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What were the election results in the elections of 66 councillors to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in May 2023?
What were the election results of the elections of 66 councillors to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in May 2023?
What were the election results of the elections of 66 councillors to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in May 2023?
By John Brace (Editor) First publication date: Monday 8th May 2023, 20:18 (BST). Modified date: Tuesday 9th May 2023 03:31 (BST) | Reason: to add jump tags. Modified date: Tuesday 9th May 2023 03:55 (BST) | Reason: to correct spelling of candidate’s name from Graeme to Grahame
Wirral Tennis and Sports Centre entrance (Bidston, Wirral) where the results of the elections of 66 councillors to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council were declared on 5th May 2023
Below are the election results in May 2023 for the elections of 66 councillors across 22 different wards each electing 3 councillors (Bebington, Bidston & St James, Birkenhead and Tranmere, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Claughton, Eastham, Greasby, Frankby & 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 and West Kirby and Thurstaston). The election results for all 22 wards were declared at Wirral Tennis and Sports Centre (pictured above) on Friday 5th May 2023.
For the sake of completeness, six candidates (4 Labour Party candidates and 2 Green Party candidates) withdrew before the deadline for withdrawal of nominations and are therefore not included in the election results below, but please note that in relation to three of these candidates:-
(i) Yvonne Nolan (who withdrew as a Labour candidate in Rock Ferry) stood as an independent candidate (also in Rock Ferry),
(ii) Paula Basnett withdrew as a Labour candidate in Pensby & Thingwall and stood as a Labour candidate in Rock Ferry and
(iii) Barbara Burton withdrew as a Green Party candidate in Heswall and stood as a Green Party candidate in West Kirby & Thurstaston.
The six candidates that withdrew were:-
Heswall
Barbara Florence Burton (Green Party)
Paul May (Green Party)
Pensby and Thingwall
Paula Bernadette Basnett (Labour Party)
Rock Ferry
Yvonne Carol Nolan (Labour Party)
Clare Julia Hagan (Labour Party)
West Kirby & Thurstaston
Richie Pitt (Labour Party)
Before the 2023 elections, the makeup of Wirral Council was in no overall control as follows as no one political party has the required 34 councillor majority:-
Labour (23 councillors)
Conservative (22 councillors)
Green Party (9 councillors)
Liberal Democrat (6 councillors)
Independent (5 councillors)
Vacancy (1 councillor)
After the 2023 elections, the makeup of Wirral Council was in no overall control as follows as on one political party has the required 34 councillor majority:-
Labour (30 councillors, +7)
Conservative (17 councillors, -5)
Green (13 councillors, +4)
Liberal Democrat (6 councillors, no change)
Detailed election results by ward (alphabetically starting with Bebington and ending in West Kirby and Thurstaston), then by candidate (in descending order of votes) follows below. Percentage of votes are rounded to 3 significant figures. Those whose names and party are in bold text were elected for a 4 year term of office (the first three ranked candidates in each ward).
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4 thoughts on “What were the election results in the elections of 66 councillors to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in May 2023?”
Seems people like living in a ******** so revote the same people back in power!
Well doing a quick analysis out of the 66 councillors elected, 43 of those elected (65.1%) are existing Wirral Council councillors, out of the remaining 23, at least one is a former Wirral Council councillor having left I think in 2020 and another one is the husband of an existing councillor.
So you’re right that roughly two-thirds of the councillors elected are just existing councillors being reelected.
Looking at my ward, Hoylake & Meols, there’s about 52/48 percentage vote share with the winning Conservative candidates taking the lower share of the vote.
I wonder if we’d had a PR system in place with say, the Single Transferable Vote version, more people would have turned out to vote knowing their vote would actually count rather than feeling pushed towards the usual tactical voting procedure.
Thanks for your comment.
Well in Hoylake and Meols, the combined total of the three winning Conservative candidates (16.2+16.0+15.9) = 48.1%.
Generally under First Past the Post in Wirral Council elections, 43% (or higher) is enough to win as the remaining share of the vote is split between different candidates.
There are some situations where the Single Transferable Vote method of counting and First Past the Post produce the same result, but my personal opinion if the choice is betweed STV and FPTP, that I’d prefer STV as the outcome better reflects voter’s choices when they vote (as opposed to First Past the Post where it just reflects the choice of those who voted for the winning candidate (or candidates).
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Seems people like living in a ******** so revote the same people back in power!
Well doing a quick analysis out of the 66 councillors elected, 43 of those elected (65.1%) are existing Wirral Council councillors, out of the remaining 23, at least one is a former Wirral Council councillor having left I think in 2020 and another one is the husband of an existing councillor.
So you’re right that roughly two-thirds of the councillors elected are just existing councillors being reelected.
Looking at my ward, Hoylake & Meols, there’s about 52/48 percentage vote share with the winning Conservative candidates taking the lower share of the vote.
I wonder if we’d had a PR system in place with say, the Single Transferable Vote version, more people would have turned out to vote knowing their vote would actually count rather than feeling pushed towards the usual tactical voting procedure.
Thanks for your comment.
Well in Hoylake and Meols, the combined total of the three winning Conservative candidates (16.2+16.0+15.9) = 48.1%.
Generally under First Past the Post in Wirral Council elections, 43% (or higher) is enough to win as the remaining share of the vote is split between different candidates.
Scotland and Northern Ireland already use the Single Transferable Vote system for local council elections and in Wales there was a consultation that closed in the last week on proposals to switching to using Single Transferable Vote for local council elections in Wales.
There are some situations where the Single Transferable Vote method of counting and First Past the Post produce the same result, but my personal opinion if the choice is betweed STV and FPTP, that I’d prefer STV as the outcome better reflects voter’s choices when they vote (as opposed to First Past the Post where it just reflects the choice of those who voted for the winning candidate (or candidates).