1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

none 1976 United Kingdom local elections 1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election England Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png parliamentary no 1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1975 1976 05 06 y 1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1978 23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election)to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 37.8% (1.1%)https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydZzlQOWxTRW9TNFE/view Local Election Summaries 1976 The Elections Centre 24 November 2018 Wirral_Council_Election_Results_Map_1975.png Map of results of 1976 election Leader of the Council Malcolm Thornton Conservative Leader of the Council after election Malcolm Thornton Conservative Con Malcolm Thornton Conservative Party (UK) 16 seats,54.7% North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street 37 17 42 5 53,029 54.3% 0.4% Lab Bill Wells Labour Party (UK) 5 seats,25.0% Leasowe 21 5 18 3 26,276 26.9% 1.9% Cllr Gruff Evans.jpg 120 120 160 center Blank Gruff Evans Liberal Party (UK) Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland 1 seat,19.7% 8 1 6 2 17,928 18.4% 1.3%April 2018 April 2018 The 1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council members 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. 2 and 3) The Elections Centre 24 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 42 5Labour 18 3Liberal 6 2 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 1975. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1976 Conservative Party (UK) 23 17 5 0 5 72.7 54.3 53,029 0.4 Labour Party (UK) 23 5 0 3 3 22.7 26.9 26,276 1.9 Liberal Party (UK) 21 1 0 2 2 4.5 18.4 17,928 1.3 Communist Party of Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 187 Independent Conservative 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 98 N/A National Party (UK, 1976) 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 89 N/A Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 0.1 n % of total refers to % of wards won. Ward results Birkenhead No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt) Argyle-Clifton-Holt Labour Party (UK) William Lungley 1,354 46.9 2.3 Liberal Party (UK) Roy Perkins 1,135 39.3 0.5 Conservative Party (UK) F. Morton 397 13.8 2.9 219 7.6 1.8 8,498 34.0 5.4 Labour Party (UK) 0.9 No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey) Bebington and Mersey Conservative Party (UK) H. Welsh 1,224 50.9 6.1 Labour Party (UK) K. Muir 987 41.1 3.0 Liberal Party (UK) J. Hughes 193 8.0 9.1 237 9.8 3.1 7,846 30.6 0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 1.6 No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland) Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland Liberal Party (UK) John Evans 1,605 42.9 0.4 Conservative Party (UK) R. Stretch 1,209 32.3 1.4 Labour Party (UK) Walter Smith 798 21.3 4.5 National Party (UK, 1976) R. Williams 89 2.4 New Communist Party of Great Britain J. Gowling 44 1.2 New 396 10.6 1.8 9,235 40.6 2.2 Liberal Party (UK) 0.9 https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=119 Councillor Walter Smith Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 24 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 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lee 1,902 45.5 7.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Macdougal 1,322 31.6 7.1 Liberal Party (UK) E. Hughes 958 22.9 14.4 580 13.9 13.0 12,209 34.3 0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) 6.5 No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James) Gilbrook and St James Labour Party (UK) A. Jones 1,579 58.7 1.6 Conservative Party (UK) H. Kirkby 562 20.9 0.2 Liberal Party (UK) Roy Wood 551 20.5 1.7 1,017 37.8 2.9 8,611 31.3 3.6 Labour Party (UK) 1.5 No. 6 (Grange and Oxton) Grange and Oxton Conservative Party (UK) M. Hesketh 2,490 48.6 1.5 Liberal Party (UK) A. Halliday 1,689 33.0 0.2 Labour Party (UK) A. Woods 944 18.4 1.7 801 15.6 1.3 12,849 39.9 3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) 0.6 No. 7 (Prenton) Prenton Conservative Party (UK) Harry Deverill 3,304 64.6 9.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Pennington 1,382 27.0 0.1 Liberal Party (UK) J. Edwards 427 8.4 9.4 1,922 37.6 9.2 15,492 33.0 2.8 Conservative Party (UK) 4.6 No. 8 (Upton) Upton Conservative Party (UK) M. Winter 3,271 56.9 1.6 Labour Party (UK) Bernard Gilfoyle 2,338 40.6 7.3 Communist Party of Great Britain G. Hughes 143 2.5 1.0 933 16.3 5.7 20,914 27.5 0.2 Conservative Party (UK) 2.9 Wallasey No. 9 (Leasowe) Leasowe Labour Party (UK) Bill Wells 2,135 50.2 1.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Merrill 1,707 40.1 4.8 Liberal Party (UK) M. Goodwin 373 8.8 New Independent (politician) G. Smith 37 0.9 2.6 428 10.1 3.4 11,715 36.3 10.0 Labour Party (UK) 1.7 No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard) Marlowe-Egremont-South-Liscard Conservative Party (UK) M. Ebbs 2,439 54.9 13.