2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, electing members to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[10] This was the third election to the council where all councillors were up for election and the first in which the authority moves to a four-yearly, whole-council election system, following recommendations from a government report into the council's finances.^[10][11]

2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 2022 4 May 2023 2027 →
All 66 seats to Wirral Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.0% (0.5%)
First party Second party   Leader Janette Williamson[1] Tom Anderson[2] Party Labour Conservative Leader since 29 June 2020 (2020-06-29)[3] 14 May 2021 (2021-05-14)[4] Leader's seat Liscard Greasby Frankby and Irby (retired) Last election 9 seats, 42.7% 8 seats, 26.2% Seats before 23[n 1] 23[n 2] Seats won 30 17 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 36,625 21,517 Percentage 38.9% 22.8% Swing 3.8% 3.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Pat Cleary[5] Phil Gilchrist[6] Party Green Liberal Democrats Leader since 22 May 2014 (2014-05-22)[7] 16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)[8] Leader's seat Birkenhead and Tranmere Eastham Last election 3 seats, 17.4% 2 seats, 12.6% Seats before 9[n 3] 6 Seats won 13 6 Seat change 4 Popular vote 20,211 12,062 Percentage 21.4% 12.8% Swing 4.0% 0.2%
Map of results of 2023 election
Leader before election Janette Williamson Labour[9] No Overall Control Leader after election Paul Stuart (Labour) No Overall Control

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control being led by a Labour minority administration. The council remained under no overall control after the election and Labour continued to form the largest party.^[12]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2022.^[13]

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2023
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	64	30	10 (7)	3 (5)	7 (2)	45.5	38.9	36,625	3.8
	Conservative	66	17	0 (0)	6 (7)	6 (7)	25.8	22.8	21,517	3.4
	Green	63	13	4 (5)	0 (0)	4 (5)	19.7	21.4	20,211	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	34	6	0 (0)	0 (0)	()	9.1	12.8	12,062	0.2
	Freedom Alliance	20	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	()	0.0	2.0	1,893	New
	Independent	3	0	0 (0)	5 (0)	5 ()	0.0	1.4	1,328	0.5
	Reform UK	4	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	()	0.0	0.5	456	New
	National Housing Party UK	1	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	()	0.0	0.2	149	New

^[14]

Changes in council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:^[15]

↓

23	22	9	6	5	1
Lab	Con	Grn	LD	I	V

They were originally elected as:^[16]

↓

28	24	8	6
Lab	Con	Grn	LD

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓

30	17	13	6
Lab	Con	Grn	LD

Outgoing and moving councillors

Retiring councillors

Ward	Departing councillor	First elected	Party		Ref.
Birkenhead and Tranmere	Emily Gleaves	2021		Green	[17]
Bromborough	Joe Walsh	2011		Labour	[17]
Eastham	Dave Mitchell	1983		Liberal Democrats	[17]
Greasby, Frankby and Irby	Tom Anderson	2008		Conservative	[17]
Heswall	Paul Connolly	2022		Conservative (vacated seat on 28 November 2022)	[18]
Hoylake and Meols	Alison Wright	2019		Conservative	[17]
Moreton West and Saughall Massie	Steve Williams	2009		Conservative	[17]
Oxton	Orod Osanlou	2021		Liberal Democrats	[17]
Rock Ferry	Christopher Davies	2022		Labour (deselected)	[19]
Rock Ferry	Claire O'Hagan	2021		Labour	[20]
Upton	Tony Smith	1995		Labour	[17]
Wallasey	Paul Hayes	2007		Conservative	[17]

Councillors seeking re-election in other wards

Old ward	Moving councillor	First elected	Party		New ward	Ref.
Bebington	Jerry Williams	1996		Labour	Upton	[17]
Leasowe and Moreton East	Helen Collinson	2021		Labour	Birkenhead and Tranmere	[17]
Moreton West and Saughall Massie	Max Booth	2021		Conservative	Hoylake and Meols	[17]

