1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majorityTurnout46.6% (Increase3.3%)^[1]

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab	Blank	SDP–Lib
Leader	George Clark	John Hale	Roy Perkins
Party	Labour	Conservative	Alliance
Leader's seat	Ran in Prenton (lost)	Liscard	Claughton
Last election	8 seats, 38.0%	12 seats, 42.9%	2 seats, 18.9%
Seats before	24	34	8
Seats won	10	9	5
Seats after	26	30	10
Seat change	Increase2	Decrease4	Increase2
Popular vote	44,991	41,772	29,813
Percentage	37.3%	34.6%	24.7%
Swing	Decrease0.7%	Decrease8.3%	Increase5.8%

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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:

Party		Seats	±
Conservative	30	Decrease4
Labour	26	Increase2
Alliance	10	Increase2

^[3]

Overall result compared with 1984.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1986
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	24	10	2	0	Increase2	45.5	37.3	44,991	Decrease0.7
	Conservative	24	9	0	4	Decrease4	36.4	34.6	41,772	Decrease8.3
	Alliance	24	5	2	0	Increase2	18.2	24.7	29,813	Increase5.8
	Residents	2	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	2.1	2,551	N/A
	Green	8	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	1.3	1,554	Increase1.3

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

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	A. Green	2,860	49.0	Decrease6.2
Labour	William Nock	1,826	31.3	Increase0.5
Alliance	Kevin Turner	1,049	18.0	Increase3.9
Green	K. McKee	107	1.8	New
Majority			1,034	17.7	Decrease6.7
Registered electors			11,329
Turnout			51.6	Increase1.3
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease3.4

^[2]

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	John Cocker	3,198	83.6	Increase0.6
Conservative	W. Houldin	331	8.7	Decrease2.0
Alliance	K. Hughes	296	7.7	Increase1.5
Majority			2,867	74.9	Increase2.6
Registered electors			10,115
Turnout			37.8	Increase0.1
Labour hold		Swing	Increase1.3

^[2]

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W. Craig	3,139	70.0	Decrease3.5
Alliance	R. Francis	987	22.0	Increase7.7
Conservative	L. Jones	357	8.0	Decrease4.2
Majority			2,152	48.0	Decrease11.2
Registered electors			11,300
Turnout			39.7	Increase4.1
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease5.6

^[2]

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	E. Williams	2,789	52.4	Increase1.6
Conservative	C. Suffield	1,573	29.6	Decrease6.4
Alliance	F. Mushrow	961	18.1	Increase4.9
Majority			1,216	22.8	Increase8.0
Registered electors			11,615
Turnout			45.8	Decrease1.5
Labour hold		Swing	Increase4.0

^[2]

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Myrra Lea	3,403	54.1	Decrease5.3
Alliance	Stephen Niblock	1,650	26.2	Increase8.4
Labour	G. Chalinor	1,234	19.6	Decrease3.2
Majority			1,753	27.9	Decrease8.8
Registered electors			13,808
Turnout			45.5	Decrease0.2
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease4.4

^{[2] [4]}

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Alliance	Roy Perkins	2,102	37.8	Increase5.8
Labour	J. Pennington	1,678	30.2	Increase0.6
Conservative	C. Bowditch	1,669	30.0	Decrease8.4
Green	K. Cuthbertson	109	2.0	New
Majority			424	7.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,957
Turnout			50.7	Increase1.3
Alliance hold		Swing	Increase7.0

^[2]

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Alliance	Phillip Gilchrist	3,385	55.4	Increase14.9
Labour	P. Spruce	1,650	27.0	Decrease3.0
Conservative	Mary Jordan	1,075	17.6	Decrease11.9
Majority			1,735	28.4	Increase18.0
Registered electors			12,044
Turnout			50.7	Increase2.6
Alliance hold		Swing	Increase9.0

^{[2] [5] [6]}

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	P. Williams	2,842	54.4	Decrease1.6
Conservative	Hilary Jones	1,171	22.4	Decrease7.8
Alliance	W. Wood	1,082	20.7	Increase6.9
Green	David Pye	130	2.5	New
Majority			1,671	32.0	Increase6.3
Registered electors			11,481
Turnout			45.5	Increase3.6
Labour hold		Swing	Increase3.1

^[2]

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	T. Price	3,851	63.0	Decrease8.6
Alliance	Robert Wilkins	1,696	27.8	Increase9.0
Labour	George Davies	563	9.2	Decrease0.4
Majority			2,155	35.3	Decrease17.6
Registered electors			13,126
Turnout			46.5	Increase3.6
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease8.8

^{[2] [7] [8]}

Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	R. Amyes	2,671	43.9	Decrease21.8
Residents	J. Leonard	1,498	24.6	New
Alliance	J. Otterson	1,347	22.2	Increase0.3
Labour	P. Morrin	565	9.3	Decrease3.0
Majority			1,173	19.3	Decrease24.5
Registered electors			12,549
Turnout			48.5	Increase5.5
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease12.3

