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2003 Wirral Council Election
The 2003 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 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: Election results Overall election result Overall result compared with 2002. Ward results Results compared directly with the last local election in 2002. Bebington Bidston Birkenhead Bromborough Clatterbridge Claughton Eastham Egerton Heswall Hoylake Leasowe Liscard Moreton New Brighton Oxton Prenton Royden Seacombe Thurstaston Tranmere Upton Wallasey Notes • ''italics'' denote the sitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, or simply Wirral Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Merseyside and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Wirral. It is a constituent council of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. History The current local authority was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974. The council gained borough status, entitling it to be known as Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Timeline *1973 First election. *1974 Metropolitan borough of Wirral established. *1975 Conservatives take control of council. *1986 Council falls under No Overall Control. *1991 Labour take control of the council for the first time. *1992 Council falls under No Overall Control. *1995 Labour t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Alliance (England)
The Socialist Alliance was a left-wing electoral alliance in England between 1999 and 2005. Origins The Socialist Alliance grew out of local alliances formed by the Socialist Party, Independent Labour Network and independent socialists from 1992 onward. They gradually coalesced into a national Network of Socialist Alliances. The Welsh Socialist Alliance was closely allied, but had separate origins. The Socialist Alliance was named and expanded in 1999 when other Trotskyist groups including the Alliance for Workers' Liberty, Socialist Workers Party, International Socialist Group and Workers Power joined, as did the formerly separate London Socialist Alliance. In the 2002 local elections, the alliance gained one councillor in Preston, Lancashire. The Socialist Alliance had fraternal relations with the Scottish Socialist Party. Contraction and dissolution In late 2001, the Network of Socialist Alliances was transformed into a one-member-one-vote political party called th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seacombe (ward)
Seacombe (previously Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville, 1973 to 1979) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ward in the Wallasey Wallasey () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England; until 1974, it was part of the historic county of Cheshire. It is situated at the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Pe ... Parliamentary constituency. Councillors References {{reflist Wards of Merseyside Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royden (ward)
Royden may refer to: People Surname * Halsey Royden (1928–1993), American mathematician * Marmaduke Roydon or Royden (1583–1646), English merchant-adventurer and colonial planter, also a Royalist army officer * Maude Royden (1876–1956), English preacher and suffragist * Thomas Royden (other), several people Given name * Royden Barrie (1890–1948), pseudonym of Rodney Bennett, father of British composer Richard Rodney Bennett * Royden B. Davis (1923/1924–2002), American academic administrator * Royden G. Derrick (1915–2009), American industrialist and general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Roy Dyson (Royden Patrick Dyson, born 1948), American politician * Royden Ingham (1911–1999), American cyclist who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics * Royden Lam (born 1975), Hong Kong darts player * Royden Loewen (born 1954), Canadian historian * Royden Rabinowitch (born 1943), Canadian sculptor * Roy Screech (Clive Royden Screech, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prenton (ward)
Prenton is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Ward in the Birkenhead Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liver ... Parliamentary constituency. Through the first decade of the twenty-first century, the ward was in Liberal Democrat hands, before shifting firmly to Labour in the second. But the 2019 council elections saw a swing to the Green Party that has been presented as characteristic of the Green gains in English council elections that year. Councillors Election results Elections of the 2020s May 2022 May 2021 Elections of the 2010s May 2019 May 2018 May 2016 May 2015 May 2014 May 2012 May 2011 May 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brighton (ward)
New Brighton (previously North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street, 1973 to 1979) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ward in the Wallasey Wallasey () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England; until 1974, it was part of the historic county of Cheshire. It is situated at the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Pe ... Parliamentary constituency. Councillors References {{reflist, 2 Wards of Merseyside Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton (ward)
Moreton may refer to: People Given name * Moreton John Wheatley (1837–1916), British Army officer and Bailiff of the Royal Parks Surname * Alice Bertha Moreton (1901–1977), English sculptor, draughtsman and artist * Andrew Moreton, a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe * Arabella Moreton (after 1690–1727), British poet * Berkeley Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (1834–1924), British peer * Marie Evelyn Moreton (1870–1949), Lady Byng * Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), British singer and pianist * Jimmy Moreton (1891–1942), English football player and manager * John Moreton (1917–2012), British diplomat * John Alfred Moreton, Royal Navy officer during the First World War * Julian Moreton (1825–1900), Anglican missionary * Kevin Moreton (born 1959), English actor * Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735), British Army officer and politician * Nicolas Moreton (born 1961), English artist * Penelope Moreton (born 1932), Irish equestrian * Ray Moreton (1942–2016), New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liscard (ward)
Liscard (previously Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard, 1973–1979) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ward in the Wallasey Wallasey () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England; until 1974, it was part of the historic county of Cheshire. It is situated at the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Pe ... Parliamentary constituency. Councillors References {{reflist, 2 Wards of Merseyside Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leasowe (ward)
Leasowe () is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Historic counties of England, Historically within Cheshire (ceased to be in 1974), Leasowe was part of the old County Borough of Wallasey. It is now within the Leasowe and Moreton East (ward), Leasowe and Moreton East Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, as well as the Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency), Wallasey parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census, Leasowe had a population of 6,180. By the time of the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census specific figures for Leasowe were no longer maintained. The total population of the Leasowe and Moreton East Ward was 14,640. History The name 'Leasowe' comes from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''Leasowes'' or 'Meadow Pastures'. Its sand dunes are the largest such system on the Wirral. Much of the area is at or below sea level and is protected by the coastal embankment. Houses built in the early 20th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoylake (ward)
Hoylake is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the north west of the Wirral Peninsula, near West Kirby and where the River Dee meets the Irish Sea. Historically part of Cheshire, the Domesday Book of 1086 recorded it within the Hundred of Wilaveston. At the 2001 census, the population of Hoylake was 5,710 of a total population of 13,042, as part of the Hoylake and Meols local government ward. By the time of the 2011 census specific population figures for Hoylake were no longer maintained. The total population for the Hoylake and Meols Ward at this census was 13,348. History In 1690, William III set sail from Hoylake, then known as ''Hyle'' or ''High-lake'', with a 10,000-strong army to Ireland, where his army was to take part in the Battle of the Boyne. The location of departure remains known as King's Gap. The previous year a large force under Marshal Schomberg had also departed from Hoylake on 12 August, cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heswall (ward)
Heswall (previously Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield, 1973 to 1979) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Ward (politics), ward in the Wirral South (UK Parliament constituency), Wirral South Parliamentary constituency in England. Councillors References {{reflist Wards of Merseyside Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
