2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sefton Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 21 of the 66 seats will be up for election, with 1 ward (St. Oswald) being uncontested.[1][2]

Background

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

After 2021 election			Before 2022 election[6]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	48		Labour	46
	Liberal Democrats	8		Liberal Democrats	8
	Conservative	8		Conservative	8
	Formby Residents Action Group	2		Formby Residents Action Group	2
	Independent	0		Independent	2

Changes:

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

Results

2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative
	FRAG[lower-alpha 1]
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Northern Independence
	Workers Party
	Independent

Formby Residents Action Group

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Ainsdale

Ainsdale[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Tony Brough*
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Delves
	Labour	Janet Harrison
	Green	Laurence Rankin
Majority
Turnout

Birkdale

Birkdale[8]
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brodie-Browne*
	Green	David Collins
	Conservative	Lee Durkin
	Labour	Daniel McKee
Majority
Turnout

Blundellsands

Blundellsands[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Harry Bliss
	Labour	Natasha Carlin*
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dunning
Majority
Turnout

Cambridge

Cambridge[8]
Party		Candidate
	Green	Carla Fox
	Conservative	Mike Morris*
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Sammon
	Labour	Ian Upton
Majority
Turnout

Church

Church[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	John Campbell
	Green	Neil Doolin
	Labour	Daren Veidman*
Majority
Turnout

Derby

Derby[8]
Party		Candidate
	Independent	John McDonald
	Conservative	Daniel Nuttall
	Labour	Brenda O'Brien*
Majority
Turnout

Duke's

Duke's[8]
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Barton
	Labour	Trevor Vaughan
	Conservative	Ron Watson*
Majority
Turnout

Ford

Ford[8]
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Elizabeth Dowd*
	Independent	Chris Doyle
	Workers Party	Chris Haws
	Conservative	Margaret Middleton
Majority
Turnout

Harington

Harington[8]
Party		Candidate
	Formby Residents Action Group	Aimee Brodie
	Conservative	Denise Dutton*
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Gorski
	Labour	Carol Richards
	Green	Michael Walsh
Majority
Turnout

Kew

Kew[8]
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Vic Foulds
	Labour	Laura Lunn-Bates
	Conservative	Laura Nuttall
Majority
Turnout

Linacre

Linacre[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Lynne Bold
	Independent	Lisa Ford
	Labour	Gordon Friel*
Majority
Turnout

Litherland

Litherland[8]
Party		Candidate
	Independent	Molli Cooke
	Northern Independence	Billie Gibson
	Labour	John Kelly*
	Conservative	Stephen Witham
Majority
Turnout

Manor

Manor[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Janice Blanchard
	Liberal Democrats	John Gibson
	Labour	James McGinnity
	Green	James O'Keefe
Majority
Turnout

Meols

Meols[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Thomas de Freitas
	Green	Pauline Hesketh
	Labour	Stephen Jowett
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Lloyd-Johnson
Majority
Turnout

Molyneux

Molyneux[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Marcus Bleasdale
	Labour	Danny Burns
	Independent	Tony Carr*
Majority
Turnout

Tony Carr was elected in 2018 for the Labour Party.

Netherton and Orrell

Netherton and Orrell[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Andrew Burgess
	Labour	Ian Maher*
	Independent	John Rice
Majority
Turnout

Norwood

Norwood[8]
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Mhairi Doyle*
	Green	David McIntosh
	Conservative	Pam Teesdale
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Williams
Majority
Turnout

Park

Park[8]
Party		Candidate
	Labour	June Burns*
	Green	Roy Greason
	Independent	Kenneth Hughes
	Conservative	Daniel Sims
	Independent	Neil Spencer
Majority
Turnout

Ravenmeols

Ravenmeols[8]
Party		Candidate
	Green	Alison Gibbon
	Labour	Nina Killen*
	Formby Residents Action Group	Bob McCann
	Conservative	Michael Shaw
Majority
Turnout

St. Oswald

St. Oswald[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carla Thomas*	N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Sudell

Sudell[8]
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Baker
	Labour	Judy Hardman
	Independent	Thomas Hughes
	Workers Party	Paul McCord
	Independent	Yvonne Sayers
	Conservative	Morgan Walton
Majority
Turnout

Victoria

Victoria[8]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Katie Burgess
	Green	Samantha Cook
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Gee
	Labour	Janet Grace*
Majority
Turnout

References

"Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
"NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
"Sefton Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 28. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
"BBC News - Vote 2012 - Sefton". BBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
Lally, Kate (7 May 2021). "Labour make huge gains and boost majority in Sefton". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
"Your Councillors by Party". Sefton.gov. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
Roberts-Haslam, Benjamin (28 May 2021). "Councillor to stand down at end of term amid row with colleagues". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
"Ward Nominations" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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[8] Formby Residents Action Group

[1] "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[Oswald-2] "NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[3] "Sefton Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 28. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[4] "BBC News - Vote 2012 - Sefton". BBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[5] Lally, Kate (7 May 2021). "Labour make huge gains and boost majority in Sefton". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[6] "Your Councillors by Party". Sefton.gov. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[7] Roberts-Haslam, Benjamin (28 May 2021). "Councillor to stand down at end of term amid row with colleagues". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[nomin-9] "Ward Nominations" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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