Birkdale is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the eastern part of the localities of Birkdale and Hillside in the town of Southport, England. The population as at the 2011 census was 13,161. [1]
indicates seat up for re-election.
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2006 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2007 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2008 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2010 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2011 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2012 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2014 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2015 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2016 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2018 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2019 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Richard Hands (LD) | |||
2021 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Sonya Kelly (Lab) | |||
2022 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Sonya Kelly (Lab) | |||
2023 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Sonya Kelly (Lab) | |||
2024 | Iain Brodie-Browne (LD) | Simon Shaw (LD) | Sonya Kelly (Lab) |
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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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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Liberal Democrats | Iain Brodie-Browne* | 1,518 | 43.4 | +14.1 | |
Labour | Daniel McKee | 1,093 | 31.2 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Lee Durkin | 697 | 19.9 | -12.1 | |
Green | David Collins | 190 | 5.4 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 425 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,498 | 34.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sonya Ann Kelly | 1,125 | 33 | ||
Conservative | Lee Anthony Durkin | 1,099 | 32 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vic Foulds | 1,006 | 29 | ||
Green | Bernhard Frank | 207 | 6 | ||
Majority | 26 | 1 | |||
Turnout | 3,437 | 34 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Changes in vote share are since the seat was previously contested (i.e. 4 years prior), not since the previous local election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Simon Shaw | 1,710 | 48 | +15 | |
Labour | Daniel John Burns | 900 | 25 | +5 | |
Conservative | Thomas Andrew de Freitas | 370 | 10 | -11 | |
UKIP | Linda Julia Ann Gunn-Russo | 311 | 9 | -12 | |
Green | David William Collins | 288 | 8 | +3 | |
Majority | 810 | 23 | +11 | ||
Turnout | 3,579 | 35 | -32.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Iain Brodie Browne | 1,249 | 38 | -3 | |
Labour | Daniel John Burns | 982 | 30 | +16 | |
Conservative | Jacky Bliss | 806 | 25 | +11 | |
UKIP | Derek Samuel Tasker | 101 | 3 | -11 | |
Green | David William Collins | 121 | 4 | +1 | |
Majority | 267 | 8 | -7 | ||
Turnout | 3,259 | 31.8 | -5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Ronald Hands | 1,443 | 46 | +7 | |
Labour | Ged Wright | 717 | 23 | +1 | |
UKIP | Linda Julia Ann Gunn-Russo | 439 | 14 | -8 | |
Conservative | John Charles Lyon-Taylor | 428 | 14 | -3 | |
Green | Bernhard Frank | 107 | 3 | New | |
Majority | 726 | 23 | +6 | ||
Turnout | 3,134 | 32.4 | -0.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Cllr Simon Shaw | 2216 | 33 | -1 | |
Conservative | Poppy Elise Jones | 1374 | 21 | -2 | |
UKIP | Allen Ferguson | 1360 | 21 | +8 | |
Labour | Ged Wright | 1351 | 20 | -1 | |
Green | Tony Young | 318 | 5 | New | |
Majority | 842 | 12 | +1 | ||
Turnout | 6619 | 67.2 | +26.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Cllr Iain Brodie - Browne | 1484 | 41 | -14 | |
UKIP | Tom McKenzie | 945 | 26 | +19 | |
Labour | Ged Wright | 521 | 14 | +7 | |
Conservative | Jamie Halsall | 489 | 14 | -11 | |
Green | Tony Young | 178 | 5 | New | |
Majority | 539 | 15 | -15 | ||
Turnout | 3617 | 37.2 | -29.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Cllr Richard Ronald Hands | 1225 | 39 | ||
UKIP | Terry John Durrance | 707 | 22 | ||
Labour | Ged Wright | 688 | 22 | ||
Conservative | Nigel David Clifford Ball | 555 | 17 | ||
Majority | 518 | 17 | |||
Turnout | 3175 | 32.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Cllr Simon Shaw | 1361 | 34 | ||
Conservative | Alastair James McNair | 934 | 23 | ||
Labour | Frank Michael Robinson | 830 | 21 | ||
UKIP | Terry John Durrance | 520 | 13 | ||
Independent | Denise Katherine Roney | 324 | 8 | ||
BNP | Robert Smith | 56 | 1 | ||
Majority | 427 | 11 | |||
Turnout | 4025 | 40.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Iain Brodie - Browne | 3626 | 55 | ||
Conservative | Cath Regan | 1626 | 25 | ||
Labour | Frank Michael Robinson | 466 | 7 | ||
UKIP | Terry John Durrance | 437 | 7 | ||
Independent | Jimmy Henney | 234 | 4 | ||
BNP | Jane Leary | 177 | 3 | ||
Majority | 2000 | 30 | |||
Turnout | 6389 | 67 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974, by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, the municipal borough of Crosby, the urban districts of Formby and Litherland, and part of West Lancashire Rural District. It consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea which extends from Southport in the north to Bootle in the south, and an inland part to Maghull in the south-east, bounded by the city of Liverpool to the south, the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley to the south-east, and West Lancashire to the east.
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