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Local Election - 10 June 2004

State of the Parties (no overall control)
Party Before Stood Elected Change
Labour (Party Votes:88,147) 26  62  26 
Conservative (Party Votes:102,874) 23  66  21  -2 
Liberal Democrat (Party Votes:87,893) 16  66  19 
British National Party (Party Votes:246)      
Green (Party Votes:6,916)   17     
Wirral Independent Network (Party Votes:1,864)      
Independent   -1 
Total Electorate : 244,962 Turnout for all wards : 43.21% (Total ballot papers = 105,860)

Bebington ward (declared at 12:00)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Gary Anthony BOOTH Liberal Democrat (20.6%) 1,225 
Sheila Lesley CLARKE (4) Conservative (36.2%) 2,150 
Jacqueline HALL * Conservative (31.6%) 1,875 
Michael John HARPER Green (10.4%) 617 
Anna Mary McLAUGHLIN Labour (35.3%) 2,097 
Edward Alan RAYNER Liberal Democrat (20.7%) 1,227 
Walter William SMITH * Labour (34.3%) 2,034 
Stuart James Harvey SOUTHERN Liberal Democrat (16.6%) 985 
Leslie Neville THOMAS * (2) Conservative (35.4%) 2,104 
Keith Jeremy WILLIAMS * (3) Labour (35.9%) 2,131 
Electorate: 12,066 Turnout: 49.2%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 53 

Bidston and St. James ward (declared at 01:10)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Audrey CLARE Conservative (13.2%) 382 
John Robert COCKER (4) Labour (61.7%) 1,786 
Paul GILBERT Liberal Democrat (14.8%) 429 
Tamara J. GILBERT Liberal Democrat (14.4%) 418 
Harold Ronald HALL Conservative (12.4%) 358 
John Richard LAING Conservative (12.3%) 356 
Ann Rose Catherine McLACHLAN (2) Labour (53.8%) 1,559 
Harry SMITH * (3) Labour (59.3%) 1,716 
John A. TOMLINSON Liberal Democrat (15.2%) 439 
Electorate: 10,638 Turnout: 27.2%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 1,347 

Birkenhead and Tranmere ward (declared at 01:30)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Deirdre Colette BAKER Wirral Independent Network (13.7%) 382 
Alan BRIGHOUSE Liberal Democrat (13.4%) 376 
David William CHRISTIAN * (2) Labour (45.6%) 1,275 
Phillip Leslie DAVIES * (3) Labour (46.2%) 1,292 
Andrew Colin DOW * Wirral Independent Network (14.6%) 408 
John EDWARDS British National Party (8.8%) 246 
Kenneth JACKSON Conservative (7.8%) 217 
Elizabeth Mary JOHNSON Conservative (6.6%) 186 
Philip Anthony LLOYD Liberal Democrat (14.3%) 401 
John Damian MAHER Wirral Independent Network (11.1%) 311 
Catherine Anne PAGE Green (8.9%) 249 
Tom PARKER Conservative (8.3%) 233 
Jean Victoria STAPLETON * (4) Labour (50.0%) 1,400 
Margaret Doris TEGGIN Liberal Democrat (12.5%) 349 
Electorate: 10,364 Turnout: 27.0%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
Majority 992 

Bromborough ward (declared at 01:49)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Allan Stanley GUY Conservative (10.2%) 460 
Kathryn Anne HODSON Conservative (9.6%) 433 
Ann Margaret JONES Green (5.8%) 260 
Robert Kinghorn MOON * (3) Liberal Democrat (55.9%) 2,517 
Audrey MOORE Labour (22.6%) 1,017 
Stephen Andrew Michael NIBLOCK * (4) Liberal Democrat (58.5%) 2,633 
Andrew George PAGE Labour (23.3%) 1,049 
Kathleen Magdalen PARR Wirral Independent Network (2.5%) 114 
Barbara Ina ROTHWELL Conservative (8.7%) 392 
Alan TAYLOR * (2) Liberal Democrat (51.9%) 2,335 
Joseph WALSH Labour (25.4%) 1,146 
Electorate: 10,833 Turnout: 41.6%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
Majority 1,487 

Clatterbridge ward (declared at 01:15)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Robert Owens BUCKINGHAM Labour (15.1%) 952 
Lesley Marian HUSSENBUX Green (5.4%) 341 
Alan Thomas JENNINGS * (3) Liberal Democrat (44.5%) 2,817 
David Stanley KIRWAN Conservative (32.0%) 2,025 
Alexander Roy MELBOURNE Conservative (29.1%) 1,841 
Isabel Mary MOON * (4) Liberal Democrat (51.3%) 3,243 
Ethel Valerie MORGAN Labour (14.7%) 931 
Christina Claire MUSPRATT Labour (14.1%) 893 
Irena Georgina POVALL Conservative (34.5%) 2,184 
Christopher Malcolm TEGGIN (2) Liberal Democrat (36.3%) 2,298 
Electorate: 11,964 Turnout: 52.9%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
Majority 1,059 

