1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections); to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.0% (3.4%)
	Map of results of 1994 election
Leader of the Council before election; None; No Overall Control	Leader of the Council after election ; None; No Overall Control

The 1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1994 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:

	Seats	±
Labour	30
Conservative	28	2
Liberal Democrats	8	2

^[3]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1992.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1994

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	24	15	1	1		59.1	46.6	50,381	16.7
	Conservative	24	6	0	2	2	27.3	30.8	33,283	19.7
	Liberal Democrats	23	3	2	0	2	13.6	22.5	24,288	5.5
	Green	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	135	2.4

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

Ward results

Bebington

Bebington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Shaughnessy	2,344	43.3	16.7
	Conservative	A. Green	2,242	41.4	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Turner	830	15.3	7.0
Majority			102	1.9	N/A
Registered electors			10,839
Turnout				50.0	7.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	18.9

^[2]

Bidston

Bidston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*William Nock*	2,302	83.8	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Doyle	257	9.4	8.4
	Conservative	M. Vickers	189	6.9	New
Majority			2,045	74.4	15.3
Registered electors			8,560
Turnout				32.1	9.1
	Labour hold		Swing	7.7

^[2]

Birkenhead

Birkenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Christian	3,107	84.4	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Cooke	303	8.2	0.4
	Conservative	B. Brassey	270	7.3	9.0
Majority			2,804	76.2	19.6
Registered electors			10,532
Turnout				34.9	9.4
	Labour hold		Swing	9.8

^[2]

Bromborough

Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*A. Witter*	2,823	61.6	17.2
	Conservative	K. Roberts	984	21.5	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	L. Smith	775	16.9	6.4
Majority			1,839	40.1	38.7
Registered electors			11,227
Turnout				40.8	6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	19.4

^[2]

Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Myrra Lea*	2,794	43.5	26.5
	Labour	Audrey Moore	2,024	31.5	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	W. Walsh	1,612	25.1	13.3
Majority			770	12.0	41.9
Registered electors			14,165
Turnout				45.4	2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.0

^[2]

Claughton

Claughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Stephen Foulkes*	2,653	53.3	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Anderson	1,616	32.4	5.2
	Conservative	P. Greening-Jackson	711	14.3	7.2
Majority			1,037	20.8	19.6
Registered electors			10,732
Turnout				46.4	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	9.9

^[2]^[4]

Eastham

Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Harney	3,019	54.3	4.0
	Labour	Ann McLachlan	1,761	31.7	12.8
	Conservative	A. Drury	780	14.0	7.5
Majority			1,258	22.6	14.2
Registered electors			11,576
Turnout				48.0	0.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	7.1

^[2]^[5]^[6]

Egerton

Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barney Gilfoyle	3,084	71.7	23.1
	Conservative	Cyrus Ferguson	698	16.2	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Molyneux	520	12.1	4.2
Majority			2,386	55.5	39.3
Registered electors			10,852
Turnout				39.6	8.6
	Labour hold		Swing	19.7

^[2]

Heswall

Heswall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hodson	3,268	58.0	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Norton	1,427	25.3	13.9
	Labour	L. Flanagan	941	16.7	7.8
Majority			1,841	32.7	33.2
Registered electors			13,326
Turnout				42.3	0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.6

^[2]^[7]

Hoylake

Hoylake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*J. Stedmon*	3,049	57.6	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Richards	1,183	22.3	14.0
	Labour	Adrian Jones	1,062	20.1	10.1
Majority			1,866	35.2	33.2
Registered electors			12,619
Turnout				42.0	1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.6

^[2]^[8]

Leasowe

Leasowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul O'Connor ^{[n 2]}	2,455	71.7	15.5
	Labour	M. Davies ^{[n 3]}	2,239	–	–
	Labour	M. Keenan ^{[n 4]}	2,192	–	–
	Conservative	G. Beattie	587	17.1	20.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Caton	575	–	–
	Conservative	B. Howden	535	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	B. Thomas	382	11.2	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Gallagher	337	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	B. Price	295	–	–
Majority			1,868	54.6	35.7
Registered electors			9,598
Turnout				35.7	6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	17.9
	Labour hold		Swing	–
	Labour hold		Swing	–

