1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
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23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 35.6% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
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Conservative | 45 | ![]() | |
Labour | 16 | ![]() | |
Liberal | 5 | ![]() | |
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 1976.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1978 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 23 | 14 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
59.1 | 55.7 | 51,523 | ![]() | ||||||
Labour | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
27.3 | 28.4 | 26,246 | ![]() | ||||||
Liberal | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ![]() |
13.6 | 15.4 | 14,231 | ![]() | ||||||
National Front | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 209 | N/A | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 191 | ![]() | ||||||
Communist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 59 | ![]() |
Ward results
Birkenhead
No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Richard Kimberly | 1,240 | 52.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Anna Blumenthal | 527 | 22.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | B. Jones | 506 | 21.5 | ![]() | |
National Front | Howard Hawksley | 78 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 713 | 30.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 7,259 | ||||
Turnout | 32.4 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | S. Kellett | 1,200 | 48.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | M. Riley | 1,116 | 45.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal | M. McDonnell | 144 | 5.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 84 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,556 | ||||
Turnout | 32.6 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Roy Perkins | 1,366 | 38.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | D. Stoppard | 1,318 | 37.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Walter Smith | 841 | 23.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 48 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 8,641 | ||||
Turnout | 40.8 | ![]() | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Myrra Lea [n 2] | 1,789 | 43.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | E. Williams [n 3] | 1,724 | – | – | |
Labour | J. Macdougall | 1,361 | 32.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | R. Leeper | 1,299 | – | – | |
Liberal | G. Quinn | 982 | 23.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal | A. Halliday | 944 | – | – | |
Majority | 428 | 10.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,925 | ||||
Turnout | 34.6 | ![]() | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ![]() |
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Conservative hold | Swing | – |
No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | J. Flynn | 1,927 | 72.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | T. Bird | 493 | 18.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | D. Murgatroyd | 250 | 9.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,434 | 53.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 8,376 | ||||
Turnout | 31.9 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 6 (Grange and Oxton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Gordon Lindsay | 2,564 | 47.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | R. Hardy | 1,980 | 36.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Andrew Davies | 833 | 15.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 584 | 10.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,242 | ||||
Turnout | 40.6 | ![]() | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 7 (Prenton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | M. Baker | 2,993 | 65.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | F. Naylor | 1,597 | 34.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,396 | 30.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 15,422 | ||||
Turnout | 29.7 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 8 (Upton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | S. Hibbert | 3,256 | 59.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | J. Seaman | 2,180 | 40.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,076 | 19.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 21,661 | ||||
Turnout | 25.1 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Wallasey
No. 9 (Leasowe)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Clark | 2,004 | 55.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | A. Smith | 1,481 | 40.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal | M. Canning | 133 | 3.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 523 | 14.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,982 | ||||
Turnout | 30.2 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | S. Morgan | 2,404 | 59.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | G. Watkins | 1,379 | 34.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal | S. Pollit | 253 | 6.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,025 | 25.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,770 | ||||
Turnout | 31.6 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | L. Young | 1,596 | 53.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jim Edwards | 1,273 | 42.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | J. Jenkins | 124 | 4.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 323 | 10.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 8,168 | ||||
Turnout | 36.6 | ![]() | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
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No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | D. Moir | 4,176 | 63.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal | N. Thomas | 1,856 | 28.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | W. Edwards | 525 | 8.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,320 | 35.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 14,454 | ||||
Turnout | 45.4 | ![]() | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ![]() |
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No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Jack Redhead | 2,651 | 75.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | B. Lloyd | 591 | 16.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal | J. Barton | 270 | 7.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,060 | 58.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,546 | ||||
Turnout | 30.4 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Phoebe Bentzien | 2,187 | 58.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | M. Kemble | 1,248 | 33.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal | P. Mawdsley | 143 | 3.8 | ![]() | |
National Front | John Fishwick | 131 | 3.5 | New | |
Communist | R. Harris | 59 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 939 | 24.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,223 | ||||
Turnout | 33.6 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Bebington
No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Frank Theaker | 3,285 | 71.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Audrey Moore | 921 | 20.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Penelope Globy | 410 | 8.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,364 | 51.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,181 | ||||
Turnout | 45.3 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | S. Price | 2,082 | 52.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | T. Stacey | 1,905 | 47.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 177 | 4.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,828 | ||||
Turnout | 40.6 | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Phillip Gilchrist | 3,729 | 58.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | B. Davies | 1,749 | 27.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | R. Dunning | 940 | 14.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,980 | 30.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,985 | ||||
Turnout | 45.9 | ![]() | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
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No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | J. Zowe | 3,630 | 65.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | R. Woods | 1,015 | 18.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Thomas Harney | 918 | 16.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,615 | 47.1 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 14,163 | ||||
Turnout | 39.3 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hoylake
No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | W. Lloyd | 3,523 | 74.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | B. Crosby | 562 | 11.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | John McCabe | 454 | 9.6 | ![]() | |
Independent | J. Ellison | 191 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,961 | 62.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 13,589 | ||||
Turnout | 34.8 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Whitehurst | 4,051 | 86.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | David Jackson | 660 | 14.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,391 | 72.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,150 | ||||
Turnout | 38.8 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Wirral
No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | P. Wilson | 3,859 | 91.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | P. Wallace | 375 | 8.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,484 | 82.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,581 | ||||
Turnout | 36.6 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | David Fletcher | 2,514 | 79.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | H. Ellis-Thomas | 661 | 20.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,853 | 58.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,048 | ||||
Turnout | 31.6 | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
- % of total refers to % of wards won.
- Elected to serve a 4-year term.
- Elected to serve a 2-year term.
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References
- "Local Election Summaries 1978". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 3 and 4)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- "Councillor Walter Smith". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Councillor Tom Harney". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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