St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2018

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2018
3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)
16 of 48 seats (One Third) to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party
 
Leader Derek Long Allan Jones
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat West Park Rainford
Last election 15 seats,
57.9%		 1 seats,
14.9%
Seats before 42 3
Seats won 13 1
Seats after 41 3
Seat change Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 19,035 31,122
Percentage 49.7% 19.9%
Swing Decrease8.2% Increase5.0%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Teresa Sims
Party Liberal Democrat Independent
Leader's seat Eccleston
Last election 1 seat,
7.7%		 0 seats,
3.3%
Seats before 3 0
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Popular vote 4,128 2,164
Percentage 10.8% 5.7%
Swing Increase3.1% Increase2.4%
Map of results of 2018 election
Leader of the Council before election

Derek Long
Labour

 Leader of the Council after election

Derek Long
Labour

The 2018 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election Results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2016.

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results, 2018
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % № Net %
  Labour 16 13 0 1 Decrease1 81.3 49.7 19,035 Decrease8.2
  Conservative 16 1 0 0 Steady 6.3 19.9 7,603 Increase5.0
  Liberal Democrat 5 1 0 0 Steady 6.3 10.8 4,128 Increase3.1
  Green 11 0 0 0 Steady 0 10.3 3,946 Increase7.6
  Independent 1 1 1 0 Increase1 6.3 5.7 2,164 Increase2.4
  UKIP 5 0 0 0 Steady 0 3.3 1,281 Decrease10.3
  Democrats and Veterans 1 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.3 110 New

[2]

Ward Results

Billinge and Seneley Green

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Nancy Ashcroft
Labour Sue Murphy
UKIP Peter Peers
Green Sue Rahman

Blackbrook

Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Ellen Finney
Conservative Melanie Lee
UKIP Susan Levy
Labour Paul McQuade

Bold

Bold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green David O'Keefe
Labour Lisa Preston
Liberal Democrat Marise Roberts
Conservative Barbara Woodcock

Earlestown

Earlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Wally Ashcroft
Labour Dave Banks
Green Alan Smith

Eccleston

Eccleston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Glyn Jones
Conservative Lisa Mackarell
Liberal Democrat Geoff Pearl

Haydock

Haydock
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Martin Bond 1,147 46.4 Decrease24.2
Green Amy Deluce 952 38.5 New
Conservative Judith Collins 374 15.1 Increase4.3
Majority 195 7.9 Decrease44.0
Registered electors 9,054
Turnout 2,478 27.4
Rejected ballots 5 0.2 Decrease0.4
Labour hold Swing Decrease22.0

Moss Bank

Moss Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Deb Connor
Conservative Margaret Harvey
Labour Trisha Long

Newton

Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jeanie Bell
Conservative David Skeech
Liberal Democrat David Smith
Green David Van Der Burg

Parr

Parr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP Martin Ellison
Labour Kate Groucutt
Democrats and Veterans Gerry McNeilly
Conservative Madeleine Wilcock

Rainford

Rainford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Keith Laird
Conservative Anne Mussell
UKIP Tony Parr
Green Jo Travis

Rainhill

Rainhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stephen Glover
Conservative Henry Spriggs
Independent James Tasker

Sutton

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Allan Dockerty
UKIP John Fairhurst
Labour Pat Jackson
Liberal Democrat Brian Spencer

Thatto Heath

Thatto Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard McCauley
UKIP Mark Richardson
Conservative Anthony Rigby

Town Centre

Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green William Fitzpatrick
UKIP Mark Hitchen
Labour Michelle Sweeney
Conservative Francis Wilcock

West Park

West Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Iris Brown
Green Ian Fraser
Labour Derek Long
UKIP Ian Pennington

Windle

Windle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Cunliffe
UKIP Maria Parr
Liberal Democrat Carol Pearl
Labour Mancyia Uddin
Green Francis Williams

References

  1. ↑ "Elections: Current notices". sthelens.gov.uk. St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Local Election - Thursday, 5th May, 2016". St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council.
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