2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 66 seats on Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderIan Maher John Pugh Mike Prendergast
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before4685
Seats after5195
 Fourth partyFifth party
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LeaderN/A
Party Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents Independent
Seats before34 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats after10
Sefton UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Ian Maher
Labour

Leader after election

Ian Maher
Labour

The 2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election were held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1]

Contents

Labour retained and increased its majority on the council. [2] [3]

Summary

Overview

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.

Election result

2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 18Increase2.svg 581.81335177.333,97452.9+3.6
  Liberal Democrats 4Increase2.svg 118.195913.610,51516.4+1.2
  Conservative 000557.610,43716.3–3.9
  Green 0000004,3876.8+2.1
 FRAG0Decrease2.svg 100009941.5±0.0
  Maghull Community Independents 0Decrease2.svg 100001,6082.5N/A
  Independent 0Decrease2.svg 30111.51,4722.3–6.4
  Freedom Alliance 0000004610.7N/A
  TUSC 0000002480.4N/A
  Reform UK 0000001100.2N/A

Results by Ward

Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*)

Ainsdale

[4]

Ainsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Harrison 1,497 35.5 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Lesley Delves1,48135.2+4.9
Conservative Nigel Ball1,04624.8−8.2
Green Laurence Rankin1874.4−0.1
Majority160.3
Registered electors 9,973
Turnout 4,21142
Rejected ballots12
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase2.svg5.8

Birkdale

Birkdale [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Shaw* 1,431 40.5 −2.9
Labour Ged Wright1,35638.3+7.1
Conservative Sam Harris50414.3−5.6
Green David Collins1343.7−1.7
Reform UK Andrew Lynn1103.1New
Majority752.1−10.1
Registered electors 9,992
Turnout 3,53535
Rejected ballots6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.1

Blundellsands

Blundellsands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Howard* 2,390 66.9 +0.9
Conservative Katie Burgess66318.6−4.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Dunning2667.4−3.9
Green Kieran Dams2547.1New
Majority1,727
Registered electors 9,187
Turnout 3,57339
Rejected ballots22
Labour hold Swing

Cambridge

Cambridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Leo Evans* 1,468 42.7 +5.5
Conservative Gary Haran Doyle1,17534.1−3.8
Labour Joanne Faulkner65819.1−0.1
Green Carla Fox1404.1−1.5
Majority293
Registered electors 9,701
Turnout 3,44135
Rejected ballots28
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.65

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Webster* 1,459 53.6 −10.9
Green Neil Doolin1,09040.0+9.9
Conservative Graham Campbell1154.2−1.2
Freedom Alliance John Bellis592.2New
Majority369
Registered electors 9,078
Turnout 2,72330
Rejected ballots11
Labour hold Swing

Derby

Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Robinson* 1,652 80.9 −4.1
Green Kate Robinson1497.3New
Conservative Paul Barber1396.8−0.8
TUSC Dean Young1035.0New
Majority1,503
Registered electors 8,984
Turnout 2,04323
Rejected ballots16
Labour hold Swing

Dukes

Dukes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Pugh* 1,496 42.1 +7.4
Conservative Laura Nuttall1,21434.2−7.7
Labour Trevor Vaughan67619.0−4.4
Green Alwynne Cartmell1654.6New
Majority282
Registered electors 10,419
Turnout 3,55134
Rejected ballots9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ford

Ford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Moncur* 1,638 80.8 +14.3
Green Lyndsey Davies20510.1New
Conservative Harry Bliss1276.3+1.1
Liberal Democrats Adarsh Makdani552.7New
Majority1,433
Registered electors 9,244
Turnout 2,02522
Rejected ballots8
Labour hold Swing

Harington

Harington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Harvey 1,485 38.3 −2.0
Formby Residents Action Group Dave Irving*99425.6+7.0
Conservative Michael Shaw95324.6−14.1
Liberal Democrats Annie Gorski2636.8+0.1
Green Michael Walsh1814.7−1.1
Majority491
Registered electors 9,693
Turnout 3,87640
Rejected ballots12
Labour gain from Formby Residents Action Group Swing

