2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2022 UK local government election
The 2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sefton Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 21 of the 66 seats were up for election, with 1 ward (St. Oswald) being uncontested.[1][2]
From its creation in 1974 to the 1986 election, Sefton Council was under Conservative control.[3] It was then under no overall control until the 2012 election, when Labour won their first majority on the council.[4] In the 2021 election, Labour polled 46.6% and gained 6 seats, the Conservatives polled 26.0% for a gain of 2 seats, The Liberal Democrats took 14.1% and lost 5 seats, Formby Residents Action Group polled 2.2% and did not make any gains, and independents lost their 3 seats on the council.[5]
The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 3 seats with 50.9% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats on 16.0%, and the Conservatives gained 1 seat on 22.8%. Formby Residents Action Group lost the seat they were defending.
Previous council composition
| After 2021 election | Before 2022 election[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 48 | Labour | 46 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | Liberal Democrats | 8 | ||
| Conservative | 8 | Conservative | 8 | ||
| Formby Residents Action Group | 2 | Formby Residents Action Group | 2 | ||
| Independent | 0 | Independent | 2 | ||
Changes:
- May 2021: Tony Carr leaves Labour to sit as an independent[7]
- Andrew Wilson leaves Labour to sit as an independent
Results
| 2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 17 |  2 |
77.3 | 31 | 48 | 72.7 | 32,371 | 49.3 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 |  |
9.1 | 6 | 8 | 12.1 | 10,000 | 15.2 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | 3 |  1 |
13.6 | 4 | 7 | 10.6 | 13,296 | 20.2 | -5.8 | |
| FRAG | 0 | |
0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 973 | 1.5 | -0.7 | |
| Independent | 0 | 1 |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 5,725 | 8.7 | +5.0 | |
| Green | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,119 | 4.7 | -2.3 | |
| Workers Party | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 142 | 0.2 | +0.1 | |
| NIP | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Results by ward
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.
Ainsdale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Brough* | 1,387 | 33.0 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Janet Harrison | 1,354 | 32.2 | +12.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Delves | 1,272 | 30.3 | −14.2 | |
| Green | Laurence Rankin | 189 | 4.5 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 33 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 4,202 | 41.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 5.4 |
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Birkdale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Brodie-Browne* | 1,518 | 43.4 | +14.1 | |
| Labour | Daniel McKee | 1,093 | 31.2 | −1.5 | |
| Conservative | Lee Durkin | 697 | 19.9 | −12.1 | |
| Green | David Collins | 190 | 5.4 | −0.6 | |
| Majority | 425 | 12.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,498 | 34.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.8 |
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Blundellsands
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Natasha Carlin* | 2,301 | 66.0 | +16.7 | |
| Conservative | Harry Bliss | 791 | 22.7 | −4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Dunning | 394 | 11.3 | +4.5 | |
| Majority | 1,510 | 43.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,486 | 37.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 10.8 |
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Cambridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Morris* | 1,338 | 37.9 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Sammon | 1,313 | 37.2 | +1.7 | |
| Labour | Ian Upton | 678 | 19.2 | +2.2 | |
| Green | Carla Fox | 197 | 5.6 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 25 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,526 | 36.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.7 |
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Church
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Daren Veidman* | 1,850 | 64.5 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Neil Doolin | 862 | 30.1 | +9.0 | |
| Conservative | John Campbell | 155 | 5.4 | −5.9 | |
| Majority | 988 | 34.7 | −8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,867 | 31.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.1 |
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Derby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brenda O'Brien* | 1,757 | 82.6 | +18.5 | |
| Independent | John McDonald | 204 | 9.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Daniel Nuttall | 165 | 7.8 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 1,553 | 73.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,126 | 23.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Duke's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ron Watson* | 1,479 | 41.9 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Barton | 1,224 | 34.7 | +18.6 | |
| Labour | Trevor Vaughan | 824 | 23.4 | +8.8 | |
| Majority | 255 | 7.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,527 | 33.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 9.3 |
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Ford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elizabeth Dowd* | 1,452 | 66.5 | +3.1 | |
| Independent | Chris Doyle | 534 | 24.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Margaret Middleton | 114 | 5.2 | −3.3 | |
| Workers Party | Chris Haws | 84 | 3.8 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 918 | 42.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,184 | 23.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Harington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Carol Richards | 1,544 | 40.3 | +7.0 | |
| Conservative | Denise Dutton* | 1,482 | 38.7 | −4.1 | |
| FRAG | Aimee Brodie | 329 | 8.6 | −2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Annie Gorski | 257 | 6.7 | +2.4 | |
| Green | Michael Walsh | 221 | 5.8 | −1.6 | |
| Majority | 62 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,833 | 39.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 5.6 |
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Kew
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Laura Lunn-Bates | 1,563 | 50.1 | +13.5 | |
