1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

7 May 1992 (1992-05-07)

22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout39.6% (9.2%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
LD
Leader John Hale George Clark Gordon Lindsay
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Hoylake Moreton (lost) Oxton
Last election 11 seats,
43.6%
9 seats,
31.5%
3 seats,
19.3%
Seats before 24 34 7
Seats won 12 8 2
Seats after 29 31 6
Seat change 5 3 1
Popular vote 50,918 30,161 17,152
Percentage 50.5% 29.9% 17.0%
Swing 6.9% 1.6% 2.3%

Map of results of 1992 election

Leader of the Council before election

George Clark
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

None
No Overall Control

The 1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992 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±
Labour313
Conservative295
Liberal Democrats61
Independent Labour01