Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Labour has lost control of the council but no other party has a majority of seats. NOC stands for 'No Overall Control'. Find out more about these results.

Election results for 2019

    Elected in 2019
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    10
    32
    -4
    Elected in 2019
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    8
    22
    +1
    Elected in 2019
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    2
    6
    +1
    Elected in 2019
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    2
    3
    +2
    Elected in 2019
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    0
    3
    No results

Councillors change compared with 2015

About this council

About this council
Type Metropolitan District Council
Seats up for election 22 out of 66
Boundary change No

Most Recent

Council praises schools producing PPE for key workers

Wirral Council has praised the co-ordinated effort of schools in the borough, who are jointly producing and donating PPE equipment for NHS and care home staff.

Visors produced by a school in the Wirral.
Wirral Council

Schools in the borough have produced nearly 3,000 visors and are donating spare goggles and other PPE equipment.

Pupils from various design and technology departments, along with teaching staff, are also helping to produce the equipment.

Paul Boyce, corporate director for children's services at the council, said:

The fact that schools have gone above and beyond to do this to help our key workers is absolutely outstanding.

I am unbelievably proud of all the staff and pupils involved in this effort and I know it will make a real difference as we battle this public health emergency.

Mobile Covid-19 testing centre opens in Wirral

A mobile Covid-19 testing site is being opened in Bidston, Wirral, which will operate from today until Saturday.

A soldier doing a self-swab test
MOD/PA Media

Tests will be appointment only, and only for key workers, their families and residents over the age of 65 who show symptoms.

The centre will offer up to 250 self-swab tests per day.

Julie Webster, director of Wirral Public Health, said:

This mobile testing offer is great news for Wirral as up to 750 key workers will be able to access testing for COVID-19.

Please, if you have symptoms of COVID-19 and you meet the criteria, book an appointment and get tested.

Council staff redeployed to support key workers

Wirral Council has redeployed 188 staff to roles that support residents and key workers in the area.

A Wirral Council building
Stephen Richards/Geograph

Roles include sorting and delivering food parcels for vulnerable residents, approving financial aid to businesses and distributing PPE to NHS and care home staff.

About 700 volunteers have also been helping deliver food parcels at Wirral's emergency food hub.

A spokesman for the authority said that nearly 2,000 council workers were working from home during lockdown.

Wirral bin workers to delay strike until after coronavirus crisis

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Bin workers in Wirral have overwhelmingly voted to go on strike, but will delay any walkout until the coronavirus crisis has passed.

Green bins on a street
BBC

About 180 workers delivered a 96% vote in favour of industrial action over pay on an 80% turnout.

Their union Unite said the dispute is a result of Biffa, the firm contracted by the council to run Wirral’s bin collections, refusing to meet their pay claim.

Last week, a spokesman for Biffa, said it was continuing to talk to "employees and their representatives and have offered a generous pay increase which is in excess of the current wage inflation indices".

Wirral Council said at the time that "in the event of any disruption to services, we will endeavour to enact our business continuity plans and advise our residents and other stakeholders well in advance".

The mandate for strike action would normally last for six months, however it can be extended with the agreement of the employer. Unite has requested this is done given the unprecedented nature of the coronavirus crisis.

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