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Local Election Results 2008

Wirral

Thanks to Roger Andrews for supplying a correction to this page.

Other results for Wirral: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
By-elections for Wirral (may be incomplete): 6th February 2003 (Prenton) — 26th September 2009 (Moreton W. & Saughall Massie) — 17th January 2013 (Heswall; Leasowe & Moreton E.) — 28th February 2013 (Pensby & Thingwall) — 24th October 2013 (Upton) — 4th May 2017 (Claughton) — 23rd August 2018 (Bromborough) — 22nd November 2018 (Upton) — 22nd July 2021 (Liscard) — 25th November 2021 (Oxton) — 14th July 2022 (Liscard) — 4th July 2024 (Liscard)

Map of the resultsExport spreadsheet


Consolidated results — Wirral 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 37925 43.6% 11
Labour 22277 25.6% 5
Liberal Democrat 19624 22.6% 6
Green Party 4267 4.9% 0
UK Independence Party 2127 2.4% 0
British National Party 489 0.6% 0
Independent 147 0.2% 0
Liberal Party 96 0.1% 0

Bebington

Sheila Clarke C 1945 40.9%
Susan Percy Lab 1719 36.2%
Hilary Jones UKIP 479 10.1%
Sheena Turner LD 448 9.4%
Michael Harper Grn 162 3.4%

Bidston and St James

James Crabtree Lab 1129 54.6%
Christine Wilson C 313 15.1%
John Brace LD 266 12.9%
Steve McHale BNP 236 11.4%
George Bowler Grn 125 6.0%

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Jean Stapleton Lab 1278 59.9%
Alan Brighouse LD 315 14.8%
June Cowin C 297 13.9%
Cathy Page Grn 244 11.4%

Bromborough

Steve Niblock LD 1496 42.8%
Irene Williams Lab 817 23.4%
Mark Gibson C 746 21.3%
David Bell BNP 253 7.2%
Percy Hogg Grn 132 3.8%
Timothy Pass UKIP 53 1.5%

Clatterbridge [C gain from LD]

Cherry Povall C 2950 55.2%
Robert Earl LD 1566 29.3%
Valerie Morgan Lab 591 11.0%
Jim McGinley Grn 130 2.4%
Roger Jones UKIP 112 2.1%

Claughton

George Davies Lab 1695 51.1%
Barbara Sinclair C 959 28.9%
Roy Wood LD 482 14.5%
James Brady Grn 179 5.4%

Eastham

Phillip Gilchrist LD 3038 71.3%
Nick Whieldon C 678 15.9%
Christopher Lawler Lab 415 9.7%
Brian Gibbs Grn 132 3.1%

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Gill Gardiner LD 2329 44.6%
Wendy Clements C 2254 43.2%
Barbara Moores Lab 493 9.4%
Perle Sheldricks Grn 145 2.8%

Heswall

Peter Johnson C 3599 73.7%
Bill Jones LD 513 10.5%
Audrey Moore Lab 453 9.3%
Matthew Rosseinsky Grn 219 4.5%
Mike Magee UKIP 101 2.1%

Hoylake and Meols

John Hale C 2762 64.8%
Di Christian Lab 676 15.9%
Colin Hawksworth Grn 468 11.0%
Alexander Clark LD 355 8.3%

Leasowe and Moreton East [C gain from Lab]

Ian Lewis C 2025 51.4%
Don Prout Lab 1373 34.9%
Gerald Hainsworth LD 222 5.6%
Rosemary Bland Grn 171 4.3%
Glenn Fleetwood Ind 147 3.7%

Liscard [C gain from Lab]

James Keeley C 2122 51.1%
David Hawkins Lab 1369 33.0%
Robbie Quinn UKIP 304 7.3%
Daniel Clein LD 195 4.7%
Jacqueline Smith Grn 159 3.8%

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Christopher Blakeley C 2936 71.1%
Darren Dodd Lab 674 16.3%
Eric Copestake LD 237 5.7%
Lynda Williams UKIP 145 3.5%
James Drew Grn 137 3.3%

New Brighton [C gain from Lab]

Sue Taylor C 1994 47.5%
Pat Hackett Lab 1572 37.4%
Rebecca Koncienzcy Grn 358 8.5%
Eric Fenna LD 278 6.6%

Oxton

Pat Williams LD 1910 53.2%
Marcus Bleasdale C 748 20.8%
David Barden Lab 614 17.1%
Catherine Williams UKIP 179 5.0%
Garnette Bowler Grn 139 3.9%

Pensby and Thingwall [LD gain from C]

Robert Wilkins LD 2071 43.7%
John Meyer C 1813 38.2%
John Cunningham Lab 564 11.9%
Mike Pepler UKIP 160 3.4%
Allen Burton Grn 135 2.8%

Prenton

Ann Bridson LD 1836 48.5%
Denise Realey Lab 905 23.9%
John Gilbert C 792 20.9%
Mark Mitchell Grn 154 4.1%
Sean Keatley Lib 96 2.5%

Rock Ferry

Bill Davies Lab 1325 55.2%
Joanne Suffield C 493 20.5%
Peter Heppinstall LD 354 14.8%
Peter Exley Grn 228 9.5%

Seacombe

John Salter Lab 1188 51.0%
Ann Lavin C 508 21.8%
Steve Pitt LD 282 12.1%
Christopher Wellstead UKIP 243 10.4%
Simon Wagner Grn 107 4.6%

Upton [C gain from Lab]

Tom Anderson C 1861 42.1%
Sue Brown Lab 1857 42.0%
Christopher Beazer LD 451 10.2%
Lesley Hussenbux Grn 256 5.8%

Wallasey

Kate Wood C 3083 64.2%
Anne McArdle Lab 954 19.9%
John Codling LD 409 8.5%
Ian Watson UKIP 180 3.7%
Cynthia Stonall Grn 175 3.6%

West Kirby and Thurstaston

Geoffrey Watt C 3047 64.6%
James Brown Lab 616 13.1%
John Cresswell LD 571 12.1%
Patrick Cleary Grn 312 6.6%
Philip Griffiths UKIP 171 3.6%

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