2016 Warrington Borough Council election

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2016 Warrington Borough Council election
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All 58 seats to Warrington Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won45112
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg2Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote59,03124,95327,816
Percentage48.8%20.6%23.0%
 Fourth party
 
Party TUSC
Seats won0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote1,719
Percentage1.4%
Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 2016 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Following a boundary review, all Warrington Borough Council seats were up for election, for a term of four years. The number of seats rose from 57 to 58.

The Labour Party retained overall control of Warrington Borough Council after taking 45 of the 58 seats. [2]

Results summary

Warrington Borough Council election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 45Increase2.svg 377.5948.8059,031
  Liberal Democrats 11Increase2.svg 218.9620.6324,953
  Conservative 2Decrease2.svg 33.4522.9927,816
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg03.023,652
  Independent 0Steady2.svg01.852,245
  TUSC 0Decrease2.svg 101.421,719
  Green 0Steady2.svg01.291,559

A total of 442 ballots were rejected, and the overall turnout was 32.87%.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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42951
LabourLib DemConT

After the election the composition of the council was:

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45112
LabourLib DemCon

Lib Dem - Liberal Democrats
Con - Conservative Party
T - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)

Ward results

Appleton

Appleton (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Axcell2,19162.9
Liberal Democrats Judith Carol Wheeler2,03458.5
Liberal Democrats Sharon Harris1,64047.1
Conservative Basil Mitchell1,07530.9
Conservative Barbara Price89125.6
Conservative Ian Houghton73121.0
Labour Nick Bent55616.0
Green David Edward Bilton44712.8
Majority56516.2
Turnout 9,56542
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win

Bewsey and Whitecross

Bewsey and Whitecross (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Edith Hall1,14266.3
Labour Steve Wright1,08062.7
Labour Tom Jennings1,06161.6
Liberal Democrats Bob Timmis31918.5
Conservative Rowland Blackstock23513.6
Conservative Pat Smith21012.2
Liberal Democrats Irina Axcell1518.8
Liberal Democrats Judith Walker1357.8
TUSC Shelley Bennett1297.5
Majority74243.1
Turnout 4,46222
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Birchwood

Birchwood (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Russ Bowden1,71959.6
Labour Pauline Nelson1,57854.8
Labour Chris Fitzsimmons1,47551.2
Conservative Nigel Balding78227.1
Conservative Peter Linton61821.4
Independent Amy Elizabeth Linton52918.4
Liberal Democrats John Davies30210.5
Majority69324.1
Turnout 7,00335
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Burtonwood and Winwick

Burtonwood and Winwick (3 Seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cathy Mitchell1,08363.7
Labour Terry O'Neill1,06562.7
Conservative Robin Sloan39923.5
Liberal Democrats Timothy James Muttock26515.6
Majority66639.2
Turnout 2,81234
Labour win
Labour win

Chapelford and Old Hall

Chapelford and Old Hall (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Faisal Rashid1,48956.1
Labour Steve Parish1,16143.7
Labour Rebecca Knowles1,01138.1
Liberal Democrats Allan Keith Bird69826.3
Conservative Phil Hayward59322.3
Liberal Democrats David Leonard Knapp46317.4
Liberal Democrats Roy Alfred Smith39715.0
Conservative Anthony John Kerrigan36413.7
Conservative Anna Jane Sharkey33212.5
UKIP Ian Anthony Wilson33212.5
Green Mike Wass2047.7
Majority31311.8
Turnout 7,04431
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Smith1,78852.5
Labour Joan Grime1,60947.3
Labour Jan Davidson1,40141.1
Conservative Frank Richard Allen1,35939.9
Conservative Sue Bland1,31838.7
Conservative Valerie Margaret Allen1,26337.1
Liberal Democrats Eddie Sloane43212.7
Majority421.2
Turnout 9,17040
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Fairfield and Howley

Fairfield and Howley (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Flaherty1,23457.2
Labour Tony Higgins1,00846.7
Labour Peter Carey99746.2
TUSC Kevin Bennett92142.7
Green Lyndsay McAteer34415.9
Conservative Simone Johnson33215.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Oldbury24011.1
Majority763.5
Turnout 5,07627
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Grappenhall

Grappenhall (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Biggin1,30661.2
Liberal Democrats Ryan Stephen Robert Bate1,11952.4
Conservative Olivia Reilly56526.5
Conservative Iona Gillis42119.7
Labour Andy Heaver38017.8
Majority55425.9
Turnout 3,79135
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall

Dan Price resigned from the Labour Party in February 2019 in protest at the party's inaction over antisemitism and Brexit. He subsequently sat on the council as an Independent.

