2011 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

2011 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.2% (22.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Steve Foulkes Jeff Green Simon Holbrook
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
Claughton		 West Kirby
and
Thurstaston
Prenton (lost)
Last election 12 seats,
37.6%		 8 seats,
32.1%		 3 seats,
22.5%
Seats before 24 27 15
Seats won 12 9 2
Seats after 29 27 10
Seat change 5 5
Popular vote 45,006 34,738 12,815
Percentage 43.8% 33.8% 12.5%
Swing 6.2% 1.7% 10.0%
Map of results of 2011 election
Leader of the Council before election

Jeff Green (Conservative)
No Overall Control

 Leader of the Council after election

Steve Foulkes (Labour)
No Overall Control

The 2011 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 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  ±  
Labour295
Conservative27
Liberal Democrat105

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