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22 of 66 seats on Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election were held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1]
Labour retained and increased its majority on the council. [2] [3]
The Labour Group gained 5 seats at the elections held on 4 May 2023 and the Liberal Democrat Group subsequently gained 1 seat as a result of Councillor Sinclair D'Albuquerque (Independent) joining them on 13 May 2003.
2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 18 | 5 | 81.81 | 33,974 | 52.9 | +3.6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 18.19 | 10,515 | 16.4 | +1.2 | ||||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,437 | 16.3 | –3.9 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,387 | 6.8 | +2.1 | |
FRAG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 994 | 1.5 | ±0.0 | |
Maghull Community Independents | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,608 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Independent | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1,472 | 2.3 | –6.4 | ||||
Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 461 | 0.7 | N/A | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Janet Harrison | 1,497 | 35.5 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Delves | 1,481 | 35.2 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Nigel Ball | 1,046 | 24.8 | -8.2 | |
Green | Laurence Rankin | 187 | 4.4 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 16 | 0.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,973 | ||||
Turnout | 4,211 | 42 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Simon Shaw* | 1,431 | 40.5 | -2.9 | |
Labour | Ged Wright | 1,356 | 38.3 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Sam Harris | 504 | 14.3 | -5.6 | |
Green | David Collins | 134 | 3.7 | -1.7 | |
Reform UK | Andrew Lynn | 110 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 75 | 2.1 | -10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,992 | ||||
Turnout | 3,535 | 35 | |||
Rejected ballots | 6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine Howard* | 2,390 | 66.9 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Katie Burgess | 663 | 18.6 | -4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Dunning | 266 | 7.4 | -3.9 | |
Green | Kieran Dams | 254 | 7.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,727 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,187 | ||||
Turnout | 3,573 | 39 | |||
Rejected ballots | 22 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Leo Evans* | 1,468 | 42.7 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Gary Haran Doyle | 1,175 | 34.1 | -3.8 | |
Labour | Joanne Faulkner | 658 | 19.1 | -0.1 | |
Green | Carla Fox | 140 | 4.1 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 293 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,701 | ||||
Turnout | 3,441 | 35 | |||
Rejected ballots | 28 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Veronica Webster* | 1,459 | 53.6 | -10.9 | |
Green | Neil Doolin | 1,090 | 40.0 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Graham Campbell | 115 | 4.2 | -1.2 | |
Freedom Alliance | John Bellis | 59 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 369 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,078 | ||||
Turnout | 2,723 | 30 | |||
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dave Robinson* | 1,652 | 80.9 | -4.1 | |
Green | Kate Robinson | 149 | 7.3 | New | |
Conservative | Paul Barber | 139 | 6.8 | -0.8 | |
TUSC | Dean Young | 103 | 5.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,503 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,984 | ||||
Turnout | 2,043 | 23 | |||
Rejected ballots | 16 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Pugh* | 1,496 | 42.1 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Laura Nuttall | 1,214 | 34.2 | -7.7 | |
Labour | Trevor Vaughan | 676 | 19.0 | -4.4 | |
Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 165 | 4.6 | New | |
Majority | 282 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,419 | ||||
Turnout | 3,551 | 34 | |||
Rejected ballots | 9 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Moncur* | 1,638 | 80.8 | +14.3 | |
Green | Lyndsey Davies | 205 | 10.1 | New | |
Conservative | Harry Bliss | 127 | 6.3 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adarsh Makdani | 55 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,433 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,244 | ||||
Turnout | 2,025 | 22 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Harvey | 1,485 | 38.3 | -2.0 | |
Formby Residents Action Group | Dave Irving* | 994 | 25.6 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Shaw | 953 | 24.6 | -14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Annie Gorski | 263 | 6.8 | +0.1 | |
Green | Michael Walsh | 181 | 4.7 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 491 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,693 | ||||
Turnout | 3,876 | 40 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | ||||
Labour gain from Formby Residents Action Group | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sean Halsall* | 1,599 | 52.5 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vic Foulds | 622 | 20.4 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Margaret Middleton | 595 | 19.5 | -7.5 | |
