The 1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Wirral Council, or Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan district council with borough status, thus providing the majority of local governm ...
in England.
This election was held on the same day as other
local elections
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Geography and transportation
* Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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Ward results
Bebington
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Bidston
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Birkenhead
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Bromborough
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Clatterbridge
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Claughton
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Eastham
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Egerton
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Heswall
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Hoylake
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Leasowe
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Liscard
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Moreton
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New Brighton
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Oxton
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Prenton
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Royden
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Seacombe
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Thurstaston
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Tranmere
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Upton
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Wallasey
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Changes between 1996 and 1998
Wallasey by-election 1997
Other changes
Notes
• ''italics'' denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References
{{Merseyside elections
1996 English local elections
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
1990s in Merseyside