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2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Background[edit]

From its creation in 1974 to the 1986 election, Sefton Council was under Conservative control.^[3] It was then under no overall control until the 2012 election, when Labour won their first majority on the council.^[4] In the 2021 election, Labour polled 46.6% and gained 6 seats, the Conservatives polled 26.0% for a gain of 2 seats, The Liberal Democrats took 14.1% and lost 5 seats, Formby Residents Action Group polled 2.2% and did not make any gains, and independents lost their 3 seats on the council.^[5]

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 3 seats with 50.9% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats on 16.0%, and the Conservatives gained 1 seat on 22.8%. Formby Residents Action Group lost the seat they were defending.

Previous council composition[edit]

Changes:

• May 2021: Tony Carr leaves Labour to sit as an independent^[7]
• Andrew Wilson leaves Labour to sit as an independent

Results[edit]

2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	17	2	77.3	31	48	72.7	32,371	49.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	2		9.1	6	8	12.1	10,000	15.2	+1.1
	Conservative	3	1	13.6	4	7	10.6	13,296	20.2	-5.8
	FRAG	0		0.0	2	2	3.0	973	1.5	-0.7
	Independent	0	1	0.0	1	1	1.5	5,725	8.7	+5.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,119	4.7	-2.3
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	142	0.2	+0.1
	NIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	97	0.1	N/A

Results by ward[edit]

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Ainsdale[edit]

Ainsdale^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Brough*	1,387	33.0	+2.1
	Labour	Janet Harrison	1,354	32.2	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Delves	1,272	30.3	-14.2
	Green	Laurence Rankin	189	4.5	-0.7
Majority			33	0.8
Turnout			4,202	41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

Birkdale[edit]

Birkdale^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Blundellsands[edit]

Blundellsands^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natasha Carlin*	2,301	66.0	+16.7
	Conservative	Harry Bliss	791	22.7	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dunning	394	11.3	+4.5
Majority			1,510	43.3
Turnout			3,486	37.6
	Labour hold		Swing	10.8

Cambridge[edit]

Cambridge^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Morris*	1,338	37.9	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Sammon	1,313	37.2	+1.7
	Labour	Ian Upton	678	19.2	+2.2
	Green	Carla Fox	197	5.6	-0.3
Majority			25	0.7
Turnout			3,526	36.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Church[edit]

Church^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daren Veidman*	1,850	64.5	+0.8
	Green	Neil Doolin	862	30.1	+9.0
	Conservative	John Campbell	155	5.4	-5.9
Majority			988	34.7	-8.0
Turnout			2,867	31.3
	Labour hold		Swing	4.1

Derby[edit]

Duke's[edit]

Duke's^[8]

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

Ford[edit]

Harington[edit]

Harington^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Richards	1,544	40.3	+7.0
	Conservative	Denise Dutton*	1,482	38.7	-4.1
	FRAG	Aimee Brodie	329	8.6	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Gorski	257	6.7	+2.4
	Green	Michael Walsh	221	5.8	-1.6
Majority			62	1.6
Turnout			3,833	39.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.6

Kew[edit]

Kew^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Lunn-Bates	1,563	50.1	+13.5
	Conservative	Laura Nuttall	842	27.0	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Vic Foulds	715	22.9	-3.1
Majority			721	23.1
Turnout			3,120	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing	8.6

Linacre[edit]

Litherland[edit]

Manor[edit]

Manor^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGinnity	1,818	59.1	+11.3
	Conservative	Janice Blanchard	669	21.7	-10.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Gibson	343	11.1	+1.2
	Green	James O'Keefe	248	8.1	-2.4
Majority			1,149	37.4
Turnout			3,078	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing	10.7

Meols[edit]

Meols^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Lloyd-Johnson	1,326	37.0	-11.0
	Conservative	Thomas de Freitas	1,203	33.6	+2.1
	Labour	Stephen Jowett	839	23.4	+10.1
	Green	Pauline Hesketh	211	5.9	-1.3
Majority			123	3.4
Turnout			3,579	36.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.6

Molyneux[edit]

Tony Carr was elected in 2018 for the Labour Party.

Netherton and Orrell[edit]

Norwood[edit]

Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mhairi Doyle*	1,734	55.9	+12.2
	Conservative	Pam Teesdale	672	21.7	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Williams	452	14.6	-6.2
	Green	David McIntosh	244	7.9	+0.4
Majority			1,062	34.2
Turnout			3,102	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing	9.3

Park[edit]

Ravenmeols[edit]

Ravenmeols^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nina Killen*	1,766	52.5	+13.9
	Conservative	Michael Shaw	660	19.6	-3.5
	FRAG	Bob McCann	644	19.1	-11.2
	Green	Alison Gibbon	294	8.7	+3.1
Majority			1,106	32.9
Turnout			3,364	35.2
	Labour hold		Swing	8.7

St. Oswald[edit]

This election was uncontested, so the poll was cancelled and Thomas was declared elected.^[2]

Sudell[edit]

Victoria[edit]

Victoria^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Grace*	2,297	60.3	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Gee	1,029	27.0	-1.2
	Conservative	Katie Burgess	264	6.9	-4.0
	Green	Samantha Cook	219	5.7	-2.2
Majority			1,268	33.3
Turnout			3,809	36.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.3

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