1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections); to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	46.6% (3.3%)
	Map of results of 1986 election
Leader of the Council before election; John Hale; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; John Hale (Conservative); No Overall Control

The 1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Conservative	30	4
Labour	26	2
Alliance	10	2

^[3]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1984.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1986

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	24	10	2	0	2	45.5	37.3	44,991	0.7
	Conservative	24	9	0	4	4	36.4	34.6	41,772	8.3
	Alliance	24	5	2	0	2	18.2	24.7	29,813	5.8
	Residents	2	0	0	0		0.0	2.1	2,551	N/A
	Green	8	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	1,554	1.3

^[1]^[2] ^{[n 1]}

Ward results

Bebington

Bebington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Green	2,860	49.0	6.2
	Labour	William Nock	1,826	31.3	0.5
	Alliance	Kevin Turner	1,049	18.0	3.9
	Green	K. McKee	107	1.8	New
Majority			1,034	17.7	6.7
Registered electors			11,329
Turnout				51.6	1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

^[2]

Bidston

Bidston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*John Cocker*	3,198	83.6	0.6
	Conservative	W. Houldin	331	8.7	2.0
	Alliance	K. Hughes	296	7.7	1.5
Majority			2,867	74.9	2.6
Registered electors			10,115
Turnout				37.8	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

^[2]

Birkenhead

Birkenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*W. Craig*	3,139	70.0	3.5
	Alliance	R. Francis	987	22.0	7.7
	Conservative	L. Jones	357	8.0	4.2
Majority			2,152	48.0	11.2
Registered electors			11,300
Turnout				39.7	4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

^[2]

Bromborough

Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*E. Williams*	2,789	52.4	1.6
	Conservative	C. Suffield	1,573	29.6	6.4
	Alliance	F. Mushrow	961	18.1	4.9
Majority			1,216	22.8	8.0
Registered electors			11,615
Turnout				45.8	1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	4.0

^[2]

Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Myrra Lea	3,403	54.1	5.3
	Alliance	Stephen Niblock	1,650	26.2	8.4
	Labour	G. Chalinor	1,234	19.6	3.2
Majority			1,753	27.9	8.8
Registered electors			13,808
Turnout				45.5	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

^[2]^[4]

Claughton

Claughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	*Roy Perkins*	2,102	37.8	5.8
	Labour	J. Pennington	1,678	30.2	0.6
	Conservative	C. Bowditch	1,669	30.0	8.4
	Green	K. Cuthbertson	109	2.0	New
Majority			424	7.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,957
Turnout				50.7	1.3
	Alliance hold		Swing	7.0

^[2]

Eastham

Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	*Phillip Gilchrist*	3,385	55.4	14.9
	Labour	P. Spruce	1,650	27.0	3.0
	Conservative	Mary Jordan	1,075	17.6	11.9
Majority			1,735	28.4	18.0
Registered electors			12,044
Turnout				50.7	2.6
	Alliance hold		Swing	9.0

^[2]^[5]^[6]

Egerton

Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Williams	2,842	54.4	1.6
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	1,171	22.4	7.8
	Alliance	W. Wood	1,082	20.7	6.9
	Green	David Pye	130	2.5	New
Majority			1,671	32.0	6.3
Registered electors			11,481
Turnout				45.5	3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

^[2]

Heswall

Heswall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Price	3,851	63.0	8.6
	Alliance	Robert Wilkins	1,696	27.8	9.0
	Labour	George Davies	563	9.2	0.4
Majority			2,155	35.3	17.6
Registered electors			13,126
Turnout				46.5	3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.8

^[2]^[7]^[8]

Hoylake

Hoylake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*R. Amyes*	2,671	43.9	21.8
	Residents	J. Leonard	1,498	24.6	New
	Alliance	J. Otterson	1,347	22.2	0.3
	Labour	P. Morrin	565	9.3	3.0
Majority			1,173	19.3	24.5
Registered electors			12,549
Turnout				48.5	5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.3

^[2]

Leasowe

Leasowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John George	2,591	62.2	0.5
	Conservative	L. Kennedy	964	23.1	5.3
	Alliance	B. Thomas	610	14.6	5.7
Majority			1,627	39.1	4.9
Registered electors			10,091
Turnout				41.3	6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4

^[2]

Liscard

Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Paterson	2,724	45.9	4.1
	Conservative	S. Morgan	2,267	38.2	3.7
	Alliance	John Uriel	943	15.9	0.4
Majority			457	7.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,962
Turnout				49.6	7.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.9

^[2]

Moreton

Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Marshall-Clarke	2,311	46.0	2.3
	Conservative	W. Leigh	1,773	35.3	8.7
	Alliance	J. Eyres	939	18.7	6.4
Majority			538	10.7	N/A
Registered electors			9,298
Turnout				54.0	5.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.5

