St. Helens council election, 2026
Most seats
34
Reform UK
Seats contested
46
across 17 wards
Turnout
38.1%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 34 | +34 | 53,168 | 39.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | -1 | 7,223 | 5.4% | -4.5 |
| Rainhill Independents | 3 | +3 | 6,580 | 4.9% | — |
| PolitePolitics | 3 | +3 | 5,251 | 3.9% | — |
| Labour Party | 2 | -27 | 37,459 | 28.0% | -24.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 1 | -1 | 5,365 | 4.0% | -6.2 |
| Green Party | 0 | -6 | 16,050 | 12.0% | +0.2 |
| Independent | 0 | -7 | 2,668 | 2.0% | -13.4 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 46 |
|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 46 | |
| Labour Party | 45 | |
| Green Party | 25 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 18 | |
| Independent | 7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | |
| PolitePolitics | 4 | |
| Rainhill Independents | 3 |
A party standing a full slate could field 46 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 & Seneley Green 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Jennifer Anne Gerrard Elected | 1,465 | 44.4% | — |
| Reform UK | John Terence Porter Elected | 1,421 | 43.1% | — |
| Reform UK | Matthew Kent Elected | 1,370 | 41.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Steve Owen | 958 | 29.0% | -23.0 |
| Independent | Peter Peers | 947 | 28.7% | -24.7 |
| Independent | Colin Richard Betts | 816 | 24.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Rod Bell | 777 | 23.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Phil Gwilliam | 727 | 22.0% | — |
| Green Party | Sarah Isabel Jennings | 552 | 16.7% | — |
| Green Party | Stephen William Gaskell | 546 | 16.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Denise Anne Gibney | 319 | 9.7% | -14.6 |
| Majority | 412 | |||
| Turnout | 44.7% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,290 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,299 | |||
Reform UK gain from Independent · Reform UK gain from Independent · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Blackbrook 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Nigel Brown Elected | 1,364 | 49.3% | +8.2 |
| Reform UK | Eileen Fleming Elected | 1,345 | 48.6% | — |
| Reform UK | Victor Floyd Elected | 1,281 | 46.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Anthony James Burns | 965 | 34.9% | +0.2 |
| Labour Party | Paul McQuade | 886 | 32.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Gareth William Cross | 792 | 28.6% | — |
| Green Party | Lorraine Vivienne Clarke | 590 | 21.3% | +8.8 |
| Green Party | Jack Eiddon Davies | 454 | 16.4% | — |
| Green Party | Daniel John Thomas | 442 | 16.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Michael Titmuss | 176 | 6.4% | -1.3 |
| Majority | 316 | |||
| Turnout | 36.6% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,094 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,765 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Bold & Lea Green 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | David Edward Hawley Elected | 1,456 | 48.5% | — |
| Reform UK | Mark Joseph Hitchen Elected | 1,434 | 47.8% | — |
| Reform UK | Samson Chika Egbike Elected | 1,340 | 44.6% | — |
| Green Party | Sam Harding | 744 | 24.8% | -27.5 |
| Green Party | Fae Sophia Morgan Oakley | 728 | 24.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Angela McCauley | 700 | 23.3% | -23.6 |
| Green Party | Graeme Thomas John Knapper | 695 | 23.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Alan Langley | 677 | 22.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul Joseph Pritchard | 610 | 20.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | John Lee | 346 | 11.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Barbara Evelyn Woodcock | 278 | 9.3% | -5.0 |
| Majority | 596 | |||
| Turnout | 35.8% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,092 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,003 | |||
Reform UK gain from Green Party · Reform UK gain from Green Party · Reform UK gain from Green Party
Eccleston 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Haw Elected | 2,224 | 63.7% | -26.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Jonathan Cass Elected | 1,809 | 51.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Pearl Elected | 1,756 | 50.3% | — |
| Reform UK | David Lawrenson | 979 | 28.0% | — |
| Reform UK | Billy Jones | 943 | 27.0% | — |
| Reform UK | Steve Townsend | 897 | 25.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Joy Akinkuade | 566 | 16.2% | -13.1 |
| Green Party | Sally Dodgson | 536 | 15.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Joe Quinn | 511 | 14.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elizabeth Ann Appleton | 262 | 7.5% | -8.2 |
| Majority | 777 | |||
| Turnout | 45.8% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,447 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,494 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Haydock 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Stephen David Mousdell Elected | 1,331 | 46.2% | — |
| Reform UK | Michael John Chesworth Elected | 1,282 | 44.5% | — |
| Reform UK | Stephen Philip Claybrook Elected | 1,240 | 43.0% | — |
| Green Party | Paul Robert Hooton | 938 | 32.5% | -31.8 |
| Green Party | Emma Carolyn Van der Burg | 771 | 26.8% | — |
