1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

none 1978 United Kingdom local elections 1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election England Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png parliamentary no 1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1976 1978 05 04 y 1979 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1979 23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election)to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 35.6% (2.2%)https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydZDg2N2t1RF93aWs/view Local Election Summaries 1978 The Elections Centre 25 November 2018 Wirral_Council_Election_Results_Map_1978.png Map of results of 1978 election Leader of the Council Harry Deverill Conservative Leader of the Council after election Harry Deverill Conservative Con Harry Deverill Conservative Party (UK) 17 seats,54.3% Prenton 42 14 45 3 51,523 55.7% 1.4% Lab Bill Wells Labour Party (UK) 5 seats,26.9% Leasowe 18 6 16 3 26,246 28.4% 1.5% Lib Gordon Lindsay Liberal Party (UK) Grange and Oxton 1 seat,18.4% 6 3 5 1 14,231 15.4% 3.0%November 2018 November 2018 The 1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Wirral-1973-2012.pdf Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 3 and 4) The Elections Centre 25 November 2018 This election was held on the same day as other local elections. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartySeats±Conservative 45 3Labour 16 2Liberal 5 1 Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 27 July 2018 Election results Overall election result Overall result compared with 1976. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1978 Conservative Party (UK) 23 14 3 0 3 59.1 55.7 51,523 1.4 Labour Party (UK) 23 6 0 2 2 27.3 28.4 26,246 1.5 Liberal Party (UK) 17 3 1 2 1 13.6 15.4 14,231 3.0 National Front (UK) 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 209 N/A Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 191 0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 59 0.1 n % of total refers to % of wards won. Ward results Birkenhead No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt) Argyle-Clifton-Holt Labour Party (UK) Richard Kimberly 1,240 52.7 5.8 Liberal Party (UK) Anna Blumenthal 527 22.4 16.9 Conservative Party (UK) B. Jones 506 21.5 7.7 National Front (UK) Howard Hawksley 78 3.3 New 713 30.3 22.7 7,259 32.4 1.6 Labour Party (UK) 11.4 No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey) Bebington and Mersey Labour Party (UK) S. Kellett 1,200 48.8 7.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Riley 1,116 45.4 5.5 Liberal Party (UK) M. McDonnell 144 5.9 2.1 84 3.4 N/A 7,556 32.6 2.0 Labour Party (UK) 6.6 No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland) Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland Liberal Party (UK) Roy Perkins 1,366 38.8 4.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Stoppard 1,318 37.4 5.1 Labour Party (UK) Walter Smith 841 23.9 2.6 48 1.4 9.2 8,641 40.8 0.2 Liberal Party (UK) 4.6 https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=119 Councillor Walter Smith Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 25 November 2018 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144009/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=119 dead No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton) Devonshire and Egerton (2) Conservative Party (UK) Myrra Lea n Elected to serve a 4-year term. 1,789 43.3 2.2 Conservative Party (UK) E. Williams n Elected to serve a 2-year term. 1,724 – – Labour Party (UK) J. Macdougall 1,361 32.9 1.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Leeper 1,299 – – Liberal Party (UK) G. Quinn 982 23.8 0.9 Liberal Party (UK) A. Halliday 944 – – 428 10.4 3.5 11,925 34.6 0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) 1.8 Conservative Party (UK) – No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James) Gilbrook and St James Labour Party (UK) J. Flynn 1,927 72.2 13.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Bird 493 18.5 2.4 Liberal Party (UK) D. Murgatroyd 250 9.4 11.1 1,434 53.7 15.9 8,376 31.9 0.6 Labour Party (UK) 8.0 No. 6 (Grange and Oxton) Grange and Oxton Liberal Party (UK) Gordon Lindsay 2,564 47.7 14.7 Conservative Party (UK) R. Hardy 1,980 36.8 11.8 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Davies 833 15.5 2.9 584 10.9 N/A 13,242 40.6 0.7 Liberal Party (UK) 13.3 No. 7 (Prenton) Prenton Conservative Party (UK) M. Baker 2,993 65.2 0.6 Labour Party (UK) F. Naylor 1,597 34.8 7.8 1,396 30.4 7.2 15,422 29.7 3.3 Conservative Party (UK) 3.6 No. 8 (Upton) Upton Conservative Party (UK) S. Hibbert 3,256 59.9 3.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Seaman 2,180 40.1 0.5 1,076 19.8 3.5 21,661 25.1 2.4 Conservative Party (UK) 1.8 Wallasey No. 9 (Leasowe) Leasowe Labour Party (UK) John Clark 2,004 55.4 5.