Green | Will White | 228 | 7.5 | New | |
Majority | 977 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,568 | ||||
Turnout | 3,044 | 29 | |||
Rejected ballots | 10 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Fairclough* | 1,166 | 76.1 | -0.1 | |
Green | Lily Davies | 139 | 9.1 | New | |
Independent | John Rice | 138 | 9.0 | New | |
Conservative | Anne Clegg | 91 | 5.9 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 1,027 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,932 | ||||
Turnout | 1,532 | 17 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Tweed* | 1,556 | 74.7 | -2.5 | |
Independent | Ian Smith | 262 | 12.6 | New | |
Green | Graham Bentley | 155 | 7.4 | New | |
Conservative | Michael Crichton | 110 | 5.3 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 1,294 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,908 | ||||
Turnout | 2,083 | 23 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clare-Louise Carragher* | 1,874 | 59.8 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Jan Blanchard | 559 | 17.8 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Gibson | 335 | 10.7 | -0.4 | |
Green | James O'Keefe | 280 | 8.9 | +0.8 | |
Freedom Alliance | Marie Harrison | 84 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,315 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,792 | ||||
Turnout | 3,132 | 32 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lauren Davidson | 1,502 | 44.7 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Bob Teesdale | 879 | 26.2 | -7.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Jowett | 791 | 23.5 | +0.1 | |
Green | Pauline Hesketh | 189 | 5.6 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 523 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,899 | ||||
Turnout | 3,361 | 34 | |||
Rejected ballots | 14 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marion Atkinson* | 2,126 | 73.7 | +13.4 | |
Maghull Community Independents | Joanne McCall | 400 | 13.9 | New | |
Conservative | Morgan Walton | 235 | 8.1 | -0.6 | |
Freedom Alliance | Carolyn Fitzgerald | 124 | 4.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,726 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,172 | ||||
Turnout | 2,885 | 28 | |||
Rejected ballots | 24 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sue Bradshaw* | 1,767 | 84.7 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Stephen Witham | 186 | 8.9 | +1.5 | |
Freedom Alliance | Maria Walsh | 133 | 6.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,581 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,577 | ||||
Turnout | 2,086 | 22 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Greg Myers* | 1,754 | 59.3 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Barton | 552 | 18.7 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Pam Teesdale | 465 | 15.7 | -6.0 | |
Green | David Mcintosh | 188 | 6.4 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 1,203 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,217 | ||||
Turnout | 2,958 | 29 | |||
Rejected ballots | 15 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mike Desmond | 1,436 | 44.4 | -0.7 | |
Maghull Community Independents | John Sayers* | 1,320 | 40.9 | New | |
Conservative | Greg Titherington | 264 | 8.2 | -4.0 | |
Green | Roy Greason | 125 | 3.9 | -3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Cawdron | 86 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 116 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,643 | ||||
Turnout | 3,231 | 33.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 17 | ||||
Labour gain from Maghull Community Independents | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Page | 1,623 | 47.5 | -5.0 | |
Independent | Maria Bennett* | 1,072 | 31.4 | New | |
Conservative | Angelica Sadrieva | 334 | 9.8 | -9.8 | |
Green | Alison Gibbon | 199 | 5.8 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Nicolson-Smith | 186 | 5.4 | New | |
Majority | 551 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,414 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,638 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paula Spencer* | 1,362 | 82.1 | ||
Conservative | Karl Starkey | 151 | 9.1 | New | |
TUSC | Conor O'Neill | 145 | 8.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,211 | 73.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,658 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,072 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Phil Hart | 1,761 | 52.8 | +15.8 | |
Maghull Community Independents | Patrick McKinley* | 1,208 | 36.2 | New | |
Conservative | Daniel Kirk | 304 | 9.1 | +1.2 | |
Freedom Alliance | Marie Blease | 61 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 553 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,334 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,348 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie Byrom* | 2,348 | 61.4 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 772 | 20.2 | -6.8 | |
Green | Samantha Cook | 379 | 9.9 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Burgess | 328 | 8.6 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,576 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,827 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,498 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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