2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Sefton Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. [1] One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Blundellsands and Derby) electing two councillors. [2]

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Results

2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election [3]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 19Increase2.svg 679.2294872.733,97446.6+3.3
  Conservative 3Increase2.svg 212.55812.118,93526.0+10.4
  Liberal Democrats 2Decrease2.svg 58.36812.110,25814.1-6.8
 FRAG [lower-alpha 1] 0Steady2.svg0.0223.01,5912.2-1.7
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.05,1307.0New
  Independent 0Decrease2.svg 30.0000.02,7153.7+1.3
  Liberal 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01670.2New
  Workers Party 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01080.1New
 Freedom Alliance0Steady2.svg0.0000.0480.1New
  1. ↑ Formby Residents Action Group

Ward results

Ainsdale

Ainsdale [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Thompson 1,807 44.53 Decrease2.svg 2.93
Conservative Michael Shaw1,25330.88
Labour Sean Flynn78919.44
Green Laurence Rankin2095.15
Majority55413.65
Turnout 4,053
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Birkdale

Birkdale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sonya Kelly 1,125 32.73
Conservative Lee Durkin1,09931.98
Liberal Democrats Vic Foulds1,00629.27
Green Bernhard Frank2076.02
Majority260.76
Turnout 3,437
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Blundellsands

Blundellsands [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diane Roscoe 2,031 52.4
Labour Natasha Carlin 1,734 44.7
Conservative Martyn Barber1,13329.2
Conservative Simon Jamieson92723.9
Green John Volynchook50913.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Cawdron2797.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Dunning1814.7
Liberal Angela Preston1674.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cambridge

Cambridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sinclair D'Albuquerque 1,455 41.6
Liberal Democrats Pat Keith1,24435.5
Labour Laura Lunn Bates59617.0
Green Carla Fox2055.9
Majority211
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Church

Church [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Cummins 1,727 63.7
Green Mike Carter57121.1
Conservative Sean Dorgan30511.3
Liberal Democrats Zanna Ashton1073.9
Majority1,156
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Derby

Derby [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Thompson 1,479 63.6
Labour Brenda O'Brien 1,290 55.5
Independent Mike Brennan50121.5
Conservative Daniel Nuttall1767.6
Green Alwynne Cartmell1496.4
Conservative Anne Clegg1154.9
Independent Michael Duffy1114.8
Independent Peter Nelson1004.3
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Dukes

Dukes [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Prendergast 1,576 41.8
Independent Tony Dawson81621.7
Liberal Democrats David Newman60616.1
Labour Thomas Spring55114.6
Green Robert Doyle2195.8
Majority760
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The incumbent, Tony Dawson, was elected as a Liberal Democrat but suspended in 2017. [11]

Ford

Ford [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paulette Lappin 1,501 63.4
Independent John McDonald30612.9
Conservative Veronica Dorgan2018.5
Green Kieran Dams1988.4
Workers Party Chris Haws1084.6
Liberal Democrats Rowenna Gibson522.2
Majority1,195
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Harington

Harington [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joe Riley 1,731 42.8
Labour Carol Richards1,34433.3
Formby Residents Action GroupAimee Brodie44811.1
Green Mike Walsh2977.4
Liberal Democrats Annie Gorski1724.3
Freedom AllianceJoanne Allman481.2
Majority387
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Kew

Kew [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Corcoran 1,079 36.6
Conservative Laura Nuttall90530.7
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton76826.0
Green Fred Weavers2006.8
Majority174
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Linacre

Linacre [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Maher 1,560 88.8
Conservative Lynne Bold19611.2
Majority1,36477.6
Labour hold Swing

Litherland

Litherland [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trish Hardy 1,484 63.8
Independent Mo Walker-Miller50721.8
Conservative Jessamine Hounslea1546.6
Green Jay Robinson1466.3
Independent Billie Gibson341.5
Majority977
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Manor

Manor [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Kelly 1,497 47.8
Conservative Jan Blanchard99631.8
Green Andy Donegan32810.5
Liberal Democrats John Gibson3119.9
Majority501
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Meols

Meols [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Dodd 1,692 48.0
Conservative Thomas de Freitas1,11231.5
Labour Stephen Jowett47013.3
Green David Collins2537.2
Majority580
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Molyneux

Molyneux [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Murphy 1,949 66.7
Conservative Paul Barber54718.7
Green Marion Wykes2548.7
Liberal Democrats Duncan Sayer1746.0
Majority1,402
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Netherton and Orrell

Netherton and Orrell [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Brennan 1,785 75.2
Independent Lisa Ford34014.3
Conservative Andrew Burgess24810.5
Majority1,445
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Norwood

Norwood [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carran Waterfield 1,326 43.7
Conservative Pam Teesdale84828.0
Liberal Democrats Alistair West62920.8
Green Dave McIntosh2287.5
Majority478
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Wilson 1,733 53.9
Conservative Ken Hughes1,11634.7
Green Roy Greason36511.4
Majority617
Turnout
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Ravenmeols

Ravenmeols [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catie Page 1,460 38.6
Formby Residents Action GroupBob McCann1,14330.3
Conservative Paul Bowen87223.1
Green Alison Gibbon2125.6
Liberal Democrats Lesley Delves912.4
Majority317
Turnout
Labour gain from Independent Swing

St Oswald

St Oswald [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Cluskey 1,557 85.6
Conservative Maureen Burgess26214.4
Majority1,29571.2
Turnout 1,819
Labour hold Swing

Sudell

Sudell [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hansen 1,766 50.6
Conservative Tom Hughes1,26836.1
Green Alex Wareing2597.4
Workers Party Robert Green2096.0
Majority508
Turnout
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Victoria

Victoria [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Roche 2,141 53.0
Liberal Democrats Hannah Gee1,13928.2
Conservative Michael Crichton44010.9
Green Neil Doolin3217.9
Majority1,002
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

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