Green	Craig McDonald	292	11.2	1.3
	Conservative	Simon Mendies	208	8.0	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sutton	98	3.8	0.3
Majority			1,150	44.1	8.4
Registered electors			10,230
Turnout			2,606	25.6	1.4
Rejected ballots			9	0.3	1.5
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Bennett	2,137	59.6	4.4
	Conservative	David Fairbairn	818	22.8	5.8
	Green	Lily Clough	437	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Davies	195	5.4	1.4
Majority			1,319	36.8	10.3
Registered electors			12,316
Turnout			3,587	29.3	0.4
Rejected ballots			27	0.7	0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Lesley Rennie*	2,307	45.6	4.2
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	2,198	43.4	2.0
	Green	Moira Gommon	292	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	265	5.2	2.1
Majority			109	2.2	6.2
Registered electors			11,565
Turnout			5,062	43.8	0.6
Rejected ballots			9	0.2	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Jeff Green*	2,034	45.7	11.0
	Labour Co-op	Louise Reecejones	1,297	29.2	2.9
	Green	Yvonne McGinley	554	12.5	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Mullins	472	10.6	5.8
	NIP	Lawrence Monk	89	2.0	New
Majority			737	16.6	13.8
Registered electors			10,234
Turnout			4,446	43.8	1.8
Rejected ballots			35	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Laing	1,304	64.8
	Conservative	Jane Owens	370	18.4	1.4
	Green	Nadia Parsons	172	8.5	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Arrowsmith	167	8.3	3.2
Majority			934	46.4	1.4
Registered electors			10,795
Turnout			2,027	18.8	10.8
Rejected ballots			14	0.7	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

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See also: Wards Boundary changes