Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2019

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2019
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority

 
Cllr Phil Davies.jpg
Cllr Ian Lewis.jpg
Leader Phil Davies Ian Lewis
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 29 March 2012 (2012-03-29)[1] 8 May 2017 (2017-05-08)[2]
Leader's seat Birkenhead
and
Tranmere[n 1]
Wallasey
Last election 12 seats,
45.5%		 8 seats,
35.3%
Current seats 38 21
Seats needed Steady Increase13
 
Cllr Phil Gilchrist.jpg
Cllr Pat Cleary.jpg
Leader Phil Gilchrist Pat Cleary[n 2]
Party Liberal Democrat Green
Leader since 16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)[3] 22 May 2014 (2014-05-22)[4]
Leader's seat
Eastham
 Birkenhead
and
Tranmere
Last election 2 seats,
10.2%		 1 seat,
8.6%
Current seats 5 1
Seats needed Increase29[n 3] Increase33[n 3]
Incumbent Leader of the Council

Phil Davies
Labour

The 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election is due to take place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[5] This will be on the same day as other local elections.


Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
38 21 5 1 1
Lab Con LD G I

Contesting politicial parties

Party Leader Leader since Leader's seat Up for
re-election?		 Last election This election
% of
votes		 Wards Defending Current Composition
Labour Phil Davies 29 March 2012 Birkenhead and Tranmere Green tick 45.5% 12 14
38 / 66
Conservative Ian Lewis 8 May 2017 Wallasey Red X 31.8% 7 7
21 / 66
Liberal Democrat Phil Gilchrist 16 May 2013 Eastham Red X 10.2% 2 1
5 / 66
Green Pat Cleary[n 2] 22 May 2014 Birkenhead and Tranmere Red X 8.6% 1 0
1 / 66
Independent Mike Sullivan[n 4] 28 August 2018[n 5] Pensby and Thingwall Red X 0.1% 0 0
1 / 66

At the last regular election (2018), The Conservatives, Greens and Labour all ran a full slate of candidates with the Liberal Democrats contesting all but one of the seats available with other parties only putting forward a handful of candidates between them.

Retiring councillors

Council Ward Departing Councillor Party
Oxton Paul Doughty [7] Labour

Candidates

Candidates so far declared

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Green

Eastham

Liberal Democrat

Hoylake and Meols

Incumbent councillor of 20 years Gerry Ellis has been deselected by the Conservative Party.[9] Ellis is appealing the process claiming he had been "unlawfully" discriminated against because of his age.

Pensby and Thingwall

Conservative

Prenton

Green
Labour

Leasowe and Moreton East

Conservative

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Conservative

New Brighton

Conservative
  • William Raybould[13]

Wallasey

Notes


  1. ↑ Current seat, may change.
  2. 1 2 As the only Green on the council prior to the election, Pat Cleary is their de facto group leader.
  3. 1 2 Only 22 (or one third) of seats are scheduled for election. Party will be unable to gain majority without several concurrent by-elections or an all out election.
  4. ↑ As the only Independent on the council prior to the election, Mike Sullivan is their de facto group leader.
  5. ↑ Mike Suillvan resigned the Labour whip in August 2018 citing extremist parasites who had infiltrated the party.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Wirral council Labour group leader Steve Foulkes steps down". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Marles, Leigh. "Wirral Council Conservative group has a new leader - Jeff Green ousted after 15-year reign". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Cureton, Stephanie. "New leader for Wirral Liberal Democrats". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Murphy, Liam. "Green party enjoy shock Birkenhead success in Wirral elections". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Elections". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Wirral councillor quits party blaming hard left 'parasites'". Labour Uncut. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Councillor Paul Doughty". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  8. 1 2 Clough, Lily. "Wirral Green Party campaigners Steve Hayes & Chris Cooke…". Twitter. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  9. ↑ Houghton, Tom. "Tory councillor thinks he has been sacked because he is 'too old'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Clements, Wendy. "Fab morning chatting to electors in Thingwall #torycanvass with @Mike4Pensby…". Twitter. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  11. ↑ Gilligan, Andrew. "Ghost of Militant barges through Birkenhead". The Times. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 Lewis, Ian. "Congratulations to @PaulAlanHayes2 @CaplinDebbie and @cllr_s_williams…". Twitter. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Keith Raybould". Wirral Conservatives. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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