Local Election - 01 May 2003
| State of the Parties (no overall control) | |||||||
| Party | Before | Stood | Held | Gain | Loss | Change | After |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour (Party Votes:21,224) | 31 | 21 | 8 | 5 | -5 | 26 | |
| Conservative (Party Votes:26,120) | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 23 |
| Liberal Democrat (Party Votes:18,668) | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 16 | |
| British National Party (Party Votes:102) | 1 | ||||||
| Green (Party Votes:1,773) | 14 | ||||||
| Labour and Co-operative (Party Votes:501) | 1 | ||||||
| Socialist Alliance Against The War (Party Votes:45) | 1 | ||||||
| U.K. Independence (Party Votes:116) | 1 | ||||||
| Wirral Independent Network (Party Votes:553) | 6 | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total Electorate : 248,043 Turnout for all wards : 27.86% (Total ballot papers = 69,102) | |||||||
Bebington ward (declared at 23:13)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Lynda Ann DAVIES | Wirral Independent Network (1.5%) | 53 |
| Michael John HARPER | Green (2.6%) | 92 |
| John McCORMACK | U.K. Independence (3.3%) | 116 |
| Kevin Charles SHARKEY | Liberal Democrat (13.7%) | 481 |
| Patrick Anthony SMITH * | Labour (38.9%) | 1,364 |
| Leslie Neville THOMAS | Conservative (40.0%) | 1,402 |
| Electorate: 10,797 Turnout: 32.5%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 38 |
Bidston ward (declared at 22:26)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher James CLARE | Conservative (6.4%) | 76 |
| Robert Gordon Lance ELLIS | Wirral Independent Network (12.1%) | 143 |
| Harry SMITH * | Labour (72.5%) | 860 |
| John Andrew TOMLINSON | Liberal Democrat (9.0%) | 107 |
| Electorate: 7,309 Turnout: 16.2%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 717 |
Birkenhead ward (declared at 22:47)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Francis CHILDE | Green (2.4%) | 40 |
| Phillip Leslie DAVIES * | Labour (70.3%) | 1,157 |
| Philip Anthony LLOYD | Liberal Democrat (11.4%) | 188 |
| John Damian MAHER | Wirral Independent Network (6.0%) | 98 |
| David NOBLE | Conservative (7.2%) | 118 |
| Morag Kennedy REID | Socialist Alliance Against The War (2.7%) | 45 |
| Electorate: 9,867 Turnout: 16.7%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 969 |
Bromborough ward (declared at 22:35)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Mary McLAUGHLIN * | Labour (35.1%) | 1,089 |
| Irene Georgina POVALL (known as Cherry) | Conservative (18.3%) | 568 |
| Alan TAYLOR | Liberal Democrat (46.7%) | 1,449 |
| Electorate: 10,961 Turnout: 28.3%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 360 |
Clatterbridge ward (declared at 22:56)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Margaret JONES | Green (2.6%) | 128 |
| Isabel Mary MOON * | Liberal Democrat (53.0%) | 2,655 |
| Andrew George PAGE | Labour (14.3%) | 718 |
| Brian Joseph STEWART | Conservative (30.1%) | 1,505 |
| Electorate: 13,806 Turnout: 36.3%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 1,150 |
Claughton ward (declared at 22:39)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Charles BLAYLOCK | Liberal Democrat (16.3%) | 434 |
| George BOWLER | Green (5.6%) | 149 |
| David Walter MAY | Conservative (25.0%) | 667 |
| Denise Elizabeth ROBERTS * | Labour (53.1%) | 1,414 |
| Electorate: 11,516 Turnout: 23.1%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 747 |
Eastham ward (declared at 22:53)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Marcus John DARBY | Conservative (11.5%) | 390 |
| Brian GIBBS | Green (1.9%) | 63 |
| George David MITCHELL * | Liberal Democrat (71.0%) | 2,407 |
| Audrey MOORE | Labour and Co-operative (14.8%) | 501 |
| Frederick George TOOLEY | Wirral Independent Network (0.9%) | 30 |
| Electorate: 11,140 Turnout: 30.4%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 1,906 |
Egerton ward (declared at 22:57)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Alan BRIGHOUSE | Liberal Democrat (16.4%) | 364 |
| Peter HARTLEY | Conservative (12.4%) | 274 |
| Stanley Stephen LAMB | Wirral Independent Network (9.2%) | 204 |
| Catherine Anne PAGE | Green (5.3%) | 118 |
| Walter William SMITH * | Labour (56.7%) | 1,256 |
| Electorate: 10,763 Turnout: 20.6%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 892 |
Heswall ward (declared at 23:09)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Noel CLEARY | Green (5.6%) | 249 |
| Christopher John JACKSON | Liberal Democrat (11.1%) | 489 |
| Peter Samuel JOHNSON * | Conservative (70.9%) | 3,128 |
| Gary LEECH | Labour (12.4%) | 546 |
| Electorate: 13,474 Turnout: 32.7%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 2,582 |
Hoylake ward (declared at 23:05)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| John Peter CRESSWELL | Liberal Democrat (13.4%) | 563 |