Claughton ward (declared at 01:20)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Anna Maria BLUMENTHAL Liberal Democrat (15.1%) 682 
Christopher Francis CHILDE Green (5.6%) 253 
George DAVIES * (4) Labour (48.3%) 2,187 
Stephen FOULKES * (3) Labour (46.9%) 2,124 
Peter HARTLEY Conservative (24.3%) 1,101 
Joyce Evelyn HOGG Green (6.2%) 282 
Khalid Perwez HUSSENBUX Green (5.7%) 259 
David KINGSLEY-LOTE Conservative (21.0%) 949 
Anthony Paul MOLYNEUX Liberal Democrat (14.6%) 659 
Denise Elizabeth ROBERTS * (2) Labour (44.2%) 2,003 
Alan Charles ROBINSON * Conservative (21.2%) 959 
Roy John WOOD Liberal Democrat (15.3%) 692 
Electorate: 11,203 Turnout: 40.4%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
Majority 1,086 

Eastham ward (declared at 01:15)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Susan Elinor BEBELL Conservative (9.8%) 527 
Anita CLARKE Labour (14.8%) 793 
Brian GIBBS Green (4.6%) 246 
Phillip Norman GILCHRIST * (4) Liberal Democrat (77.4%) 4,160 
Barbara Carnochan GREEN Conservative (12.2%) 655 
Thomas HARNEY * (2) Liberal Democrat (59.9%) 3,217 
George David MITCHELL * (3) Liberal Democrat (62.0%) 3,328 
Brian Joseph STEWART Conservative (10.0%) 538 
Electorate: 11,096 Turnout: 48.4%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 3,367 

Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward (declared at 01:57)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Susan Simpson AMYES Conservative (39.7%) 2,474 
Marcus John DARBY Conservative (38.5%) 2,398 
Gillian GARDINER * (4) Liberal Democrat (46.1%) 2,873 
Barbara Ann MOORES Labour (13.1%) 815 
Maureen Frances OLDHAM Labour (12.1%) 757 
Jean QUINN (2) Liberal Democrat (43.5%) 2,714 
Peter Timothy Clifford REISDORF * (3) Liberal Democrat (44.8%) 2,793 
Jean Rosa WOOD Labour (12.9%) 806 
Kenneth Richard YOUNG Conservative (38.0%) 2,369 
Electorate: 11,712 Turnout: 53.2%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 399 

Heswall ward (declared at 01:43)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Ronald David BOZMAN Liberal Democrat (17.8%) 1,090 
James Edward BROWN Labour (13.4%) 820 
Patrick Noel CLEARY Green (12.4%) 755 
David Arthur EVANS Liberal Democrat (19.7%) 1,202 
Andrew Chapman HODSON * (3) Conservative (59.8%) 3,655 
Peter Samuel Clifford JOHNSON * (4) Conservative (62.9%) 3,844 
Edward Joseph NORTON Liberal Democrat (16.5%) 1,011 
Stephen Leslie ROWLANDS * (2) Conservative (58.8%) 3,591 
Electorate: 11,060 Turnout: 55.3%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
Majority 2,642 

Hoylake and Meols ward (declared at 02:00)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Michael Kannard BENSON Labour (15.0%) 797 
Ian James CANNON Labour (18.0%) 953 
Gerald John ELLIS * (3) Conservative (57.1%) 3,032 
Sally Anne GARDINER Liberal Democrat (16.5%) 878 
John HALE * (4) Conservative (57.3%) 3,043 
Shirley Ann JOHNSON Green (9.9%) 526 
Hilary Jane JONES * (2) Conservative (47.7%) 2,530 
Jane Elizabeth OTTERSON Liberal Democrat (22.0%) 1,168 
Michael Graham REDFERN Liberal Democrat (14.9%) 791 
Stuart Alexander WADE Labour (18.0%) 955 
Electorate: 10,608 Turnout: 50.0%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
Majority 1,875 

Leasowe and Moreton East ward (declared at 00:47)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Ronald Leroy ABBEY * (3) Labour (47.7%) 1,909 
Valerie COAST Liberal Democrat (10.6%) 425 
Iris Olive COATES * (2) Labour (42.3%) 1,695 
Michael Eugene HOLT Conservative (29.0%) 1,163 
Heather MURRAY Conservative (29.6%) 1,184 
Michael William PECK Liberal Democrat (9.9%) 398 
Ernest Donald PROUT * (4) Labour (49.5%) 1,981 
Susanne URIEL Liberal Democrat (12.9%) 516 
Vida Claire WILSON Conservative (30.4%) 1,218 
Electorate: 10,831 Turnout: 37.0%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
Majority 763 

