1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
All 66 seats; to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.1%
	Map of results of 1973 election
	Leader of the Council after election ; Bill Whitehurst (Conservative); No Overall Control

The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The election took place a year before the council formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats
	Conservative	29
	Labour	24
	Liberal	13

^[3]

Election results[edit]

Overall election result[edit]

New Council.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1973
Party		Candidates			Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	% of total	%	No.
	Conservative	66	29	43.9	42.9	43,847
	Labour	65	24	36.4	32.6	33,320
	Liberal	43	13	19.7	22.6	23,106
	Ind. Conservative	2	0	0.0	1.2	1,179
	Independent Socialist	1	0	0.0	0.3	319
	Residents	1	0	0.0	0.3	315
	Communist	1	0	0.0	0.2	187

^[1]^[2]

Ward results[edit]

Birkenhead[edit]

No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)[edit]

Argyle-Clifton-Holt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kimberly ^{[n 1]}	1,580	72.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Parnall ^{[n 2]}	1,577	–	–
	Labour	Tomlinson ^{[n 3]}	1,515	–	–
	Conservative	L. Peers	589	27.2	N/A
	Conservative	Wilson	546	–	–
	Conservative	Gates	530	–	–
Majority				45.7	N/A
Registered electors			8,985
Turnout				24.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey)[edit]

Bebington and Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Kellett ^{[n 1]}	1,358	44.7	*N/A*
	Labour	Bagnall ^{[n 2]}	1,337	–	–
	Labour	A. Price ^{[n 3]}	1,159	–	–
	Conservative	Jones	1,143	37.7	N/A
	Conservative	Welsh	993	–	–
	Conservative	Kelly	968	–	–
	Liberal	Tomkins	534	17.6	N/A
	Liberal	Spencer	511	–	–
	Liberal	Prosser	503	–	–
Majority				7.1	N/A
Registered electors			8,707
Turnout				34.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland)[edit]

Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Evans ^{[n 1]}	2,444	53.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Evans ^{[n 2]}	2,202	–	–
	Liberal	A. Jones ^{[n 3]}	2,003	–	–
	Conservative	R. Stretch	1,066	23.5	N/A
	Conservative	Hesketh	1,064	–	–
	Labour	Roberts	1,034	22.8	N/A
	Labour	Walter Smith	1,010	–	–
	Labour	Keith Rimmer	1,008	–	–
	Conservative	Gaughan	970	–	–
Majority				30.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,993
Turnout				45.5	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

^[2]^[4]

No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton)[edit]

Devonshire and Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hughes ^{[n 1]}	2,187	42.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	E. Hughes ^{[n 2]}	1,855	–	–
	Liberal	Attwood ^{[n 3]}	1,680	–	–
	Conservative	David Fletcher	1,591	30.8	N/A
	Conservative	Baker	1,543	–	–
	Conservative	K. Allen	1,502	–	–
	Labour	Eileen Keegan	1,392	26.9	N/A
	Labour	Bagnall	1,253	–	–
	Labour	Bagnall	1,225	–	–
Majority				11.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,464
Turnout				41.5	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James)[edit]

Gilbrook and St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Flynn ^{[n 1]}	2,047	59.9	*N/A*
	Labour	J. Roberts ^{[n 2]}	1,996	–	–
	Labour	P. Roberts ^{[n 3]}	1,922	–	–
	Liberal	A. Hayes	1,044	30.6	N/A
	Liberal	Lea	987	–	–
	Liberal	Ashman	905	–	–
	Conservative	W. Briggs	325	9.5	N/A
	Conservative	Menio	305	–	–
	Conservative	Emsden	255	–	–
Majority				29.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,030
Turnout				37.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 6 (Grange and Oxton)[edit]

Grange and Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Lindsay ^{[n 1]}	2,651	50.5	*N/A*
	Liberal	A. Halliday ^{[n 2]}	2,212	–	–
	Liberal	Truffet ^{[n 3]}	2,206	–	–
	Conservative	Pyke	1,731	33.0	N/A
	Conservative	Kenneth Porter	1,697	–	–
	Conservative	Lea	1,549	–	–
	Labour	Leeper	863	16.5	N/A
	Labour	Armstrong	839	–	–
	Labour	A. Smith	764	–	–
Majority				17.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,348
Turnout				42.5	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 7 (Prenton)[edit]

Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Baker ^{[n 1]}	2,846	51.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Harry Deverill ^{[n 2]}	2,820	–	–
	Conservative	Pattinson ^{[n 3]}	2,729	–	–
	Labour	G. Llewellyn	2,335	42.5	N/A
	Labour	Muir	2,244	–	–
	Labour	Ainslie	2,142	–	–
	Independent Socialist	Connolly	319	5.8	N/A
Majority				9.3	N/A
Registered electors			15,882
Turnout				34.6	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 8 (Upton)[edit]

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Hibbert ^{[n 1]}	2,691	46.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Lowe ^{[n 2]}	2,678	–	–
	Conservative	J. Roberts ^{[n 3]}	2,654	–	–
	Labour	Harland	2,584	44.7	N/A
	Labour	Bernard Gilfoyle	2,548	–	–
	Labour	Owen	2,375	–	–
	Residents	S. Dean	315	5.5	N/A
	Communist	K. Thompson	187	3.2	N/A
Majority				1.9	N/A
Registered electors			19,861
Turnout				29.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

Wallasey[edit]

No. 9 (Leasowe)[edit]

Leasowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Clark ^{[n 1]}	2,129	70.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Bill Wells ^{[n 2]}	2,106	–	–
	Labour	Ken Fox ^{[n 3]}	2,062	–	–
	Conservative	Ward	896	29.6	N/A
	Conservative	Ward	870	–	–
	Conservative	Arrowsmith	828	–	–
Majority				40.8	N/A
Registered electors			11,478
Turnout				26.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard)[edit]

Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Morgan ^{[n 1]}	2,147	43.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	M. Ebbs ^{[n 2]}	2,142	–	–
	Conservative	Lynn ^{[n 3]}	2,041	–	–
	Labour	Gershman	2,028	41.2	N/A
	Labour	Vincent McGee	1,985	–	–
	Labour	Owens	1,955	–	–
	Liberal	Caldwell	751	15.2	N/A
	Liberal	Jones	738	–	–
	Liberal	Gordon	732	–	–
Majority				2.4	N/A
Registered electors			13,161
Turnout				37.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie)[edit]

Moreton and Saughall Massie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Edwards ^{[n 1]}	1,318	47.2	*N/A*
	Labour	G. Watkins ^{[n 2]}	1,288	–	–
	Labour	E. Lewis ^{[n 3]}	1,230	–	–
	Conservative	I. Walker	1,132	40.5	N/A
	Conservative	Webster	1,083	–	–
	Conservative	Hale	1,080	–	–
	Liberal	E. Lawrence	345	12.3	N/A
	Liberal	Coffey	328	–	–
	Liberal	Franks	313	–	–
Majority				6.7	N/A
Registered electors			7,070
Turnout				39.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren)[edit]

New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	N. Thomas ^{[n 1]}	3,153	44.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Kate Wood ^{[n 2]}	2,946	–	–
	Liberal	J. Southworth ^{[n 3]}	2,944	–	–
	Conservative	Stubbs	2,848	39.9	N/A
	Conservative	Weston	2,818	–	–
	Conservative	Shaw	2,812	–	–
	Ind. Conservative	John Fishwick	713	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Jones	432	6.0	N/A
	Labour	Byrne	405	–	–
	Labour	Moore	392	–	–
Majority				4.3	N/A
Registered electors			14,680
Turnout				48.7	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

^[2]^[5]

No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street)[edit]

North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Redhead ^{[n 1]}	2,363	41.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Humphrey-Jones ^{[n 2]}	2,176	–	–
	Conservative	George Thornton ^{[n 3]}	2,140	–	–
	Liberal	P. Tyrer	1,939	34.4	N/A
	Liberal	Wark	1,588	–	–
	Liberal	Glover	1,383	–	–
	Labour	Williams	872	15.5	N/A
	Labour	Pryke	811	–	–
	Labour	B. Lloyd	796	–	–
	Ind. Conservative	H. Thompson	466	8.3	N/A
Majority				7.5	N/A
Registered electors			11,772
Turnout				47.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville)[edit]

Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phoebe Bentzien ^{[n 1]}	2,332	65.8	*N/A*
	Labour	T. Duffy ^{[n 2]}	2,268	–	–
	Labour	S. Wickham ^{[n 3]}	2,252	–	–
	Conservative	F. Hunter	916	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Bestwick	883	–	–
	Conservative	Fielding	772	–	–
	Liberal	Cassidy	294	8.3	N/A
	Liberal	Hayes	279	–	–
	Liberal	Wood	253	–	–
Majority				40.0	N/A
Registered electors			12,430
Turnout				28.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]

