2016 Warrington Borough Council election
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The 2016 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Following a boundary review, all Warrington Borough Council seats were up for election, for a term of four years. The number of seats rose from 57 to 58.
The Labour Party retained overall control of Warrington Borough Council after taking 45 of the 58 seats.[2]
Results summary
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 45 | ![]() |
77.59 | 48.80 | 59,031 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | ![]() |
18.96 | 20.63 | 24,953 | ||||
Conservative | 2 | ![]() |
3.45 | 22.99 | 27,816 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 3.02 | 3,652 | ||||
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 1.85 | 2,245 | ||||
TUSC | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 1.42 | 1,719 | ||||
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 1.29 | 1,559 |
A total of 442 ballots were rejected, and the overall turnout was 32.87%.
Council Composition
[edit]Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
42 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Labour | Lib Dem | Con | T |
After the election the composition of the council was:
45 | 11 | 2 |
Labour | Lib Dem | Con |
Lib Dem - Liberal Democrats
Con - Conservative Party
T - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)
Ward results
[edit]Appleton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Axcell | 2,191 | 62.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Carol Wheeler | 2,034 | 58.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Harris | 1,640 | 47.1 | ||
Conservative | Basil Mitchell | 1,075 | 30.9 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Price | 891 | 25.6 | ||
Conservative | Ian Houghton | 731 | 21.0 | ||
Labour | Nick Bent | 556 | 16.0 | ||
Green | David Edward Bilton | 447 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 565 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 9,565 | 42 | |||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Liberal Democrats win |
Bewsey and Whitecross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Edith Hall | 1,142 | 66.3 | ||
Labour | Steve Wright | 1,080 | 62.7 | ||
Labour | Tom Jennings | 1,061 | 61.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Timmis | 319 | 18.5 | ||
Conservative | Rowland Blackstock | 235 | 13.6 | ||
Conservative | Pat Smith | 210 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Irina Axcell | 151 | 8.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Walker | 135 | 7.8 | ||
TUSC | Shelley Bennett | 129 | 7.5 | ||
Majority | 742 | 43.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,462 | 22 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Birchwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Russ Bowden | 1,719 | 59.6 | ||
Labour | Pauline Nelson | 1,578 | 54.8 | ||
Labour | Chris Fitzsimmons | 1,475 | 51.2 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Balding | 782 | 27.1 | ||
Conservative | Peter Linton | 618 | 21.4 | ||
Independent | Amy Elizabeth Linton | 529 | 18.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Davies | 302 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | 693 | 24.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,003 | 35 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Burtonwood and Winwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cathy Mitchell | 1,083 | 63.7 | ||
Labour | Terry O'Neill | 1,065 | 62.7 | ||
Conservative | Robin Sloan | 399 | 23.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy James Muttock | 265 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 666 | 39.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,812 | 34 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Chapelford and Old Hall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Faisal Rashid | 1,489 | 56.1 | ||
Labour | Steve Parish | 1,161 | 43.7 | ||
Labour | Rebecca Knowles | 1,011 | 38.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Allan Keith Bird | 698 | 26.3 | ||
Conservative | Phil Hayward | 593 | 22.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Leonard Knapp | 463 | 17.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roy Alfred Smith | 397 | 15.0 | ||
Conservative | Anthony John Kerrigan | 364 | 13.7 | ||
Conservative | Anna Jane Sharkey | 332 | 12.5 | ||
UKIP | Ian Anthony Wilson | 332 | 12.5 | ||
Green | Mike Wass | 204 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | 313 | 11.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,044 | 31 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matt Smith | 1,788 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | Joan Grime | 1,609 | 47.3 | ||
Labour | Jan Davidson | 1,401 | 41.1 | ||
Conservative | Frank Richard Allen | 1,359 | 39.9 | ||
Conservative | Sue Bland | 1,318 | 38.7 | ||
Conservative | Valerie Margaret Allen | 1,263 | 37.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eddie Sloane | 432 | 12.7 | ||
Majority | 42 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 9,170 | 40 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Fairfield and Howley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Flaherty | 1,234 | 57.2 | ||
Labour | Tony Higgins | 1,008 | 46.7 | ||
Labour | Peter Carey | 997 | 46.2 | ||
TUSC | Kevin Bennett | 921 | 42.7 | ||
Green | Lyndsay McAteer | 344 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Simone Johnson | 332 | 15.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Oldbury | 240 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 76 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 5,076 | 27 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Grappenhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Biggin | 1,306 | 61.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ryan Stephen Robert Bate | 1,119 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | Olivia Reilly | 565 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Iona Gillis | 421 | 19.7 | ||
Labour | Andy Heaver | 380 | 17.8 | ||
Majority | 554 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,791 | 35 | |||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Liberal Democrats win |
Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
[edit]Dan Price resigned from the Labour Party in February 2019 in protest at the party's inaction over antisemitism and Brexit. He subsequently sat on the council as an Independent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jan Hart | 1,321 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | Dan Price | 1,265 | 51.9 | ||
Labour | Tony Williams | 1,217 | 50.0 | ||
Conservative | Mike Foxall | 698 | 28.7 | ||
Conservative | Christine Booth | 668 | 27.4 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Booth | 660 | 27.1 | ||
Green | Stephanie Davies | 332 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cliff Taylor | 330 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 519 | 21.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,491 | 35 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Great Sankey South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amanda King | 1,432 | 62.9 | ||
Labour | Hitesh Patel | 1,193 | 52.4 | ||
Labour | Jean Carter | 1,154 | 50.7 | ||
Conservative | Sue Jenkin | 546 | 24.0 | ||
Conservative | Peter Elton | 494 | 21.7 | ||
Conservative | Sonia Wendy Boggan | 403 | 17.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Harwood | 227 | 10.0 | ||
