2019 Halton Borough Council election

2019 Halton Borough Council election
18 seats to Halton Borough Council ; 29 seats needed for a majority
Leader of the Council before election; Rob Polhill; Labour	Leader of the Council after election; Rob Polhill; Labour

Last updated April 16, 2025

The 2019 Halton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Halton Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2019 Halton Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	17	1	89.5	34	51	91.1	13,137	60.5
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	5.3	2	3	5.3	2,776	12.8
	Conservative	1		5.3	1	2	3.6	3,648	16.8
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,046	4.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	523	2.4
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	321	1.5

Ward results

Appleton

Appleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ged Philbin	856	83.2
	Conservative	Duncan Harper	173	16.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Beechwood

Beechwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Loftus	412	39.0
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Redhead	361	34.2
	UKIP	Rhona Bentley	176	16.7
	Conservative	Peter Davidson	107	10.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Birchfield

Birchfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandra Baker	644	57.0
	Conservative	John Powell	258	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Romana Coveney	227	20.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadheath

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Gilligan	821	83.8
	Conservative	Joshua Hodnett	159	16.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Daresbury

Daresbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Bradshaw	543	40.8
	Labour	Colin Hughes	374	28.1
	Green	Andrew Dyer	307	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Miriam Hodge	108	8.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ditton

Ditton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Dourley	850	69.6
	Conservative	Granville Spencer	193	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Coveney	179	14.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Farnworth

Farnworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angela McInerney	981	56.1
	Conservative	Colleen Harper	459	26.3
	UKIP	Andrea Baines	308	17.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Grange

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Lowe	574	58.2
	UKIP	Lee Urquhart	189	19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Rowe	142	14.4
	Conservative	Philip Drakeley	82	8.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Halton Brook

Halton Brook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carol Plumpton-Walsh	711	64.5
	Socialist Alternative	Stephen Armstrong	247	22.4
	Conservative	David Dorian	144	13.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Halton Castle

Halton Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Carlin	712	62.1
	Independent	Darrin Whyte	321	28.0
	Conservative	Julie Powell	113	9.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Halton Lea

Halton Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kath Loftus	884	83.0
	Conservative	Sandra Davidson	181	17.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Halton View

Halton View
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Louise Whitley	881	78.2
	Conservative	Tania Clarke	246	21.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath

Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Ratcliffe	854	54.5
	Labour	Victoria Begg	369	23.5
	UKIP	Dave Myers	199	12.7
	Conservative	Ian Adams	146	9.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Hough Green

Hough Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevan Wainwright	759	66.1
	Green	Millie Allen	216	18.8
	Conservative	Joanne McLean	173	15.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsway

Kingsway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrea Wall	843	77.8
	UKIP	Brad Bradshaw	174	16.1
	Conservative	Paul Griffiths	66	6.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norman Plumpton-Walsh	649	55.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Lunt	348	29.6
	Conservative	Daniel Clarke	179	15.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Norton North

Norton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoff Zygadllo	630	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Inch	450	34.9
	Conservative	Sian Davidson	211	16.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Norton South

Norton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dave Cargill	694	75.9
	Conservative	Adam Burnett	113	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Inch	107	11.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pamela Wallace	493	82.9
	Conservative	Philip Harper	102	17.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Election results by Wards,2 May 2019". 2 May 2019.

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