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).
You can use the links below to jump to a particular ward’s election results.
Bebington
Bidston & St James
Birkenhead and Tranmere
Bromborough
Clatterbridge
Claughton
Eastham
Greasby, Frankby and 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
West Kirby & Thurstaston
Election results in the election of 66 councillors to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England, United Kingdom in 2023
Election results in the election of 66 councillors to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England, United Kingdom in 2023
Ward Candidate Name Party Votes Vote %
Bebington Judith Deborah GRIER Green Party 3397 23.8
Bebington Jason Peter WALSH Green Party 3349 23.1
Bebington Ed LAMB Green Party 3159 21.8
Bebington Kaitlyn Louise PETERSON Labour 1261 8.71
Bebington Callum James STUART Labour 1138 7.86
Bebington Robert Paul WARD Labour 1040 7.19
Bebington Nicola OAKLEY Conservative 346 2.39
Bebington Barry Douglas TUNNA Conservative 298 2.06
Bebington Christine TUNNA Conservative 274 1.89
Bebington Anthony Paul MOLYNEUX Liberal Democrats 145 1.00
Bebington Catherine Mary WILLIAMS Freedom Alliance 63 0.435
Bidston and St. James Liz GREY Labour 1435 25.7
Bidston and St. James Brian Martin KENNY Labour 1336 24.0
Bidston and St. James Julie MCMANUS Labour 1283 23.0
Bidston and St. James Jayne Louise Stephanie CLOUGH Green Party 247 4.43
Bidston and St. James Millie Charlotte GORMAN Green Party 231 4.14
Bidston and St. James Tina MCDONNELL Conservative 215 3.86
Bidston and St. James Craig FITZPATRICK Green 210 3.77
Bidston and St. James Wendy Jane CLEMENTS Conservative 202 3.62
Bidston and St. James Jonathan Neil James GOLDSMITH Conservative 201 3.61
Bidston and St. James Mike PARSONS Liberal Democrats 125 2.24
Bidston and St. James Malcolm John DAVIS Freedom Alliance 88 1.56
Birkenhead and Tranmere Pat CLEARY Green Party 1856 22.9
Birkenhead and Tranmere Amanda ONMENWUENE Green Party 1590 19.6
Birkenhead and Tranmere Ewan Morgan TOMENY Green Party 1567 19.3
Birkenhead and Tranmere Helen Louise COLLINSON Labour 1034 12.7
Birkenhead and Tranmere Julienne Mary MCGEOUGH Labour 916 11.3
Birkenhead and Tranmere Piara MIAH Labour 792 9.77
Birkenhead and Tranmere Richard James BAKER Conservative 82 1.01
Birkenhead and Tranmere Catherine Louise EVANS Freedom Alliance 75 0.926
Birkenhead and Tranmere Ada Emily LEWIS Conservative 68 0.839
Birkenhead and Tranmere Edward Peter SMITH Liberal Democrats 62 0.765
Birkenhead and Tranmere Colin James YOUNG Conservative 60 0.741
Bromborough Jo BIRD Green Party 2497 20.4
Bromborough Ruth MOLYNEUX Green Party 2133 17.4
Bromborough Kieran MURPHY Green Party 1994 16.3
Bromborough Brenda Joyce ASHTON Labour 1700 13.9
Bromborough Sue PERCY Labour 1533 12.5
Bromborough Finlay Mason Burgess GORDON Labour 1531 12.5
Bromborough Des DRURY Conservative 313 2.55
Bromborough Gillian Ann BYRNE Conservative 258 2.10
Bromborough Eleanor Jane JOHNSON Conservative 233 1.90
Bromborough Stephanie Elizabeth MCGARRY-GRIBBIN Freedom Alliance 66 0.538
Clatterbridge Mary JORDAN Conservative 2042 15.1
Clatterbridge Cherry POVALL Conservative 2042 15.1
Clatterbridge Helen Janet CAMERON Conservative 1952 14.4
Clatterbridge Jenny HOLLIDAY Labour 1690 12.5
Clatterbridge Joanne SMITH Labour 1576 11.6
Clatterbridge Michael HOLLIDAY Labour 1558 11.5
Clatterbridge Dan GORMAN Green Party 773 5.71
Clatterbridge Jim MCGINLEY Green Party 679 5.02
Clatterbridge John RODGERS Green Party 611 4.52
Clatterbridge Christopher John RAYMOND Liberal Democrats 521 3.85
Clatterbridge Pamela Jane PEACOCK Freedom Alliance 84 0.621
Claughton George James DAVIES Labour 2053 22.2
Claughton Stephen FOULKES Labour 1845 19.9
Claughton Gillian WOOD Labour 1830 19.8
Claughton Susan BRADDOCK Green Party 509 5.50
