2019 Blackpool Council election

2019 Blackpool Council election

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All 42 seats to Blackpool Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Simon Blackburn Tony Williams Debbie Coleman Party Labour Conservative Independent Last election 29 seats, 43.6% 13 seats, 39.1% 0 seats, 0.3% Seats won 23 15 4 Seat change 6 2 4 Popular vote 23,940 24,241 3,785 Percentage 43.9% 44.4% 6.9% Swing 0.3% 5.3% 6.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Blackpool Council election
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2019 Blackpool Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Blackpool Council in England.

Blackpool Council had been controlled by the Labour Party since 2011, which held a majority of ten with 26 councillors. The Conservatives were defending twelve seats, and independent councillors were defending four.

Background

Blackpool Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years. ^{[1] [2]} Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, 29 Labour councillors and 13 Conservative councillors were elected.

The Conservative Party held its seat in Warbreck ward following a March 2017 by-election. ^[3]

Following suspension by the Conservative Party, Colin Maycock left his party to sit as an independent councillor in November 2017. ^[4]

Follow complaints about comments he made at an event in March 2018, Ian Coleman resigned as mayor, left the Labour group on the council, and said he wouldn't stand for re-election. ^[5] His son and daughter-in-law, Labour councillors Gary Coleman and Debbie Coleman, left their party in June 2018 to sit as independents. Debbie Coleman had been deselected, and Gary Coleman had announced he wouldn't seek re-election. ^[6] The three councillors formed a new group called the Independent Blackpool Residents Group. ^[7]

Two Conservative councillors including former council leader Peter Callow were deselected by their party. ^[8]

Summary

Election result

2019 Blackpool Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	42	23	0	6	6	54.8	43.9	23,940	+0.3
	Conservative	42	15	4	2	2	35.7	44.4	24,241	+5.3
	Independent	8	4	4	0	4	9.5	6.9	3,785	+6.6
	Green	7	0	0	0		0.0	2.6	1,440	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	0	0		0.0	2.1	1,147	+0.5

Council composition

After the previous election, the composition of the council was:

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29	13
Labour	Conservative

Immediately ahead of this election, the composition of the council was:

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26	4	12
Labour	Independent	Conservative

Following the latest election, the current composition of the council is:

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23	4	15
Labour	Independent	Conservative

Ward results

Incumbent councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Two sitting councillors—Debbie Coleman and Andrew Stansfield—are seeking election in different wards.

Anchorsholme

Anchorsholme (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Galley*	1,278	65.9
	Conservative	Tony Williams*	1,225	63.2
	Labour	Jon Bamborough	530	27.3
	Labour	Kendrick Fowler	376	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Bettison	175	9.0
Majority
Turnout			1,938	38.2%

Bispham

Bispham (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Clapham*	868	50.6
	Conservative	Paul Wilshaw	778	45.4
	Labour	Robert Dewick	518	30.2
	Labour	Ian Treasure	493	28.7
	Independent	Steven Bate	440	25.7
Majority
Turnout			1,715	35.2%

Bloomfield

Bloomfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Cain*	646	65.7
	Labour	Jim Hobson*	604	61.4
	Conservative	Karen Staff	291	29.6
	Conservative	Roger Jones	257	26.1
Majority
Turnout			984	21.5%

Brunswick

Brunswick (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Blackburn*	476	38.8
	Independent	Gary Coleman*	453	36.9
	Labour	Portia Owen	440	35.9
	Independent	Andy Higgins	387	31.5
	Conservative	Shirley Cantrell	216	17.6
	Conservative	Mandy Cunliffe	200	16.3
	Green	Maureen Beck	128	10.4
Majority
Turnout			1,227	27.9%

Claremont

Claremont (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Taylor*	667	58.2
	Labour	Lynn Williams*	619	54.0
	Conservative	Lucy Green	276	24.1
	Conservative	Michaela Jackson	227	19.8
	Green	Garry Richardson	189	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Close	156	13.6
Majority
Turnout			1,147	23.8%

Clifton

Clifton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Burdess	664	53.0
	Labour	Adrian Hutton*	653	52.1
	Conservative	Robert Ronson	492	39.2
	Conservative	Moira Graham	480	38.3
Majority
Turnout			1,254	25.7%

