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By Claire Hamilton
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image captionHarry Gorman, Jason Walsh and Emily Gleaves took seats in Wirral for the Greens
It is hard to see where the challenge to Labour s dominance of politics in the Liverpool City Region could come from - but the answer might lie in the Wirral ward of Birkenhead and Tranmere.
Voters have returned Labour councillors there in every local election from 1973 until 2014 when the Greens won their first seat.
As of 7 May, it is represented by three Green councillors, with Labour being knocked into second place.
Pat Cleary, the leader of Wirral s green group and the man who first managed to dent Labour s dominance in Birkenhead, would argue their success is down to effective campaigning on the ground on local issues - but wins for the party across the city region could point to something deeper.