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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.
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:
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