^[2]

Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	John George	2,591	62.2	Decrease0.5
Conservative	L. Kennedy	964	23.1	Decrease5.3
Alliance	B. Thomas	610	14.6	Increase5.7
Majority			1,627	39.1	Increase4.9
Registered electors			10,091
Turnout			41.3	Increase6.1
Labour hold		Swing	Increase2.4

^[2]

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Gordon Paterson	2,724	45.9	Increase4.1
Conservative	S. Morgan	2,267	38.2	Decrease3.7
Alliance	John Uriel	943	15.9	Decrease0.4
Majority			457	7.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,962
Turnout			49.6	Increase7.1
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	Increase3.9

^[2]

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Stuart Marshall-Clarke	2,311	46.0	Increase2.3
Conservative	W. Leigh	1,773	35.3	Decrease8.7
Alliance	J. Eyres	939	18.7	Increase6.4
Majority			538	10.7	N/A
Registered electors			9,298
Turnout			54.0	Increase5.3
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	Increase5.5

^[2]

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Jack Redhead	2,150	40.0	Decrease7.0
Labour	A. Clark	1,978	36.8	Increase3.7
Alliance	R. Curphey	1,243	23.1	Increase6.0
Majority			172	3.2	Decrease10.6
Registered electors			11,818
Turnout			45.4	Increase1.8
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease5.4

^[2]

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Alliance	Gordon Lindsay	2,607	48.6	Increase5.0
Conservative	Leonard Moore	1,394	26.0	Decrease7.3
Labour	T. Kelly	1,248	23.3	Increase1.2
Green	A. Tebbs	112	2.1	Increase1.1
Majority			1,213	22.6	Increase12.3
Registered electors			11,402
Turnout			47.0	Decrease1.9
Alliance hold		Swing	Increase6.2

^[2]

Prenton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Alliance	Edward Cunniffe [n 2]	2,681	40.4	Increase19.0
Alliance	John Thornton [n 3]	2,655	–	–
Conservative	M. Baker	2,106	31.7	Decrease12.9
Conservative	R. Stretch	1,934	–	–
Labour	John Clark [n 4]	1,739	26.2	Decrease7.8
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	Increase8.4
Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	Increase10.7
Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	–

^[2]

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	W. Lloyd	2,848	49.0	Decrease15.1
Residents	W. Evans	1,053	18.1	New
Alliance	Peter Reisdorf	989	17.0	Decrease2.9
Labour	C. Harrison	923	15.9	Decrease0.2
Majority			1,795	30.9	Decrease13.3
Registered electors			12,648
Turnout			46.0	Increase7.2
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease6.7

^{[2] [9]}

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	A. Cowderoy	3,377	67.9	Increase0.2
Conservative	F. Hunter	928	18.7	Decrease4.7
Alliance	D. Kelly	667	13.4	Increase4.5
Majority			2,449	49.3	Increase5.0
Registered electors			12,053
Turnout			41.3	Increase2.5
Labour hold		Swing	Increase2.5

^[2]

Thurstaston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	David Fletcher [n 2]	3,008	49.3	Decrease18.8
Conservative	Jeffrey Green [n 3]	2,970	–	–
Alliance	Charles Wall	1,235	20.2	Increase6.5
Alliance	Ray Pullen	1,109	–	–
Labour	M. Cooper	1,036	17.0	Decrease1.2
Green	David Burton	823	13.5	New
Labour	P. Connell	813	–	–
Majority			1,773	29.1	Decrease20.8
Registered electors			12,663
Turnout			45.9	Increase4.9
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease10.4
Conservative hold		Swing	–

^{[2] [10]}

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	William Davies	3,239	77.0	Increase3.1
Conservative	J. Hockaday	466	11.1	Decrease3.6
Alliance	G. Pumford	420	10.0	Decrease1.5
Green	Garnette Bowler	83	2.0	New
Majority			2,773	65.9	Increase6.7
Registered electors			11,003
Turnout			38.2	Increase3.2
Labour hold		Swing	Increase3.4

^{[2] [11]}

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Hugh Lloyd	3,048	50.3	Decrease0.6
Conservative	Geoffrey Watt	1,793	29.6	Decrease3.8
Alliance	Eric Copestake	1,142	18.8	Increase3.1
Green	Cecil Bowler	81	1.3	New
Majority			1,255	20.7	Increase3.2
Registered electors			12,586
Turnout			48.2	Increase2.7
Labour hold		Swing	Increase1.6

^{[2] [12]}

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	P. Moir	3,114	50.3	Decrease10.9
Alliance	P. Rimmer	1,782	28.8	Increase7.8
Labour	G. Kenna	1,293	20.9	Increase3.1
Majority			1,332	21.5	Decrease18.8
Registered electors			12,268
Turnout			50.4	Increase4.0
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease9.4

^[2]

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

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