Claughton Andrew HODSON Conservative 502 5.42
Claughton Charles ASSA Conservative 481 5.20
Claughton Liz HEYDON Green Party 446 4.82
Claughton Sheridan TEAR-EDMONDS Conservative 429 4.63
Claughton David Robert Cynlais EVANS Liberal Democrats 396 4.28
Claughton Perle Winifred SHELDRICKS Green Party 320 3.46
Claughton Roy John WOOD Liberal Democrats 297 3.21
Claughton Gary Lee BERGIN National Housing Party 146 1.58
Eastham Phillip Norman GILCHRIST Liberal Democrats 2421 22.0
Eastham Christopher David CARUBIA Liberal Democrats 2231 20.3
Eastham Helen Mary RAYMOND Liberal Democrats 1807 16.5
Eastham Melinda Zoe Acutt DOWNEY Labour 947 8.62
Eastham Nicole Wanda WILLIAMS Labour 835 7.60
Eastham William SMITH Labour 807 7.34
Eastham Denise CROSSLEY-WILLIAMS Conservative 408 3.71
Eastham Joy HOGG Green Party 369 3.36
Eastham William Ronald HARLAND Conservative 324 2.95
Eastham Philip Graham MERRY Conservative 322 2.93
Eastham Percy HOGG Green Party 252 2.29
Eastham Peter Anthony RAND Green Party 209 1.90
Eastham Sarah of the House of BLACKBURN Freedom Alliance 52 0.473
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Gail JENKINSON Labour 2740 17.4
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Grahame Ernest MCMANUS Labour 2499 15.9
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Mark Stephen SKILLICORN Labour 2219 14.1
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Tracy ELZEINY Conservative 2078 13.2
Greasby, Frankby & Irby David James FAIRBAIRN Conservative 1987 12.6
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Darren Richard MAY Conservative 1923 12.2
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Miriam Natalia COOKE Green Party 601 3.83
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Tom GREEN Green Party 527 3.35
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Alan BRIGHOUSE Liberal Democrats 438 2.78
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Cathy PAGE Green Party 410 2.61
Greasby, Frankby & Irby David BURGESS-JOYCE Independent 193 1.23
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Rosie Ariadne EVANS Freedom Alliance 97 0.617
Heswall Andrew Chapman HODSON Conservative 2351 16.1
Heswall Kathryn Anne HODSON Conservative 2213 15.2
Heswall Graham DAVIES Conservative 2171 14.9
Heswall Elizabeth Louise Anne BRAME Liberal Democrats 2150 14.8
Heswall Philip Christopher WATERFIELD Liberal Democrats 1983 13.6
Heswall David Barrie JONES Liberal Democrats 1766 12.1
Heswall Sophia BALLANTYNE Labour 733 5.03
Heswall Michael James ROYDEN Labour 587 4.03
Heswall Jimmy SERGI Labour 544 3.73
Heswall Donna Mary LYONS-WHEARTY Freedom Alliance 74 0.508
Hoylake and Meols Tony COX Conservative 2197 16.2
Hoylake and Meols Andrew Mark GARDNER Conservative 2168 16.0
Hoylake and Meols Max David BOOTH Conservative 2158 15.9
Hoylake and Meols Sheila MURPHY Labour 1721 12.7
Hoylake and Meols Paul Martin CARNEY Labour 1560 11.5
Hoylake and Meols David Mark SINDALL Labour 1507 11.1
Hoylake and Meols Alix Rowena COCKROFT Green Party 640 4.71
Hoylake and Meols Fintan Ron CLEARY Green Party 562 4.14
Hoylake and Meols Julian Richard PRIEST Green Party 415 3.05
Hoylake and Meols Tom Philip HUGHES Liberal Democrats 291 2.14
Hoylake and Meols Ian Frederick JOHNSON Liberal Democrats 260 1.91
Hoylake and Meols Colin William ROPER Freedom Alliance 106 0.780
Leasowe and Moreton East Angie DAVIES Labour 1959 22.5
Leasowe and Moreton East Louise LUXON-KEWLEY Labour 1881 21.6
Leasowe and Moreton East Paul Charles JOBSON Labour 1688 19.4
Leasowe and Moreton East Karl Gerard GREANEY Independent 642 7.38
Leasowe and Moreton East Tracy BLACKBURN Conservative 530 6.09
Leasowe and Moreton East Neil Henderson CARTWRIGHT Conservative 477 5.48
Leasowe and Moreton East Jonathan Yongjiang WANG Conservative 355 4.08
