2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Party Labour Independent Green
Popular vote50,66714,83911,368
Percentage52.5%15.411.8%
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Popular vote9,5319,889
Percentage9.9%10.3%
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Winner of each seat at the 2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

The 2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. Due to boundary changes, all 48 councillors were elected at the same time, with the council moving to a system of all-out elections every four years. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Contents

In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 35 seats after the election. The Liberal Democrats where the Opposition with 4 Seats while the Greens, Conservatives and Rainhill Independents had 3 Each, Earlestown Independents had 1.

Background

Result of the 2021 council election St Helens UK local election 2021 map.svg
Result of the 2021 council election

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. St Helens was a district of the Merseyside metropolitan county. [1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority was created in 2014 and began electing the mayor of the Liverpool City Region from 2017. The body was given strategic powers covering a region that encompassed the former Merseyside metropolitan county with the addition of Halton Borough Council. [2]

Since its formation, St Helens has continuously been under Labour control apart from a period of no overall control from 2004 to 2010. Labour continued to run the council from 2004 until the 2005 election, when the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the Conservatives in an arrangement that lasted until Labour regained control of the council in the 2010 election. In the most recent election in 2021, Labour lost three seats but maintained their majority. Of the seventeen seats up for election—sixteen on the normal thirds schedule and one by-election on the same date—Labour won twelve, independent candidates won two and the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Greens won one seat each. [3]

St Helens council underwent boundary changes ahead of this election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England determined that the council should continue to elect 48 councillors and designed new election boundaries to reflect population change. The new boundaries include thirteen three-member wards, four two-member wards and one single-member ward. The new boundaries will be used for all-out elections every four years instead of the previous model of election a third of councillors in each of three years out of four. [4]

Electoral process

The council previously elected its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. [5] [6] However, following a boundary review, all forty-eight councillors were elected at the same time. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by up to three councillors. Electors were able to vote for as many candidates as there were seats to fill, and the candidates with the most votes in each ward were elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in St Helens aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green

Billinge and Seneley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Peers 1,424 45.8
Labour Sue Murphy 1,388 44.6
Independent Collin Richard Betts 1,352 43.5
Labour Dennis McDonnell1,22039.2
Independent Malcolm James Webster98831.8
Labour Gareth William Cross98031.5
Conservative Denise Anne Gibney64620.8
Majority
Turnout 3,111
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Blackbrook

Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony James Burns 1,309 59.0
Labour Paul McQuade 1,262 56.9
Labour Linda Lovina Maloney 1,255 56.6
Green Emma Carolyn Van Der Burg71532.2
Green Jessica Northey70731.9
Conservative Melanie Ann Marie Lee44219.9
Majority
Turnout 2,219
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bold and Lea Green

Bold and Lea Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David Edward Hawley 1,209 48.0
Green Allen John Makin 1,176 46.7
Green Glen Roger Richards 1,120 44.5
Labour Jim Housley1,08443.1
Labour Lisa Preston1,03241.0
Labour Charlie Preston98339.0
Conservative Barbara Evelyn Woodcock32913.1
Majority
Turnout 2,518
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Eccleston

Eccleston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Haw 2,252 74.1
Liberal Democrats Teresa Veronica Sims 2,178 71.6
Liberal Democrats Geoff Pearl 1,938 63.7
Labour Glyn Robert Jones73224.1
Conservative Mackenzie France39112.9
Majority
Turnout 3,041
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Haydock

Haydock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Paul Robert Hooton 1,485 59.1
Green Janet Ann Sheldon 1,445 57.5
Green David Ian Van Der Burg 1,357 54.0
Labour Matthew Peter Butterworth83433.2
Labour Paul Joseph Pritchard76230.3
Labour Amy Sample75630.1
Conservative Judith Margaret Collins28711.4
Majority
Turnout 2,513
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Moss Bank

Moss Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tracy Paula Dickinson 1,547 63.4
Labour Trisha Long 1,476 60.5
Labour Zeena Ilsha Begum 1,375 56.4
Conservative Margaret Hilda Harvey51421.1
Liberal Democrats David Kent49420.3
Liberal Democrats Jane Patricia Kent46018.9
Independent Paul John Wilcock41917.2
Majority
Turnout 2,439
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newton-Le-Willows East

Newton-Le-Willows East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeanie Bell 1,701 56.4
Labour Keith Anthony Laird 1,599 53.0
Labour Seve Gomez-Aspron 1,560 51.7
Liberal Democrats David James Smith1,39346.2
Conservative Lisa Cunliffe77825.8
Majority
Turnout 3,016
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newton-Le-Willows West

