Full list of candidates for all Wirral wards in 2022 local elections

The 2022 Wirral local election is due to take place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. This will be the last election where a third of councillors are elected, following recommendations from a government report into the Council’s finances.

Ward	Departing Councillor	Party
Bebington	Tony Cottier	Labour
Birkenhead and Tranmere	Steve Hayes	Independent (vacated seat on 22 March 2022)
Bromborough	Irene Williams	Labour
Greasby, Frankby and Irby	Wendy Clements	Conservative
Heswall	Les Rowlands	Conservative
Leasowe and Moreton East	Sharon Jones	Labour (vacated seat on 13 February 2022)
Moreton West and Saughall Massie	Bruce Berry	Conservative
New Brighton	Christine Spriggs	Labour
Pensby and Thingwall	Kate Cannon	Labour
Prenton	Samantha Frost	Labour
Rock Ferry	Moira McLaughlin	Independent
Seacombe	Adrian Jones	Labour
Upton	Stuart Whittingham	Labour

If you aren’t yet registered to vote, you can read more here.

Following is a full list of Wirral candidates. Where a candidate’s name is in italics, it denotes that that person is the sitting councillor. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by surname for each ward.

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

Bebington

Party	Candidate
Labour	Brenda Ashton
Green	Judith Grier
Conservative	Nicola Oakley
Liberal Democrats	Noel Thompson

Bidston and St James

Party	Candidate
Green	Jayne Clough
Labour	Liz Grey
Conservative	Tina McDonnell
Liberal Democrats	Mike Parsons

Birkenhead and Tranmere (Two councillors to be elected)

Party	Candidate
Liberal Democrats	Ross Alexander Campbell
Green	Pat Cleary
Conservative	Mike Clements
Labour	Paul Jobson
Labour	Tony Murphy
Green	Amanda Onwuemene
Liberal Democrats	Edward Smith
Conservative	Colin Young

Bromborough

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Graham Davies
Liberal Democrats	Vicky Downie
Green	Edward Lamb
Labour	Sue Percy

Clatterbridge

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Mary Jordan
Labour	Thomas Laing
Green	Jim McGinley
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Raymond

Claughton

Party	Candidate
For Britain	Gary Bergin
Liberal Democrats	Robert Evans
Green	Liz Heydon
Conservative	Andy Hodson
Labour	Gillian Wood

Eastham

Party	Candidate
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Carubia
Conservative	Denise Crossley-Williams
Green	Percy Hogg
Labour	Nicole Williams

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Tracy Elzeiny
Labour	Gail Jenkinson
Green	Cathy Page
Liberal Democrats	Michael Redfern

Heswall

Party	Candidate
Labour	Ann Ainsworth
Green	Barbara Burton
Conservative	Paul Connolly
Liberal Democrats	Lucy Johnson

Hoylake and Meols

Party	Candidate
Green	Alix Cockcroft
Conservative	Tony Cox
Independent	John Ellis
Liberal Democrats	Peter Reisdorf
Labour	David Sindall

Leasowe and Moreton East

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Debbie Caplin
Labour	Angie Davies
Liberal Democrats	Chase Newton
Green	Hannah Rapley

Liscard

Party	Candidate
Liberal Democrats	Francis Doyle
Conservative	Jane Owens
Green	Perle Sheldricks
Labour	Janette Williamson

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

Party	Candidate
Green	Hilary Cullen
Labour	James Laing
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Teggin
Conservative	Vida Wilson

New Brighton

Party	Candidate
Liberal Democrats	Adam Keenan
Conservative	Darren May
Labour	Sue Powell-Wilde
Green	Cynthia Stonall

Oxton

Party	Candidate
Liberal Democrats	Allan Brame
UKIP	Philip Griffiths
Green	Rachel Heydon
Labour	Susan Mahoney
Conservative	Philip Merry

Pensby and Thingwall

Party	Candidate
Green	Allen Burton
Conservative	Leah Frazer
Labour	Finlay Gordon
Liberal Democrats	Phil Waterfield

Prenton

Party	Candidate
Green	Naomi Graham
Conservative	William Harland
Labour	Julienne McGeough
Liberal Democrats	David Tyrrell

Rock Ferry

Party	Candidate
Labour	Chris Davies
Independent	Stephen Davies
Green	Craig McDonald
Conservative	Simon Mendies
Liberal Democrats	Tom Sutton

Seacombe

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Bobby Cartwright
Labour	John Hoey
Liberal Democrats	Anthony Morris
Green	Rae Voller

Upton

Party	Candidate
Labour	Stephen Bennett
Green	Lily Clough
Liberal Democrats	Alan Davies
Conservative	David Fairbairn

Wallasey

Party	Candidate
Labour	Andrew Bennett
Liberal Democrats	John Codling
Green	Moira Gommon
Conservative	Lesley Rennie

West Kirby and Thurstaston

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Jeff Green
Green	Yvonne McGinley
Northern Independence Party	Lawrence Monk
Liberal Democrats	John Mullins
Labour	Louise Reecejones

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