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1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

The 1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Overall result compared with 1995.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1996
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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	2,171	47.7	4.9
	Conservative	1,940	42.6	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	363	8.0	0.7
	Green	77	1.7	New
231	5.1	7.4
10,555
	43.1	4.5
	Labour gain from Conservative	3.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,713	88.4	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	224	11.6	6.8
1,489	76.9	8.9
8,211
	23.6	7.8
	Labour hold	4.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,228	88.0	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	303	12.0	5.9
1,925	76.1	6.1
10,211
	24.8	5.9
	Labour hold	3.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,401	65.1	8.1
	Conservative	658	17.9	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	384	10.4	0.2
	Independent	161	4.4	New
	Green	82	2.2	New
1,743	47.3	9.7
10,752
	34.3	2.0
	Labour hold	4.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,478	45.1	7.2
	Labour	2,066	37.6	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	947	17.2	2.1
412	7.5	N/A
13,713
	40.0	1.5
	Conservative hold	6.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,007	51.7	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	1,237	31.8	5.3
	Conservative	560	14.4	2.9
	Green	80	2.1	0.5
770	19.8	7.1
10,359
	37.5	4.3
	Labour hold	3.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,805	65.1	6.3
	Labour	1,059	24.6	5.2
	Conservative	444	10.3	1.1
1,746	40.5	11.4
11,170
	38.6	3.1
	Liberal Democrats hold	5.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,290	75.3	1.5
	Conservative	407	13.4	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	238	7.8	0.9
	Green	107	3.5	1.3
1,883	61.9	2.6
10,554
	28.8	5.9
	Labour hold	1.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,820	60.3	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	1,040	22.2	2.5
	Labour	820	17.5	6.8
1,780	38.0	6.2
13,119
	35.7	2.9
	Conservative hold	3.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,433	55.5	2.1
	Labour	1,218	27.8	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	733	16.7	1.4
1,215	27.7	5.6
12,232
	35.8	2.2
	Conservative hold	2.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,169	77.1	4.8
	Conservative	418	14.8	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	228	8.1	0.1
1,751	62.2	9.6
9,345
	30.1	3.6
	Labour hold	4.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,421	64.6	7.3
	Conservative	883	23.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	444	11.8	16.3
1,538	41.0	2.7
11,087
	33.8	2.9
	Labour gain from Conservative	1.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,148	60.5	2.1
	Conservative	1,177	33.1	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	228	6.4	0.5
971	27.3	3.6
9,583
	37.1	7.8
	Labour gain from Conservative	1.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,132	59.3	3.1
	Conservative	1,038	28.9	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	424	11.8	0.9
1,094	30.4	7.1
11,289
	31.8	4.4
	Labour gain from Conservative	3.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,221	56.3	3.0
	Labour	1,123	28.5	2.3
	Conservative	524	13.3	0.8
	Green	75	1.9	0.2
1,098	27.8	5.3
11,261
	35.0	4.9
	Liberal Democrats hold	2.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,300	47.8	1.6
	Labour	1,595	33.2	2.6
	Conservative	912	19.0	1.0
705	14.7	4.3
11,399
	42.2	1.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	2.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,280	50.1	4.7
	Labour	1,307	28.7	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	966	21.2	1.2
973	21.4	8.2
10,963
	41.5	3.9
	Conservative hold	4.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,564	82.7	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	297	9.6	3.9
	Conservative	240	7.7	0.5
2,267	73.1	2.2
10,963
	28.3	5.6
	Labour hold	1.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,454	51.1	4.9
	Labour	1,849	38.5	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	495	10.3	3.9
605	12.6	6.1
12,228
	39.1	3.0
	Conservative hold	3.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,824	79.9	3.8
	Conservative	174	7.6	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	151	6.6	0.5
	Green	134	5.9	2.0
1,650	72.3	5.2
9,509
	24.0	6.3
	Labour hold	2.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,579	58.3	6.3
	Conservative	1,350	30.5	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	492	11.1	0.2
1,229	27.8	12.8
12,466
	35.5	2.0
	Labour gain from Conservative	6.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,421	50.4	10.6
	Labour	1,837	38.2	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	546	11.4	4.2
584	12.2	N/A
11,690
	41.1	2.4
	Conservative hold	8.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,781	47.3	3.1
	Labour	1,490	39.5	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	443	11.8	0.4
	Green	54	1.4	New
291	7.7	4.5
	32.2	8.9
	Conservative hold	2.2

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

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

Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk.

"BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003.

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