St. Helens council election, 2016

05/05/2016 · 16 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
15
Labour Party
Seats contested
17
across 16 wards
Turnout
32.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 15 — 23,589 57.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party 1 — 6,059 14.9% —
Liberal Democrats 1 — 3,135 7.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 — 5,551 13.6% —
Independent 0 — 1,344 3.3% —
Green Party 0 — 1,087 2.7% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 17
Labour Party 17
Conservative and Unionist Party 16
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 15
Green Party 5
Independent 4
Liberal Democrats 3

A party standing a full slate could field 17 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.

Billinge and Seneley Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dennis McDonnell Elected 1,606 56.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Peers 747 26.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Judith Margaret Collins 517 18.0% —
Majority859
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,870

Blackbrook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alan Cunliffe Elected 1,529 71.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Barry Joseph Critchley 377 17.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nancy Ashcroft 235 11.0% —
Majority1,152
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,141

Bold

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party John Wiseman Elected 1,184 62.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ian Edward Pennington 350 18.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Evelyn Woodcock 195 10.3% —
Green Party David O'Keefe 162 8.6% —
Majority834
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,891

Earlestown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Charlie Preston Elected 1,507 68.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mark Paul Sherman 401 18.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Skeetch 297 13.5% —
Majority1,106
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,205

Eccleston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Teresa Veronica Sims Elected 2,276 63.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Alex Graham 834 23.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kathleen Sheila Barton 232 6.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Susan Gwyneth Wagstaff 226 6.3% —
Majority1,442
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,568

Haydock

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Anthony James Burns Elected 1,653 70.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mark Joseph Hitchen 437 18.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Melanie Ann Marie Lee 253 10.8% —
Majority1,216
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,343

Moss Bank

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Michael John Lynch Elected 1,455 56.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Laurence Christopher Allen 504 19.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Hilda Harvey 255 9.8% —
Independent Steve Broughton 233 9.0% —
Green Party Deb Connor 148 5.7% —
Majority951
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,595

Newton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sev Gomez-Aspron Elected 1,208 46.1% —
Liberal Democrats David Smith 647 24.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Philip Cunliffe 307 11.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mark Stephen Richardson 279 10.6% —
Green Party Rachel Parkinson 181 6.9% —
Majority561
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,622

Parr

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andy Bowden Elected 1,333 76.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Susan Levy 229 13.1% —
Independent Paul Brown 104 5.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Madeleine Patricia Wilcock 88 5.0% —
Majority1,104
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,754

Rainford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Reynolds Elected 1,423 55.2% —
Labour Party Alex Mitchell 906 35.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Tony Parr 247 9.6% —
Majority517
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,576

Rainhill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Barrie Grunewald Elected 2,062 75.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Samuel Woodhouse 667 24.4% —
Majority1,395
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,729

Sutton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Jimmy Jackson Elected 1,201 44.9% —
Independent John Beirne 896 33.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Michael Fairhurst 290 10.8% —
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer 212 7.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Stephen Collins 75 2.8% —
Majority305
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,674

Thatto Heath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nova Louise Charlton Elected 1,653 72.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Tony Rundle 399 17.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lisa Mackarell 214 9.4% —
Majority1,254
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,266

Town Centre

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lynn Clarke Elected 1,322 69.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Paul David Leyland 328 17.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Henry John Spriggs 146 7.7% —
Independent Jonathan Casson 111 5.8% —
Majority994
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,907

West Park 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Joseph Pritchard Elected 1,523 73.3% —
Labour Party Derek Paul Long Elected 1,378 66.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Martin William Ellison 452 21.8% —
Green Party Jess Northey 408 19.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard William Barton 396 19.1% —
Majority926
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,078

Windle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gill Neal Elected 1,235 50.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Wally Ashcroft 759 30.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Maria Alison Parr 285 11.6% —
Green Party Ann Shacklady-Smith 188 7.6% —
Majority476
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,467

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