Meols (ward)

Meols is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Churchtown and Crossens in the north end of the town of Southport. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 12,425. ^[1]

Councillors

Term		Councillor [2]	Party
	1991–Present	John Dodd	Liberal Democrats
	2014–Present	Daniel Lewis	Liberal Democrats
	2019–Present	Yaso Sathiy	Liberal Democrats

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2016: Meols^{[ citation needed ]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dodd	1635	51%
	Labour	Debbie Bannon	510	16%
	UKIP	Katy Bonney	458	14%
	Conservative	Luke Anthony Thompson	535	17%
	Green	Sarah-Jayne McIntosh [3]	86	3%
Majority			1,100	34%
Turnout			3224	33.2%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2015: Meols ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Ashton	2065	32%
	Conservative	Georgia Pactor	1733	26%
	UKIP	Patricia Elaine Shanks	1375	21%
	Labour	Debbie Bannon	1141	17%
	Green	Rick Furness	237	4%
Majority
Turnout			6551
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2014: Meols ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Barton	1177	34%
	UKIP	Pat Shanks	976	28%
	Conservative	Adam Webster	303	18%
	Labour	Maureen Stoker	332	9%
	Independent	Margaret Brown	227	8%
	Green	Graham Bentley	117	3%
Majority
Turnout			3509
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2012: Meols ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dodd	1327	40%
	Conservative	Sarah Jackson	600	18%
	Labour	Maureen Stoker	560	17%
	Independent	Margaret Brown	489	15%
	UKIP	Patricia Elaine Shanks	372	11%
Majority
Turnout			3348
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Meols ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Roy Ashton	1211	31%
	Conservative	Chris Cross	1136	29%
	Labour	Maureen Stoker	711	18%
	Independent	Margaret Brown	628	16%
	UKIP	Patricia Elaine Shanks	278	7%
Majority
Turnout			3964	41%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Meols ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Rimmer	3202	49%
	Conservative	Chris Cross	1989	30%
	Labour	Maureen Stoker	561	9%
	Independent	Margaret Brown	329	5%
	UKIP	Patricia Elaine Shanks	313	5%
	BNP	Max Blair	183	3%
Majority
Turnout			6577	68%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Ward population 2015" . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
2. "Your Councillors". Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
3. "Wearing a Fitbit might have saved this student's life". 11 January 2016.
4. "Election results for Meols, 7 May 2015". 7 May 2015.
5. "Election results for Meols, 22 May 2014". 22 May 2014.
6. "Election results for Meols, 3 May 2012". 3 May 2012.
7. http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=42&RPID=3097248
8. "Election results for Meols, 6 May 2010". 6 May 2010.

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