2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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16 out of 45 seats to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderGraham Morgan [1] Kai Taylor
Party Labour Green
Last election32 seats, 59.2%6 seats, 20.9%
Seats before325
Seats won94
Seats after317
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote17,2366,787
Percentage59.0%23.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.2%Increase2.svg 2.3%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election4 seats, 12.3%3 seats, 4.3%
Seats before52
Seats won12
Seats after43
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote2,3192,182
Percentage7.9%7.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.4%Increase2.svg 3.2%
Knowsley UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Graham Morgan
Labour

Leader after election

Graham Morgan
Labour


The 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour retained its majority on the council.

Contents

The Green Party made two further gains from Labour to secure their status as the official opposition in the borough. Paul Woodruff took the seat from Labour’s Hugh Malone in Roby ward and Graham Golding secured a second gain for the Greens in St Gabriel’s ward. The Green Party also held their council seats in Whiston and Cronton ward and the Prescot South ward. The only other change was in Whitefield ward, with Labour’s Gary Bennett regaining the Kirkby seat from John Morgan, who had resigned from the Labour Party to sit as an Independent.

Election result

2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election [3]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 9Decrease2.svg 156.3223168.917,23659.0–0.2
  Green 4Increase2.svg 225.03715.66,78723.2+2.3
  Independent 1Decrease2.svg 16.3348.92,3197.9–4.4
  Liberal Democrats 2Steady2.svg12.5136.72,1827.5+3.2
  Conservative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04541.6-+0.3
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01510.5–1.4
  Freedom Alliance 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0450.2N/A
  SDP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0260.1N/A

Ward results

Cherryfield

Cherryfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jayne Aston* 1,138 74.1 –10.8
Green Ryan Riley24616.0N/A
TUSC Neill Dunne1519.8–5.3
Majority89258.1
Turnout 1,53519.1
Labour hold

Halewood North

Halewood North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shelley Powell* 1,352 68.6 +5.1
Independent Suzanne Harvey46423.5–13.0
Conservative David Jones1567.9N/A
Majority88845.1
Turnout 1,97224.1
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg9.1

Halewood South

Halewood South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Barbara Dunn* 935 48.7 –6.0
Labour Clare Rose89246.4+1.1
Conservative Paul Letts944.9N/A
Majority432.3
Turnout 1,92123.7
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.6

Northwood

Northwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Stuart* 1,219 82.5 +11.4
Green Matthew Kirwan25917.5+6.8
Majority96065.0
Turnout 1,47816.7
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg2.3

Page Moss

Page Moss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Del Arnall* 1,060 66.7 +0.3
Green John Carine53033.3–0.3
Majority53033.4
Turnout 1,59018.2
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.3

Prescot North

Prescot North (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Burke 1,128 53.7 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith* 1,054 50.1 -0.5
Labour Tommy Grierson1,00847.9+4.5
Labour Gary See89842.7-0.7
Conservative Peter Leadbeater1175.6-0.4
Turnout 25.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Prescot South

Prescot South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Joanne Burke* 1,297 69.1 +10.2
Labour Robert Owens58030.9–6.8
Majority71738.2
Turnout 25.4
Green hold Swing Increase2.svg8.5

Roby

Roby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Paul Woodruff 1,280 49.0 –0.8
Labour Hugh Malone*1,24647.7–2.5
Conservative Aaron Waters873.3N/A
Majority341.3
Turnout 2,61333.8
Green gain from Labour Swing

Shevington

Shevington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Brennan* 1,242 86.1 +21.6
Green Russell Greenway20113.9N/A
Majority1,04172.2
Turnout 1,44317.9
Labour hold

St Gabriels

St Gabriels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Graham Golding 1,032 54.8 +2.3
Labour Jo Schumacher82543.8–3.7
SDP Patricia Jameson261.4N/A
Majority20711.0
Turnout 1,88325.9
Green gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg3.0

St Michaels

St Michaels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Kearns* 1,164 78.2 ±0.0
Green James Taylor32421.8+8.9
Majority84056.4
Turnout 1,48821.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.5

Stockbridge

Stockbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Donnelly* 1,047 79.6 ±0.0
Green Paul Ryan26920.4±0.0
Majority77859.2
Turnout 1,31615.6
Labour hold

Swanside

Swanside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Bannon* 1,606 81.2 +1.2
Green Graham Wickens37318.8+4.7
Majority1,23362.4
Turnout 1,97926.1
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.8

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ron Gaffney* 976 52.1 +5.7
Labour Diane Sedman89747.9–5.7
Majority794.2
Turnout 1,87325.2
Green hold Swing Increase2.svg5.7

Whitefield

Whitefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Bennett 1,062 52.5 +6.2
Independent John Morgan*91645.3–8.4
Freedom Alliance Christine Dillon452.2N/A
Majority1467.2
Turnout 2,02325.3
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase2.svg7.3

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