# 1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± |
| Labour | 39 | 3 |
| Conservative | 17 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | 2 |

## Election results
### Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1998.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Labour | 22 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 59.1 | 38.4 | 26,142 | 3.7 |
| | Conservative | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.7 | 34.8 | 23,675 | 1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18.2 | 23.9 | 16,295 | 2.5 |
| | Green | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1,834 | 0.1 |
| | Socialist Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 94 | 0.5 |

## Ward results
### Bebington

Bebington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patrick Smith | 1,846 | 47.8 | 1.0 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Hall | 1,511 | 39.2 | 3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Dyer | 402 | 10.4 | 2.3 |
| | Green | Ann Jones | 99 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | 8.7 | 4.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,736 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.9 | 2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

### Bidston

Bidston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Smith | 1,049 | 81.5 | 9.0 |
| | Conservative | Doreen Pike | 105 | 8.2 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Tomlinson | 95 | 7.4 | 3.7 |
| | Green | Robert Mitchell | 38 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 944 | 73.3 | 14.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,967 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 16.1 | 1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 7.0 | |

### Birkenhead

Birkenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Phillip Davies | 1,298 | 74.1 | 5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Williams | 166 | 9.5 | 11.4 |
| | Conservative | Susan Bebell | 132 | 7.5 | New |
| | Socialist Labour | Alec McFadden | 94 | 5.4 | New |
| | Green | Stuart Harvey | 62 | 3.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,132 | 64.6 | 6.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,887 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 17.7 | 0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.2 | |

### Bromborough

Bromborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anna McLaughlin | 1,504 | 54.8 | 5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Moon | 578 | 21.0 | 6.9 |
| | Conservative | Ian Mackenzie | 565 | 20.6 | 1.4 |
| | Green | J. Jones | 99 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 926 | 33.7 | 4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,720 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.6 | 1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 | |

### Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isabel Moon | 2,011 | 38.1 | 21.7 |
| | Conservative | Mary Jordan | 1,735 | 32.9 | 15.6 |
| | Labour | Audrey Moore | 1,417 | 26.8 | 5.9 |
| | Green | Michael Harper | 116 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,936 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.9 | 2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 10.5 | |

### Claughton

Claughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Roberts | 1,406 | 54.1 | 1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Blaycock | 527 | 20.3 | 1.9 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Brassey | 512 | 19.7 | 3.8 |
| | Green | Elisabeth Heydon | 153 | 5.9 | 3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 879 | 33.8 | 0.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,725 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 24.2 | 2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 | |

### Eastham

Eastham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Mitchell | 2,278 | 64.0 | 1.8 |
| | Labour | S. Blair | 796 | 22.4 | 1.7 |
| | Conservative | S. Hutchen | 422 | 11.9 | |
| | Green | Brian Gibbs | 63 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,482 | 41.6 | 3.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,171 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.9 | 3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.8 | |

### Egerton

Egerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter Smith | 1,441 | 65.1 | 6.5 |
| | Conservative | Cyrus Ferguson | 368 | 16.6 | 0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Lloyd | 234 | 10.6 | 0.7 |
| | Green | Catherine Page | 172 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,073 | 48.4 | 5.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,468 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 21.2 | 0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.9 | |

### Heswall

Heswall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Johnson | 2,894 | 67.9 | 6.3 |
| | Labour | Margaret Allen | 740 | 17.4 | 4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Norton | 508 | 11.9 | 1.3 |
| | Green | Garnette Bowler | 118 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,154 | 50.6 | 11.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,325 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.0 | 1.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.5 | |

### Hoylake

Hoylake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Hale | 2,820 | 67.2 | 3.6 |
| | Labour | Dennis Woods | 782 | 18.6 | 1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Richards | 446 | 10.6 | 1.2 |
| | Green | Allen Burton | 149 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,038 | 48.6 | 5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,447 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.7 | 1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.8 | |

### Leasowe

Leasowe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Prout | 1,330 | 71.4 | 0.2 |
| | Conservative | J. Tooke | 293 | 15.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Wright | 239 | 12.8 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,037 | 55.7 | 0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,187 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 20.3 | 0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 | |

### Liscard

Liscard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Cocker | 1,343 | 56.1 | 1.7 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Jones | 666 | 27.8 | 3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Robinson | 387 | 16.2 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 677 | 28.3 | 4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,010 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 21.8 | 0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.4 | |

### Moreton

Moreton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Green | 1,266 | 46.4 | 7.4 |
| | Conservative | Simon Mountney | 1,222 | 44.8 | 8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susanne Uriel | 239 | 8.8 | 1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | 1.6 | 15.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,737 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.0 | 0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.0 | |

### New Brighton

New Brighton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Therese Irving | 1,348 | 44.7 | 11.0 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Pritchard | 1,286 | 42.6 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Codling | 281 | 9.3 | 0.7 |
| | Green | George Bowler | 102 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 62 | 2.1 | 22.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,468 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.3 | 1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 11.3 | |

### Oxton

Oxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Williams | 2,103 | 66.0 | 11.3 |
| | Labour | John Salter | 606 | 19.0 | 4.0 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Moore | 380 | 11.9 | 4.9 |
| | Green | Pamela Mitchell | 98 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,497 | 47.0 | 15.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,365 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.0 | 0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.7 | |

### Prenton

Prenton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Holbrook | 2,071 | 54.3 | 2.5 |
| | Labour | C. Riley | 918 | 24.1 | 1.1 |
| | Conservative | David Elderton | 752 | 19.7 | 3.2 |
| | Green | John Wilson | 76 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,153 | 30.2 | 1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,460 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.3 | 3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 0.7 | |

### Royden

Royden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Watt | 1,887 | 40.7 | 4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Reisdorf | 1,867 | 40.2 | 10.5 |
| | Labour | G. O'Neil | 798 | 17.2 | 6.1 |
| | Green | Barbara Burton | 88 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 0.4 | 14.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,694 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.5 | 5.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 7.3 | |

### Seacombe

Seacombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Adrian Jones | 1,349 | 63.6 | 9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | K. Robinson | 552 | 26.0 | 15.2 |
| | Conservative | K. Hobson | 220 | 10.4 | 3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 797 | 37.6 | 22.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,745 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 19.7 | 0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 11.1 | |

### Thurstaston

Thurstaston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Green | 2,333 | 58.7 | 5.5 |
| | Labour | A. Terry | 1,129 | 28.4 | 6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Wall | 404 | 10.2 | 0.7 |
| | Green | Percy Hogg | 108 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,204 | 30.3 | 11.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,445 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.9 | 1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 | |

### Tranmere

Tranmere :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christine Meaden | 1,150 | 75.7 | 5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Teggin | 153 | 10.1 | 2.8 |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Sanne | 126 | 8.3 | New |
| | Green | Angela Upton | 91 | 6.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 997 | 65.6 | 2.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,068 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 16.8 | 0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 | |

### Upton

Upton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Corcoran | 1,710 | 55.2 | 1.6 |
| | Conservative | D. Milligan | 904 | 29.2 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Redfern | 392 | 12.6 | |
| | Green | Joyce Hogg | 94 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 806 | 26.0 | 3.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,310 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.2 | 1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 | |

### Wallasey

Wallasey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Lewis | 2,542 | 64.7 | 8.2 |
| | Labour | M. Keenan | 916 | 23.3 | 6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 362 | 9.2 | 1.6 |
| | Green | F. Gillespie | 108 | 2.7 | 0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,626 | 41.4 | 14.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,813 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.3 | 0.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 7.1 | |