^[2]

New Brighton

New Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Jack Redhead*	2,150	40.0	7.0
	Labour	A. Clark	1,978	36.8	3.7
	Alliance	R. Curphey	1,243	23.1	6.0
Majority			172	3.2	10.6
Registered electors			11,818
Turnout				45.4	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

^[2]

Oxton

Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	*Gordon Lindsay*	2,607	48.6	5.0
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	1,394	26.0	7.3
	Labour	T. Kelly	1,248	23.3	1.2
	Green	A. Tebbs	112	2.1	1.1
Majority			1,213	22.6	12.3
Registered electors			11,402
Turnout				47.0	1.9
	Alliance hold		Swing	6.2

^[2]

Prenton

Prenton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Edward Cunniffe ^{[n 2]}	2,681	40.4	19.0
	Alliance	John Thornton ^{[n 3]}	2,655	–	–
	Conservative	M. Baker	2,106	31.7	12.9
	Conservative	R. Stretch	1,934	–	–
	Labour	John Clark ^{[n 4]}	1,739	26.2	7.8
	Labour	L. Blair	1,722	–	–
	Green	C. Pye	109	1.6	New
Majority			575	8.7	N/A
Registered electors			12,580
Turnout				53.9	8.4
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	10.7
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	–

^[2]

Royden

Royden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*W. Lloyd*	2,848	49.0	15.1
	Residents	W. Evans	1,053	18.1	New
	Alliance	Peter Reisdorf	989	17.0	2.9
	Labour	C. Harrison	923	15.9	0.2
Majority			1,795	30.9	13.3
Registered electors			12,648
Turnout				46.0	7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

^[2]^[9]

Seacombe

Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*A. Cowderoy*	3,377	67.9	0.2
	Conservative	F. Hunter	928	18.7	4.7
	Alliance	D. Kelly	667	13.4	4.5
Majority			2,449	49.3	5.0
Registered electors			12,053
Turnout				41.3	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

^[2]

Thurstaston

Thurstaston (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Fletcher ^{[n 2]}	3,008	49.3	18.8
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green ^{[n 3]}	2,970	–	–
	Alliance	Charles Wall	1,235	20.2	6.5
	Alliance	Ray Pullen	1,109	–	–
	Labour	M. Cooper	1,036	17.0	1.2
	Green	David Burton	823	13.5	New
	Labour	P. Connell	813	–	–
Majority			1,773	29.1	20.8
Registered electors			12,663
Turnout				45.9	4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	–

^[2]^[10]

Tranmere

Tranmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Davies	3,239	77.0	3.1
	Conservative	J. Hockaday	466	11.1	3.6
	Alliance	G. Pumford	420	10.0	1.5
	Green	Garnette Bowler	83	2.0	New
Majority			2,773	65.9	6.7
Registered electors			11,003
Turnout				38.2	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

^[2]^[11]

Upton

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Lloyd	3,048	50.3	0.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Watt	1,793	29.6	3.8
	Alliance	Eric Copestake	1,142	18.8	3.1
	Green	Cecil Bowler	81	1.3	New
Majority			1,255	20.7	3.2
Registered electors			12,586
Turnout				48.2	2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

^[2]^[12]

Wallasey

Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*P. Moir*	3,114	50.3	10.9
	Alliance	P. Rimmer	1,782	28.8	7.8
	Labour	G. Kenna	1,293	20.9	3.1
Majority			1,332	21.5	18.8
Registered electors			12,268
Turnout				50.4	4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.4

^[2]

Notes

• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

^ % of total refers to % of wards won.
^ ^a ^b Elected to serve a 4-year term.
^ ^a ^b Elected to serve a 1-year term.
^ Incumbent councillor for Leasowe ward.

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Election Summaries 1986". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 7 and 8)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Councillor Steve Niblock". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 August 2023.
^ "Councillor Mary Jordan". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 August 2023.
^ "Councillor Bob Wilkins". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Councillor George Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 August 2023.
^ "Councillor Peter Reisdorf". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Jeff Green". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 August 2023.
^ "Councillor Bill Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Councillor Geoffrey Watt". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

[4] % of total refers to % of wards won.

[four-10] Elected to serve a 4-year term.

[one-11] Elected to serve a 1-year term.

[12] Incumbent councillor for Leasowe ward.

[results-1] "Local Election Summaries 1986". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[local-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 7 and 8)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[3] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[5] "Councillor Steve Niblock". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[6] "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 August 2023.

[7] "Councillor Mary Jordan". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 August 2023.

[8] "Councillor Bob Wilkins". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[9] "Councillor George Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 August 2023.

[13] "Councillor Peter Reisdorf". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[14] "Councillor Jeff Green". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 6 August 2023.

[15] "Councillor Bill Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[16] "Councillor Geoffrey Watt". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

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