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Williams 1,306 29.4 2.7 Liberal Party (UK) D. Green 695 15.7 New 1,133 25.5 10.3 12,883 34.5 0.3 Conservative Party (UK) 5.2 No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie) Moreton and Saughall Massie Conservative Party (UK) I. Walker 1,653 53.8 7.1 Labour Party (UK) G. Watkins 1,134 36.9 2.2 Liberal Party (UK) J. Jenkins 188 6.1 New Independent Conservative G. Brotherton 98 3.2 New 519 16.9 4.9 7,266 42.3 6.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2.5 No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren) New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren Conservative Party (UK) Kate Wood n Elected as a Liberal Party (UK). 3,513 53.1 9.8 Liberal Party (UK) D. Caldwell 2,509 37.9 12.3 Labour Party (UK) B. Lloyd 593 9.0 1.1 1,004 15.2 22.1 14,758 44.8 2.1 Conservative Party (UK) 11.1 https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=131 Councillor Mrs Kate Wood Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 24 November 2018 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144146/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=131 dead No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street) North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street Conservative Party (UK) R. Venner 2,304 58.7 11.5 Liberal Party (UK) F. Storey 982 25.0 10.5 Labour Party (UK) John McCabe 637 16.2 1.2 1,322 33.7 21.5 11,662 33.6 2.0 Conservative Party (UK) 10.8 No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville) Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville Labour Party (UK) T. Duffy 2,288 58.4 8.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Chantry 1,418 36.2 7.3 Liberal Party (UK) R. Edge 215 5.5 1.1 870 22.2 15.7 11,730 33.4 6.5 Labour Party (UK) 7.9 Bebington No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey) Higher Bebington and Woodhey Conservative Party (UK) Tim Richmond 3,805 75.9 6.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Irvine 1,208 24.1 4.3 2,597 51.8 1.8 10,128 49.5 3.9 Conservative Party (UK) 0.9 No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough) Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough Labour Party (UK) P. McCarthy 1,775 47.4 1.2 Conservative Party (UK) O. Donaldson 1,643 43.8 4.5 Liberal Party (UK) W. Walsh 329 8.8 5.7 132 3.6 3.3 9,774 38.3 2.8 Labour Party (UK) 1.7 No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham) South Bromborough and Eastham Conservative Party (UK) D. Jones 2,457 38.0 9.7 Liberal Party (UK) Phillip Gilchrist 2,330 36.0 16.6 Labour Party (UK) M. Halliday 1,686 26.0 7.0 127 2.0 12.7 13,509 47.9 5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 6.4 https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=144 Councillor Phil Gilchrist Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 24 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) Michael Moore 4,040 71.1 10.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Roscoe 1,063 18.7 2.3 Liberal Party (UK) P. Cubbin 581 10.2 12.2 2,977 52.4 13.7 12,417 45.8 3.5 Conservative Party (UK) 6.9 Hoylake No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby) Caldy and Frankby Conservative Party (UK) J. Gaughan 3,528 72.3 0.9 Liberal Party (UK) B. Crosbie 824 16.9 0.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Seaman 526 10.8 0.5 2,704 55.4 1.3 12,785 38.2 0.2 Conservative Party (UK) 0.7 No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park) Central-Hoose-Meols-Park Conservative Party (UK) Frank Jones 3,621 69.8 14.1 Liberal Party (UK) I. Smith 1,214 23.4 20.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Pennington 351 6.8 New 2,407 46.4 35.0 11,708 44.3 3.3 Conservative Party (UK) 17.5 Wirral No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield) Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield (2) Conservative Party (UK) A. Maddox n Elected to serve a 4-year term. 4,143 85.3 6.8 Conservative Party (UK) M. Gates n Elected to serve a 2-year term. 4,120 – – Liberal Party (UK) G. Collins 501 10.3 7.6 Liberal Party (UK) A. Conway 495 – – Labour Party (UK) Peter Corcoran 212 4.4 0.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Gilfoyle 204 – – 3,642 75.0 14.4 11,178 43.4 2.9 Conservative Party (UK) 7.2 Conservative Party (UK) – No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston) Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston Conservative Party (UK) A. Jones 2,399 65.1 5.9 Labour Party (UK) H. Ellis-Thomas 658 17.9 12.7 Liberal Party (UK) G. Hunt 629 17.1 6.9 1,741 47.2 18.6 9,632 38.3 5.9 Conservative Party (UK) 9.3 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 2018https://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 Category:1976 English local elections 1976 Category:1970s in Merseyside