Bebington[edit]

No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)[edit]

Higher Bebington and Woodhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Theaker ^{[n 1]}	2,458	54.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Tim Richmond ^{[n 2]}	2,434	–	–
	Conservative	E. Pike ^{[n 3]}	2,405	–	–
	Labour	Bennett	1,149	25.5	N/A
	Labour	M. Irvine	1,145	–	–
	Labour	Wingate	1,105	–	–
	Liberal	A. Snedker	896	19.9	N/A
	Liberal	Duckers	854	–	–
	Liberal	Watson	735	–	–
Majority				29.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,262
Turnout				43.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough)[edit]

Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Price ^{[n 1]}	2,575	61.2	*N/A*
	Labour	P. McCarthy ^{[n 2]}	2,384	–	–
	Labour	F. Gregory ^{[n 3]}	2,290	–	–
	Conservative	McKenzie	1,631	38.8	N/A
	Conservative	G. Drew	1,459	–	–
	Conservative	Jerram	1,381	–	–
Majority				22.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,804
Turnout				42.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham)[edit]

South Bromborough and Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill ^{[n 1]}	2,469	47.2	*N/A*
	Labour	M. Halliday ^{[n 2]}	2,221	–	–
	Labour	William Lungley ^{[n 3]}	2,146	–	–
	Conservative	David Allan	1,911	36.5	N/A
	Conservative	Howe	1,731	–	–
	Conservative	Winter	1,577	–	–
	Liberal	Phillip Gilchrist	851	16.3	N/A
	Liberal	Astill	741	–	–
	Liberal	Harney	728	–	–
Majority				10.7	N/A
Registered electors			12,861
Turnout				40.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]^[6]

No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton)[edit]

Lower Bebington and Poulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackson ^{[n 1]}	2,498	51.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Michael Moore ^{[n 2]}	2,472	–	–
	Conservative	Dorothy Goodfellow ^{[n 3]}	2,445	–	–
	Liberal	Thomas Harney	1,252	25.9	N/A
	Liberal	Hughes	1,111	–	–
	Labour	A. Radcliffe	1,091	22.5	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas	1,085	–	–
	Labour	Halliday	987	–	–
	Labour	D. Roscoe	974	–	–
Majority				25.7	N/A
Registered electors			12,016
Turnout				40.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]^[7]

Hoylake[edit]

No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby)[edit]

Caldy and Frankby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Lloyd ^{[n 1]}	3,499	76.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Burrows ^{[n 2]}	3,483	–	–
	Conservative	Reg Cumpstey ^{[n 3]}	3,481	–	–
	Labour	Kelly	1,092	23.8	N/A
	Labour	Pennington	1,082	–	–
	Labour	Porter	1,018	–	–
Majority				52.4	N/A
Registered electors			12,685
Turnout				36.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park)[edit]

Central-Hoose-Meols-Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Whitehurst ^{[n 1]}	3,754	46.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Frank Jones ^{[n 2]}	3,624	–	–
	Liberal	J. Thomas ^{[n 3]}	3,378	41.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Nightingale	3,373	–	–
	Labour	Davies	933	11.6	N/A
	Labour	Cook	906	–	–
Majority				4.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,993
Turnout				67.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

^[2]

Wirral[edit]

No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield)[edit]

Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harding ^{[n 1]}	3,290	66.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Clarke ^{[n 2]}	3,123	–	–
	Conservative	Crowe ^{[n 3]}	3,107	–	–
	Liberal	G. Collins	1,387	27.9	N/A
	Liberal	A. Conway	1,349	–	–
	Liberal	Wiggans	1,160	–	–
	Labour	Garde	302	6.1	N/A
	Labour	Ayre	279	–	–
	Labour	W. Gamet	264	–	–
Majority				38.2	N/A
Registered electors			11,022
Turnout				45.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston)[edit]

Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doris Sisson ^{[n 1]}	2,522	64.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Birks ^{[n 2]}	2,519	–	–
	Conservative	Ford ^{[n 3]}	2,469	–	–
	Labour	S. Dunn	1,405	35.8	N/A
	Labour	H. Ellis-Thomas	1,361	–	–
	Labour	Cody	1,304	–	–
Majority				28.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,147
Turnout				42.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

Notes[edit]

• bold denotes the winning candidate

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Elected to serve a 5 year term.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Elected to serve a 3 year term.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Elected to serve a 2 year term.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Local Election Summaries 1973". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Councillor Walter Smith". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^ "Councillor Mrs Kate Wood". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 2 August 2023.
^ "Councillor Tom Harney". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

[First-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Elected to serve a 5 year term.

