2018 Halton Borough Council election

The 2018 Halton Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Halton Borough Council in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

2018 Halton Borough Council election

3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)

18 of 56 seats (17 regular and one by-election)
to Halton Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout26.1% (0.9%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
LD
Con
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 18 seats,
67.8%
1 seat,
8.1%
1 seat,
15.1%
Seats before 52 2 2
Seats won 17 1 0
Seats after 52 2 2
Seat change
Popular vote 14,544 1,706 3,704
Percentage 66.7% 7.8% 17.0%
Swing 0.7% 1.3% 2.0%

Leader of the Council before election

Rob Polhill
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Rob Polhill
Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour52
Liberal Democrat2
Conservative2
Source: BBC[3]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2014.[n 1]

Halton Borough Council election result, 2018[2][n 2]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 18 17 0 0 94.1 66.7 14,544 0.7
  Conservative 10 0 0 0 0.0 17.0 3,704 2.0
  Liberal Democrats 7 1 0 0 5.9 7.8 1,706 1.3
  Independent 3 0 0 0 0.0 4.4 963 N/A
  UKIP 7 0 0 0 0.0 3.2 701 8.5
  TUSC 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 106 0.3
  Socialist Labour 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 97 N/A

Notes

  1. Cannot be compared with 2016 as not all seats are up for election every third.
  2. % of total refers to % of wards won.

References

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