2003 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 2002 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) 2004 →
21 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	27.9% (3.9%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Steve Foulkes Jeff Green Stuart Kelly Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Claughton Thurstaston Oxton Last election 11 seats, 36.4% 6 seats, 35.3% 5 seats, 26.2% Seats before 31 20 14 Seats won 8 8 6 Seats after 26 23 16 Seat change 5 3 2 Popular vote 21,725 26,220 18,668 Percentage 31.4% 37.9% 27.0% Swing 5.0% 2.6% 0.8%
Map of results of 2003 election
Leader of the Council before election Steve Foulkes (Labour) No Overall Control Leader of the Council after election Steve Foulkes (Labour) No Overall Control

The 2003 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 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	5
	Conservative	23	3
	Liberal Democrat	16	2
	WIN	1

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Overall result compared with 2002.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2003
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	22	8	4	1	3	36.4	37.9	26,220	2.6
	Labour	22	8	0	5	5	36.4	31.4	21,725	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	22	6	2	0	2	27.3	27.0	18,668	0.8
	Green	14	0	0	0		0.0	2.6	1,773	0.8
	WIN	6	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	553	New
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	116	New
	BNP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	102	New
	Socialist Alliance	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	45	New

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Results compared directly with the last local election in 2002.

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Thomas	1,402	40.0	3.3
	Labour	Patrick Smith	1,364	38.9	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Sharkey	481	13.7	1.5
	UKIP	John McCormack	116	3.3	New
	Green	Michael Harper	92	2.6	1.7
	WIN	Lynda Davies	53	1.5	New
Majority			38	1.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,797
Turnout				32.5	4.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.6

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Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Smith	860	72.5	1.2
	WIN	Robert Ellis	143	12.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	107	9.0	1.8
	Conservative	Christopher Clare	76	6.4	0.7
Majority			717	60.4	1.4
Registered electors			7,309
Turnout				16.2	5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

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Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Davies	1,157	70.3	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Lloyd	188	11.4	1.3
	Conservative	David Noble	118	7.2	0.4
	WIN	John Maher	98	6.0	New
	Socialist Alliance Against The War	Morag Reid	45	2.7	New
	Green	Christopher Childe	40	2.4	New
Majority			969	58.9	8.8
Registered electors			9,867
Turnout				16.7	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	4.4

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Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Taylor	1,449	46.7	9.4
	Labour	Anna McLaughlin	1,089	35.1	2.7
	Conservative	Cherry Povall	568	18.3	8.7
Majority			360	11.6	12.1
Registered electors			10,961
Turnout				28.3	4.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	6.1

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Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Moon	2,655	53.0	2.0
	Conservative	Brian Stewart	1,505	30.1	0.2
	Labour	Andrew Page	718	14.3	3.0
	Green	Ann Jones	128	2.6	0.8
Majority			1,150	22.9	1.8
Registered electors			13,806
Turnout				36.3	6.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.9

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Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Roberts	1,414	53.1	3.1
	Conservative	David May	667	25.0	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blaylock	434	16.3	1.5
	Green	George Bowler	149	5.6	1.8
Majority			747	28.1	5.8
Registered electors			11,516
Turnout				23.1	4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

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Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Mitchell	2,407	71.0	1.3
	Labour	Audrey Moore	501	14.8	3.5
	Conservative	Marcus Darby	390	11.5	1.9
	Green	Brian Gibbs	63	1.9	0.5
	WIN	Frederick Tooley	30	0.9	New
Majority			1,906	56.2	4.8
Registered electors			11,140
Turnout				30.4	4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.4

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Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	1,256	56.7	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Brighouse	364	16.4	3.9
	Conservative	Peter Hartley	274	12.4	4.1
	WIN	Stanley Lamb	204	9.2	New
	Green	Catherine Page	118	5.3	0.3
Majority			892	40.3	8.7
Registered electors			10,763
Turnout				20.6	2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	4.4

