2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majorityTurnout35.2% (Decrease8.0%)

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Cllr Steve Foulkes.jpg	Cllr Jeff Green.jpg	Cllr Stuart Kelly2.jpg
Leader	Steve Foulkes	Jeff Green	Stuart Kelly
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat	Claughton	West Kirby and Thurstaston	Oxton
Last election	26 seats, 29.6%	21 seats, 33.5%	19 seats, 30.0%
Seats before	26	21	18
Seats won	8	7	7
Seats after	26	21	19
Seat change	Steady	Steady	Increase1
Popular vote	23,487	31,839	23,066
Percentage	27.5%	37.3%	27.1%
Swing	Decrease2.1%	Increase3.8%	Decrease2.9%

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The 2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
Labour	26	Steady
Conservative	21	Steady
Liberal Democrat	19	Increase1
UKIP	0	Decrease1

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Overall result compared with 2004.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2006
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	22	7	2	2	Steady	31.8	37.3	31,839	Increase3.8
	Labour	22	8	1	1	Steady	36.4	27.5	23,487	Decrease2.1
	Liberal Democrats	22	7	1	0	Increase1	31.8	27.1	23,066	Decrease2.9
	Green	22	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	6.3	5,389	Increase0.4
	UKIP	3	0	0	1	Decrease1	0.0	1.0	879	N/A
	WIN	1	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	0.4	318	Decrease0.4
	BNP	1	0	0	0	Steady	0	0.3	282	Increase0.1

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Results compared directly with the last local election in 2004.

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Walter Smith	1,730	35.4	Increase0.6
Conservative	Leslie Thomas	1,599	32.7	Decrease2.4
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Jackson	898	18.4	Decrease1.6
UKIP	Hilary Jones [n 1]	446	9.1	New
Green	Michael Harper	218	4.5	Decrease5.6
Majority			131	2.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,897
Turnout			41.2	Decrease8.0
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	Increase1.5

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Bidston and St James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Ann McLachlan	1,307	63.7	Decrease4.8
Conservative	Barbara Sinclair	293	14.3	Decrease0.4
Liberal Democrats	Roy Wood	292	14.2	Decrease2.6
Green	George Bowler	161	7.8	New
Majority			1,014	49.4	Decrease2.3
Registered electors			10,097
Turnout			20.5	Decrease6.7
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease1.2

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Birkenhead and Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Brian Kenny	1,119	53.2	Increase5.5
WIN	Andrew Dow	318	15.1	Increase1.2
Liberal Democrats	Alan Brighouse	303	14.4	Increase0.7
Conservative	June Cowin	193	9.2	Increase1.3
Green	Catherine Page	170	8.1	Decrease0.4
Majority			801	38.1	Increase4.3
Registered electors			10,137
Turnout			20.9	Decrease6.1
Labour hold		Swing	Increase2.2

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Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Alan Taylor	1,827	53.3	Decrease3.8
Labour	Audrey Moore	924	27.0	Increase2.2
Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	487	14.2	Increase4.2
Green	Ann Jones	190	5.5	Decrease0.1
Majority			903	26.8	Decrease6.0
Registered electors			10,728
Turnout			32.0	Decrease9.6
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Decrease3.0

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Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin	2,354	45.3	Decrease3.0
Conservative	Irene Povall	1,978	38.0	Increase5.5
Labour	Andrew Page	702	13.5	Decrease0.7
Green	Khalid Hussenbux	168	3.2	Decrease1.9
Majority			376	7.3	Decrease8.5
Registered electors			11,835
Turnout			44.1	Decrease8.8
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Decrease4.3

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Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Denise Roberts	1,590	49.3	Decrease2.0
Conservative	Peter Hartley	879	27.3	Increase1.5
Liberal Democrats	Anna Blumenthal	531	16.5	Increase0.3
Green	Joyce Hogg	223	6.9	Increase0.3
Majority			711	22.0	Decrease3.5
Registered electors			11,425
Turnout			28.3	Decrease12.1
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease1.8

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Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Thomas Harney	2,924	68.4	Decrease2.7
Conservative	Barbara Green	637	14.9	Increase1.4
Labour	Christopher Lawler	559	13.1	Increase1.9
Green	Brian Gibbs	155	3.6	Decrease0.6
Majority			2,287	53.5	Decrease4.1
Registered electors			11,066
Turnout			38.7	Decrease9.7
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Decrease2.0

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Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Jean Quinn	2,690	48.9	Increase2.3
Conservative	Kenneth Young	2,032	36.9	Decrease3.2
Labour	Barbara Moores	591	10.7	Decrease2.5
Green	Anne Rosseinsky	193	3.5	New
Majority			658	12.0	Increase5.5
Registered electors			11,600
Turnout			47.5	Decrease5.7
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Increase2.8

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Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Stephen Rowlands	3,412	69.6	Increase11.5
Liberal Democrats	William Jones	600	12.2	Decrease6.0
Labour	Philip Waterfield	544	11.1	Decrease1.3
Green	Ian Barclay	348	7.1	Decrease4.3
Majority			2,812	57.4	Increase17.5
Registered electors			11,040
Turnout			44.5	Decrease10.8
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase8.8

