Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held every four years from 2023 onwards, having previously been held three years out of every four for a third of the council at a time. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Wirral Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England.

Results

Only four parties have won seats to Council: Conservative, Green, Labour and Liberal Democrat. All other political representation has come via changes in affiliation.

Year	Con	Green	Lab	Lib Dem	Other
Year					Other
1973	29	0	24	13	0
1974	29	0	24	13	0
1975	36	0	21	9	0
1975	37	0	21	8	0
1976	42	0	18	6	0
1977	42	0	18	6	0
1978	45	0	16	5	0
1979	40	0	20	6	0
1980	37	0	23	6	0
1981	37	0	23	6	0
1982	35	0	25	6	0
1983	34	0	24	8	0
1984	34	0	24	8	0
1985	34	0	24	8	0
1986	30	0	26	10	0
1987	29	0	27	10	0
1988	24	0	32	10	0
1988	24	0	29	10
1989	24	0	29	10
1990	23	0	33	7
1990	23	0	33	8
1991	24	0	34	7
1992	29	0	31	6	0
1993	29	0	31	6	0
1994	30	0	30	6	0
1994	28	0	30	8	0
1995	22	0	36	8	0
1996	16	0	41	9	0
1997	16	0	41	9	0
1998	16	0	41	8
1998	16	0	42	8	0
1999	17	0	39	10	0
2000	20	0	34	12	0
2001	20	0	34	12	0
2001	20	0	33	12
2002	20	0	32	12
2002	20	0	31	14
2003	23	0	26	16
2004	21	0	26	19	0
2004	20	0	26	19
2005	21	0	26	18
2006	21	0	26	19	0
2007	21	0	25	20	0
2007	21	0	25	19
2007	20	0	25	19
2008	24	0	21	20
2009	25	0	20	20
2010	27	0	24	15	0
2011	27	0	29	10	0
2011	27	0	30	9	0
2012	22	0	37	7	0
2013	23	0	36	7	0
2013	22	0	37	7	0
2013	22	0	37	6
2014	21	1	38	6	0
2015	21	1	39	5	0
2016	21	1	38	5
2016	21	1	39	5	0
2017	21	1	39	5	0
2018	21	1	39	5	0
2018	21	1	38	5
2018	21	1	37	5
2019	21	1	36	5
2019	21	1	35	5
2019	21	1	34	5
2019	22	3	32	6
2020	22	2	32	6
2021	23	5	30	6
2021	23	5	29	6
2022	23	5	28	6
2022	23	6	28	6
2022	24	9	26	6
2023	23	9	26	6
2023	23	9	25	6
2023	23	9	24	6
2023	23	9	23	6
2023	17	13	30	6	0
2024	17	14	29	6	0
2025	14	14	29	6

Council elections

Since the first election in 1973, boundary changes have occurred in 1980 and in 2004. Following changes in 2023, Wirral moved from a thirds system of election to an all-out system, with all councillors elected every four years.