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Labour gain one seat (Birkenhead) on the Wirral but Conservatives win majority of seats in 2019 General Election

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Here are the general election results declared early on the 13th December 2019 for the four constituencies on the Wirral in alphabetical order by constituency.

Birkenhead

Mick Whitley was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Birkenhead with 24,990 votes. Frank Field (Birkenhead Social Justice Party) came second with 7,285 votes. Third was Claire Michelle Rowles (Conservative) with 5,540 votes.
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Resident refused ballot paper in Birkenhead (General Election 2019)

polling station 3 Holy Cross Primary School AC Bidston and St James 2019 — **Polling station 3 Holy Cross Primary School AC Bidston and St James 2019**

This is a quick report on what happened when I went to vote at my local polling station (which is Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in polling district AC in Bidston and St James ward (which for the purposes of this general election of a Member of Parliament is in the Birkenhead Constituency)).
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Has Wirral Council entered the Twilight Zone?

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The Twilight Zone (1959) Intro

Cllr David Burgess-Joyce 11th December 2017 — **The Twilight Zone**

Narrator: Wallasey Town Hall, circa 2019. Submitted for councillors’ approval – one Paul Satoor – the latest in a long line of chief executives of Wirral Council. But the 800 pound gorilla in the room is the general election. In just a few days time Mr Satoor now Returning Officer will have to announce the result for Birkenhead, Wallasey, Wirral West and Wirral South.
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Councillor David Burgess-Joyce “apologetic” to Wirral Council’s Standards Panel for “racist” tweet following 7 complaints by members of the public

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Standards Panel (Wirral Council) Cllr David Burgess-Joyce 4th December 2019 Part 1 of 2

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Standards Panel (Wirral Council) Cllr David Burgess-Joyce 4th December 2019 Part 2 of 2

After seven complaints had been made by members of the public (although only one of those seven Mr Paul Cardin was present for the Standards Panel) about a tweet that Cllr David Burgess-Joyce made in July 2019, councillors on Wirral Council’s Standards Panel met on 4th December 2019 to decide whether there had been a breach of the Code of Conduct.
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