Prenton (ward)

Prenton
Prenton
Metropolitan Borough ward; for Wirral Council
	Prenton within Wirral
County	Merseyside
Population	14,475 (2016)
Registered electors	10,995 (2018)
Settlements	Prenton
Current ward
Created	1973
First Round; Councillor	Naomi Graham; (Green)
Second Round; Councillor	Chris Cooke; (Green)
Third Round; Councillor	Harry Gorman; (Green)
Number of Councillors	Three
Overlaps
UK Parliament constituency	Birkenhead

CountyMerseyside

Population14,475 (2016)^[1]

Registered electors10,995 (2018)

SettlementsPrenton

Prenton is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Ward in the Birkenhead Parliamentary constituency. Through the first decade of the twenty-first century, the ward was in Liberal Democrat hands, before shifting firmly to Labour in the second. But the 2019 council elections saw a swing to the Green Party that has been presented as characteristic of the Green gains in English council elections that year.^[2]

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Election				Ref.
1973	Pattinson (Conservative)	Harry Deverill (Conservative)	M. Baker (Conservative)	^[3]
1975	Barry Porter (Conservative)
1976
1978
1979	William Taylor (Conservative)
1980
1982
1983
1984		A. Clement (Conservative)
1986	John Thornton (Alliance /Liberal Democrats)		Edward Cunniffe (Alliance /Liberal Democrats)
1987
1988		Ray Pullen (Liberal Democrats)
1990			John Cocker (Labour)
1991	Lesley Rennie (Conservative)^[4]
1992		Howard Morton (Conservative)
1994			John Thornton (Liberal Democrats)
1995	Edward Cunniffe (Liberal Democrats /Independent/Labour)
1996		Ann Bridson (Liberal Democrats)^[5]
1998				^[6]
1998				^[6]
1999	Simon Holbrook (Liberal Democrats)^[7]			^[3]
2000
2002
2003 by-election			Frank Doyle (Liberal Democrats)	^[8]
2003				^[3]
2004				^[9]
2006
2007
2008
2010			Denise Realey (Labour)^[10]
2011	Paul Doughty (Labour)^[11]
2012		Tony Norbury (Labour)^[12]
2014
2015	Angela Davies (Labour)^[13]
2016
2018			Samantha Frost (Labour)
2019	Chris Cooke (Green)^[14]
2021		Harry Gorman (Green)^[15]
2022			Naomi Graham (Green)
2023			Naomi Graham (Green)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	*Christopher Cooke*	2,419	59.5	6.7
	Green	*Harry Gorman*	2,297	—	—
	Green	*Naomi Graham*	2,227	—	—
	Labour	John Ainsworth	1,246	30.6	7.9
	Labour	Rachel Millard	1,144	—	—
	Labour	Archie Wood	1,012	—	—
	Conservative	Michael Clements	215	5.3	1.0
	Conservative	Mark Davey-Hayford	172	—	—
	Conservative	Sibani Ghosh	161	—	—
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Richardson	105	2.6	0.3
	Freedom Alliance	Lily Evans	82	2.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Tyrrell	57	—	—
Majority			1,173	28.8	14.4
Registered electors			10,871
Turnout			3890	35.8	0.8
Rejected ballots			14	0.4	0.1
	Green hold		Swing	7.3
	Green hold		Swing	—
	Green hold		Swing	—

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	%	±%
	Green	Harry Gorman	2,235	54.5	9.1
	Labour	Angie Davies	1,441	35.2	3.2
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	336	8.2	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Johnson	87	2.1	New
Majority			794	19.4	12.2
Registered electors			10,991
Turnout			4,130	37.6	4.4
Rejected ballots			31	0.8	0.1
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Chris Cooke^[19]	2,915	63.6	29.5
	Labour	Angie Davies^[20]	1,467	32.0	17.4
	Conservative	Hilary Jones^[21]	200	4.4	7.7
Majority			1,448	31.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,995
Turnout			4,614	42.0	6.4
Rejected ballots			32	0.7	0.4
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	23.5