Greenlands

Greenlands (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rick Scott	757	49.6
	Conservative	Bernard Wing	718	47.1
	Labour	Chris Ryan*	702	46.0
	Labour	Christine Wright*	675	44.3
Majority
Turnout			1,525	30.3

Hawes Side

Hawes Side (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Critchley*	606	45.2
	Labour	Neil Brookes	604	45.1
	Conservative	Glenn Priestley	496	37.0
	Conservative	Lesley Wright	467	34.9
	Green	Dean Eden	246	18.4
Majority
Turnout			1,340	27.0

Highfield

Highfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hunter*	793	50.3
	Conservative	Lily Henderson*	760	48.2
	Conservative	Gary Pennington	713	45.2
	Labour	Nicola Ryan	628	39.8
Majority
Turnout			1,577	31.7

Ingthorpe

Ingthorpe (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Cross*	901	54.1
	Labour	Jo Farrell	828	49.7
	Conservative	Peter Allen-Rogers	715	42.9
	Conservative	Mick Curwen	647	38.9
Majority
Turnout			1,665	32.5

Layton

Layton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kath Benson*	776	54.5
	Labour	Martin Mitchell*	664	46.6
	Conservative	Mark Courtney-Massey	483	33.9
	Conservative	Thelma Stables	482	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Taylor-Jack	172	12.1
Majority
Turnout			1,425	29.3

Marton

Marton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Stansfield	584	38.0
	Independent	Debbie Coleman	544	35.4
	Labour	Jim Elmes*	543	35.3
	Labour	Judith Costello	507	33.0
	Conservative	Jack Robinson	476	30.9
Majority
Turnout			1,538	30.4

Norbreck

Norbreck (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Norbreck Independents	Maxine Callow*	742	39.2
	Norbreck Independents	Peter Callow*	717	37.9
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Clarke	614	32.5
	Conservative	Roy Haskett	585	30.9
	Labour	Laura White	379	20.0
	Labour	James Sorah	350	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Jowitt	200	10.6
Majority
Turnout			1,892	37.7

Park

Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Campbell*	694	55.7
	Labour	Maria Kirkland*	653	52.4
	Conservative	Paul Carter	489	39.3
	Conservative	Antony Manning	421	33.8
Majority
Turnout			1,245	24.4

Squires Gate

Squires Gate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christian Cox*	817	56.8
	Conservative	Gerard Walsh	669	46.5
	Labour	Alistair Humphreys*	477	33.1
	Labour	Sharon Doyle	443	30.8
	Green	Julie Daniels	222	15.4
Majority
Turnout			1,439	30.3

Stanley

Stanley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Baker	1,019	61.1
	Conservative	Jason Roberts*	973	58.3
	Labour	Shaun Brookes	447	26.8
	Labour	Carl Webb	396	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Greene	201	12.0
Majority
Turnout			1,669	31.0

Talbot

Talbot (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Smith*	569	45.3
	Labour	Jane Hugo	561	44.7
	Conservative	Charlie Docherty	490	39.0
	Conservative	Callum Catterall	463	36.9
	Green	Alistair Blair	215	17.1
Majority
Turnout			1,256	27.7

Tyldesley

Tyldesley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Matthews*	608	48.5
	Labour	David Collett*	602	48.0
	Conservative	Samantha Bell	410	32.7
	Conservative	Aishley Docherty	369	29.4
	Green	Gina Eastwood	256	20.4
Majority
Turnout			1,253	26.2

Victoria

Victoria (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Jackson*	627	60.9
	Labour	David Owen*	559	54.3
	Conservative	Monique Mannion	353	34.3
	Conservative	Sue Ridyard	324	31.5
Majority
Turnout			1,030	22.5

Warbreck

Warbreck (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Danny Scott*	708	53.5
	Conservative	Michelle Scott*	688	52.0
	Labour	Jake Adams	406	30.7
	Labour	Desmond Harvey	376	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kevan Benfold	243	18.4
Majority
Turnout			1,323	36.6

Waterloo

Waterloo (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Robertson*	506	37.2
	Labour	David O'Hara*	457	33.6
	Conservative	Susan Whadcock	454	33.3
	Labour	Heather O'Hara	443	32.5
	Independent	David Shackleton	279	20.5
	Independent	Spencer Shackleton	223	16.4
	Green	Becky Daniels	184	13.5
Majority
Turnout			1,362	28.0

References

1. "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
2. "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
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