^[2]

Liscard

Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Gordon Paterson*	3,020	61.0	19.7
	Conservative	P. Buzzard	1,334	26.9	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Todd	596	12.0	3.6
Majority			1,686	34.1	N/A
Registered electors			11,297
Turnout				43.8	2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	20.2

^[2]

Moreton

Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*M. Groves*	2,763	57.5	23.4
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	1,621	33.7	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susanne Uriel	423	8.8	4.8
Majority			1,142	23.8	N/A
Registered electors			9,596
Turnout				50.1	5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	23.3

^[2]

New Brighton

New Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Hackett	2,606	51.2	18.6
	Conservative	N. Joynson	1,639	32.2	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	841	16.5	6.9
Majority			967	19.0	N/A
Registered electors			11,502
Turnout				44.2	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	19.8

^[2]^[9]

Oxton

Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Gordon Lindsay*	3,087	58.6	17.0
	Labour	Keith Williams	1,345	25.6	9.8
	Conservative	Vera Ruck ^{[n 5]}	832	15.8	24.8
Majority			1,742	33.1	32.1
Registered electors			11,836
Turnout				44.5	3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	16.0

^[2]^[10]

Prenton

Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Thornton	3,239	50.3	9.8
	Labour	John Cocker	1,643	25.5	8.2
	Conservative	D. Morton	1,554	24.1	17.1
Majority			1,596	24.8	N/A
Registered electors			11,707
Turnout				55.0	3.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	12.8

^[2]

Royden

Royden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Jones	2,683	51.2	23.6
	Labour	R. Pennington	1,337	25.5	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	1,219	23.3	13.7
Majority			1,346	25.7	36.6
Registered electors			12,658
Turnout				41.4	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.3

^[2]^[11]

Seacombe

Seacombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Janet Jackson*	3,443	79.1	13.4
	Conservative	B. Bartlett	503	11.6	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Wright	407	9.3	3.6
Majority			2,940	67.5	28.3
Registered electors			11,232
Turnout				38.8	5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	14.2

^[2]

Thurstaston

Thurstaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hughes	3,049	60.2	14.8
	Labour	Denis Knowles	2,012	39.8	26.6
Majority			1,037	20.5	41.2
Registered electors			12,580
Turnout				40.2	0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.7

^[2]^[12]

Tranmere

Tranmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*William Davies*	2,790	81.8	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blaylock	273	7.9	2.1
	Conservative	C. Bowditch	243	7.1	13.8
	Green	Nigel Birchenough	135	3.9	0.1
Majority			2,517	73.1	28.7
Registered electors			9,868
Turnout				34.9	11.6
	Labour hold		Swing	14.4

^[2]^[13]

Upton

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Hugh Lloyd*	3,136	53.9	18.3
	Conservative	D. Smith	1,782	30.6	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	E. Davies	902	15.5	8.5
Majority			1,354	23.3	N/A
Registered electors			12,908
Turnout				45.1	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	21.8

^[2]

Wallasey

Wallasey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Michael Howden*	2,471	44.3	25.8
	Labour	A. Sheppard	1,730	31.0	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	1,377	24.7	13.6
Majority			741	13.3	40.0
Registered electors			11,998
Turnout				46.5	0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.0

^[2]

Notes

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

^ % of total refers to % of wards won.
^ Elected to serve a 4-year term.
^ Elected to serve a 2-year term.
^ Elected to serve a 1-year term.
^ Incumbent councillor for Eastham ward.

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Election Summaries 1994". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 12 and 13)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Councillor Steve Foulkes". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 2 August 2023.
^ "Councillor Tom Harney". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Ann McLachlan". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Andrew Hodson". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 2 August 2023.
^ "Councillor Adrian Jones". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Pat Hackett". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Jerry Williams". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 2 August 2023.
^ "Councillor Peter Reisdorf". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Denis Knowles". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Bill Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2018.