Prenton
Metropolitan Borough ward for Wirral Council
Prenton within Wirral
County	Merseyside
Population	14,475 (2016)^[1]
Registered electors	10,995 (2018)
Settlements	Prenton
Current ward
Created	1973
First Round Councillor	Naomi Graham (Green)
Second Round Councillor	Chris Cooke (Green)
Third Round Councillor	Harry Gorman (Green)
Number of Councillors	Three
Overlaps
UK Parliament constituency	Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samantha Frost	1,914	49.4	10.9
	Green	Chris Cooke	1,322	34.1	24.2
	Conservative	Tom Bottom	470	12.1	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Forshaw	172	4.4	6.2
Majority			592	15.3	25.8
Registered electors			10,995
Turnout			3,891	35.4	3.6
Rejected ballots			19	0.5	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	12.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Tony Norbury*	2,028	60.3	1.0
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	647	19.2	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame ^{[n 1]}	355	10.6	4.0
	Green	Christopher Cooke	334	9.9	5.3
Majority			1,381	41.1	0.5
Registered electors			10,680
Turnout			3,401	31.8	36.6
Rejected ballots			37	1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Davies	4,362	59.3	12.3
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	1,307	17.8	2.1
	UKIP	James Shorthall	864	11.7	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame ^{[n 1]}	481	6.5	1.9
	Green	Moira Gommon	342	4.6	2.6
Majority			3,055	41.5	16.3
Registered electors			10,790
Turnout				68.4	34.2
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Denise Realey*	1,731	47.0	6.9
	UKIP	James Bradshaw	802	21.8	13.6
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	578	15.7	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame ^{[n 1]}	310	8.4	15.0
	Green	Moira Gommon	265	7.2	2.0
Majority			929	25.2	5.3
Registered electors			10,820
Turnout				34.2	2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Norbury	2,061	53.9	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Doyle	895	23.4	2.9
	Conservative	Cyrus Ferguson	357	9.3	5.0
	UKIP	James Bradshaw	313	8.2	3.1
	Green	Mark Mitchell	200	5.2	2.1
Majority			1,166	30.5	5.6
Registered electors			10,595
Turnout				36.2	6.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Doughty	2,376	51.2	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Holbrook	1,219	26.3	5.3
	Conservative	Cyrus Ferguson	662	14.3	4.1
	UKIP	James Bradshaw	238	5.1	0.1
	Green	Mark Mitchell	146	3.1	1.0
Majority			1,157	24.9	16.9
Registered electors			10,820
Turnout				43.1	21.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Realey	2,827	39.6	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Doyle	2,258	31.6	16.9
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	1,316	18.4	2.5
	UKIP	Bruce Cain	369	5.2	New
	BNP	Lee Griffiths	219	3.1	New
	Green	Mark Mitchell	150	2.1	2.0
Majority			569	8.0	N/A
Registered electors			11,039
Turnout				64.9	30.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	16.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Ann Bridson*	1,836	48.5	3.8
	Labour	Denise Realey	905	23.9	3.0
	Conservative	John Gilbert	792	20.9	4.4
	Green	Mark Mitchell	154	4.1	0.2
	Liberal	Sean Keatley	96	2.5	New
Majority			931	24.6	0.8
Registered electors			11,017
Turnout				34.5	2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Simon Holbrook*	2,148	52.3	10.8
	Labour	Denise Realey	1,105	26.9	5.4
	Conservative	Andrew Burns	677	16.5	3.5
	Green	Mark Mitchell	177	4.3	1.9
Majority			1,043	25.4	16.2
Registered electors			11,141
Turnout				36.9	2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.1

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 10 June 2004: Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Magaret Bridson ^{[n 2]}	2,164	42.9	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Holbrook ^{[n 3]}	1,855	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Doyle ^{[n 4]}	1,832	–	–
	Labour	Gerard Allen	1,476	29.3	N/A
	Labour	Denise Realey	1,441	–	–
	Labour	Barbara Lee	1,354	–	–
	Conservative	Mark Davey-Hayford	905	17.9	N/A
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	854	–	–
	Conservative	Bozena Hillyer	779	–	–
	WIN	Ann Adams	324	6.4	N/A
	Green	Matthew Adams	176	3.5	N/A
	WIN	Marita Grace	169	–	–
	WIN	Wallace Sturrock	156	–	–
Majority			688	13.6	N/A
Registered electors			11,072
Turnout				44.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

By-election, 6 February 2003: Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Doyle	1,764	63.3	9.9
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	634	22.7	0.9
	Labour	Gerard Allen	389	14.0	10.8
Majority			1,130	40.6	12.0
Registered electors			11,596
Turnout				24.0	10.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.0

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 7 May 1987: Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	*John Thornton*	2,959	42.2	1.8
	Conservative	Brian Cummings	2,577	36.8	5.1
	Labour	W. Gamet	1,356	19.3	6.9
	Green	C. Pye	116	1.7	0.1
Majority			382	5.5	3.2
Registered electors			12,723
Turnout				55.1	1.2
	Alliance hold		Swing	1.7

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 8 May 1986: Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Edward Cunniffe ^{[n 2]}	2,681	40.4	19.0
	Alliance	John Thornton ^{[n 4]}	2,655	–	–
	Conservative	M. Baker	2,106	31.7	12.9
	Conservative	R. Stretch	1,934	–	–
	Labour	John Clark	1,739	26.2	7.8
	Labour	L. Blair	1,722	–	–
	Green	C. Pye	109	1.6	New
Majority			575	8.7	N/A
Registered electors			12,580
Turnout				53.9	8.4
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	10.7
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	–

