1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)

23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.4% (7.9%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
LD
Leader Peter Corcoran John Hale Ed Cunniffe
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Upton Liscard Prenton (lost)
Last election 13 seats,
41.9%
7 seats,
41.9%
2 seats,
13.5%
Seats before 29 24 10
Seats won 14 8 1
Seats after 33 23 7
Seat change 4 1 3
Popular vote 60,891 45,993 18,918
Percentage 45.9% 34.7% 14.3%
Swing 4.0% 7.2% 0.8%

Map of results of 1990 election

Leader of the Council before election

None
No Overall Control

Leader of the Council after election

Yvonne Nolan (Labour)
No Overall Control

The 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990 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:

PartySeats±
Labour334
Conservative231
Liberal Democrats73
Independent Labour3