| Conservative | Laura Nuttall | 842 | 27.0 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vic Foulds | 715 | 22.9 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 721 | 23.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,120 | 30.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 8.6 |
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Linacre
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon Friel* | 1,320 | 76.2 | −12.6 | |
| Independent | Lisa Ford | 299 | 17.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Lynne Bold | 114 | 6.6 | −4.6 | |
| Majority | 1,021 | 58.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,733 | 19.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Litherland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Kelly* | 1,703 | 77.2 | +13.4 | |
| Independent | Molli Cooke | 285 | 12.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Stephen Witham | 121 | 5.5 | −1.1 | |
| NIP | Billie Gibson | 97 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,418 | 64.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,206 | 24.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Manor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James McGinnity | 1,818 | 59.1 | +11.3 | |
| Conservative | Janice Blanchard | 669 | 21.7 | −10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Gibson | 343 | 11.1 | +1.2 | |
| Green | James O'Keefe | 248 | 8.1 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 1,149 | 37.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,078 | 31.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 10.7 |
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Meols
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Lloyd-Johnson | 1,326 | 37.0 | −11.0 | |
| Conservative | Thomas de Freitas | 1,203 | 33.6 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Stephen Jowett | 839 | 23.4 | +10.1 | |
| Green | Pauline Hesketh | 211 | 5.9 | −1.3 | |
| Majority | 123 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,579 | 36.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.6 |
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Molyneux
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Danny Burns | 1,900 | 60.3 | −6.4 | |
| Independent | Tony Carr* | 976 | 31.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Marcus Bleasdale | 274 | 8.7 | −10.0 | |
| Majority | 924 | 29.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,150 | 31.1 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
Tony Carr was elected in 2018 for the Labour Party.
Netherton and Orrell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Maher* | 1,739 | 72.8 | −2.4 | |
| Independent | John Rice | 473 | 19.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Andrew Burgess | 177 | 7.4 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 1,266 | 53.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,389 | 24.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Norwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mhairi Doyle* | 1,734 | 55.9 | +12.2 | |
| Conservative | Pam Teesdale | 672 | 21.7 | −6.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Williams | 452 | 14.6 | −6.2 | |
| Green | David McIntosh | 244 | 7.9 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 1,062 | 34.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,102 | 30.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 9.3 |
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Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | June Burns* | 1,510 | 45.1 | −8.8 | |
| Independent | Neil Spencer | 723 | 21.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Kenneth Hughes | 462 | 13.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Daniel Sims | 409 | 12.2 | −22.5 | |
| Green | Roy Greason | 244 | 7.3 | −4.1 | |
| Majority | 787 | 23.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,348 | 34.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Ravenmeols
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nina Killen* | 1,766 | 52.5 | +13.9 | |
| Conservative | Michael Shaw | 660 | 19.6 | −3.5 | |
| FRAG | Bob McCann | 644 | 19.1 | −11.2 | |
| Green | Alison Gibbon | 294 | 8.7 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 1,106 | 32.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,364 | 35.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 8.7 |
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St. Oswald
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Carla Thomas* | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
This election was uncontested, so the poll was cancelled and Thomas was declared elected.[2]
Sudell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Judy Hardman | 1,329 | 37.0 | −13.6 | |
| Independent | Yvonne Sayers | 1,065 | 29.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Thomas Hughes | 704 | 19.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Morgan Walton | 283 | 7.9 | −28.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Baker | 157 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Workers Party | Paul McCord | 58 | 1.6 | −4.4 | |
| Majority | 264 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,596 | 34.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Victoria
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janet Grace* | 2,297 | 60.3 | +7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 1,029 | 27.0 | −1.2 | |
| Conservative | Katie Burgess | 264 | 6.9 | −4.0 | |
| Green | Samantha Cook | 219 | 5.7 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 1,268 | 33.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,809 | 36.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 |
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References
- ↑ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- 1 2 "NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ "Sefton Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 28. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ "BBC News - Vote 2012 - Sefton". BBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ Lally, Kate (7 May 2021). "Labour make huge gains and boost majority in Sefton". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ "Your Councillors by Party". Sefton.gov. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ Roberts-Haslam, Benjamin (28 May 2021). "Councillor to stand down at end of term amid row with colleagues". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Ward Nominations" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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