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jan Hart1,32154.2
Labour Dan Price 1,26551.9
Labour Tony Williams1,21750.0
Conservative Mike Foxall69828.7
Conservative Christine Booth66827.4
Conservative Arthur Booth66027.1
Green Stephanie Davies33213.6
Liberal Democrats Cliff Taylor33013.5
Majority51921.3
Turnout 6,49135
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Great Sankey South

Great Sankey South (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amanda King1,43262.9
Labour Hitesh Patel1,19352.4
Labour Jean Carter1,15450.7
Conservative Sue Jenkin54624.0
Conservative Peter Elton49421.7
Conservative Sonia Wendy Boggan40317.7
Liberal Democrats Tim Harwood22710.0
TUSC Andrew Ford1386.1
Majority60826.7
Turnout 5,58728
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Latchford East

Latchford East (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hans Josef Mundry92966.8
Labour Karen Mundry82259.1
Conservative Julian Craddock19213.8
Conservative Ken Scates14510.4
Liberal Democrats Tim Price14010.1
Liberal Democrats Rupert Budgen1238.8
Green John Kennedy Lappin856.1
TUSC Sue Hayes836.0
Majority63045.3
Turnout 2,51923
Labour win
Labour win

Latchford West

Latchford West (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Les Morgan1,06857.9
Labour Maureen McLaughlin99153.7
Conservative Michael Haworth32117.4
Conservative David Woodyatt31717.2
Liberal Democrats Ann Raymond28315.3
Liberal Democrats Celia Jordan27214.7
TUSC Dave Cundy884.8
Majority67036.3
Turnout 3,34032
Labour win
Labour win

Lymm North and Thelwall

Lymm North and Thelwall (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Barr2,02754.9
Liberal Democrats Ian George Marks1,94352.6
Liberal Democrats Wendy Johnson1,68545.6
Labour Chris Zastawny89524.2
Conservative Jonathan Michael Smith85723.2
Conservative Kevin Yates73519.9
Conservative Harish Chander Sharma67918.4
UKIP Derek Clark53014.3
Majority79021.4
Turnout 9,35141
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win

Lymm South

Lymm South (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila Woodyatt92541.7
Conservative Kath Buckley87939.6
Liberal Democrats Ed Gough78035.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Farrington Gowland66830.1
Labour David John Cockayne46621.0
UKIP James Ashington23310.5
Majority994.5
Turnout 3,95144
Conservative win
Conservative win

Orford

Orford (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Hannon1,49368.1
Labour Kerri Louise Morris1,37462.7
Labour Morgan Tarr1,23456.3
UKIP Ian Andrew Richards42019.2
UKIP Dion Eric Challinor39217.9
UKIP Sid Simmons39217.9
Conservative Jan Woning1547.0
Liberal Democrats Pam Marks1376.3
Independent Clive Lawrinson1175.3
Majority81437.1
Turnout 5,71325
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Penketh and Cuerdley

Penketh and Cuerdley (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Keane1,62253.2
Labour Linda Susan Dirir1,51149.6
Labour Allin Dirir1,48648.7
Conservative Sam Baxter1,31743.2
Conservative Kevin Morton1,08735.7
Conservative Matt Jones1,03033.8
Liberal Democrats Denis Patrick McAllister2548.3
Majority1695.5
Turnout 8,30737
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Poplars and Hulme

Poplars and Hulme (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Kerr-Brown1,19661.6
Labour Hilary Cooksey1,10356.9
Labour Brian Maher1,09056.2
UKIP Mike Byrne46323.9
UKIP Trevor Nicholls45023.2
UKIP Mal Lingley44022.7
Conservative Francine Leslie22211.4
Liberal Democrats Pam Todd1427.3
Majority62732.3
Turnout 5,10623
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Poulton North

Poulton North (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diana Bennett1,41356.7
Labour Graham Friend1,41156.7
Labour Russell Purnell1,22249.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Oliver72629.2
Conservative Philip Eastty69628.0
Majority49619.9
Turnout 5,46832
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Poulton South

Poulton South (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Froggatt88261.9
Labour Maureen Creaghan67847.5
TUSC Bob Taylor36025.2
Conservative Emma Sloan32422.7
Liberal Democrats Dave Hockenhull16711.7
Majority31822.3
Turnout 2,41130
Labour win
Labour win

Rixton and Woolston

Rixton and Woolston (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony McCarthy1,31451.1
Labour Andrew Hill1,21447.2
Labour Pat Wright97938.1
Independent Bill Brinksman88234.3
Independent Paul Francis Bretherton71727.9
Conservative Mark Chapman56021.8
Conservative Howard Klein46017.9
Conservative Isaac Tweedale41116.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Wenlock1686.5
Majority973.8
Turnout 6,70534
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Stockton Heath

Stockton Heath (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Walker1,08947.3
Liberal Democrats Graham Welborn81335.3
Conservative Stephen Howard Taylor67529.3
Labour Laurence Murphy61426.7
Conservative Jonathan Matthew Levy58125.2
Labour Sandra Eaves52222.7
Green Harry Gibbins1476.4
Majority1386.0
Turnout 4,44141
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win

Westbrook

Westbrook (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stefan Krizanac82753.4
Labour Judith Marie Guthrie60639.1
Labour John Joyce47730.8
Liberal Democrats Jeff Butler46029.7
Conservative Alex Leslie29218.8
Majority1298.3
Turnout 2,66232
Liberal Democrats win
Labour win

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  2. ↑ Warrington Borough Council. "Borough council election results, May 2016". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
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