Councillors seeking re-election for a different party

Ward	Moving councillor	First elected	Old party		New party		Details
Bromborough	Jo Bird	2018		Labour		Green	Expelled from Labour Party in November 2021.[21] Joined Green Party in March 2022.[22]
Greasby, Frankby and Irby	David Burgess-Joyce	2015		Conservative		Independent	Deselected by his local Conservative Party in July 2022.[23] Later became the party's candidate for Heswall before being barred from standing by the national party in late March.[24]
Leasowe and Moreton East	Karl Greaney	2019		Labour		Independent	Resigned from Labour Party in February 2022.[25]
Rock Ferry	Yvonne Nolan	1987		Labour		no description	Deselected by Labour Party after protesting the deselection of her partner and ward colleague Chris Davies in late March 2023.[26] Withdrew as a Labour candidate and resubmitted nomination as an Independent.[20] Ward colleague Claire O'Hagan withdrew her own candidacy leaving only two Labour candidates in the historically safe Labour ward.

Former councillors standing for election

Ward	Former councillor	Term	Party		Ref.
Bidston and St James	Wendy Clements	Greasby Frankby and Irby (2010 to 2022)		Conservative	[20]
Greasby, Frankby and Irby	Alan Brighouse	Oxton (2010 to 2018)		Liberal Democrats	[20]
Moreton West and Saughall Massie	Christopher Teggin	Clatterbridge (2004 to 2010)		Liberal Democrats	[20]
Oxton	Mike Redfern	Pensby and Thingwall (2006 to 2010)		Liberal Democrats	[20]
Pensby and Thingwall	Mike Sullivan	Pensby and Thingwall (2012 to 2019)		Labour	[20]
Rock Ferry	Frank Doyle	Prenton (2003 to 2010)		Liberal Democrats	[20]
Seacombe	Sarah Spoor	Liscard (2019 to 2021)		Green (was Labour)	[20]
West Kirby and Thurstaston	Peter Reisdorf	Royden, Greasby, Frankby and Irby (2000 to 2011)		Liberal Democrats	[20]

Candidates and Ward results

Bold indicated candidate was elected.

Bebington

Bebington (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Judith Grier	3,397	68.2
	Green	Ed Lamb	3,349	67.3
	Green	Jason Walsh	3,159	63.5
	Labour	Kaitlyn Peterson	1,261	25.3
	Labour	Callum Stuart	1,138	22.9
	Labour	Robert Ward	1,040	20.9
	Conservative	Nicola Oakley	346	7.0
	Conservative	Barry Tunna	298	6.0
	Conservative	Christine Tunna	274	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Molyneux	145	2.9
	Freedom Alliance	Catherine Williams	63	1.3
Turnout			4,978	42
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Bidston and St James

Bidston and St James (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Grey	1,435	68.3
	Labour	Brian Kenny	1,336	63.6
	Labour	Julie McManus	1,283	61.0
	Green	Jayne Clough	247	11.8
	Green	Millie Gorman	231	11.0
	Conservative	Tina McDonnell	215	10.2
	Green	Craig Fitzpatrick	210	10.0
	Conservative	Wendy Clements	202	9.6
	Conservative	Jonathon Goldsmith	201	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Parsons	125	5.9
	Freedom Alliance	Malcolm Davis	88	4.2
Turnout			2,102	20
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Birkenhead and Tranmere (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Pat Cleary	1,856	65.2
	Green	Amanda Onwuemene	1,590	55.9
	Green	Ewan Tomeny	1,567	55.1
	Labour	Helen Collinson	1,034	36.3
	Labour	Julienne McGeough	916	32.2
	Labour	Piara Miah	792	27.8
	Conservative	Richard Baker	82	2.9
	Freedom Alliance	Catherine Evans	75	2.6
	Conservative	Ada Lewis	68	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Smith	62	2.2
	Conservative	Colin Young	60	2.1
Turnout			2,846	27
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Bromborough