Newton-Le-Willows West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terry Maguire 1,670 59.1
Independent Karl Lionel Collier 1,302 46.0
Labour Dave Banks 1,190 42.1
Labour Jeanette Susan Banks1,18241.8
Independent Craig Colin Alexander Smith1,15340.8
Labour Andy Davidson1,06337.6
Conservative Allan Albert Dockerty2378.4
Majority
Turnout 2,828
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Parr

Parr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Bowden 1,172 79.1
Labour Kate Groucutt 1,079 72.9
Labour Bisi Osundeko 964 65.1
Conservative Madeleine Patricia Wilcock32421.9
Majority
Turnout 1,481
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Peasley Cross and Fingerpost

Peasley Cross and Fingerpost
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Damien Patrick O'Connor 325 60.6
Conservative Iris Brown10720.0
Green Alison Jill Donnelly10419.4
Majority
Turnout 536
Labour win (new seat)

Rainford

Rainford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Case 1,462 57.2
Conservative Anne Linda Mussell 1,450 56.7
Labour John Francis Tabern1,09943.0
Majority
Turnout 2,556
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rainhill

Rainhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Stephen Tasker 2,336 64.7
Independent Donna Greaves 2,133 59.0
Independent Kate Elizabeth Stevenson 2,062 57.1
Labour Ken Rustidge1,17932.6
Labour Emma Davies1,12231.1
Labour Barrie Grunewald1,02928.5
Conservative Henry Spriggs3339.2
Majority
Turnout 3,613
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

St Helens Town Centre

St Helens Town Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Helen Mccormack 747 71.2
Labour Michelle Elaine Sweeney 700 66.7
Conservative Nancy Ashcroft22921.8
For Britain Terence Matthew Oakes17616.8
Majority
Turnout 1,049
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sutton North West

Sutton North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Niall Peter Andrew Campbell 645 54.2
Labour John William Hodkinson 643 54.0
Green Francis Joseph Williams44137.0
Conservative David Leslie Skeech32026.9
Majority
Turnout 1,191
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sutton South East

Sutton South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Thomas Spencer 816 58.8
Labour Janet Elizabeth Johnson 589 42.4
Labour Anthony Albert Johnson56040.3
Conservative Deepak Shatrugan Gupta25018.0
Majority
Turnout 1,388
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Thatto Heath

Thatto Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nova Louise Charlton 1,372 63.6
Labour Robyn Oliva Hattersley 1,330 61.7
Labour Richard Mccauley 1,317 61.1
Green Terence Stephen Price61028.3
Conservative Samantha Ann Pearson Peet50923.6
Majority
Turnout 2,156
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West Park

West Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marlene Mary Quinn 1,543 72.4
Labour Martin James Bond 1,516 71.2
Labour Derek Paul Long 1,348 63.3
Conservative Richard Barton52524.6
Majority
Turnout 2,130
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Windle

Windle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Edward Baines 1,503 59.4
Labour Lynn Susan Clarke 1,391 52.2
Labour Mancyia Uddin 1,204 47.6
Green Andrew William Donnelly99939.5
Conservative John Phillip Cunliffe75629.9
Majority
Turnout 2,529
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Previous council composition

After 2021 electionBefore 2022 election
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 35 Labour 33
Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 4
Independent 4 Independent 5
Conservative 3 Conservative 3
Green 3 Green 2

By-elections between 2022 and 2026

Moss Bank

A by-election was held in Moss Bank on 20 October 2022 after the resignation of Labour councillor Zeena Begum.

Moss Bank by-election 20 October 2022 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeanette Banks 656 50.3 −1.7
Liberal Democrats David Kent57143.8+27.2
Conservative Samantha Peet786.0−11.3
Majority856.5
Turnout 1,305
Labour hold Swing

Windle

A by-election was held in Windle on 4 July 2024 after the resignation of Labour councillor David Baines. [8]

Windle by-election 4 July 2024 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lisa Preston 2,506 53.4 +7.3
Green Andrew Donnelly1,01221.6−9.1
Conservative Denise Gibney72515.4−7.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Cass4519.6+9.6
Majority1,49431.8
Turnout 4,694
Labour hold Swing

Blackbrook

A by-election was held in Blackbrook on 12 December 2024 after the death of a Labour councillor.

Blackbrook by-election 12 December 2024 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Victor Floyd 546 41.1 New
Labour Sally Yeoman46034.7−18.4
Green Daniel John Thomas16712.6−16.4
Conservative Thomas Dodd1027.7−10.2
Independent Trevor Anthony McLaughlin523.9New
Majority866.4
Turnout 1,327
Labour hold Swing

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