Leasowe and Moreton East Katie BRISTOW Green Party 334 3.84
Leasowe and Moreton East Michael John DIXON Green Party 261 3.00
Leasowe and Moreton East Holly Janet TURNER Green Party 258 2.96
Leasowe and Moreton East Chase Scott Frederick NEWTON Liberal Democrats 227 2.61
Leasowe and Moreton East Juliette Susan MANLEY Freedom Alliance 93 1.07
Liscard Daisy KENNY Labour 2012 22.8
Liscard Janette WILLIAMSON Labour 1865 21.2
Liscard James Stewart LAING Labour 1826 20.7
Liscard Helen BURNHAM Green Party 541 6.14
Liscard Jane Helen OWENS Conservative 502 5.70
Liscard Stephen DOBSON Conservative 440 4.99
Liscard Lesley Catherine MAY Conservative 413 4.69
Liscard William Paul GORMAN Green Party 369 4.19
Liscard Peter Dino LAGEARD Green Party 324 3.68
Liscard Daniel Simon BRUFFELL Reform UK 220 2.50
Liscard Vicky DOWNIE Liberal Democrats 195 2.21
Liscard Lynsey WELSH Freedom Alliance 107 1.21
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Vida Claire WILSON Conservative 1908 17.0
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Colin Leonard BALDWIN Conservative 1901 16.9
Moreton West and Saughall Massie John Gary BENNETT Conservative 1875 16.7
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Mark Stephen CAWOOD Labour 1508 13.4
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Katherine Louise STUART Labour 1428 12.7
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Maegen Louise STUART Labour 1358 12.1
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Hilary Jane CULLEN Green Party 343 3.06
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Jane Elizabeth TURNER Green Party 294 2.62
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Rick HUGHES Green Party 239 2.13
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Paul WHELLIGAN Reform UK 123 1.10
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Christopher Malcolm TEGGIN Liberal Democrats 105 0.935
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Robert Noel THOMPSON Liberal Democrats 80 0.713
Moreton West and Saughall Massie Niamh Colette MCGARRY-GRIBBIN Freedom Alliance 63 0.561
New Brighton Tony JONES Labour 2261 20.9
New Brighton Sue POWELL-WILDE Labour 2137 19.7
New Brighton Paul John MARTIN Labour 2109 19.5
New Brighton Cynthia STONALL
Green Party 739 6.82
New Brighton Ann Ondra LAVIN Conservative 661 6.10
New Brighton Alexandra Clare BADWI Green Party 653 6.03
New Brighton Andrew Neil BENNETT Green Party 618 5.70
New Brighton Andrew GILFOYLE Conservative 598 5.52
New Brighton Elizabeth Ruth MURPHY Conservative 544 5.02
New Brighton Charlie HOUGHTON Liberal Democrats 338 3.12
New Brighton Dermot BOLGER Freedom Alliance 176 1.62
Oxton Allan John BRAME Liberal Democrats 2689 23.6
Oxton Stuart Edward KELLY Liberal Democrats 2592 22.8
Oxton Mike REDFERN Liberal Democrats 2117 18.6
Oxton Clint AGARD Labour 964 8.47
Oxton Tony COTTIER Labour 942 8.28
Oxton Allan William GOODE Green Party 577 5.07
Oxton Rachel HEYDON Green Party 535 4.70
Oxton Alex WALLIS Green Party 269 2.36
Oxton Jon LOACH Conservative 169 1.49
Oxton Freda PUNNEN Conservative 155 1.36
Oxton Colin VALLANCE-OWEN Conservative 153 1.34
Oxton Philip William Barrington GRIFFITHS Reform UK 113 0.993
Oxton Monika Brigitte SKINNER Freedom Alliance 104 0.913
Pensby and Thingwall Ann Clarissa AINSWORTH Labour 2118 16.3
Pensby and Thingwall Mike SULLIVAN Labour 2050 15.7
Pensby and Thingwall Richie PITT Labour 1883 14.5
Pensby and Thingwall Mike COLLINS Conservative 1768 13.6
Pensby and Thingwall Ivan Ajay CAMPHOR Conservative 1617 12.4
Pensby and Thingwall Leah FRASER Conservative 1582 12.1
Pensby and Thingwall Allen John BURTON Green Party 550
Pensby and Thingwall Marilyn Ruth JONES Green Party 520
Pensby and Thingwall Judith WOLF Liberal Democrats 444
Pensby and Thingwall Mark Richard REEVES Green Party 403
