# 2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 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 | |
| Conservative | 21 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 19 | 1 |
| UKIP | 0 | 1 |

## Election results
### Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2004.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Conservative | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | 31.8 | 37.3 | 31,839 | 3.8 |
| | Labour | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 36.4 | 27.5 | 23,487 | 2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.8 | 27.1 | 23,066 | 2.9 |
| | Green | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 6.3 | 5,389 | 0.4 |
| | UKIP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 879 | N/A |
| | WIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 318 | 0.4 |
| | BNP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.3 | 282 | 0.1 |

## Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 2004.

### Bebington

Bebington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter Smith | 1,730 | 35.4 | 0.6 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Thomas | 1,599 | 32.7 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Jackson | 898 | 18.4 | 1.6 |
| | UKIP | Hilary Jones | 446 | 9.1 | New |
| | Green | Michael Harper | 218 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,897 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.2 | 8.0 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 1.5 | |

### Bidston and St James

Bidston and St James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ann McLachlan | 1,307 | 63.7 | 4.8 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Sinclair | 293 | 14.3 | 0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Wood | 292 | 14.2 | 2.6 |
| | Green | George Bowler | 161 | 7.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,014 | 49.4 | 2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,097 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 20.5 | 6.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 | |

### Birkenhead and Tranmere

Birkenhead and Tranmere :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Kenny | 1,119 | 53.2 | 5.5 |
| | WIN | Andrew Dow | 318 | 15.1 | 1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Brighouse | 303 | 14.4 | 0.7 |
| | Conservative | June Cowin | 193 | 9.2 | 1.3 |
| | Green | Catherine Page | 170 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 801 | 38.1 | 4.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,137 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 20.9 | 6.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

### Bromborough

Bromborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor | 1,827 | 53.3 | 3.8 |
| | Labour | Audrey Moore | 924 | 27.0 | 2.2 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Mackie | 487 | 14.2 | 4.2 |
| | Green | Ann Jones | 190 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 903 | 26.8 | 6.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,728 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.0 | 9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.0 | |

### Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Teggin | 2,354 | 45.3 | 3.0 |
| | Conservative | Irene Povall | 1,978 | 38.0 | 5.5 |
| | Labour | Andrew Page | 702 | 13.5 | 0.7 |
| | Green | Khalid Hussenbux | 168 | 3.2 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 7.3 | 8.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,835 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.1 | 8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.3 | |

### Claughton

Claughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Roberts | 1,590 | 49.3 | 2.0 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hartley | 879 | 27.3 | 1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Blumenthal | 531 | 16.5 | 0.3 |
| | Green | Joyce Hogg | 223 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 711 | 22.0 | 3.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,425 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.3 | 12.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.8 | |

### Eastham

Eastham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Harney | 2,924 | 68.4 | 2.7 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Green | 637 | 14.9 | 1.4 |
| | Labour | Christopher Lawler | 559 | 13.1 | 1.9 |
| | Green | Brian Gibbs | 155 | 3.6 | 0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,287 | 53.5 | 4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,066 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.7 | 9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.0 | |

### Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Greasby, Frankby and Irby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Quinn | 2,690 | 48.9 | 2.3 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Young | 2,032 | 36.9 | 3.2 |
| | Labour | Barbara Moores | 591 | 10.7 | 2.5 |
| | Green | Anne Rosseinsky | 193 | 3.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 658 | 12.0 | 5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,600 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.5 | 5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.8 | |

### Heswall

Heswall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Rowlands | 3,412 | 69.6 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Jones | 600 | 12.2 | 6.0 |
| | Labour | Philip Waterfield | 544 | 11.1 | 1.3 |
| | Green | Ian Barclay | 348 | 7.1 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,812 | 57.4 | 17.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,040 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.5 | 10.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 8.8 | |

### Hoylake and Meols

Hoylake and Meols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Kirwan | 2,509 | 59.0 | 5.5 |
| | Labour | Stuart Wade | 765 | 18.0 | 1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Quinn | 605 | 14.2 | 6.3 |
| | Green | Hara Willow | 377 | 8.9 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,744 | 41.0 | 8.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,617 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.2 | 10.3 |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | 4.0 | |