[3a-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Elected to serve a 3 year term.

[2a-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Elected to serve a 2 year term.

[results-1] "Local Election Summaries 1973". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[local-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[3] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[7] "Councillor Walter Smith". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.

[8] "Councillor Mrs Kate Wood". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

[9] "Councillor Phil Gilchrist". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 2 August 2023.

[10] "Councillor Tom Harney". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

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Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
City corporations	Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow
District councils (England)	Adur Allerdale Alnwick Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Aylesbury Vale Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bassetlaw Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Berwick-upon-Tweed Beverley Blaby Blackburn Blackpool Blyth Valley Bolsover Boothferry Boston Bosworth Bournemouth Bracknell Braintree Breckland Brentwood Bridgnorth Brighton Bristol Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Caradon Carlisle Carrick Castle Morpeth Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chester Chichester Chiltern Chorley Christchurch Cleethorpes Colchester Congleton Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Crawley Crewe Dacorum Darlington Dartford Daventry Derby Derwentside Dover Durham Easington East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Northamptonshire East Staffordshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden Ellesmere Port Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fareham Fenland Forest Heath Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gillingham Glanford Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Halton Hambleton Harborough Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hartley Wintney Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere High Peak Holderness Horsham Hove Hull Huntingdon Hyndburn Ipswich Kennet Kerrier Kettering Kingswood Lancaster Langbaurgh Leicester Leominster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Mansfield Medina Medway Melton Mendip Mid Bedfordshire Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Mole Valley New Forest Newark Newbury Newcastle-under-Lyme North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Shropshire North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire North Wiltshire North Wolds Northampton Northavon Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton Oadby and Wigston Oswestry Oxford Pastonacres Pendle Penwith Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Restormel Ribble Valley Richmondshire Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Rutland Ryedale Salisbury Scarborough Scunthorpe Sedgefield Sedgemoor Selby Sevenoaks Shepway Shrewsbury Slough Spelthorne South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Hams South Herefordshire South Holland South Kesteven South Lakeland South Norfolk South Northamptonshire South Ribble South Shropshire South Staffordshire South Wight Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Edmundsbury Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Suffolk Coastal Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Taunton Deane Teesdale Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thamesdown Thanet Three Rivers Thurrock Tiverton Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Torridge Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Vale Royal Wallingford Wansbeck Wansdyke Warrington Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Wear Valley Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield West Derbyshire West Devon West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Norfolk West Oxfordshire West Somerset West Wiltshire Weymouth and Portland Wimborne Windsor and Maidenhead Winchester Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worcester Worthing Wrekin Wychavon Wycombe Wyre Wyre Forest Yeovil York
District councils (Wales)	Aberconwy Afan Alyn and Deeside Anglesey - Ynys Môn Arfon Blaenau Gwent Brecknock Cardiff Carmarthen Ceredigion Colwyn Cynon Valley Delyn Dinefwr Dwyfor Glyndŵr Islwyn Llanelli Lliw Valley Meirionnydd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouth Montgomery Neath Newport Ogwr Preseli Radnor Rhondda Rhuddlan Rhymney Valley South Pembrokeshire Swansea Taff-Ely Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Maelor
District councils (Northern Ireland)	Antrim Ards Armagh Ballymena Ballymoney Banbridge Belfast Carrickfergus Castlereagh Coleraine Cookstown Craigavon Down Dungannon Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Londonderry Magherafelt Moyle Newry and Mourne Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strabane
Town councils	Airdrie Arbroath Ayr Clydebank Coatbridge Dunfermline Dumfries East Kilbride Falkirk Greenock Hamilton Inverness Kilmarnock Motherwell and Wishaw Paisley Perth Port Glasgow
Sui generis	Isles of Scilly

v t e Local elections in Merseyside
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Liverpool City Council	1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2023
Mayor of Liverpool	2012 2016 2021 Abolished
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Liverpool School Board	1870 1873 1876 1879 1882 1885 1888 1891 1894 1897 1900 Abolished
Merseyside County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
Liverpool City Region Mayor	2017 2021 2024
Police and Crime Commissioner	2012 2016 2021 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes