# 2003 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2003 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 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 | 26 | 5 |
| Conservative | 23 | 3 |
| Liberal Democrat | 16 | 2 |
| WIN | 1 | |

## Election results
### Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2002.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | 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 |

## Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 2002.

### Bebington

Bebington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 38 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,797 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.5 | 4.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.6 | |

### Bidston

Bidston :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 717 | 60.4 | 1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,309 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 16.2 | 5.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.7 | |

### Birkenhead

Birkenhead :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 969 | 58.9 | 8.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,867 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 16.7 | 1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.4 | |

### Bromborough

Bromborough :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 360 | 11.6 | 12.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,961 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.3 | 4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 6.1 | |

### Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,150 | 22.9 | 1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,806 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.3 | 6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.9 | |

### Claughton

Claughton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 747 | 28.1 | 5.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,516 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.1 | 4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.9 | |

### Eastham

Eastham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,906 | 56.2 | 4.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,140 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.4 | 4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.4 | |

### Egerton

Egerton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 892 | 40.3 | 8.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,763 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 20.6 | 2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.4 | |

### Heswall

Heswall :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,582 | 58.5 | 10.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,474 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.7 | 2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.1 | |

### Hoylake

Hoylake :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,960 | 46.7 | 2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,884 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.5 | 4.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2 | |

### Leasowe

Leasowe :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 329 | 15.0 | 10.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,872 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 22.2 | 3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.2 | |

### Liscard

Liscard :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 364 | 12.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,063 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.2 | 2.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 9.9 | |

### Moreton

Moreton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 755 | 25.7 | 21.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,988 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.4 | 4.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 10.6 | |

### New Brighton

New Brighton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 54 | 1.7 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,804 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.0 | 3.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 3.9 | |

### Oxton

Oxton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,180 | 41.7 | 10.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,689 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 24.2 | 4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.4 | |

### Prenton

Prenton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,183 | 35.7 | 7.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,506 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.8 | 6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.6 | |

### Royden

Royden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 180 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,954 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.7 | 0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.1 | |

### Seacombe

Seacombe :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 921 | 49.4 | 6.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,724 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 17.4 | 5.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 | |

### Thurstaston

Thurstaston :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,333 | 32.7 | 4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,738 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.0 | 4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.5 | |

### Tranmere

Tranmere :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 927 | 60.1 | 4.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,617 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 17.9 | 1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 | |

### Upton

Upton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 309 | 9.4 | 3.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,284 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.0 | 6.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 | |

### Wallasey

Wallasey :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,492 | 36.7 | 2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,287 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.1 | 4.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0 | |