Sefton council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 22 wards · 23 seats contested

Most seats
17
Labour Party
Seats contested
23
across 22 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 17 +5 35,900 51.9% +6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party 4 +3 15,463 22.4% +6.7
Liberal Democrats 2 -5 10,815 15.6% -1.7
Green Party 0 +0 2,204 3.2% -1.7
Independent 0 -2 1,875 2.7% -2.1
Formby Residents Action Group 0 -1 1,866 2.7% +0.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 800 1.2% -7.7
Socialist Labour Party 0 +0 188 0.3% -0.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 23
Conservative and Unionist Party 23
Labour and Co-operative Party 23
Liberal Democrats 20
Green Party 17
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 7
Independent 3
Formby Residents Action Group 2
Socialist Labour Party 2

A party standing a full slate could field 23 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Ainsdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Brough Elected 1,891 45.9% +18.0
Labour and Co-operative Party Frank Hanley 1,084 26.3% +8.6
Liberal Democrats Jude Storer 935 22.7% -18.9
Green Party Barbara Ann Dutton 118 2.9% -0.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Forder 95 2.3% -7.3
Majority807
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,123

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Birkdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Iain Brodie Browne Elected 1,249 38.3% -7.9
Labour Party Danny Burns 982 30.1% +7.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacky Bliss 806 24.7% +11.0
Green Party David William Collins 121 3.7% +0.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Derek Samuel Tasker 101 3.1% -11.0
Majority267
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,259

Liberal Democrats hold

Blundellsands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sam Marshall Elected 2,027 55.9% -8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Wendy Moore 1,166 32.2% +2.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Dunning 269 7.4% —
Green Party Alison Moira Gibbon 164 4.5% -2.3
Majority861
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,626

Labour Party hold

Cambridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Morris Elected 1,258 36.6% +14.8
Liberal Democrats Leo Francis Evans 1,192 34.7% -12.5
Labour Party Steve Jowett 757 22.0% +8.1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Terry Durrance 123 3.6% -11.4
Green Party Carla Fox 110 3.2% +1.0
Majority66
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,440

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Church

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Daren Veidman Elected 2,018 76.9% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Clegg 271 10.3% -0.5
Green Party Laurence George Rankin 237 9.0% -8.2
Liberal Democrats Frances Julie Eaton 99 3.8% —
Majority1,747
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,625

Labour Party hold

Derby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mike O'Brien Elected 1,834 87.7% +7.7
Conservative and Unionist Party David Eric Bright 163 7.8% +4.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Tonkiss 94 4.5% —
Majority1,671
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,091

Labour Party hold

Duke's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ron Watson Elected 1,409 40.1% +13.8
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton 1,275 36.3% -19.7
Labour Party Sahar Dehghani-Barenji 710 20.2% +6.3
Green Party Nick Senior 118 3.4% +1.9
Majority134
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,512

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Ford 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Liz Dowd Elected 1,665 84.2% +7.9
Labour Party Ian George Moncur Elected 1,659 83.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynne Margaret Bold 181 9.2% +5.2
Green Party Roy Greason 163 8.2% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Pamela Teesdale 139 7.0% —
Liberal Democrats Adarsh Makdani 77 3.9% —
Liberal Democrats Carol Tonkiss 73 3.7% —
Majority1,478
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,978

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Harington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Denise Dutton Elected 1,820 46.3% -3.5
Labour Party Carol Richards 1,363 34.6% -1.6
Formby Residents Action Group Derek Baxter 578 14.7% —
Liberal Democrats Keith Cawdron 174 4.4% -1.2
Majority457
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,935

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kew

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Janis Mary Blackburne Elected 1,448 44.8% +20.1
Liberal Democrats Fred Weavers 1,012 31.3% -8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Margret Eileen Middleton 563 17.4% +5.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Linda Julia Ann Gunn-Russo 128 4.0% -16.1
Green Party Robert Doyle 80 2.5% -1.2
Majority436
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,231

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Linacre

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gordon Friel Elected 1,536 81.1% +0.7
Green Party Ben Carter 108 5.7% +0.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean Dorgan 106 5.6% +0.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Doyle 75 4.0% —
Socialist Labour Party Barbara Ann Bryan 69 3.6% +0.0
Majority1,428
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,894

Labour Party hold

Litherland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Kelly Elected 1,851 84.5% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Jessamine Miles Hounslea 192 8.8% +1.0
Green Party Ethan Wykes 148 6.8% -0.7
Majority1,659
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,191

Labour Party hold

Manor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve McGinnity Elected 1,789 57.4% +6.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Janice Blanchard 852 27.3% +3.9
Liberal Democrats John Gibson 333 10.7% +2.1
Green Party Mike Walsh 143 4.6% +1.1
Majority937
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,117

Labour Party hold

Meols

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Daniel George Lewis Elected 1,466 41.7% -9.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan Thomas Shandley 1,141 32.5% +15.9
Labour Party Janet Harrison-Kelly 789 22.5% +6.6
Green Party Alwynne Ann Cartmell 118 3.4% +0.7
Majority325
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,514

Liberal Democrats hold

Molyneux

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tony Carr Elected 1,736 60.8% -2.9
Independent Jack Colbert 440 15.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marcus Julian Romaine Bleasdale 327 11.4% +0.0
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Harper 151 5.3% -14.7
Green Party Mike Carter 103 3.6% -1.3
Liberal Democrats Terry Doyle 99 3.5% —
Majority1,296
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,856

Labour Party hold

Netherton and Orrell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ian Ralph Maher Elected 1,976 82.4% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Anthony Huckstepp 182 7.6% +2.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Pat Gaskell 121 5.0% -7.6
Green Party Maureen Grainger 118 4.9% +1.5
Majority1,794
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,397

Labour Party hold

Norwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mhairi Doyle Elected 1,779 49.3% +24.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Blake 1,122 31.1% -12.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael James Shaw 506 14.0% +2.4
Green Party David Andrew McIntosh 122 3.4% -1.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Noel Gregson 81 2.2% -12.7
Majority657
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,610

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party June Burns Elected 1,611 51.5% +9.8
Independent John Gerard Short 744 23.8% -29.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Ken Hughes 534 17.1% —
Liberal Democrats Jen Robertson 241 7.7% —
Majority867
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,130

Labour Party gain from Independent

Ravenmeols

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nina Samantha Killen Elected 1,551 41.1% +2.5
Formby Residents Action Group Maria Bennett 1,288 34.2% -5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Gemma Michelle Peace 781 20.7% +6.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Senior 151 4.0% —
Majority263
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,771

Labour Party gain from Formby Residents Action Group

St Oswald

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carla Thomas Elected 1,721 83.6% -11.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Robert Papworth 218 10.6% +3.8
Socialist Labour Party Kim Bryan 119 5.8% -3.9
Majority1,503
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,058

Labour Party hold

Sudell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Yvonne Sayers Elected 1,645 52.9% +16.4
Independent Michael O'Hanlon 691 22.2% -15.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Hughes 488 15.7% +8.3
Liberal Democrats Stuart Mason 214 6.9% -2.5
Green Party Marion Wykes 70 2.3% +0.7
Majority954
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,108

Labour Party gain from Independent

Victoria

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Janet Grace Elected 2,369 64.6% +3.6
Liberal Democrats Hannah Jane Gee 665 18.1% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Martyn Barber 469 12.8% +0.9
Green Party Andy Donegan 163 4.4% -1.4
Majority1,704
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,666

Labour Party hold

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