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The 2024 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England, Liverpool's City Region mayoral election and Merseyside's Police and Crime Commissioner election.
As is typical for Sefton's local elections, twenty-two seats of the sixty-six total were contested. The Labour party have controlled the council since the 2012 elections, and prior to the election had a comfortable working majority of 13. Shortly before the election, this was reduced from their majority of 18 they had had following the previous year's election; in early March Labour Councillor Trish Hardy resigned from her Litherland ward seat leaving a vacancy, and less than a month before polling day Councillors Natasha Carlin and Sean Halsall left Labour in protest of the party's policy direction and stance on the war in Gaza. [2]
The majority of the seats contested were held by Labour, who defended fifteen of the twenty-two seats. The Liberal Democrats defended three seats, and the Conservatives defended two seats. [3] The then-vacant Litherland seat was also contested alongside two seats held by independent councillors.
Labour and the Conservatives contested all seats up for election, while the Green Party contested every seat except 1 (Linacre). As a result of administrative confusion some of the Green Party candidates had the description “Green Party” and the party's logo (16 candidates) next to their name on the voting ballots while others only had the logo (5 candidates). Additionally the Liberal Democrats contested close to all seats, with candidates representing Reform UK, TUSC, Freedom Alliance, localist groups, also stood a small number of candidates alongside 2 independents.
Labour retained their majority on the council. Amongst other results, the Green party gained their first seat ever on the council, narrowly winning in Church ward by just over a hundred votes. [4]
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election [5] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 51 | Labour | 48 | Labour | 49 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 9 | Liberal Democrats | 9 | Liberal Democrats | 9 | |||
Conservative | 5 | Conservative | 5 | Conservative | 4 | |||
Green | 0 | Green | 0 | Green | 1 | |||
Independent | 0 | Independent | 2 | Independent | 2 | |||
Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | 1 | Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | 1 | Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | 0 | |||
Vacant | 0 | Vacant | 1 | Vacant | 1 |
Changes:
2024 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 | 17 | 1 | 77.3 | 32 | 49 | 74.2 | 33,385 | 54.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 13.6 | 6 | 9 | 13.6 | 10,332 | 16.7 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 4 | 6.1 | 9,098 | 14.7 | -1.6 | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 272 | 0.4 | -1.9 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 5,445 | 8.8 | +2.0 | |
Formby Residents Action Group | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,292 | 2.1 | +0.6 | ||
Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,245 | 2.0 | -0.5 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 232 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | ||
Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 120 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
The Statements of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, were released by Sefton Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations. [1] Councillors that were standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). The results for each ward were announced the day after the election. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lynne Thompson* | 1,978 | 51.5 | +16.3 | |
Labour | Frank Hanley | 1,193 | 31.0 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Ryan Abbott | 527 | 13.7 | −11.1 | |
Green | Laurence Rankin | 145 | 3.8 | −0.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 27 | ||||
Majority | 785 | 21.4 | +21.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,843 | 38.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,061 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sonya Kelly* | 1,435 | 41.6 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Erin Harvey | 1,357 | 39.3 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Sam Harris | 489 | 14.2 | −0.1 | |
Green | Jeff Bee | 168 | 4.9 | +1.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 26 | ||||
Majority | 78 | ||||
Turnout | 3,449 | 34.4 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,018 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Diane Roscoe* | 2,249 | 68.3 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Katie Burgess | 548 | 16.7 | −1.9 | |
Green | Kieran Dams | 270 | 8.2 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Dunning | 224 | 6.8 | −0.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 25 | ||||
Majority | 1,701 | 51.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,291 | 35.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,159 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mike Sammon | 1,161 | 36.5 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Gary Haran Doyle | 1,002 | 31.5 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Callum Naylor | 816 | 25.6 | +6.5 | |
Green | Stephen Hesketh | 204 | 6.4 | +2.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 28 | ||||
Majority | 159 | ||||
Turnout | 3,441 | 32.8 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,716 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Neil Doolin | 1,412 | 50.6 | +10.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Paul Cummins* | 1,307 | 46.5 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Brown | 91 | 3.2 | −1.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 18 | ||||
Majority | 105 | ||||
Turnout | 2,810 | 30.9 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,091 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | 8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maria Porter | 1,580 | 78.9 | −2.0 | |
Reform UK | Leighton Sealeaf | 122 | 6.1 | New | |
Green | Kate Robinson | 114 | 5.7 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Iain Beckett | 91 | 4.5 | −2.3 | |
TUSC | Dean Young | 55 | 2.7 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rowenna Gibson | 41 | 2.0 | New | |
Rejected ballots | 20 | ||||
Majority | 1,458 | ||||
Turnout | 2,003 | 22.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,002 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Prendergast* | 1,379 | 41.7 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Damian Bond | 967 | 29.3 | −12.8 | |
Labour | Helen Duerden | 764 | 23.1 | +4.1 | |
Green | David Newman | 195 | 5.9 | +1.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 29 | ||||
Majority | 412 | ||||
Turnout | 3,305 | 31.7 | |||
Registered electors | 10,442 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paulette Lappin* | 1,541 | 80.9 | +0.1 | |