| Green Party | Oliver Eddleston | 692 | 24.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Caleb Burns | 607 | 21.1% | -15.1 |
| Labour Party | Rachael Harrison | 577 | 20.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Owen Farnworth | 561 | 19.5% | — |
| Independent | Andrea Marie Blake | 237 | 8.2% | — |
| Independent | Ian Samuel Sutton | 229 | 7.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Melanie Ann Marie Lee | 181 | 6.3% | -6.1 |
| Majority | 302 | |||
| Turnout | 37.6% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,341 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,882 | |||
Reform UK gain from Green Party · Reform UK gain from Green Party · Reform UK gain from Green Party
Moss Bank 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Gary Edgerton Elected | 1,664 | 54.2% | — |
| Reform UK | David Kent Elected | 1,638 | 53.3% | — |
| Reform UK | Jack Thomas Styles Elected | 1,613 | 52.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Jeanette Susan Banks | 1,172 | 38.2% | -12.4 |
| Labour Party | Tracy Dickinson | 1,126 | 36.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Shana Begum | 1,116 | 36.3% | — |
| Green Party | Allan John Kayll | 605 | 19.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lisa Cunliffe | 280 | 9.1% | +3.1 |
| Majority | 441 | |||
| Turnout | 42.5% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,173 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,071 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Newton-le-Willows East 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Keith Anthony Laird Elected | 1,293 | 39.2% | -33.4 |
| Reform UK | George Woodward Elected | 1,248 | 37.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Ian Francis Mills Elected | 1,183 | 35.9% | — |
| Reform UK | John David Murphy | 1,083 | 32.8% | — |
| PolitePolitics | Tom Middleton-Leonard | 1,055 | 32.0% | — |
| Reform UK | John Henry Owen | 1,019 | 30.9% | — |
| Green Party | Chris Kennedy | 1,000 | 30.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Lisa Kathleen Preston | 993 | 30.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 698 | 21.2% | -38.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Philip Cunliffe | 318 | 9.6% | -23.5 |
| Majority | 100 | |||
| Turnout | 41.3% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,510 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,297 | |||
Labour Party hold · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Newton-le-Willows West 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PolitePolitics | Terry Maguire Elected | 1,622 | 53.6% | — |
| PolitePolitics | Karl Lionel Collier Elected | 1,426 | 47.1% | — |
| PolitePolitics | Craig Smith Elected | 1,148 | 38.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Dave Banks | 920 | 30.4% | -15.4 |
| Labour Party | Peter Thomas Blood | 900 | 29.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Scott Steven Smulders | 809 | 26.7% | — |
| Reform UK | Mark Bell | 785 | 26.0% | — |
| Reform UK | Robert Hart | 699 | 23.1% | — |
| Reform UK | Gillian Pierre-Louis Moore | 673 | 22.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Allan Albert Dockerty | 94 | 3.1% | -6.0 |
| Majority | 228 | |||
| Turnout | 33.9% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,496 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,025 | |||
PolitePolitics gain from Independent · PolitePolitics gain from Independent · PolitePolitics gain from Labour Party
Parr 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Dan Axworthy Elected | 1,173 | 55.8% | — |
| Reform UK | Janet Rowlands Elected | 1,161 | 55.2% | — |
| Reform UK | Mal Webster Elected | 1,104 | 52.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Cath Brooks | 713 | 33.9% | -65.4 |
| Labour Party | Andy Bowden | 708 | 33.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Bisi Osundeko | 593 | 28.2% | — |
| Green Party | Lizzie O'Dell | 364 | 17.3% | — |
| Independent | Teri George | 204 | 9.7% | — |
| Independent | Jeff Williams | 187 | 8.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mackenzie Jacob France | 104 | 4.9% | -22.5 |
| Majority | 391 | |||
| Turnout | 27.4% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,647 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,104 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Peasley Cross & Fingerpost
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Sharon Louise Roughley Elected | 392 | 48.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Damien Patrick O'Connor | 217 | 26.9% | -33.8 |
| Green Party | Em Patterson | 122 | 15.1% | -4.3 |
| Independent | Andrew Kiang Seng Low | 48 | 5.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Iris Brown | 29 | 3.6% | -16.4 |
| Majority | 175 | |||
| Turnout | 28.6% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,831 | |||
| Ballots cast | 808 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Rainford 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Philip Corden Elected | 1,058 | 33.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Linda Mussell Elected | 1,025 | 32.3% | -40.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Charlotte Case | 933 | 29.4% | — |
| Reform UK | Tony Devanny | 898 | 28.3% | — |
| Green Party | Amber Carole Johnson | 758 | 23.9% | — |