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Francis Doyle*	1,558	41.5	1.4
	Labour	Denise Realey	1,215	32.3	3.0
	Conservative	Susan Percy	753	20.0	2.1
	Green	Mark Mitchell	232	6.2	2.7
Majority			343	9.2	4.4
Registered electors			11,038
Turnout				34.2	10.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Simon Holbrook*	1,888	57.0	3.6
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	705	21.3	0.5
	Labour	Gerard Allen	638	19.2	5.6
	Green	Khalid Hussenbux	84	2.5	New
Majority			1,183	35.7	7.1
Registered electors			11,506
Turnout				28.8	6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*John Thornton*	2,153	53.4	2.1
	Labour	Gerard Allen	1,001	24.8	6.5
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	879	21.8	2.5
Majority			1,152	28.6	2.6
Registered electors			11,596
Turnout				34.8	5.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Margaret Bridson*	1,924	55.5	1.2
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	843	24.3	4.6
	Labour	June Williams	633	18.3	5.8
	Green	John Wilson	68	2.0
Majority			1,081	31.2	1.0
Registered electors			11,659
Turnout				29.8	3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Holbrook	2,071	54.3	2.5
	Labour	C. Riley	918	24.1	1.1
	Conservative	David Elderton	752	19.7	3.2
	Green	John Wilson	76	2.0	0.5
Majority			1,153	30.2	1.3
Registered electors			11,460
Turnout				33.3	3.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*John Thornton*	2,343	56.8	9.0
	Labour	Ray Pullen	1,042	25.2	8.0
	Conservative	David Elderton	679	16.5	2.5
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	63	1.5	New
Majority			1,301	31.5	16.8
Registered electors			11,320
Turnout				36.5	5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.5

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 Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Cunniffe	2,360	46.2	4.1
	Labour	Keith Williams	1,828	35.8	10.3
	Conservative	A. Adams	919	18.0	6.1
Majority			532	10.4	14.4
Registered electors			11,752
Turnout				43.5	11.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	7.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Thornton	3,239	50.3	9.8
	Labour	John Cocker	1,643	25.5	8.2
	Conservative	D. Morton	1,554	24.1	17.1
Majority			1,596	24.8	N/A
Registered electors			11,707
Turnout				55.0	3.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	12.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Morton	2,577	41.2	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Thornton	2,532	40.5	2.6
	Labour	John Mitchell	1,083	17.3	3.4
	Green	Perle Shedricks	63	1.0	1.1
Majority			45	0.7	0.6
Registered electors			12,083
Turnout				51.8	4.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	0.3

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	2,709	39.2	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Thornton	2,620	37.9	4.9
	Labour	W. Lowe	1,431	20.7	16.8
	Green	David Pye	148	2.1	0.9
Majority			89	1.3	N/A
Registered electors			12,253
Turnout				56.4	2.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cocker	2,685	37.5	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Cunniffe	2,364	33.0	6.9
	Conservative	J. Weatherhead	1,901	26.5	7.7
	Green	David Pye	213	3.0	1.0
Majority			321	4.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,198
Turnout				58.7	9.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Ray Pullen	2,432	39.9	2.3
	Conservative	A. Clement	2,085	34.2	2.6
	Labour	T. Collins	1,452	23.9	4.6
	Green	D. Pye	119	2.0	0.3
Majority			347	5.7	0.2
Registered electors			12,462
Turnout				48.9	6.2
	SLD gain from Conservative		Swing	0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Clement	2,607	44.6	5.4
	Labour	P. Taylor	1,988	34.0	1.6
	Alliance	John Thornton	1,251	21.4	3.8
Majority			619	10.6	7.0
Registered electors			12,854
Turnout				45.5	0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*William Taylor*	2,944	50.0	1.1
	Labour	P. Brady	1,908	32.4	2.0
	Alliance	M. Miller	1,039	17.6	3.1
Majority			1,036	17.6	0.9
Registered electors			12,839
Turnout				45.9
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*M. Baker*	2,850	48.9	10.1
	Labour	Vincent McGee	1,772	30.4	10.6
	Alliance	M. Miller	1,204	20.7	New
Majority			1,078	18.5	0.4
Registered electors			12,701
Turnout				45.9	8.1
	Conservative gain from (new seat)		Swing	0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Harry Deverill*	2,828	59.0	*N/A*
	Labour	H. Ellis-Thomas	1,962	41.0	N/A
Majority			866	18.1	N/A
Registered electors			12,685
Turnout				37.8	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Taylor	6,056	52.3	12.9
	Labour	W. Leslie	5,531	47.7	12.9
Majority			525	4.5	25.9
Registered electors			15,422
Turnout				75.0	45.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*M. Baker*	2,993	65.2	0.6
	Labour	F. Naylor	1,597	34.8	7.8
Majority			1,396	30.4	7.2
Registered electors			15,422
Turnout				29.7	3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.6

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