1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
# 1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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:

| Party | Seats | ± |
| - | - | - |
| Labour | 31 | 3 |
| Conservative | 29 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 |

## Election results

### Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1991.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1992 :

| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Conservative | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 54.5 | 50.5 | 50,918 | 6.9 |
| | Labour | 22 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 36.4 | 29.9 | 30,161 | 1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9.1 | 17.0 | 17,152 | 2.3 |
| | Green | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2,502 | 1.5 |
| | Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 156 | 1.5 |

## Ward results

### Bebington

Bebington :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Brian Cummings | 2,935 | 62.4 | 6.3 |
| | Labour | Audrey Moore | 1,250 | 26.6 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Turner | 390 | 8.3 | 3.4 |
| | Green | T. Keen | 132 | 2.8 | 1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,685 | 35.8 | 8.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,061 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.6 | 11.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 4.1 | |

### Bidston

Bidston :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | J. Williams | 1,536 | 76.8 | 1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Molyneux | 355 | 17.8 | 8.7 |
| | Green | D. Pye | 109 | 5.5 | 1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,181 | 59.1 | 4.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,698 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.0 | 12.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 | |

### Birkenhead

Birkenhead :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | D. Gower | 1,998 | 73.0 | 2.0 |
| | Conservative | J. Oliver | 447 | 16.3 | 3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. Cooke | 213 | 7.8 | 3.2 |
| | Green | Catherine Page | 80 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,551 | 56.6 | 1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,754 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.5 | 8.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.5 | |

### Bromborough

Bromborough :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | David Jackson | 1,723 | 44.0 | 1.0 |
| | Conservative | J. Faulkner | 1,670 | 43.0 | 8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | L. Smith | 406 | 10.5 | 7.1 |
| | Green | Cecil Bowler | 85 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 1.4 | 7.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,328 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.3 | 11.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.8 | |

### Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Michael Moore | 4,245 | 70.0 | 9.3 |
| | Labour | P. Mason | 977 | 16.1 | 1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Byde | 717 | 11.8 | 6.2 |
| | Green | S. Keen | 123 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,268 | 53.9 | 11.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,180 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.8 | 7.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.6 | |

### Claughton

Claughton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | George Davies | 1,909 | 38.8 | 7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Grocott | 1,851 | 37.6 | 5.2 |
| | Conservative | D. Smith | 1,058 | 21.5 | 1.9 |
| | Green | A. Cuthbertson | 99 | 2.0 | 0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,753 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.7 | 5.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Eastham

Eastham :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phillip Gilchrist | 3,362 | 58.3 | 14.8 |
| | Conservative | A. Drury | 1,240 | 21.5 | 2.7 |
| | Labour | P. Jones | 1,091 | 18.9 | 11.3 |
| | Green | Nigel Birchenough | 69 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,122 | 36.8 | 23.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,961 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.2 | 6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 11.8 | |

### Egerton

Egerton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Andrew Dow | 1,677 | 48.6 | 3.1 |
| | Conservative | J. Thomas | 1,117 | 32.4 | 9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Freda Anderson | 564 | 16.3 | 5.7 |
| | Green | Tina Fox | 94 | 2.7 | 1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 560 | 16.2 | 13.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,142 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.0 | 10.7 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Heswall

Heswall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | T. Price | 4,317 | 77.3 | 5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | W. Jones | 636 | 11.4 | 3.0 |
| | Labour | M. Sambrook | 496 | 8.9 | 1.3 |
| | Green | Barbara Burton | 134 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,681 | 65.9 | 8.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,317 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.9 | 8.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 4.2 | |

### Hoylake

Hoylake :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Frank Jones | 4,307 | 78.5 | 5.6 |
| | Labour | D. Clee | 551 | 10.0 | 0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Dennis | 456 | 8.3 | 3.6 |
| | Green | Allen Burton | 175 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,756 | 68.4 | 7.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,707 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.2 | 9.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 3.8 | |

### Leasowe

Leasowe :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Aileen Keyes | 1,610 | 54.7 | 15.1 |
| | Conservative | E. Pritchard | 1,069 | 36.3 | 15.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Thomas | 185 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
| | Green | S. Hughes | 78 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 541 | 18.4 | 8.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,894 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.7 | 16.0 |
| | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | 4.2 | |