Liscard ward (declared at 02:00)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Leah FRASER * Conservative (39.5%) 1,760 
David HAWKINS * (4) Labour (42.8%) 1,908 
Karen Marie HAYES Conservative (34.0%) 1,516 
Christine Mary JONES (2) Labour (39.8%) 1,776 
Gary LEECH (3) Labour (40.1%) 1,789 
Raymond Thomas PRICE Liberal Democrat (14.6%) 653 
Mabel Dorothy URIEL Liberal Democrat (14.1%) 630 
Hope WARNER Liberal Democrat (13.2%) 590 
Mark Owen WILLIAMS Conservative (32.5%) 1,450 
Electorate: 11,389 Turnout: 39.2%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 148 

Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward (declared at 01:21)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Christopher BLAKELEY * (4) Conservative (55.5%) 2,666 
Eric COPESTAKE Liberal Democrat (15.1%) 723 
James Andrew CRABTREE * Labour (24.3%) 1,168 
Gerald Moody HAINSWORTH Liberal Democrat (12.0%) 576 
Catherine JENNINGS Liberal Democrat (9.7%) 466 
Ronald JOHNSTON Labour (27.9%) 1,340 
Suzanne Deborah MOSELEY * (3) Conservative (52.8%) 2,534 
Simon Richard MOUNTNEY (2) Conservative (46.2%) 2,218 
Colin WINSTANLEY Labour (28.0%) 1,345 
Electorate: 11,002 Turnout: 43.6%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
Majority 1,321 

New Brighton ward (declared at 01:40)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
John CODLING Liberal Democrat (12.7%) 582 
Julia Anne CODLING Liberal Democrat (13.4%) 612 
William (Bill) DUFFEY * (2) Conservative (36.5%) 1,672 
Patrick Joseph HACKETT * (4) Labour (39.5%) 1,807 
Therese Ann IRVING Labour (36.2%) 1,657 
Ian LEWIS * Conservative (35.1%) 1,606 
William Derek NOCK * Labour (28.0%) 1,282 
Anthony PRITCHARD * (3) Conservative (39.3%) 1,800 
Jonathan Kent RICHARDSON Liberal Democrat (14.6%) 670 
Alison Ianthe ROSTRON Green (12.3%) 565 
Electorate: 11,072 Turnout: 41.4%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 150 

Oxton ward (declared at 01:23)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Freda Elizabeth Forsburg ANDERSON * (2) Liberal Democrat (60.8%) 2,924 
David Stephen BARDEN Labour (20.8%) 999 
Garnette Mary BOWLER Green (10.2%) 489 
June Irene COWAN Conservative (13.7%) 661 
Michael John EASTWOOD Labour (20.7%) 997 
Barbara Maryan EVANS Conservative (13.8%) 663 
Stuart Edward KELLY * (3) Liberal Democrat (63.9%) 3,074 
John Sidney MITCHELL Labour (20.5%) 985 
Leonard Colin MOORE Conservative (17.5%) 843 
Patricia Mary WILLIAMS * (4) Liberal Democrat (68.5%) 3,295 
Electorate: 11,269 Turnout: 42.7%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
Majority 2,296 

Pensby and Thingwall ward (declared at 02:05)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Oliver Winstanley ADAM (2) Liberal Democrat (35.0%) 1,894 
Allen John BURTON Green (10.8%) 586 
John Michael CUNNINGHAM Labour (24.2%) 1,311 
Christopher John JACKSON Liberal Democrat (24.5%) 1,329 
David Spencer KEAN Labour (18.9%) 1,022 
Ian James MACKENZIE (4) Conservative (37.6%) 2,037 
Francis McIVER Labour (23.4%) 1,265 
Ian Graham McKELLAR Conservative (33.4%) 1,810 
Jacqueline McKELVIE * (3) Conservative (37.5%) 2,033 
Susan WELSHMAN Liberal Democrat (26.4%) 1,427 
Electorate: 10,813 Turnout: 50.1%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 227 

Prenton ward (declared at 01:45)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Ann ADAMS Wirral Independent Network (6.6%) 324 
Matthew Philip ADAMS Green (3.6%) 176 
Gerard ALLEN Labour (30.0%) 1,476 
Margaret Ann BRIDSON * (4) Liberal Democrat (44.0%) 2,164 
Mark Roger DAVEY-HAYFORD Conservative (18.4%) 905 
Francis Michael DOYLE * (2) Liberal Democrat (37.3%) 1,832 
Marita GRACE Wirral Independent Network (3.4%) 169 
Bozena Bogouslalka Helena HILLYER Conservative (15.9%) 779 
Simon Andrew HOLBROOK * (3) Liberal Democrat (37.8%) 1,855 
Barbara LEE Labour (27.6%) 1,354 
Jonathan David MACKIE Conservative (17.4%) 854 
Denise Ann REALEY * Labour (29.3%) 1,441 
Wallace Edward STURROCK Wirral Independent Network (3.2%) 156 
Electorate: 11,072 Turnout: 44.4%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 688 

