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The 2018 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.
Labour retained control of the council with an increased majority, winning an additional three seats and winning their first seats in Southport. The Liberal Democrats led by former MP for Southport John Pugh, lost four seats in total whilst the Conservatives gained seats in the wards of Cambridge and Ainsdale.
Candidates
[edit]Ainsdale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Brough | 1,891 | 45.9 | ![]() | |
Labour Co-op | Frank Hanley | 1084 | 26.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jude Storer | 935 | 22.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Barbara Dutton | 118 | 2.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Peter Forder | 95 | 2.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 807 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 4123 | 40.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
Birkdale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Iain Brodie Browne | 1,249 | 38.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Daniel Burns | 982 | 30.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jacky Bliss | 806 | 24.7 | ![]() | |
Green | David Collins | 121 | 3.7 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Derek Tasker | 101 | 3.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 267 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 4123 | 40.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Blundellsands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sam Marshall | 2,027 | 55.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Wendy Moore | 1166 | 32.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Dunning | 269 | 7.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Alison Gibbon | 164 | 4.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 861 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 3626 | 38.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Cambridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Morris | 1,258 | 36.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Leo Evans | 1192 | 34.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Stephen Jowett | 757 | 22.0 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 123 | 3.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Carla Fox | 110 | 3.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 66 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 3440 | 33.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daren Veidman | 2,018 | 76.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Anne Clegg | 271 | 10.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Laurence Rankin | 237 | 9.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Frances Eaton | 99 | 3.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1747 | 66.6 | |||
Turnout | 2625 | 28.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Derby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike O'Brien | 1,834 | 87.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | David Bright | 163 | 7.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tonkiss | 94 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1671 | 79.9 | |||
Turnout | 2091 | 22.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Dukes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Ron Watson | 1,409 | 40.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Barton | 1275 | 36.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Sahar Dehghani-Barenji | 710 | 20.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Nick Senior | 118 | 3.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 134 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 3512 | 32.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Ford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Dowd | 1,665 | 77.0 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Ian Moncur | 1,659 | 76.7 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Lynne Bold | 181 | 8.4 | +4.5 | |
Green | Roy Greason | 163 | 7.5 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Pamela Teesdale | 139 | 6.4 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adarsh Makdani | 77 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Tonkiss | 73 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1032 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 3957 | 42.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denise Dutton | 1,820 | 46.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | Carol Richards | 1363 | 35.0 | ![]() | |
Formby Residents Action Group | Derek Baxter | 578 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Cawdron | 174 | 4.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 457 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 3935 | 39.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kew
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janis Blackburne | 1,448 | 44.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Fred Weavers | 1012 | 31.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Margaret Middleton | 563 | 17.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Linda Gunn-Rosso | 128 | 4.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Robert Doyle | 80 | 2.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 436 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 3231 | 32.5 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
Litherland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Kelly | 1,851 | 84.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jessamine Hounslea | 192 | 9.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Ethan Wykes | 148 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1659 | 76.0 | |||
Turnout | 2191 | 24.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Manor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve McGinnity | 1,789 | 57.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Janice Blanchard | 852 | 27.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Gibson | 333 | 11.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Michael Walsh | 143 | 5.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 937 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 3117 | 31.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Meols
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Lewis | 1,466 | 41.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jordan Shandley | 1141 | 32.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Janet Harrison | 789 | 22.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 118 | 3.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 325 | 9.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3514 | 34.8 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Molyneux
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Carr | 1,736 | 61.0 | ![]() | |
Independent | Jack Colbert | 440 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Marcus Bleasdale | 327 | 11.0 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Peter Harper | 151 | 5.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Mike Carter | 103 | 4.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Doyle | 99 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1296 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 2856 | 28.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Netherton & Orrell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Maher | 1,976 | 82.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Paul Anthony Huckstepp | 182 | 8.0 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Pat Gaskell | 121 | 5.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Maureen Grainger | 118 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1794 | 75.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2397 | 24.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Norwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mhairi Doyle | 1,779 | 49.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Blake | 1122 | 31.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Michael Shaw | 506 | 14.0 | ![]() | |
Green | David McIntosh | 122 | 3.0 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Peter Gregson | 81 | 2.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 657 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 3610 | 34.5 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June Burns | 1,611 | 51.0 | ![]() | |
Independent | John Short | 744 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kenneth Hughes | 534 | 17.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jen Robertson | 241 | 8.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 867 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 3130 | 31.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ravenmeols
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nina Killen | 1,551 | 41.0 | ![]() | |
Formby Residents Action Group | Maria Bennett | 1288 | 34.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Gemma Peace | 781 | 21.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Senior | 159 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 263 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 3779 | 39.1 | |||
Labour gain from Formby Residents Action Group | Swing |
St Oswald
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carla Thomas | 1,721 | 84.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Peter Papworth | 218 | 11.0 | ![]() | |
Socialist Labour | Kim Bryan | 119 | 6.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1693 | 73.0 | |||
Turnout | 2058 | 24.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sudell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yvonne Sayers | 1,645 | 53.0 | ![]() | |
Independent | Michael O'Hanlon | 691 | 22.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Hughes | 488 | 16.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Mason | 214 | 7.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Marion Wykes | 70 | 2.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 954 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 3450 | 34.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Victoria
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Grace | 2,369 | 65.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 665 | 18.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Paul Barber | 469 | 13.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Andrew Donegan | 163 | 4.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1704 | 47.0 | |||
Turnout | 3799 | 37.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sefton Borough Elections: Notice of Election - May 3, 2018". sefton.gov.uk. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.