### Liscard

Liscard :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | M. Ebbs | 2,288 | 47.5 | 7.9 |
| | Labour | E. Smith | 1,991 | 41.3 | 3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Skelly | 405 | 8.4 | 2.4 |
| | Green | W. Lorimer | 137 | 2.8 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,525 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.8 | 10.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.9 | |

### Moreton

Moreton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Vic Borg | 2,412 | 56.8 | 8.0 |
| | Labour | John Clark | 1,447 | 34.1 | 7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Robertson | 168 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| | Labour Moderate | Jim Edwards | 156 | 3.7 | 10.0 |
| | Green | Pamela Mitchell | 66 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 965 | 22.7 | 1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,495 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.7 | 14.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 0.5 | |

### New Brighton

New Brighton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | T. McMahon | 2,590 | 53.2 | 3.5 |
| | Labour | Adrian Jones | 1,589 | 32.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Codling | 466 | 9.6 | 2.2 |
| | Green | Sally Davis | 225 | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,001 | 20.6 | 3.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,683 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.7 | 7.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 1.8 | |

### Oxton

Oxton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alec Dunn | 2,008 | 41.6 | 5.8 |
| | Conservative | Mark Hughes | 1,961 | 40.6 | 8.6 |
| | Labour | David Christian | 763 | 15.8 | 0.7 |
| | Green | K. Cuthbertson | 98 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,818 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.9 | 9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.2 | |

### Prenton

Prenton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Howard Morton | 2,577 | 41.2 | 2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Thornton | 2,532 | 40.5 | 2.6 |
| | Labour | John Mitchell | 1,083 | 17.3 | 3.4 |
| | Green | Perle Shedricks | 63 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,083 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.8 | 4.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 0.3 | |

### Royden

Royden :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Derek Robinson | 4,030 | 74.8 | 8.1 |
| | Labour | G. O'Neill | 672 | 12.5 | 0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Crosbie | 518 | 9.6 | 4.3 |
| | Green | Garnette Bowler | 166 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,358 | 62.3 | 9.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,766 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.2 | 9.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 4.8 | |

### Seacombe

Seacombe :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | P. Clee | 2,575 | 65.7 | 3.3 |
| | Conservative | L. May | 1,039 | 26.5 | 4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Kelly | 222 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| | Green | L. Georgeson | 82 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,536 | 39.2 | 0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,604 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.8 | 10.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 | |

### Thurstaston

Thurstaston :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Sid Dunn | 3,883 | 75.0 | 8.5 |
| | Labour | W. Gamet | 685 | 13.2 | 1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Wall | 418 | 8.1 | 5.1 |
| | Green | David Burton | 194 | 3.7 | 1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,198 | 61.7 | 10.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,691 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.8 | 9.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.2 | |

### Tranmere

Tranmere :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | R. Davies | 1,527 | 65.3 | 0.8 |
| | Conservative | D. Brunskill | 488 | 20.9 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Blaylock | 235 | 10.0 | 2.6 |
| | Green | Angela Upton | 90 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,039 | 44.4 | 1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,045 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.3 | 13.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.8 | |

### Upton

Upton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | L. Turnbull | 3,205 | 55.8 | 16.1 |
| | Labour | W. Lowe | 2,045 | 35.6 | 5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | E. Davies | 403 | 7.0 | 8.6 |
| | Green | L. Bulton | 89 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,160 | 20.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,897 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.5 | 4.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 10.7 | |

### Wallasey

Wallasey :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Kate Wood | 4,040 | 70.1 | 9.6 |
| | Labour | J. Strang | 966 | 16.8 | 2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 642 | 11.1 | 6.1 |
| | Green | Robert Mitchell | 114 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,074 | 53.3 | 11.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,212 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 | 7.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.8 | |

## Changes between 1992 and 1994

| Date | Ward | Name | Previous affiliation | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 1994 | Eastham | Vera Ruck | | Labour | | Conservative | Defected. |
