WIRRAL goes to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) in an election which could see any of the three major parties end up with the biggest share of seats.

At the moment the council is made up of 39 Labour, 17 Conservative and ten Liberal Democrat councillors.

If Labour were to win all 22 seats up for grabs this year their majority would be increased to 30 with 48 seats to the Conservative's 11 and Lib Dem's seven.

A Conservative clean sweep would leave no party in over all control, but the Conservatives would have the largest number of seats with 33, Labour would be left with 26 and Lib Dems again seven.

A Liberal Democrat victory in all the wards would put them as the major power with 29 seats, Labour with 26 and the Tories would hold the balance of power with 11.

Candidates this year are:

(*denotes sitting councillor seeking re-election)

Bebington: Nigel Dyer (Lib Dem), Jacqueline Hall (Con), Ann Jones (Green), *Keith Williams (Labour).

Bidston: James Crabtree (Lab), Pamela Holstein (Green), Yvonne Sanne (Con), John Tomlinson (Lib Dem).

Birkenhead: Stuart Harvey (Green), Barbara Poole (Con), Jean Stapleton (Lab), Mary Williams (Lib Dem).

Bromborough: Robert Buckingham (Lab), Patricia Farmer (Green), Ian Mackenzie (Con), Robert Moon (Lib Dem).

Claughton: Stephen Blaycock (Lib Dem), *George Davies (Lab), Elisabeth Heydon (Green), Patricia Jones (Con).

Clatterbridge: Michael Harper (Green), Audrey Moore (Lab), *Michael Moore (Con), Alan Taylor (Lib Dem).

Eastham: Brian Gibbs (Green), *Phillip Gilchrist (Lib Dem), Barbara Green (Con), Colin Kirwan (Lab).

Egerton: *Andrew Dow (Lab), Cyrus Ferguson (Con), Philip Lloyd (Lib Dem), Catherine Page (Green).

Heswall: Garnette Bowler (Green), Albert McCabe (Lab), Edward Norton (Lib Dem), *Stephen Rowlands (Con).

Hoylake: Allen Burton (Green), *Hilary Jones (Con), Alan Milne (Lab), Alan Richards (Lib Dem)

Leasowe: *Ronald Abbey (Lab), Raymond Hayden (Lib Dem), Simon Mountney (Con).

Liscard: Matthew Adams (Green), Richard Ellett (Lib Dem), *Denis Knowles (Lab), Alan Robinson (Con).

Moreton: Christopher Blakeley (Con), *Ann McLachlan (Lab), Susanne Uriel (Lib Dem).

New Brighton: George Bowler (Green), John Codling (Lib Dem), Anthony Pritchard (Con), John Salter (Lab).

Oxton: *Freda Anderson (Lib Dem), John Mitchell (Lab), Pamela Mitchell (Green), Leonard Moore (Con).

Prenton: *Margaret Bridson (Lib Dem), Ian McKellar (Con), June Williams (Lab), John Wilson (Green).

Royden: Barbara Burton (Green), Peter Reisdorf (Lib Dem), *Derek Robinson (Con), William Ward (Lab).

Seacombe: Kenneth Jackson (Con), James Robinson (Lib Dem), Perle Sheldricks (Green).

Thurstaston: David Elderton (Con), Percy Hogg (Green), David Kean (Lab), Charles Wall (Lib Dem).

Tranmere: Susan Bebell (Con), *Moira McLaughlin (Lab), Christopher Teggin (Lib Dem), Angela Upton (Green).

Upton: Christopher Beazer (Lib Dem), Susan Brown (Lab), Marcus Darby (Con), Joyce Hogg (Green).

Wallasey: Margaret Allen (Lab), John Uriel (Lib Dem), *Kate Wood (Con).

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