Английская Википедия:2018 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 2018 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 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	±
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour	39	Шаблон:Nochange
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Conservative	21	Шаблон:Nochange
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Liberal Democrat	5	Шаблон:Nochange
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Green	1	Шаблон:Nochange
Source: BBC

Election results

Overall election result

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Results by constituency

Birkenhead constituency

Birkenhead consists of the wards of Bidston and St James, Birkenhead and Tranmere, Claughton, Oxton, Prenton and Rock Ferry.

Wallasey constituency

Wallasey consists of the wards of Leasowe and Moreton East, Liscard, Moreton West and Saughall Massie, New Brighton, Seacombe and Wallasey.

Wirral South constituency

Wirral South consists of the wards of Bebington, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Eastham, and Heswall.

Wirral West constituency

Wirral West consists of the wards of Greasby, Frankby and Irby, Hoylake and Meols, Pensby and Thingwall, Upton, and West Kirby and Thurstaston.

Changes in council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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38	20	5	1	2
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After the election the composition of the council was:

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39	21	5	1
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Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council composition after the 2018 election

Proportionality

The disproportionality of the 2018 election was 7.49 using the Gallagher Index.

Political Party		Vote Share	Seat Share	Difference	Difference²
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"|	Labour	45.46	54.55	Шаблон:Increase9.09	82.63
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"|	Conservative	35.29	31.82	Шаблон:Decrease3.47	12.04
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"|	Liberal Democrat	10.20	9.09	Шаблон:Decrease1.11	1.23
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"|	Green	8.56	4.55	Шаблон:Decrease4.01	16.08
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"|	TUSC	0.27	0.00	Шаблон:Decrease0.27	0.07
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"|	UKIP	0.12	0.00	Шаблон:Decrease0.12	0.01
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"|	Independent	0.10	0.00	Шаблон:Decrease0.10	0.01
				TOTAL	112.07
				TOTAL /2	56.04
				<math>\sqrt{\frac{\text{TOTAL}}{2}}</math>	7.49

Parties and candidates

Contesting political parties

Party		Leader	Leader since	Leader's ward	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small		Шаблон:Small
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bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"|	[[Labour Party (UK)|Шаблон:Party shortname]]	Phil Davies	29 March 2012	Birkenhead and Tranmere	Шаблон:N	46.1%	13	12	Шаблон:Composition bar
width="1" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"|	[[Conservative Party (UK)|Шаблон:Party shortname]]	Ian Lewis	8 May 2017	Wallasey	Шаблон:N	30.8%	7	7	Шаблон:Composition bar
bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"|	[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Шаблон:Party shortname]]	Phil Gilchrist	16 May 2013	Eastham	Шаблон:N	10.9%	2	2	Шаблон:Composition bar
bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"|	[[Green Party of England and Wales|Шаблон:Party shortname]]	Pat ClearyШаблон:Small	22 May 2014	Birkenhead and Tranmere	Шаблон:Y	6.8%	0	1	Шаблон:Composition bar

There were in total 96 candidates (down 7 from 2016). As per 2016, both Labour and The Conservative Party contested all 23 seats up for election. The Green Party also stood 23 (up 2), the Liberal Democrats, 22 (up 3) and TUSC, 3 (down 4). UKIP stood 1 candidate (down 8) with 1 Independent also standing.

Policies

Labour Party

Wirral Labour's local election campaign was launched on 10 April 2018 at The Engineering College in Monk's Ferry with the help of the Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram.

Wirral Labour's key priorities were to protect services; work with the police and social services to clamp down on anti-social behaviour and to work with the Metro Mayor to access funds to improve roads and highways.

Wirral Labour received criticism by its own LCF (Local Campaign Forum) for only having one target seat, the Green held ward of Birkenhead and Tranmere. Their campaign in Birkenhead included "Super Saturdays", personal attacks against the Green candidate Pat Cleary and suspected Green voting Labour members put on a list and threatened with suspension. The Greens held the seat with an increased vote share. Other targets were later added.

Conservative Party

The Wirral Conservative's key priorities were to cut spending on consultants and senior directors; abolish country park and coastal area parking charges; scrap the Wirral View newspaper and use the money to reinstate school crossing patrols; scrap plans for food waste bins and instead do more to reduce packaging and plastic waste; ban lending to other councils and scrap plans to build on the Green belt.

Liberal Democrats

The Wirral Liberal Democrat's key priorities were to focus on getting basic services right; secure grants from the government that will recognise Wirral's needs; give local people a greater say, particularly over the Wirral Growth Company; "leave nobody out", particularly in the example of health and social services; make sure money from the sale of council assets is put back into the community; better maintain the road network with more 20 mph zones to improve safety and to scrap the Wirral View.

Green Party

The Wirral Green Party's key priorities were to clamp down on waste and invest more in "key public services"; scrap the Wirral View newspaper and invest savings made in improving the environment; freeze executive pay and introduce measures to address the "obscene pay gap" between the lowest and highest paid council staff; prioritise key brownfield sites for regeneration and housing to end the threat to Wirral's Green belt; transform democratic structures to secure "a more inclusive and transparent council in contrast to the rigid closed shop operated by the Labour Party" and to prioritise investment in active travel with pedestrians, cyclists and cleaner air.

Other parties

The sole UKIP candidate, Paula Walters, was urged to withdraw her nomination by The Labour Party due to a series of "hate-filled" tweets from an account under her name that compared migrants to terrorists.

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A Green stake board in Birkenhead and Tranmere

Retiring councillors

Ward	Departing Councillor	Party
Bebington	Walter Smith	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour Шаблон:Small
Bidston and St James	Ann McLachlan	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour
Clatterbridge	Tracey Pilgrim	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Conservative
Hoylake and Meols	Eddie Boult	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Conservative
Hoylake and Meols	John Hale	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Conservative Шаблон:Small
Leasowe and Moreton East	Treena Johnson	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour
Oxton	Alan Brighouse	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Liberal Democrat
Pensby and Thingwall	Louise Reecejones	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour
Prenton	Denise Realey	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour

Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 2016.

Changes between 2018 and 2019

Bromborough by-election 2018

Cllr Warren Ward, elected in 2016, announced his resignation on 9 July 2018. A casual vacancy was announced the next day.

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Outgoing councillor Warren Ward.

Campaign

On 20 July, Conservative candidate Des Drury sent a printed letter to nearly 1,200 residents about a planning application being approved for the ex-Bromborough Secondary School site that borders the south of the ward. The letter mentions a "More than 1,000" signature strong petition opposing the application. The lead petitioner, who spoke in front of the planning committee when the application was considered on 19 July, was future Labour candidate Jo Bird. This was despite the fact that all 7 Labour councillors on the committee (a majority on the committee as a whole) voted to approve the application.

Upton by-election 2018

Cllr Matthew Patrick, first elected in 2013, announced his resignation on 21 September 2018. He formally resigned on 7 October 2018 with a casual vacancy announced the following day.

Other changes

Date	Ward	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
28 August 2018	Pensby and Thingwall	Mike Suillvan	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Resigned.
25 October 2018	Rock Ferry	Moira McLaughlin	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Resigned.
January 2019	Rock Ferry	Chris Meaden	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Resigned.
4 March 2019	Bromborough	Jo Bird	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Suspended.
14 March 2019	Bromborough	Jo Bird	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Reinstated.
18 March 2019	Rock Ferry	Bill Davies	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Resigned.
April 2019	Oxton	Paul Doughty	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Suspended.

On 22 February 2019, Moira McLaughlin was announced as leader of an Independent group composed of the three Labour defections.

Notes

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