### Leasowe and Moreton East

Leasowe and Moreton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Iris Coates | 1,426 | 45.6 | 7.7 |
| | Conservative | Vida Wilson | 1,050 | 33.6 | 0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerald Hainsworth | 406 | 13.0 | 0.9 |
| | Green | Rosemary Bland | 243 | 7.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 12.6 | 8.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,939 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.6 | 8.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 | |

### Liscard

Liscard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Leah Fraser | 2,047 | 49.9 | 9.2 |
| | Labour | Christine Jones | 1,396 | 34.0 | 10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Uriel | 286 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
| | Green | Lucinda Richardson | 209 | 5.1 | New |
| | UKIP | Philip Griffiths | 166 | 4.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 651 | 15.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,293 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.4 | 2.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 9.7 | |

### Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Moreton West and Saughall Massie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Mountney | 2,154 | 57.0 | 0.7 |
| | Labour | Darren Dodd | 973 | 25.7 | 2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Copestake | 401 | 10.6 | 4.7 |
| | Green | James Drew | 251 | 6.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,181 | 31.3 | 3.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,922 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.7 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.7 | |

### New Brighton

New Brighton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Duffy | 1,622 | 41.8 | 4.6 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth McArdle | 1,236 | 31.8 | 5.5 |
| | Green | Cynthia Stonall | 546 | 14.1 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Byrne | 479 | 12.3 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 386 | 10.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,024 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.3 | 6.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.1 | |

### Oxton

Oxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paula Southwood | 2,067 | 55.4 | 3.2 |
| | Labour | David Barden | 646 | 17.3 | 0.5 |
| | Conservative | Tina McDonnell | 565 | 15.1 | 0.1 |
| | UKIP | Michael Pepler | 267 | 7.2 | New |
| | Green | Garnette Bowler | 185 | 5.0 | 3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,421 | 38.1 | 2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,190 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.4 | 4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.4 | |

### Pensby and Thingwall

Pensby and Thingwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Redfern | 1,843 | 40.4 | 7.9 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Adam | 1,710 | 37.5 | 2.5 |
| | Labour | John Cunningham | 754 | 16.5 | 6.0 |
| | Green | Allen Burton | 256 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,745 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.6 | 7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.7 | |

### Prenton

Prenton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Doyle | 1,558 | 41.5 | 1.4 |
| | Labour | Denise Realey | 1,215 | 32.3 | 3.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Percy | 753 | 20.0 | 2.1 |
| | Green | Mark Mitchell | 232 | 6.2 | 2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 343 | 9.2 | 4.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,038 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.2 | 10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

### Rock Ferry

Rock Ferry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Moira McLaughlin | 1,405 | 58.0 | 2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Heppinstall | 405 | 16.7 | 0.9 |
| | Conservative | Joanne Suffield | 404 | 16.7 | 2.5 |
| | Green | Anna Stamp | 207 | 8.6 | 5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,000 | 41.3 | 1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,205 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.8 | 6.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.6 | |

### Seacombe

Seacombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Adrian Jones | 1,341 | 58.2 | 2.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Sherlock | 413 | 17.9 | 1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Pitt | 344 | 14.9 | 4.9 |
| | Green | Beverley Kells | 205 | 8.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 928 | 40.3 | 0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,452 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 22.2 | 7.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 | |

### Upton

Upton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John George | 1,716 | 39.1 | 4.4 |
| | Conservative | Julie Kirwan | 1,424 | 32.4 | 6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Earl | 991 | 22.6 | 0.5 |
| | Green | Lesley Hussenbux | 262 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | 6.7 | 10.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,170 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.2 | 4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.2 | |

### Wallasey

Wallasey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lesley Rennie | 2,907 | 59.1 | 1.9 |
| | Labour | James Crabtree | 957 | 19.5 | 7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 546 | 11.1 | 4.3 |
| | BNP | John Edwards | 282 | 5.7 | New |
| | Green | Perle Sheldricks | 228 | 4.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,950 | 39.6 | 9.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,989 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.1 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 4.9 | |

### West Kirby and Thurstason

West Kirby and Thurstaston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Green | 2,771 | 62.4 | 11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Beazer | 716 | 16.1 | 9.2 |
| | Labour | James Brown | 591 | 13.3 | 1.9 |
| | Green | Patrick Cleary | 362 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,055 | 46.3 | 20.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,396 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.9 | 11.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 10.1 | |