Bromborough (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jo Bird	2,497	57.3
	Green	Ruth Molyneux	2,133	48.9
	Green	Keiran Murphy	1,994	45.7
	Labour	Brenda Ashton	1,700	39.0
	Labour	Sue Percy	1,533	35.2
	Labour	Finlay Gordon	1,531	35.1
	Conservative	Des Drury	313	7.2
	Conservative	Gillian Byrne	258	5.9
	Conservative	Eleanor Johnson	233	5.3
	Freedom Alliance	Stephanie McGarry-Gribbin	66	1.5
Turnout			4,361	36
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Jordan	2,042	43.2
	Conservative	Cherry Povall	2,042	43.2
	Conservative	Helen Cameron	1,952	41.3
	Labour	Jenny Holliday	1,690	35.8
	Labour	Joanne Smith	1,576	33.4
	Labour	Michael Holliday	1,558	33.0
	Green	Dan Gorman	773	16.4
	Green	Jim McGinley	679	14.4
	Green	John Rodgers	611	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Raymond	521	11.0
	Freedom Alliance	Pamela Peacock	84	1.8
Turnout			4,724	42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Claughton

Claughton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Davies	2,053	61.8
	Labour	Stephen Foulkes	1,845	55.5
	Labour	Gillian Wood	1,830	55.1
	Green	Susan Braddock	509	15.3
	Conservative	Andrew Hodson	502	15.1
	Conservative	Charles Assa	481	14.5
	Green	Liz Heydon	446	13.4
	Conservative	Sheridan Tear-Edmonds	429	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	396	11.9
	Green	Perle Sheldricks	320	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Wood	297	8.9
	National Housing Party UK	Gary Bergin	149	4.5
Turnout			3,322	29
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Eastham

Eastham (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Gilchrist	2,421	62.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Carubia	2,231	57.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Raymond	1,807	46.3
	Labour	Melinda Downey	947	24.2
	Labour	Nicole Williams	835	21.4
	Labour	William Smith	807	20.7
	Conservative	Denise Crossley-Williams	408	10.4
	Green	Joy Hogg	369	9.4
	Conservative	William Harland	324	8.3
	Conservative	Philip Merry	322	8.2
	Green	Percy Hogg	252	6.4
	Green	Peter Rand	209	5.3
	Freedom Alliance	Sarah of the House of Blackburn	52	1.3
Turnout			3,907	35
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Greasby, Frankby and Irby (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gail Jenkinson	2,740	49.9
	Labour	Grahame McManus	2,499	45.5
	Labour	Mark Skillicorn	2,219	40.4
	Conservative	Tracy Elzeiny	2,078	37.9
	Conservative	David Fairbairn	1,987	36.2
	Conservative	Darren May	1,923	35.0
	Green	Miriam Cooke	601	10.9
	Green	Tom Green	527	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Brighouse	438	8.0
	Green	Cathy Page	410	7.5
	Independent	David Burgess-Joyce	193	3.5
	Freedom Alliance	Rosie Evans	97	1.8
Turnout			5,490	48
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Heswall

Heswall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hodson	2,351	45.8
	Conservative	Kathryn Hodson	2,213	43.2
	Conservative	Graham Davies	2,171	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Brame	2,150	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Waterfield	1,983	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	1,766	34.4
	Labour	Sophia Ballantyne	733	14.3
	Labour	Michael Royden	587	11.4
	Labour	Jimmy Sergi	544	10.6
	Freedom Alliance	Donna Lyons-Whearty	74	1.4
Turnout			5,128	47
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Withdrawn nominations

• Barbara Burton, Green (renominated in West Kirby and Thurstaston)
• Paul May, Green

Hoylake and Meols

Hoylake and Meols (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Cox	2,197	45.9
	Conservative	Andrew Gardner	2,168	45.3
	Conservative	Max Booth	2,158	45.1
	Labour	Sheila Murphy	1,721	36.0
	Labour	Paul Carney	1,560	32.6
	Labour	David Sindall	1,507	31.5
	Green	Alix Cockcroft	640	13.4
	Green	Fintan Cleary	562	11.7
	Green	Julian Priest	415	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Hughes	291	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Johnson	260	5.4
	Freedom Alliance	Colin Roper	106	2.2
Turnout			4,786	46
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leasowe and Moreton East