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Smith 1,481 40.9 0.8 Liberal Party (UK) M. Canning 133 3.7 5.1 523 14.5 4.4 11,982 30.2 6.1 Labour Party (UK) 2.2 No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard) Marlowe-Egremont-South-Liscard Conservative Party (UK) S. Morgan 2,404 59.6 4.7 Labour Party (UK) G. Watkins 1,379 34.2 4.8 Liberal Party (UK) S. Pollit 253 6.3 9.4 1,025 25.4 0.1 12,770 31.6 2.9 Conservative Party (UK) 0.1 No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie) Moreton and Saughall Massie Conservative Party (UK) L. Young 1,596 53.3 0.5 Labour Party (UK) Jim Edwards 1,273 42.5 5.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. Jenkins 124 4.1 2.0 323 10.8 6.1 8,168 36.6 5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3.1 No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren) New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren Conservative Party (UK) D. Moir 4,176 63.7 10.6 Liberal Party (UK) N. Thomas 1,856 28.3 9.6 Labour Party (UK) W. Edwards 525 8.0 1.0 2,320 35.4 20.2 14,454 45.4 0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) 10.1 No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street) North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street Conservative Party (UK) Jack Redhead 2,651 75.5 16.8 Labour Party (UK) B. Lloyd 591 16.8 0.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. Barton 270 7.7 17.3 2,060 58.7 25.0 11,546 30.4 3.2 Conservative Party (UK) 12.5 No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville) Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville Labour Party (UK) Phoebe Bentzien 2,187 58.0 0.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Kemble 1,248 33.1 3.1 Liberal Party (UK) P. Mawdsley 143 3.8 1.7 National Front (UK) John Fishwick 131 3.5 New Communist Party of Great Britain R. Harris 59 1.6 New 939 24.9 2.7 11,223 33.6 0.2 Labour Party (UK) 1.4 Bebington No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey) Higher Bebington and Woodhey Conservative Party (UK) Frank Theaker 3,285 71.2 4.7 Labour Party (UK) Audrey Moore 921 20.0 4.1 Liberal Party (UK) Penelope Globy 410 8.9 New 2,364 51.2 0.6 10,181 45.3 4.2 Conservative Party (UK) 0.3 No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough) Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough Labour Party (UK) S. Price 2,082 52.2 4.8 Conservative Party (UK) T. Stacey 1,905 47.8 4.0 177 4.4 0.8 9,828 40.6 2.3 Labour Party (UK) 0.4 No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham) South Bromborough and Eastham Liberal Party (UK) Phillip Gilchrist 3,729 58.1 20.1 Conservative Party (UK) B. Davies 1,749 27.3 8.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Dunning 940 14.6 11.4 1,980 30.8 N/A 13,985 45.9 2.0 Liberal Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 14.4 https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=144 Councillor Phil Gilchrist Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 28 November 2018 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143906/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=144 dead No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton) Lower Bebington and Poulton Conservative Party (UK) J. Zowe 3,630 65.3 5.8 Labour Party (UK) R. Woods 1,015 18.2 0.5 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Harney 918 16.5 6.3 2,615 47.1 5.3 14,163 39.3 6.5 Conservative Party (UK) 2.7 https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=182 Councillor Tom Harney Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 28 November 2018 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144111/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=182 dead Hoylake No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby) Caldy and Frankby Conservative Party (UK) W. Lloyd 3,523 74.5 2.2 Liberal Party (UK) B. Crosby 562 11.9 5.0 Labour Party (UK) John McCabe 454 9.6 1.2 Independent (politician) J. Ellison 191 4.0 New 2,961 62.6 7.2 13,589 34.8 3.4 Conservative Party (UK) 3.6 No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park) Central-Hoose-Meols-Park Conservative Party (UK) William Whitehurst 4,051 86.0 16.2 Labour Party (UK) David Jackson 660 14.0 7.2 3,391 72.0 25.6 12,150 38.8 5.5 Conservative Party (UK) 12.8 Wirral No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield) Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield Conservative Party (UK) P. Wilson 3,859 91.1 5.8 Labour Party (UK) P. Wallace 375 8.9 4.5 3,484 82.2 7.2 11,581 36.6 6.8 Conservative Party (UK) 3.6 No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston) Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston Conservative Party (UK) David Fletcher 2,514 79.2 14.1 Labour Party (UK) H. Ellis-Thomas 661 20.8 2.9 1,853 58.4 11.2 10,048 31.6 6.7 Conservative Party (UK) 5.6 Notes • italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate n References Mellows-Facer Adam 10 May 2006 https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP06-26 Local election 2006 parliament.uk 29 December 2018http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/330.stm 1 May 2003 BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL BBC News 29 December 2018 Wirral 1978 Category:1970s in Merseyside