Dukes (ward)

Dukes is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the western part of the localities of Birkdale and Hillside in the town of Southport. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 13,333. ^[1]

Councillors

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates by-election.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Ronald Watson (Con)		Leslie Byrom (Con)		David Pearson (Con)
2006		Ronald Watson (Con)		Leslie Byrom (Con)		David Pearson (Con)
2007		Ronald Watson (Con)		Leslie Byrom (Con)		David Pearson (Con)
2008		Ronald Watson (Con)		Leslie Byrom (Con)		David Pearson (Con)
2010		Ronald Watson (Con)		Leslie Byrom (Con)		David Pearson (Con)
2011		Ronald Watson (Con)		Pat Ball (Con)		David Pearson (Con)
2012		Ronald Watson (Con)		Pat Ball (Con)		Tony Dawson (LD)
2014		David Barton (Con)		Pat Ball (Con)		Tony Dawson (LD)
2015		David Barton (Con)		Pat Ball (Con)		Tony Dawson (LD)
2016		David Barton (Con)		Pat Ball (Con)		Tony Dawson (LD)
2017 by-election		David Barton (Con)		John Pugh (LD)		Tony Dawson (Ind [2] )
2018		Ron Watson (Con)		John Pugh (LD)		Tony Dawson (Ind)
2019		Ron Watson (Con)		John Pugh (LD)		Tony Dawson (Ind)
2021		Ron Watson (Con)		John Pugh (LD)		Mike Prendergast (Con)
2022		Ron Watson (Con)		John Pugh (LD)		Mike Prendergast (Con)

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2022: Dukes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Watson*	1,479	41.9	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Barton	1,224	34.7	+18.6
	Labour	Trevor Vaughan	824	23.4	+8.8
Majority			255	7.2
Turnout			3,527	33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.3

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2021: Dukes ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Prendergast	1,576	41.8
	Independent	Tony Dawson	816	21.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Newman	606	16.1
	Labour	Thomas Spring	551	14.6
	Green	Robert Doyle	219	5.8
Majority			760
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Elections of the 2010s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2019: Dukes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Pugh	1,729	49.2
	Conservative	Adam Charles Edward Kennaugh	797	22.7
	Labour	Lesley Delves	511	14.5
	UKIP	Al Johnson	285	8.1
	Green	Robert Michael Doyle	194	5.5
Majority			932
Turnout			3,516	32.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2018: Dukes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Ron Watson	1,409	40.1	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Barton	1275	36.3	10.9
	Labour	Sahar Dehghani-Barenji	710	20.2	3.5
	Green	Nick Senior	118	3.4	1.0
Majority			134	3.8
Turnout			3512	32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.9

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal By-Elections 2017: Dukes ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Pugh	1680	56.0	28.4
	Conservative	Ann Blanche Pearmain	790	26.3	9.4
	Labour	Frank Hanley	417	13.9	2.3
	UKIP	Terry Durrance	69	2.3	13.5
	Green	Nick Senior	45	1.5	3.1
Majority			890
Turnout			3001
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Dukes ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Ball	1475	38%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Dawson	1152	30%
	Labour	Catherine Emily Cookson	581	15%
	Independent	Harry Forster	376	10%
	UKIP	John Charles Lyon-Taylor	296	8%
Majority			323
Turnout			3880
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Dukes ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Watson	2589	43%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Joan Shavaksha	2137	35%
	Labour	Catherine Emily Cookson	687	11%
	Independent	Harry Forster	635	10%
Majority
Turnout			6048	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 2 June 2015.
2. Cowan, Ollie (July 2017). "Suspended councillor urges parties to work together after fall out". Champion Newspapers. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
3. "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Dukes" (PDF). Sefton.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
4. "Dukes". Sefton Council. Retrieved 9 May 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=196 ^{[ dead link ]}
6. "Election results for Dukes, 5 May 2011". 5 May 2011.
7. "Election results for Dukes, 6 May 2010". 6 May 2010.

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