| Green Party | Sean Davies | 739 | 23.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Richard Jacques | 495 | 15.6% | -39.2 |
| Labour Party | Malcolm Simm | 437 | 13.8% | — |
| Majority | 92 | |||
| Turnout | 49.8% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,523 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,172 | |||
Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Rainhill 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainhill Independents | James Tasker Elected | 2,372 | 64.4% | — |
| Rainhill Independents | Donna Greaves Elected | 2,113 | 57.4% | — |
| Rainhill Independents | James Dunn Elected | 2,095 | 56.9% | — |
| Reform UK | Neil Peter Conway | 806 | 21.9% | — |
| Reform UK | Jo Woodhouse | 788 | 21.4% | — |
| Reform UK | Mark Gilgannon | 778 | 21.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Elaine Hodkinson | 765 | 20.8% | -13.9 |
| Labour Party | Tabinda Iftikhar | 612 | 16.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Masooma Zaki | 569 | 15.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Henry John Spriggs | 149 | 4.0% | -5.8 |
| Majority | 1,289 | |||
| Turnout | 43.5% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,024 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,682 | |||
Rainhill Independents gain from Independent · Rainhill Independents gain from Independent · Rainhill Independents gain from Independent
Sutton North West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Anthony Albert Johnson Elected | 909 | 51.5% | — |
| Reform UK | Mark Barry Johnson Elected | 909 | 51.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Niall Peter Andrew Campbell | 757 | 42.9% | -20.1 |
| Labour Party | John William Hodkinson | 737 | 41.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Anne Marie Spanner | 219 | 12.4% | -18.8 |
| Majority | 152 | |||
| Turnout | 34.1% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,594 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,766 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Sutton South East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | John Leonard Pinnington Elected | 895 | 52.8% | +8.0 |
| Reform UK | Brendan Moss Elected | 854 | 50.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Charlie Preston | 755 | 44.5% | +8.1 |
| Labour Party | John Patrick Riley | 734 | 43.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dawn Smith | 152 | 9.0% | +4.4 |
| Majority | 99 | |||
| Turnout | 33.2% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,633 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,695 | |||
Reform UK gain from Liberal Democrats · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Thatto Heath 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Emma Victoria Beck Elected | 1,364 | 47.9% | — |
| Reform UK | Jack Joseph Benyon Elected | 1,329 | 46.7% | — |
| Reform UK | James William Long Elected | 1,252 | 44.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Nova Louise Charlton | 1,185 | 41.6% | -38.5 |
| Labour Party | Robyn Hattersley | 1,105 | 38.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Richard McCauley | 998 | 35.0% | — |
| Green Party | Sue Bishop | 651 | 22.9% | -12.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexandru-Emilian Adamovici | 390 | 13.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elizabeth Black | 271 | 9.5% | -20.2 |
| Majority | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 33.6% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,547 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,848 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
West Park 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Stephen Little Elected | 1,391 | 43.5% | — |
| Reform UK | Michael James Gibson Elected | 1,381 | 43.2% | — |
| Reform UK | Mark Anthony King Elected | 1,370 | 42.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Patrick Alcantara | 1,188 | 37.2% | -56.7 |
| Labour Party | Julie Gwendoline Hand | 1,123 | 35.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Matthew Peter Butterworth | 1,102 | 34.5% | — |
| Green Party | Tom Armstrong | 630 | 19.7% | — |
| Green Party | Sarah Whelan | 598 | 18.7% | — |
| Green Party | Anthony Aster | 559 | 17.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard William Barton | 249 | 7.8% | -24.1 |
| Majority | 182 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | 8,896 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,197 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Windle 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Clayton Ede Elected | 1,287 | 39.9% | — |
| Reform UK | Anthony Michael Keogh Elected | 1,262 | 39.1% | — |
| Reform UK | Alex Callum Twist Elected | 1,237 | 38.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Lynn Clarke | 1,205 | 37.3% | -16.1 |
| Labour Party | George Andrew McCulley | 1,042 | 32.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Robbie Young | 993 | 30.8% | — |
| Green Party | Andrew William Donnelly | 880 | 27.3% | +5.7 |
| Green Party | Terence Stephen Price | 731 | 22.6% | — |
| Green Party | Sue Rahman | 725 | 22.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Leighton James Frawley | 326 | 10.1% | -5.3 |
| Majority | 32 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,424 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,229 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party