Leasowe and Moreton East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angie Davies	1,959	61.9
	Labour	Louise Luxon-Kewley	1,881	59.4
	Labour	Paul Jobson	1,688	53.3
	Independent	Karl Greaney	642	20.3
	Conservative	Tracy Blackburn	530	16.7
	Conservative	Neil Cartwright	477	15.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Yongjiang Wang	355	11.2
	Green	Katie Bristow	334	10.5
	Green	Michael Dixon	261	8.2
	Green	Holly Turner	258	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chase Newton	227	7.2
	Freedom Alliance	Juliette Mantley	93	2.9
Turnout			3,167	29
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Liscard

Liscard (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daisy Kenny	2,012	62.6
	Labour	Janette Williamson	1,865	58.0
	Labour	James Laing	1,826	56.8
	Green	Helen Burnham	541	16.8
	Conservative	Jane Owens	502	15.6
	Conservative	Stephen Dobson	440	13.7
	Conservative	Lesley May	413	12.8
	Green	William Gorman	369	11.5
	Green	Peter Lageard	324	10.1
	Reform UK	Daniel Bruffell	220	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Downie	195	6.1
	Freedom Alliance	Lynsey Welsh	107	3.3
Turnout			3,216	29
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Moreton West and Saughall Massie (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vida Wilson	1,908	48.3
	Conservative	Colin Baldwin	1,901	48.1
	Conservative	John Bennett	1,875	47.5
	Labour	Mark Cawood	1,508	38.2
	Labour	Katherine Stuart	1,428	36.1
	Labour	Maegan Stuart	1,358	34.4
	Green	Hilary Cullen	343	8.7
	Green	Jane Turner	294	7.4
	Green	Rick Hughes	239	6.0
	Reform UK	Paul Whelligan	123	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin	105	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thompson	80	2.0
	Freedom Alliance	Niamh McGarry-Gribbin	63	1.6
Turnout			3,951	37
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Brighton

New Brighton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Jones	2,261	58.8
	Labour	Sue Powell-Wilde	2,137	55.6
	Labour	Paul Martin	2,109	54.9
	Green	Cynthia Stonall	739	19.2
	Conservative	Ann Lavin	661	17.2
	Green	Alexandra Badwi	653	17.0
	Green	Andrew Bennett	618	16.1
	Conservative	Andrew Gilfoyle	598	15.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Murphy	544	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Houghton	338	8.8
	Freedom Alliance	Dermot Bolger	176	4.6
Turnout			3,844	34
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxton

Oxton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame	2,689	65.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Kelly	2,592	63.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Redfern	2,117	51.6
	Labour	Clint Agard	964	23.5
	Labour	Tony Cottier	942	23.0
	Green	Allan Goode	577	14.1
	Green	Rachel Heydon	535	13.0
	Green	Alex Wallis	269	6.6
	Conservative	Jon Loach	169	4.1
	Conservative	Freda Punnen	155	3.8
	Conservative	Colin Vallance-Owen	153	3.7
	Reform UK	Philip Griffiths	113	2.8
	Freedom Alliance	Monika Skinner	104	2.5
Turnout			4,101	38
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pensby and Thingwall

In October 2025, Pitt left the Labour Party and joined Your Party.^[27]

Pensby and Thingwall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Ainsworth	2,118	45.9
	Labour	Mike Sullivan	2,050	44.4
	Labour	Richie Pitt	1,883	40.8
	Conservative	Mike Collins	1,768	38.3
	Conservative	Ivan Camphor	1,617	35.0
	Conservative	Leah Fraser	1,582	34.3
	Green	Allen Burton	550	11.9
	Green	Marilyn Jones	520	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Wolf	444	9.6
	Green	Mark Reeves	403	8.7
	Freedom Alliance	William Parry	93	2.0
Turnout			4,616	44
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Withdrawn nominations

• Paula Basnett, Labour (renominated in Rock Ferry)