Kew

Kew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Halsall* 1,599 52.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Vic Foulds62220.4−2.5
Conservative Margaret Middleton59519.5−7.5
Green Will White2287.5New
Majority977
Registered electors 10,568
Turnout 3,04429
Rejected ballots10
Labour hold Swing

Linacre

Linacre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Fairclough* 1,166 76.1 −0.1
Green Lily Davies1399.1New
Independent John Rice1389.0New
Conservative Anne Clegg915.9−0.7
Majority1,027
Registered electors 8,932
Turnout 1,53217
Rejected ballots8
Labour hold Swing

Litherland

Litherland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Tweed* 1,556 74.7 −2.5
Independent Ian Smith26212.6New
Green Graham Bentley1557.4New
Conservative Michael Crichton1105.3−0.2
Majority1,294
Registered electors 8,908
Turnout 2,08323
Rejected ballots8
Labour hold Swing

Manor

Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare-Louise Carragher* 1,874 59.8 +0.7
Conservative Jan Blanchard55917.8−3.9
Liberal Democrats John Gibson33510.7−0.4
Green James O'Keefe2808.9+0.8
Freedom Alliance Marie Harrison842.7New
Majority1,315
Registered electors 9,792
Turnout 3,13232
Rejected ballots8
Labour hold Swing

Meols

Meols
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lauren Davidson 1,502 44.7 +7.7
Conservative Bob Teesdale87926.2−7.4
Labour Stephen Jowett79123.5+0.1
Green Pauline Hesketh1895.6−0.3
Majority523
Registered electors 9,899
Turnout 3,36134
Rejected ballots14
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Molyneux

Molyneux
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marion Atkinson* 2,126 73.7 +13.4
Maghull Community Independents Joanne McCall40013.9New
Conservative Morgan Walton2358.1−0.6
Freedom Alliance Carolyn Fitzgerald1244.3New
Majority1,726
Registered electors 10,172
Turnout 2,88528
Rejected ballots24
Labour hold Swing

Netherton and Orrell

Netherton and Orrell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Bradshaw* 1,767 84.7 +11.9
Conservative Stephen Witham1868.9+1.5
Freedom Alliance Maria Walsh1336.4New
Majority1,581
Registered electors 9,577
Turnout 2,08622
Rejected ballots12
Labour hold Swing

Norwood

Norwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Greg Myers* 1,754 59.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton55218.7+4.1
Conservative Pam Teesdale46515.7−6.0
Green David Mcintosh1886.4−1.5
Majority1,203
Registered electors 10,217
Turnout 2,95829
Rejected ballots15
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Mike Desmond 1,436 44.4 −0.7
Maghull Community Independents John Sayers*1,32040.9New
Conservative Greg Titherington2648.2−4.0
Green Roy Greason1253.9−3.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Cawdron862.7New
Majority116
Registered electors 9,643
Turnout 3,23133.5
Rejected ballots17
Labour gain from Maghull Community Independents Swing

Ravenmeols

Ravenmeols
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Page 1,623 47.5 −5.0
Independent Maria Bennett*1,07231.4New
Conservative Angelica Sadrieva3349.8−9.8
Green Alison Gibbon1995.8−2.9
Liberal Democrats Lisa Nicolson-Smith1865.4New
Majority55116.1
Turnout 3,414
Registered electors 9,638
Rejected ballots13
Labour gain from Independent Swing

St Oswald

St Oswald [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Spencer* 1,362 82.1
Conservative Karl Starkey1519.1New
TUSC Conor O'Neill1458.7New
Majority1,21173.0
Turnout 1,658
Registered electors 8,072
Rejected ballots8
Labour hold Swing

Sudell

Sudell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Phil Hart 1,761 52.8 +15.8
Maghull Community Independents Patrick McKinley*1,20836.2New
Conservative Daniel Kirk3049.1+1.2
Freedom Alliance Marie Blease611.8New
Majority55316.6
Turnout 3,334
Registered electors 10,348
Rejected ballots13
Labour hold Swing

Victoria

Victoria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Byrom* 2,348 61.4 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Hannah Gee77220.2−6.8
Green Samantha Cook3799.9+4.2
Conservative Andrew Burgess3288.6+1.7
Majority1,57641.2
Turnout 3,827
Registered electors 10,498
Rejected ballots13
Labour hold Swing

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