TUSC | Andrew Ford | 138 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 608 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,587 | 28 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Latchford East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hans Josef Mundry | 929 | 66.8 | ||
Labour | Karen Mundry | 822 | 59.1 | ||
Conservative | Julian Craddock | 192 | 13.8 | ||
Conservative | Ken Scates | 145 | 10.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Price | 140 | 10.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rupert Budgen | 123 | 8.8 | ||
Green | John Kennedy Lappin | 85 | 6.1 | ||
TUSC | Sue Hayes | 83 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 630 | 45.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,519 | 23 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Latchford West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Les Morgan | 1,068 | 57.9 | ||
Labour | Maureen McLaughlin | 991 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Michael Haworth | 321 | 17.4 | ||
Conservative | David Woodyatt | 317 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Raymond | 283 | 15.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Celia Jordan | 272 | 14.7 | ||
TUSC | Dave Cundy | 88 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | 670 | 36.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,340 | 32 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Lymm North and Thelwall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bob Barr | 2,027 | 54.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian George Marks | 1,943 | 52.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Johnson | 1,685 | 45.6 | ||
Labour | Chris Zastawny | 895 | 24.2 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Michael Smith | 857 | 23.2 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Yates | 735 | 19.9 | ||
Conservative | Harish Chander Sharma | 679 | 18.4 | ||
UKIP | Derek Clark | 530 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 790 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,351 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Liberal Democrats win |
Lymm South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sheila Woodyatt | 925 | 41.7 | ||
Conservative | Kath Buckley | 879 | 39.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ed Gough | 780 | 35.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Farrington Gowland | 668 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | David John Cockayne | 466 | 21.0 | ||
UKIP | James Ashington | 233 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | 99 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,951 | 44 | |||
Conservative win | |||||
Conservative win |
Orford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Hannon | 1,493 | 68.1 | ||
Labour | Kerri Louise Morris | 1,374 | 62.7 | ||
Labour | Morgan Tarr | 1,234 | 56.3 | ||
UKIP | Ian Andrew Richards | 420 | 19.2 | ||
UKIP | Dion Eric Challinor | 392 | 17.9 | ||
UKIP | Sid Simmons | 392 | 17.9 | ||
Conservative | Jan Woning | 154 | 7.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pam Marks | 137 | 6.3 | ||
Independent | Clive Lawrinson | 117 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 814 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,713 | 25 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Penketh and Cuerdley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Keane | 1,622 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | Linda Susan Dirir | 1,511 | 49.6 | ||
Labour | Allin Dirir | 1,486 | 48.7 | ||
Conservative | Sam Baxter | 1,317 | 43.2 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Morton | 1,087 | 35.7 | ||
Conservative | Matt Jones | 1,030 | 33.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Denis Patrick McAllister | 254 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 169 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 8,307 | 37 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Poplars and Hulme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Kerr-Brown | 1,196 | 61.6 | ||
Labour | Hilary Cooksey | 1,103 | 56.9 | ||
Labour | Brian Maher | 1,090 | 56.2 | ||
UKIP | Mike Byrne | 463 | 23.9 | ||
UKIP | Trevor Nicholls | 450 | 23.2 | ||
UKIP | Mal Lingley | 440 | 22.7 | ||
Conservative | Francine Leslie | 222 | 11.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pam Todd | 142 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 627 | 32.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,106 | 23 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Poulton North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Diana Bennett | 1,413 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | Graham Friend | 1,411 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | Russell Purnell | 1,222 | 49.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Oliver | 726 | 29.2 | ||
Conservative | Philip Eastty | 696 | 28.0 | ||
Majority | 496 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 5,468 | 32 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Poulton South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Froggatt | 882 | 61.9 | ||
Labour | Maureen Creaghan | 678 | 47.5 | ||
TUSC | Bob Taylor | 360 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative | Emma Sloan | 324 | 22.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dave Hockenhull | 167 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 318 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,411 | 30 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Rixton and Woolston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony McCarthy | 1,314 | 51.1 | ||
Labour | Andrew Hill | 1,214 | 47.2 | ||
Labour | Pat Wright | 979 | 38.1 | ||
Independent | Bill Brinksman | 882 | 34.3 | ||
Independent | Paul Francis Bretherton | 717 | 27.9 | ||
Conservative | Mark Chapman | 560 | 21.8 | ||
Conservative | Howard Klein | 460 | 17.9 | ||
Conservative | Isaac Tweedale | 411 | 16.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Wenlock | 168 | 6.5 | ||
Majority | 97 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,705 | 34 | |||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win | |||||
Labour win |
Stockton Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Walker | 1,089 | 47.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Welborn | 813 | 35.3 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Howard Taylor | 675 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | Laurence Murphy | 614 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Matthew Levy | 581 | 25.2 | ||
Labour | Sandra Eaves | 522 | 22.7 | ||
Green | Harry Gibbins | 147 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 138 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,441 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Liberal Democrats win |
Westbrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stefan Krizanac | 827 | 53.4 | ||
Labour | Judith Marie Guthrie | 606 | 39.1 | ||
Labour | John Joyce | 477 | 30.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Butler | 460 | 29.7 | ||
Conservative | Alex Leslie | 292 | 18.8 | ||
Majority | 129 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,662 | 32 | |||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Labour win |
References
[edit]- ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Warrington Borough Council. "Borough council election results, May 2016". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.