Pensby and Thingwall William Paul PARRY Freedom Alliance 93
Prenton Christopher Brian COOKE Green Party 2419 21.7
Prenton Harry Ross GORMAN Green Party 2297 20.6
Prenton Naomi Jane GRAHAM Green Party 2227 20.0
Prenton John Gerard AINSWORTH Labour 1246 11.2
Prenton Rachel MILLARD Labour 1144 10.3
Prenton Archie WOOD Labour 1012 9.09
Prenton Micheal John CLEMENTS Conservative 215 1.93
Prenton Mark DAVEY-HAYFORD Conservative 172 1.54
Prenton Sibani GHOSH Conservative 161 1.45
Prenton Jonathan Kent RICHARDSON Liberal Democrats 105 0.943
Prenton Lily Joanne EVANS Freedom Alliance 82 0.736
Prenton David Robert TYRRELL Liberal Democrats 57 0.512
Rock Ferry Paula Bernadette BASNETT Labour 1525 23.6
Rock Ferry Tony MURPHY Labour 1428 22.1
Rock Ferry Craig John MCDONALD Green Party 1073 16.6
Rock Ferry Gareth Wynne ROWLANDS Green Party 713 11.0
Rock Ferry Yvonne NOLAN Independent 493 7.61
Rock Ferry Helen Rosalinde O'DONNELL Green Party 469 7.24
Rock Ferry Susan AMYES Conservative 190 2.93
Rock Ferry Frank DOYLE Liberal Democrats 171 2.64
Rock Ferry Paul TAYLOR Conservative 141 2.18
Rock Ferry Margaret Ann KALIL Conservative 140 2.16
Rock Ferry Tony STANLEY Reform UK 131 2.02
Seacombe Tom LAING Labour 1755 19.1
Seacombe Kaitlin STUART Labour 1699 18.5
Seacombe Paul Charles STUART Labour 1622 17.7
Seacombe Rae VOLLER Green Party 1255 13.7
Seacombe Hannah Victoria RAPLEY Green Party 1243 13.5
Seacombe Sarah Kathryn SPOOR Green Party 1107 12.1
Seacombe Bobby CARTWRIGHT Conservative 116 1.26
Seacombe Paul CARDIN Freedom Alliance 107 1.16
Seacombe Adele Margaret LUMB Conservative 106 1.15
Seacombe Evelyn SORRELL Conservative 103 1.12
Seacombe Anthony John MORRIS Liberal Democrats 72 0.783
Upton Stephen BENNETT Labour 2236 22.5
Upton Jean Mary ROBINSON Labour 2140 21.5
Upton Jerry WILLIAMS Labour 1920 19.3
Upton Lily CLOUGH Green Party 660 6.64
Upton Jonathan Peter ANDREW Conservative 649 6.53
Upton Andy BROWN Conservative 600 6.04
Upton Thomas Philip Steven MAXWELL Conservative 549 5.52
Upton Tim WATSON Green Party 458 4.61
Upton Nadia PARSONS Green Party 340 3.42
Upton Alan DAVIES Liberal Democrats 252 2.53
Upton Debbie CAMERON Freedom Alliance 137 1.38
Wallasey Lesley Ann RENNIE Conservative 2391 15.7
Wallasey Ian LEWIS Conservative 2370 15.6
Wallasey Brenda Elizabeth HALL Labour 2294 15.1
Wallasey Graeme William COOPER Labour 2261 14.9
Wallasey Steve Frederick HOEY Conservative 2238 14.7
Wallasey Saul Aiden MURPHY Labour 2191 14.4
Wallasey Moira Joan GOMMON Green Party 333 2.19
Wallasey Jane Elizabeth GORMAN Green Party 301 1.98
Wallasey Ryan Wayne DAVIES Green Party 290 1.91
Wallasey John Richard CODLING Liberal Democrats 245 1.61
Wallasey John Andrew URIEL Liberal Democrats 116 0.763
Wallasey Matthew James CHELL Freedom Alliance 93 0.611
Wallasey Lynda Ellen WILLIAMS Reform UK 89 0.585
West Kirby and Thurstaston Jenny JOHNSON Conservative 1884 14.4
West Kirby and Thurstaston Jeff GREEN Conservative 1859 14.2
West Kirby and Thurstaston Simon Richard MOUNTNEY Conservative 1820 13.9
West Kirby and Thurstaston Paula Marie KENNY Labour 1433 11.0
West Kirby and Thurstaston Mary Angela MCEWAN Labour 1388 10.6
West Kirby and Thurstaston Elizabeth Frances WATKINS Labour 1307 10.0
West Kirby and Thurstaston John Peter CRESSWELL Liberal Democrats 670 5.13
West Kirby and Thurstaston Peter Timothy Clifford REISDORF Liberal Democrats 634 4.86
West Kirby and Thurstaston Barbara Florence BURTON Green Party 498 3.82
West Kirby and Thurstaston Mark John WILDE Green Party 493 3.78
West Kirby and Thurstaston Ross Alexander CAMPBELL Liberal Democrats 469 3.59
West Kirby and Thurstaston Karen Michelle BRENCHLEY Green Party 463 3.55
West Kirby and Thurstaston Pat WHEARTY Freedom Alliance 133 1.02
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