Birkenhead and Tranmere (ward)
May 2018
Table:
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 3 May 2018: Birkenhead and Tranmere

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Green

Pat Cleary

1,881

49.7

7.1

Labour

Paul Jobson

1,810

47.8

0.1

Conservative

June Cowin

96

2.5

0.7

Majority

71

1.9

N/A

Registered electors

10,281

Turnout

3,793

36.9

3.3

Rejected ballots

6

0.2

0.4

Green hold

Swing

3.6

Drawing on the information in the given table titled Birkenhead and Tranmere (ward) in the "May 2018" section, respond to this question in a short sentence: What's the result of the 2018 election? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Green party candidate Pat Cleary was successfully elected in 2018 with 1,881 votes (49.7%) to Labour's Paul Jobson's 1,810 votes (47.8%) in Birkenhead and Tranmere.