What’s in the nomination papers for the Liberal Democrat and Labour candidates in Oxton and the nomination papers for the Labour and Conservative candidates in Pensby and Thingwall?

What’s in the nomination papers for the Liberal Democrat and Labour candidates in Oxton and the nomination papers for the Labour and Conservative candidates in Pensby and Thingwall?

What’s in the nomination papers for the Liberal Democrat and Labour candidates in Oxton and the nomination papers for the Labour and Conservative candidates in Pensby and Thingwall?

                                            

Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019

Pictured above is Wirral Council’s Returning Officer Eric Robinson. The Returning Officer does have the legal power to determine a nomination paper is invalid (which has the effect of disqualifying a candidate) if either:

(a) the particulars of the candidate or the persons subscribing the paper are not as required by law; or
(b) that the paper is not subscribed as so required.
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Who are the 90 candidates standing in an election to be a councillor at Wirral Council in 2019?

Who are the 90 candidates standing in an election to be a councillor at Wirral Council in 2019?

Who are the 90 candidates standing in an election to be a councillor at Wirral Council in 2019?

                                                       

Holy Cross primary school Bidston polling station Bidston St James 4th May 2017 resized
Holy Cross Primary School (polling station Bidston and St James ward) 4th May 2017

Below is a table of the ninety candidates in the election of a councillor across each of the 22 wards. Those living in each ward and who vote will elect one councillor to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (making twenty-two in total). Those wards electing a councillor in May 2019 are Bebington, Bidston & St James, Birkenhead & Tranmere, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Claughton, Eastham, Greasby, Frankby & Irby, Heswall, Hoylake & Meols, Leasowe & Moreton East, Liscard, Moreton West & Saughall Massie, New Brighton, Oxton, Pensby & Thingwall, Prenton, Rock Ferry, Seacombe, Upton, Wallasey and West Kirby & Thurstaston.
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Election Result (Wirral Council, 2016): Oxton: Lib Dem hold (Stuart Kelly)

Election Result (Wirral Council, 2016): Oxton: Lib Dem hold (Stuart Kelly)

                             








Oxton Ward
 
Name of candidate    Description (if any) Votes  %
KELLY
Stuart Edward
 Liberal Democrat 2,381  54%  Elected
NOWAK
Vicky
 Labour Party 1,568  36%  Not elected
MERRY
Philip Graham
 Conservative Party Candidate  275  6%  Not elected
HEYDON
Liz
 Green Party 183  4%  Not elected

There were 27 rejected ballot papers, the electorate was 11,044 and the turnout was 40%.

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Who are the 103 candidates in the 2016 Wirral Council elections?

Who are the 103 candidates in the 2016 Wirral Council elections?

                                             

Polling card Bidston and St James ward 2016 front
Polling card Bidston and St James ward 2016 front
Polling card Bidston and St James ward 2016 back
Polling card Bidston and St James ward 2016 back

The nomination period for anyone wishing to stand as a candidate in the elections to become a councillor at Wirral Council has been closed for some time. As usual elections in each of the twenty-two wards on Wirral are all being contested (ranging from two candidates in Seacombe ward to seven in Liscard ward).

All wards except Liscard will be electing one councillor, Liscard will elect two councillors.

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Election result (Wirral Council, 2015): Oxton: Labour gain from Lib Dems (Paul Doughty)

Election result (Wirral Council, 2015): Oxton: Labour gain from Lib Dems (Paul Doughty)

Election result (Wirral Council, 2015): Oxton: Labour gain from Lib Dems (Paul Doughty)

                                                   

Candidate Party Votes
Paul Andrew Doughty Labour 3,085
Stuart Kelly Liberal Democrat 2,788
Hilary Margaret Jones Conservative 854
David Charles Martin UK Independence Party (UKIP) 615
Liz Heydon Green Party 424
     

The turnout was 69.4% and the electorate was 11,236. This result was declared at 13:26.

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