Prenton

Prenton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Christopher Cooke	2,419	62.4
	Green	Harry Gorman	2,297	59.3
	Green	Naomi Graham	2,227	57.5
	Labour	John Ainsworth	1,246	32.1
	Labour	Rachel Millard	1,144	29.5
	Labour	Archie Wood	1,012	26.1
	Conservative	Michael Clements	215	5.5
	Conservative	Mark Davey-Hayford	172	4.4
	Conservative	Sibani Ghosh	161	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Richardson	105	2.7
	Freedom Alliance	Lily Evans	82	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Tyrrell	57	1.5
Turnout			3,876	35.8
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Rock Ferry

Rock Ferry (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Basnett	1,525	61.6
	Labour	Tony Murphy	1,428	57.7
	Green	Craig McDonald	1,073	43.3
	Green	Gareth Rowlands	713	28.8
	No Description	Yvonne Nolan	493	19.9
	Green	Helen O'Donnell	469	18.9
	Conservative	Susan Amyes	190	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Doyle	171	6.9
	Conservative	Paul Taylor	141	5.7
	Conservative	Margaret Kalil	140	5.7
	Reform UK	Tony Stanley	131	5.3
Turnout			2,476	24
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Withdrawn nominations

• Yvonne Nolan, Labour (renominated without description)
• Claire O'Hagan, Labour

Seacombe

Seacombe (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Laing	1,755	54.7
	Labour	Kaitlin Stuart	1,699	52.9
	Labour	Paul Stuart	1,622	50.5
	Green	Rae Voller	1,255	39.1
	Green	Hannah Rapley	1,243	38.7
	Green	Sarah Spoor	1,107	34.5
	Conservative	Bobby Cartwright	116	3.6
	Freedom Alliance	Paul Cardin	107	3.3
	Conservative	Adele Lumb	106	3.3
	Conservative	Evelyn Sorrell	103	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Morris	72	2.2
Turnout			3,211	31
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Upton

Upton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Bennett	2,236	62.9
	Labour	Jean Robinson	2,140	60.2
	Labour	Jerry Williams	1,920	54.0
	Green	Lily Clough	660	18.6
	Conservative	Johnathan Andrew	649	18.3
	Conservative	Andy Brown	600	16.9
	Conservative	Thomas Maxwell	549	15.5
	Green	Tim Watson	458	12.9
	Green	Nadia Parsons	340	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Davies	252	7.1
	Freedom Alliance	Debbie Cameron	137	3.9
Turnout			3,553	29
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wallasey

Wallasey (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Rennie	2,391	44.8
	Conservative	Ian Lewis	2,370	44.4
	Labour	Brenda Hall	2,294	43.0
	Labour	Graeme Cooper	2,261	42.3
	Conservative	Steven Hoey	2,238	41.9
	Labour	Saul Murphy	2,191	41.0
	Green	Moira Gommon	333	6.2
	Green	Jane Gorman	301	5.6
	Green	Ryan Davies	290	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Codling	245	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Uriel	116	2.2
	Freedom Alliance	Matthew Chell	93	1.7
	Reform UK	Lynda Williams	89	1.7
Turnout			5,340	46
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Kirby and Thurstaston

West Kirby and Thurstaston (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Johnson	1,884	41.3
	Conservative	Jeff Green	1,859	40.8
	Conservative	Simon Mountney	1,820	39.9
	Labour	Paula Kenny	1,433	31.4
	Labour	Mary MacEwan	1,388	30.5
	Labour	Elizabeth Watkins	1,307	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Cresswell	670	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf	634	13.9
	Green	Barbara Burton	498	10.9
	Green	Mark Wilde	493	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Campbell	469	10.3
	Green	Karen Brenchley	463	10.2
	Freedom Alliance	Pat Whearty	133	2.9
Turnout			4,557	45
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Withdrawn nominations

• Richie Pitt, Labour (renominated in Pensby and Thingwall)

Notes

1. 28 excluding changes in affiliation.
2. With one vacancy in Heswall. 24 excluding changes in affiliation.
3. 8 excluding changes in affiliation.