Labour has lost it’s majority in Wirral by losing three seats to the Conservatives and the Greens.
The former ruling group needed to drop just one single seat in order to lose control of the Wirral authority.
Wirral Councl is now hung and will go in to no overall control after the surprise gains by the Green Party.
In Liverpool, Labour saw its majority reduced by three but the results were overshadowed by a shock move to scrap the role of city mayor.
Labour Leader Cllr Phil Davies who was not standing for re-election said ” I’m very disappointed as we are now in a No Overall Control situation”
It was a successful night for the Greens who snatched two seats from Labour.
Their leader Cllr Pat Cleary said his now three strong party was “made up” adding that “this is a sea change in fortunes for the Green Party”.