| John HALE * | Conservative (64.2%) | 2,694 |
| Shirley Ann JOHNSON | Green (4.8%) | 202 |
| Alan MILNE | Labour (17.5%) | 734 |
| Electorate: 12,884 Turnout: 32.5%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 1,960 |
Leasowe ward (declared at 22:28)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Ernest Donald PROUT * | Labour (52.4%) | 1,147 |
| Susanne URIEL | Liberal Democrat (10.3%) | 225 |
| Vida Claire WILSON | Conservative (37.4%) | 818 |
| Electorate: 9,872 Turnout: 22.2%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 329 |
Liscard ward (declared at 22:49)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| John Robert COCKER * | Labour (37.7%) | 1,095 |
| Leah FRASER | Conservative (50.3%) | 1,459 |
| Neil Ronald Lindley THOMAS | Liberal Democrat (12.0%) | 348 |
| Electorate: 11,063 Turnout: 26.2%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 364 |
Moreton ward (declared at 22:59)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Eric COPESTAKE | Liberal Democrat (9.5%) | 280 |
| Ronald JOHNSTON | Labour (32.4%) | 949 |
| Suzanne Deborah MOSELEY | Conservative (58.1%) | 1,704 |
| Electorate: 9,988 Turnout: 29.4% | Majority | 755 |
New Brighton ward (declared at 22:54)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Anne CODLING | Liberal Democrat (14.4%) | 459 |
| William Anthony DUFFEY known as Bill | Conservative (43.7%) | 1,393 |
| Therese Anne IRVING * | Labour (42.0%) | 1,339 |
| Electorate: 11,804 Turnout: 27.0%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 54 |
Oxton ward (declared at 23:04)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Garnette Mary BOWLER | Green (4.3%) | 122 |
| John Joseph MCELNAY | Labour (18.5%) | 525 |
| Leonard Colin MOORE | Conservative (16.9%) | 479 |
| Patricia Mary WILLIAMS * | Liberal Democrat (60.2%) | 1,705 |
| Electorate: 11,689 Turnout: 24.2%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 1,180 |
Prenton ward (declared at 22:51)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Gerard ALLAN | Labour (19.2%) | 638 |
| Simon Andrew HOLBROOK * | Liberal Democrat (57.0%) | 1,888 |
| Khalid Perwez HUSSENBUX | Green (2.5%) | 84 |
| Ian Graham McKELLAR | Conservative (21.3%) | 705 |
| Electorate: 11,506 Turnout: 28.8%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 1,183 |
Royden ward (declared at 23:32)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Gillian GARDINER | Liberal Democrat (46.6%) | 2,637 |
| Perle Winifred SHELDRICKS | Green (1.4%) | 82 |
| Geoffrey Christopher WATT * | Conservative (43.4%) | 2,457 |
| Dennis WOODS | Labour (8.5%) | 480 |
| Electorate: 12,954 Turnout: 43.7%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 180 |
Seacombe ward (declared at 22:19)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| John Richard CODLING | Liberal Democrat (19.7%) | 367 |
| Adrian Edward JONES * | Labour (69.1%) | 1,288 |
| Situ Kaur (commonly known as Sita) SANDHU | Conservative (11.2%) | 208 |
| Electorate: 10,724 Turnout: 17.4%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 921 |
Thurstaston ward (declared at 22:58)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Allen John BURTON | Green (5.5%) | 226 |
| Jeffrey Edwin GREEN * | Conservative (56.2%) | 2,292 |
| Christine Mary JONES | Labour (23.5%) | 959 |
| Jean QUINN | Liberal Democrat (14.8%) | 604 |
| Electorate: 12,738 Turnout: 32.0%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 1,333 |
Tranmere ward (declared at 22:21)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Stuart Duncan HARVEY | Green (5.2%) | 80 |
| Christine Mary MEADEN * | Labour (69.8%) | 1,076 |
| Barbara Francis POOLE | Conservative (7.1%) | 110 |
| Stephen Charles SMELTZER | British National Party (6.6%) | 102 |
| Christopher Malcolm TEGGIN | Liberal Democrat (9.7%) | 149 |
| Patricia TYSON | Wirral Independent Network (1.6%) | 25 |
| Electorate: 8,617 Turnout: 17.9%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 927 |
Upton ward (declared at 22:45)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Hugh BEAZER | Liberal Democrat (12.8%) | 408 |
| Peter Joseph CORCORAN * | Labour (47.9%) | 1,531 |
| Kathleen FRIEL | Conservative (35.1%) | 1,122 |
| Percy HOGG | Green (4.3%) | 138 |
| Electorate: 12,284 Turnout: 26.0%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 409 |
Wallasey ward (declared at 23:01)
| Candidate | Party | Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Ian LEWIS * | Conservative (62.7%) | 2,551 |
| Alexander Nicol NUTTALL | Labour (26.0%) | 1,059 |
| John Andrew URIEL | Liberal Democrat (11.3%) | 461 |
| Electorate: 12,287 Turnout: 33.1%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward) |
Majority | 1,492 |
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