2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.1% (0.8%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Phil Davies Ian Lewis
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 29 March 2012 (2012-03-29) 8 May 2017 (2017-05-08)
Leader's seat Birkenhead
and
Tranmere

Wallasey
Last election 12 seats,
45.5%
8 seats,
35.3%
Seats before 34 21
Seats won 10 8
Seats after 32 22
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 31,778 28,467
Percentage 35.8% 32.1%
Swing 9.7% 3.2%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Pat Cleary Phil Gilchrist
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader since 22 May 2014 (2014-05-22) 16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)
Leader's seat Birkenhead
and
Tranmere

Eastham
Last election 1 seat,
8.6%
2 seats,
10.2%
Seats before 1 5
Seats won 2 2
Seats after 3 6
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 14,803 10,283
Percentage 16.7% 11.6%
Swing 8.1% 1.4%

Map of results of 2019 election

Leader of the Council before election

Phil Davies
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Pat Hackett (Labour)
No Overall Control

The 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 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  ±  
Labour322
Conservative221
Liberal Democrat61
Green32
Independent32
Source: The Guardian