1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election information
Main article: 1999 United Kingdom local elections
1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)
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22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
27.8% (0.3%)[1]
First party
Second party
Third party
Lab
Leader
Dave Jackson
John Hale
Phil Gilchrist
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
Bromborough
Hoylake
Eastham
Last election
13 seats, 42.1%
7 seats, 33.1%
4 seats, 21.4%
Seats before
42
16
8
Seats won
13
5
4
Seats after
39
17
10
Seat change
3
1
2
Popular vote
26,142
23,675
16,295
Percentage
38.4%
34.8%
23.9%
Swing
3.7%
1.7%
2.5%
Map of results of 1999 election
Leader of the Council before election
Dave Jackson
Labour
Leader of the Council after election
Dave Jackson
Labour
The 1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party
Seats
±
Labour
39
3
Conservative
17
1
Liberal Democrats
10
2
[3]
^"Local Election Summaries 1999". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
^"Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 15)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
^"Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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