2021 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

2021 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
6 May 2021
23 of 66 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.0% (1.1%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Janette Williamson Jeff Green
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 29 June 2020 (2020-06-29) 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22)
Leader's seat
Liscard		 West Kirby
and
Thurstaston
Last election 10 seats,
35.8%		 8 seats,
32.1%
Seats before 32 22
Seats won 10 8
Seats after 30 23
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 34,643 29,000
Percentage 39.7% 33.3%
Swing 3.9% 1.2%
  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 2 seats,
16.7%		 2 seats,
11.6%
Seats before 2 6
Seats won 3 2
Seats after 5 6
Seat change 3
Popular vote 13,915 8,788
Percentage 16.0% 10.1%
Swing 0.7% 1.5%
Map of results of 2021 election
Leader of the Council before election

Janette Williamson (Labour)
No Overall Control

 Leader of the Council after election

Janette Williamson (Labour)
No Overall Control

The 2021 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This delay meant those elected (excluding the by-election) would serve only a three-year term.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour302
Conservative231
Liberal Democrat6
Green52
Independent22
Source: The Guardian
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