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Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	3,128	70.9	6.6
	Labour	Gary Leech	546	12.4	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Jackson	489	11.1	3.9
	Green	Patrick Cleary	249	5.6	0.9
Majority			2,582	58.5	10.2
Registered electors			13,474
Turnout				32.7	2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1

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Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale	2,694	64.2	1.4
	Labour	Alan Milne	734	17.5	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wilkins	563	13.4	0.3
	Green	Shirley Johnson	202	4.8	New
Majority			1,960	46.7	2.3
Registered electors			12,884
Turnout				32.5	4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

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Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Prout	1,147	52.4	5.7
	Conservative	Vida Wilson	818	37.4	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Susanne Uriel	225	10.3	1.1
Majority			329	15.0	10.4
Registered electors			9,872
Turnout				22.2	3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	5.2

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Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	1,459	50.3	9.0
	Labour	John Cocker	1,095	37.7	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Thomas	348	12.0	1.9
Majority			364	12.6	N/A
Registered electors			11,063
Turnout				26.2	2.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	9.9

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Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne Moseley	1,704	58.1	10.4
	Labour	Ronald Johnston	949	32.4	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Copestake	280	9.5	0.2
Majority			755	25.7	21.1
Registered electors			9,988
Turnout				29.4	4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.6

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New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Duffey	1,393	43.7	2.7
	Labour	Therese Irving	1,339	42.0	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Codling	459	14.4	2.5
Majority			54	1.7	New
Registered electors			11,804
Turnout				27.0	3.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.9

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Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Williams	1,705	60.2	5.5
	Labour	John McElnay	525	18.5	5.2
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	479	16.9	0.9
	Green	Garnette Bowler	122	4.3	0.6
Majority			1,180	41.7	10.7
Registered electors			11,689
Turnout				24.2	4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.4

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Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Holbrook	1,888	57.0	3.6
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	705	21.3	0.5
	Labour	Gerard Allen	638	19.2	5.6
	Green	Khalid Hussenbux	84	2.5	New
Majority			1,183	35.7	7.1
Registered electors			11,506
Turnout				28.8	6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.6

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Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Gardiner	2,637	46.6	4.8
	Conservative	Geoffrey Watt	2,457	43.4	0.6
	Labour	Dennis Woods	480	8.5	5.1
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	82	1.4	0.4
Majority			180	3.2	N/A
Registered electors			12,954
Turnout				43.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	2.1

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Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Jones	1,288	69.1	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	367	19.7	3.6
	Conservative	Sita Sandhu	208	11.2	0.5
Majority			921	49.4	6.6
Registered electors			10,724
Turnout				17.4	5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

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Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green	2,292	56.2	0.6
	Labour	Christine Jones	959	23.5	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Quinn	604	14.8	2.4
	Green	Allen Burton	226	5.5	1.3
Majority			1,333	32.7	4.9
Registered electors			12,738
Turnout				32.0	4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.5

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Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Meaden	1,076	69.8	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin	149	9.7	0.4
	Conservative	Barbara Poole	110	7.1	1.9
	BNP	Stephen Smeltzer	102	6.6	New
	Green	Stuart Harvey	80	5.2	1.1
	WIN	Patricia Tyson	25	1.6	New
Majority			927	60.1	4.5
Registered electors			8,617
Turnout				17.9	1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

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Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Corcoran	1,531	46.4	4.7
	Conservative	Kathleen Friel	1,222	37.0	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Beazer	408	12.4	1.3
	Green	Percy Hogg	138	4.2	New
Majority			309	9.4	3.9
Registered electors			12,284
Turnout				26.0	6.4
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

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Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lewis	2,551	62.7	1.0
	Labour	Alexander Nuttall	1,059	26.0	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	461	11.3	0.1
Majority			1,492	36.7	2.0
Registered electors			12,287
Turnout				33.1	4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

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