2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.4% (6.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Phil Davies Jeff Green Tom Harney
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Birkenhead
and
Tranmere		 West Kirby
and
Thurstaston
Eastham
Last election 12 seats,
43.8%		 9 seats,
33.8%		 2 seats,
12.5%
Seats before 30 27 9
Seats won 13 7 2
Seats after 37 22 7
Seat change 7 5 2
Popular vote 38,455 26,426 9,375
Percentage 44.6% 30.6% 10.9%
Swing 0.8% 3.2% 1.6%
Map of results of 2012 election
Leader of the Council before election

Jeff Green (Conservative)
No Overall Control

 Leader of the Council after election

Phil Davies
Labour

The 2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

Overall, Labour gained seven seats at the expense of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and gained overall control of the council, with a majority of eight.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour377
Conservative225
Liberal Democrat72

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