Green | Lyndsey Doolin | 187 | 9.8 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Shaw | 120 | 6.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adarsh Makdani | 56 | 2.9 | +0.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | ||||
Majority | 1,354 | 71.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,904 | 20.6 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Cavanagh | 1,613 | 45.7 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | Joe Riley* | 978 | 25.7 | +0.1 | |
Formby Residents Action Group | Dave Irving | 551 | 15.6 | −10.0 | |
Green | Michael Walsh | 244 | 6.9 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Annie Gorski | 142 | 4.0 | −2.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | ||||
Majority | 635 | ||||
Turnout | 3,528 | 36.4 | |||
Registered electors | 9,689 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jen Corcoran* | 1,358 | 43.8 | −8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Lewis | 1,118 | 36.1 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Owen Phillips | 440 | 14.2 | −5.3 | |
Green | Rob Wesley | 184 | 5.9 | −1.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 33 | ||||
Majority | 240 | ||||
Turnout | 3,100 | 28.9 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,720 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joanne Williams | 1,402 | 85.5 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Mellalieu | 134 | 8.2 | New | |
Conservative | John Campbell | 103 | 6.3 | +0.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 26 | ||||
Majority | 1268 | ||||
Turnout | 1,639 | 18.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,073 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paula Murphy | 1,526 | 74.0 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Ian Smith | 249 | 12.1 | −0.5 | |
Green | Amber-Page Moss | 142 | 6.9 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | Colin Appleton | 99 | 4.8 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Connell | 47 | 2.3 | New | |
Rejected ballots | 19 | ||||
Majority | 1,277 | ||||
Turnout | 2,063 | 22.8 | |||
Registered electors | 9,055 | ||||
Labour gain from Vacant | Swing | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dominic McNabb | 1,800 | 62.8 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Martyn Barber | 520 | 18.2 | +0.4 | |
Green | James O’Keeffe | 311 | 10.9 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Gibson | 233 | 8.1 | −0.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | ||||
Majority | 1,280 | ||||
Turnout | 2,864 | 29.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,845 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Dodd* | 1,452 | 46.3 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Steve Jowett | 863 | 27.5 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Bob Teesdale | 613 | 19.5 | −6.7 | |
Green | Pauline Anne Hesketh | 208 | 6.6 | +1.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 21 | ||||
Majority | 589 | ||||
Turnout | 3,136 | 31.3 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,016 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sam Hinde | 2,063 | 75.0 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Marcus Bleasdale | 254 | 9.2 | +1.1 | |
Green | David Collins | 220 | 8.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Young | 213 | 7.7 | New | |
Rejected ballots | 32 | ||||
Majority | 1,809 | ||||
Turnout | 2,750 | 27.0 | |||
Registered electors | 10,187 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Spring* | 1,637 | 77.9 | +6.8 | |
Green | Simon Baron | 127 | 6.0 | New | |
Freedom Alliance | Maria Walsh | 120 | 5.7 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Adam Marsden | 113 | 5.4 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vic Foulds | 55 | 2.6 | New | |
TUSC | Owen Croft | 50 | 2.4 | New | |
Rejected ballots | 12 | ||||
Majority | 1,510 | ||||
Turnout | 2,102 | 21.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,616 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Neary | 1,487 | 55.3 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Margaret Middleton | 461 | 17.2 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Delves | 433 | 16.1 | −2.6 | |
Green | David McIntosh | 306 | 11.4 | +5.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 40 | ||||
Majority | 1,026 | ||||
Turnout | 2,687 | 26.3 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,232 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chloe Parker | 1,621 | 58.1 | +13.7 | |
Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | Paul McCord | 641 | 23.0 | −17.9 | |
Conservative | Craig Titherington | 274 | 9.8 | −1.6 | |
Green | Roy Greason | 180 | 6.4 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Cawdron | 76 | 2.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | ||||
Majority | 980 | ||||
Turnout | 2,792 | 28.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,646 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 15.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Catie Page* | 1,759 | 56.8 | +9.3 | |
Formby Residents Action Group | Maria Bennett | 741 | 23.9 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Angelica Sadrieva | 307 | 9.9 | +0.1 | |
Green | Alison Gibbon | 201 | 6.5 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Nicolson-Smith | 89 | 2.9 | −2.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 12 | ||||
Majority | 1,018 | ||||
Turnout | 3,097 | 31.6 | |||
Registered electors | 9,793 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe Johnson | 1,270 | 78.6 | −3.5 | |
TUSC | Conor O’Neill | 127 | 7.9 | −1.2 | |
Green | Rupert Shoebridge | 119 | 7.4 | New | |
Conservative | Henry Bliss | 100 | 6.2 | −2.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Majority | 1,143 | ||||
Turnout | 1,616 | 20.1 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,028 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Hansen* | 1,715 | 58.9 | +6.1 | |
Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | Joanne McCall | 604 | 20.8 | −15.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Kirk | 336 | 11.5 | +2.4 | |
Green | Paul Dunbar | 128 | 4.4 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | James Tattersall | 104 | 3.6 | New | |
Independent | Marie Blease | 23 | 0.8 | New | |
Rejected ballots | 15 | ||||
Majority | 1,111 | ||||
Turnout | 2,910 | 28.0 | |||
Registered electors | 10,383 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Roche* | 2,386 | 68.7 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 452 | 13.0 | −7.2 | |
Green | Samantha Cook | 380 | 10.9 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Barber | 253 | 7.3 | −1.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 25 | ||||
Majority | 1,934 | 55.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,471 | 33.0 | |||
Registered electors | 10,505 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.25 |
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