2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
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16 of 48 seats (One Third) to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderDerek LongAllan Jones
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seatWest ParkRainford
Last election15 seats,
57.9%		1 seats,
14.9%
Seats before413
Seats won101
Seats after373
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Steady2.svg
Popular vote14,2765,552
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 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderTeresa Sims
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seatEccleston
Last election1 seat,
7.7%		0 seats,
3.3%
Seats before31
Seats won21
Seats after42
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Popular vote5,6232,753
SwingIncrease2.svgIncrease2.svg
St Helens UK local election 2019 map.svg
Map of results of 2019 election
Leader of the Council before election

Derek Long
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Derek Long
Labour

The 2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. With one third of the seats on the council up for election Labour lost control of four seats although Labour retained overall control of the council. The losses were Bold and Haydock to the Green Party, Newton-Le-Willows to the Liberal Democrats and Rainhill to an Independent candidate.

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Election Results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2018.

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results, 2019
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour 161004Decrease2.svg436.414,276Decrease2.svg
  Green 14220Increase2.svg224.69,651Increase2.svg
  Liberal Democrats 6210Increase2.svg114.35,623Increase2.svg
  Conservative 16100Steady2.svg14.25,552Increase2.svg
  Independent 1110Increase2.svg17.02,753Increase2.svg
  UKIP 3000Steady2.svg3.51,356Decrease2.svg

[2]

Ward Results

Billinge and Seneley Green

Billinge and Seneley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Pearson 1,005 36.64 Decrease2.svg13.2
Green Sue Rahman69627.26Increase2.svg12.2
UKIP Peter Peers60321.98Increase2.svg14.5
Conservative John Charles Barlow43916.0Decrease2.svg11.8

Blackbrook

Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Lovina Maloney 940 46.44 Decrease2.svg15
Green Ellen Finney83341.16Increase2.svg26.3
Conservative Melanie Lee25112.40Decrease2.svg3.4

Bold

Bold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David O'Keefe 833 34.9 Increase2.svg23.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Thomas Spencer74131.0Increase2.svg21.1
Labour Mark Antony Hattersley62626.2Decrease2.svg33.8
Conservative Barbara Woodcock1897.9Decrease2.svg 11.1

Earlestown

Earlestown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pam Howard 993 48.8 Decrease2.svg15.8
Green Alan Smith74836.76Increase2.svg19.6
Conservative Nancy Jane Ashcroft29414.45Decrease2.svg3.9

Eccleston

Eccleston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Haw 2,694 76.47 Increase2.svg7.8
Labour Alex Graham57116.21Decrease2.svg4.7
Conservative Lisa Cunliffe2587.32Decrease2.svg3.2

Haydock

Haydock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David Ian Van Der Burg 1,791 65.1 Increase2.svg26.6
Labour Jeanette Susan Banks78828.64Decrease2.svg17.8
Conservative Judith Collins1726.25Decrease2.svg8.9

Moss Bank

Moss Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Fulham 982 40.51 Decrease2.svg17.1
UKIP Anthony James Parr40116.54NEW
Liberal Democrats David Kent33513.82NEW
Green Deborah Peck29412.13Decrease2.svg5.2
Conservative Margaret Harvey26410.89Decrease2.svg14.3
Independent Paul John Wilcock1486.11NEW

Newton

Newton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Smith 1,173 41.89 Increase2.svg11.6
Labour Fiona Patricia Ruddy89031.79Decrease2.svg11.4
Green Piotr Pietrzak51618.43Increase2.svg8.0
Conservative Allan Albert Dockerty2217.89Decrease2.svg8.6

Parr

Parr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bisi Osundeko 919 58.95 Decrease2.svg17.2
Green Tom Armstrong48330.98NEW
Conservative Madeleine Wilcock15710.07Increase2.svg0.4

Rainford

Rainford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Allan Jones 1,501 59.78 Decrease2.svg0.9
Green Jo Travis57322.82Increase2.svg10.7
Labour Keith Laird43717.40Decrease2.svg8.4

Rainhill

Rainhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Donna Marie Greaves 2,352 72.58 Increase2.svg14.5
Labour Joe De Asha109823.09Decrease2.svg10
Conservative Henry Spriggs2064.33Decrease2.svg4.7

Sutton

Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Elizabeth Johnson 867 39.99 Decrease2.svg15.7
Green Ian Paul Fraser59527.44NEW
Liberal Democrats Frederick Barrett40118.50Decrease2.svg3.2
Conservative Wally Ashcroft30514.07Decrease2.svg1.8

Thatto Heath

Thatto Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robyn Olivia Hattersley 1,221 55.70 Decrease2.svg12.9
Green Terence Price62828.65NEW
Conservative Anthony Rigby34315.65Decrease2.svg6.8

Town Centre

Town Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carole-Ann Gill 916 52.70 Decrease2.svg15.8
Green William Fitzpatrick59734.35Increase2.svg23
Conservative Iris Brown22512.95Increase2.svg1.1

West Park

West Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marlene Mary Quinn 1,189 54.05 Decrease2.svg7.8
Green Jessica Northey66030.00Increase2.svg16.3
Conservative Richard William Barton35115.95Decrease2.svg2

Windle

Windle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Edward Baines 834 37.15 Decrease2.svg9.5
Green Francis Williams40418.00Increase2.svg8.6
Conservative John Cunliffe37616.75Decrease2.svg7.8
UKIP Maria Parr35215.68Increase2.svg11.2
Liberal Democrats Carol Pearl27912.43Decrease2.svg2.7

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References

  1. ↑ "Elections: Current notices". sthelens.gov.uk. St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Local Election - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council.
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