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Hoylake and Meols

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	David Kirwan	2,509	59.0	Increase5.5
Labour	Stuart Wade	765	18.0	Increase1.2
Liberal Democrats	Sarah Quinn	605	14.2	Decrease6.3
Green	Hara Willow	377	8.9	Decrease0.3
Majority			1,744	41.0	Increase8.0
Registered electors			10,617
Turnout			40.2	Decrease10.3
Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	Increase4.0

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Leasowe and Moreton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Iris Coates	1,426	45.6	Decrease7.7
Conservative	Vida Wilson	1,050	33.6	Increase0.8
Liberal Democrats	Gerald Hainsworth	406	13.0	Decrease0.9
Green	Rosemary Bland	243	7.8	New
Majority			376	12.6	Decrease8.5
Registered electors			10,939
Turnout			28.6	Decrease8.4
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease4.3

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Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Leah Fraser	2,047	49.9	Increase9.2
Labour	Christine Jones	1,396	34.0	Decrease10.2
Liberal Democrats	Susan Uriel	286	7.0	Decrease8.1
Green	Lucinda Richardson	209	5.1	New
UKIP	Philip Griffiths	166	4.0	New
Majority			651	15.9	N/A
Registered electors			11,293
Turnout			36.4	Decrease2.8
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	Increase9.7

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Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Simon Mountney	2,154	57.0	Increase0.7
Labour	Darren Dodd	973	25.7	Decrease2.7
Liberal Democrats	Eric Copestake	401	10.6	Decrease4.7
Green	James Drew	251	6.6	New
Majority			1,181	31.3	Increase3.4
Registered electors			10,922
Turnout			34.7	Decrease8.9
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase1.7

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New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	William Duffy	1,622	41.8	Increase4.6
Labour	Elizabeth McArdle	1,236	31.8	Decrease5.5
Green	Cynthia Stonall	546	14.1	Increase2.4
Liberal Democrats	Matthew Byrne	479	12.3	Decrease1.5
Majority			386	10.0	N/A
Registered electors			11,024
Turnout			35.3	Decrease6.1
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase5.1

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Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Paula Southwood	2,067	55.4	Decrease3.2
Labour	David Barden	646	17.3	Decrease0.5
Conservative	Tina McDonnell	565	15.1	Increase0.1
UKIP	Michael Pepler	267	7.2	New
Green	Garnette Bowler	185	5.0	Decrease3.7
Majority			1,421	38.1	Decrease2.7
Registered electors			11,190
Turnout			33.4	Decrease4.8
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Decrease1.4

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Pensby and Thingwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Michael Redfern	1,843	40.4	Increase7.9
Conservative	Oliver Adam [n 2]	1,710	37.5	Increase2.5
Labour	John Cunningham	754	16.5	Decrease6.0
Green	Allen Burton	256	5.6	Decrease4.5
Majority			133	2.9	N/A
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout			42.6	Decrease7.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	Increase2.7

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Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Francis Doyle	1,558	41.5	Decrease1.4
Labour	Denise Realey	1,215	32.3	Increase3.0
Conservative	Susan Percy	753	20.0	Increase2.1
Green	Mark Mitchell	232	6.2	Increase2.7
Majority			343	9.2	Decrease4.4
Registered electors			11,038
Turnout			34.2	Decrease10.2
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Decrease2.2

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Rock Ferry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Moira McLaughlin	1,405	58.0	Increase2.0
Liberal Democrats	Peter Heppinstall	405	16.7	Increase0.9
Conservative	Joanne Suffield	404	16.7	Increase2.5
Green	Anna Stamp	207	8.6	Decrease5.3
Majority			1,000	41.3	Increase1.1
Registered electors			10,205
Turnout			23.8	Decrease6.7
Labour hold		Swing	Increase0.6

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Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Adrian Jones	1,341	58.2	Decrease2.8
Conservative	Robert Sherlock	413	17.9	Decrease1.4
Liberal Democrats	Terence Pitt	344	14.9	Decrease4.9
Green	Beverley Kells	205	8.9	New
Majority			928	40.3	Decrease0.9
Registered electors			10,452
Turnout			22.2	Decrease7.3
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease0.4

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Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	John George	1,716	39.1	Decrease4.4
Conservative	Julie Kirwan	1,424	32.4	Increase6.0
Liberal Democrats	Robert Earl	991	22.6	Increase0.5
Green	Lesley Hussenbux	262	6.0	Decrease2.0
Majority			292	6.7	Decrease10.4
Registered electors			12,170
Turnout			36.2	Decrease4.4
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease5.2

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Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Lesley Rennie	2,907	59.1	Increase1.9
Labour	James Crabtree	957	19.5	Decrease7.9
Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	546	11.1	Decrease4.3
BNP	John Edwards	282	5.7	New
Green	Perle Sheldricks	228	4.6	New
Majority			1,950	39.6	Increase9.8
Registered electors			11,989
Turnout			41.1	Decrease7.2
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase4.9

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West Kirby and Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Jeffrey Green	2,771	62.4	Increase11.0
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Beazer	716	16.1	Decrease9.2
Labour	James Brown	591	13.3	Decrease1.9
Green	Patrick Cleary	362	8.2	Increase0.1
Majority			2,055	46.3	Increase20.2
Registered electors			10,396
Turnout			42.9	Decrease11.7
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase10.1

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