Rock Ferry ward (declared at 01:02)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Stephen Charles BLAYLOCK Liberal Democrat (13.8%) 441 
Allan John BRAME Liberal Democrat (13.4%) 428 
William John DAVIES * (4) Labour (55.8%) 1,783 
Tina Rowan FOX Green (13.8%) 442 
Peter J. HEPPINSTALL Liberal Democrat (15.8%) 504 
Robert Neville JOHNSON Conservative (13.5%) 431 
Moira McLAUGHLIN * (2) Labour (45.3%) 1,448 
Christine Mary MEADEN * (3) Labour (51.3%) 1,640 
Brenda Edith RAMPLING Conservative (14.2%) 453 
Joanne Rachel SUFFIELD Conservative (13.9%) 446 
Electorate: 10,490 Turnout: 30.5%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 1,279 

Seacombe ward (declared at 00:44)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Richard John ELLETT Liberal Democrat (20.1%) 629 
Adrian Edward Rowland JONES * (2) Labour (57.9%) 1,813 
Denis Thomas KNOWLES * (3) Labour (59.2%) 1,853 
Jean Isabelle NORTON Liberal Democrat (14.1%) 442 
Terence Stephen PITT Liberal Democrat (14.1%) 440 
John James SALTER * (4) Labour (62.0%) 1,940 
Robert John SHERLOCK Conservative (16.9%) 528 
Christopher John WELLSTEAD Conservative (19.6%) 613 
Kenneth WILSON Conservative (13.5%) 422 
Electorate: 10,617 Turnout: 29.5%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
Majority 1,311 

Upton ward (declared at 01:25)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Christopher Hugh BEAZER Liberal Democrat (18.0%) 903 
George BOWLER Green (7.9%) 396 
Susan Ann BROWN * (4) Labour (42.6%) 2,140 
Alan DAVIES Liberal Democrat (18.8%) 945 
Kathleen FRIEL Conservative (25.1%) 1,261 
John Frederick GEORGE * (2) Labour (36.4%) 1,829 
Geraldine GREINEDER Liberal Democrat (21.6%) 1,086 
Julie Elizabeth KIRWAN Conservative (25.9%) 1,300 
Jonathan SHONE Conservative (23.1%) 1,160 
Patrick Anthony SMITH (3) Labour (41.1%) 2,065 
Electorate: 12,384 Turnout: 40.6%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(4) = Elected for 4 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(3) = Elected for 3 years
Majority 840 

Wallasey ward (declared at 01:09)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
Moya CHRISTEY Labour (24.1%) 1,400 
Moira Winifred GALLAGHER Liberal Democrat (15.2%) 886 
David Joseph HUNT (3) Conservative (53.2%) 3,094 
Elizabeth Anne McARDLE Labour (24.8%) 1,439 
Alexander Nichol NUTTALL Labour (27.1%) 1,576 
Lesley Ann RENNIE * (2) Conservative (51.6%) 2,996 
Kevin Charles TURNER Liberal Democrat (10.7%) 624 
John Andrew URIEL Liberal Democrat (15.1%) 876 
Kate WOOD * (4) Conservative (56.5%) 3,284 
Electorate: 12,039 Turnout: 48.3%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
Majority 1,708 

West Kirby and Thurstaston ward (declared at 01:50)

Candidate Party Votes Cast
John Peter CRESSWELL Liberal Democrat (25.8%) 1,472 
Edna DAVIES Labour (15.5%) 884 
David Michael ELDERTON * (3) Conservative (49.8%) 2,840 
Jeffrey Edwin GREEN * (2) Conservative (49.4%) 2,814 
David HARPER Labour (11.8%) 670 
Sarah Ann QUINN Liberal Democrat (21.8%) 1,245 
Perle Winifred SHELDRICKS Green (8.3%) 474 
Charles Terence Clegg WALL Liberal Democrat (24.3%) 1,387 
Geoffrey Christopher John WATT (4) Conservative (52.6%) 2,999 
Dennis Patrick WOODS Labour (15.3%) 872 
Electorate: 10,440 Turnout: 54.6%
* Retiring Councillor (not necessarily this ward)
(3) = Elected for 3 years
(2) = Elected for 2 years
(4) = Elected for 4 years
Majority 1,527