2024 Warrington Borough Council election
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The 2024 Warrington Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.
Background
In the 2021 Warrington Borough Council election, the Labour Party retained overall control of the council but lost 10 seats.[1] Before the election, Labour had 36 Seats and the opposition having 22 seats.[2]
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party | 36 | |
Conservative Party | 10 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | |
Independents | 4 |
Councillors standing down
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Date announced | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russ Bowden | Birchwood | 2010 | Labour | 28 October 2023[3] | |
Cathy Mitchell | Burtonwood & Winwick | 2016 | Labour | 29 October 2023[4] | |
Amanda King | Great Sankey South | 2016 | Independent (elected Labour) | 28 January 2024[5] | |
Kath Buckley | Lymm South | 2015 | Conservative | 7 March 2024[6] | |
Wendy Maisey | Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft | 2021 | Conservative | 25 March 2024[7] | |
David Ellis | Birchwood | 2021 | Labour | 6 April 2024[8] | |
Sarah Hall | Bewsey & Whitecross | 2016 | Labour Co-op | 6 April 2024 | |
Alex Abbey | Burtonwood & Winwick | 2020 | Labour | 6 April 2024 | |
Maureen Creaghan | Poulton South | 2014 | Labour | 6 April 2024 | |
Linda Butler | Chapelford & Old Hall | 2021 | Conservative | 6 April 2024 | |
Bob Barr | Lymm North & Thelwall | 2006 | Liberal Democrats | 6 April 2024 | |
Claire Lloyd-Fitzgerald | Orford | 2021 | Labour | 6 April 2024 | |
Morgan Tarr | Orford | 2016 | Labour | 6 April 2024 | |
Andrew Hill | Rixton & Woolston | 2016 | Labour | 6 April 2024 |
Post-election
The Labour Party held control of the Council, increasing their majority from 36 to 42. The Liberal Democrats became the official opposition by increasing their seats from 8 to 12. The Conservatives had the most dramatic performance, losing 9 seats and leaving only one Conservative on the Council after they became the official opposition in the 2021 Warrington Borough Council election.[9] After the election, Labour has 42 seats and the opposition have 16 seats.[10]
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party | 42 | |
Liberal Democrats | 12 | |
Independents | 3 | |
Conservative Party | 1 |
Ward results
Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*).
Appleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Laura Booth | 1,999 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter John Walker | 1,906 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Matt Scott | 1,440 | |||
Conservative | Mark Christopher Jervis* | 1,165 | |||
Conservative | Ghazala Chapman* | 1,040 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth David Critchley* | 997 | |||
Labour | Jane Whalen | 518 | |||
Turnout | 39.31 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bewsey and Whitecross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Steve Wright* | 1,151 | |||
Labour Co-op | Tom Jennings* | 1,133 | |||
Labour Co-op | Shireen Saeed Mohammed | 1,015 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Crowther | 414 | |||
Conservative | Cecilia Margaret Critchley | 378 | |||
Conservative | Lisa Charlotte Thompson | 365 | |||
Conservative | Barbara May Price | 359 | |||
Turnout | 20.88 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Birchwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kuldeep Singh Dhillon | 1,454 | |||
Labour | Balbir Kaur Dhillon | 1,448 | |||
Labour | Tim Price | 1,436 | |||
Conservative | Nigel William Balding* | 891 | |||
Conservative | Craig Peter Allen | 626 | |||
Conservative | Neil Anthony Murphy | 536 | |||
Reform UK | Dion Challinor | 428 | |||
Turnout | 33.13 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Burtonwood & Winwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Burgess | 841 | |||
Independent | Stuart David Mann | 714 | |||
Labour | Siobhan Carr | 614 | |||
Independent | Theresa-Jane Murray | 553 | |||
Green | Maddison Stacey Wheeldon | 198 | |||
Conservative | Stewart Anthony Gardiner | 169 | |||
Turnout | 34.73 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Chapelford and Old Hall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Steve Parish* | 1,521 | |||
Labour Co-op | Paul Warburton* | 1,394 | |||
Labour Co-op | Barbara Pete | 1,163 | |||
Conservative | Blake Cooper | 935 | |||
Conservative | Gavin Hepherd-Hall | 737 | |||
Conservative | Nisha Jethalal Shah | 692 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Allan Keith Bird | 446 | |||
Green | Bec Hutton-Reidijk | 381 | |||
Turnout | 31.66 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matt Smith | 1,763 | |||
Labour | Neil Johnson | 1,694 | |||
Labour | Janet Seddon | 1,691 | |||
Conservative | Carol Ruth Benson* | 1,457 | |||
Conservative | Valerie Margaret Allen* | 1,374 | |||
Conservative | Alicia Edwards | 1,256 | |||
Turnout | 37.26 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Fairfield and Howley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Flaherty* | 1,271 | |||
Labour | Tony Higgins* | 1,167 | |||
Labour | Sagheer Zaman* | 1,049 | |||
Reform UK | Dave Fowler | 423 | |||
Conservative | Daniel Thompson | 345 | |||
Turnout | 22.03 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Grappenhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Damen Browne* | 1,184 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Speed* | 1,160 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Freeman | 583 | |||
Conservative | Joanne Freeman | 573 | |||
Labour | Dave Cundy | 463 | |||
Green | Michael Caldow | 282 | |||
Turnout | 37.80 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Janet Henshaw* | 1,365 | |||
Labour Co-op | Hitesh Patel* | 1,319 | |||
Labour Co-op | Marcus Cameron | 1,285 | |||
Independent | Nigel John Catlow | 1,159 | |||
Conservative | Julie Groom | 606 | |||
Conservative | Chi Kuong-Kwan | 592 | |||
Green | Stephanie Davies | 568 | |||
Conservative | Brodie Mitchell | 477 | |||
Turnout | 36.22 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Great Sankey South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Laura Watson* | 1,378 | |||
Labour | Mo Hussain* | 1,256 | |||
Labour | Leah Hussain | 1,243 | |||
Conservative | Andrew David Pennington | 490 | |||
Conservative | Moira Dolan | 422 | |||
Conservative | Caleb Michael Lovegrove | 389 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony James Tobin | 346 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roy Alfred Smith | 319 | |||
Turnout | 27.54 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Latchford East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Karen Mundry* | 880 | |||
Labour Co-op | Hans Josef Mundry* | 847 | |||
Conservative | Heather Winifred Allan | 294 | |||
Conservative | Carl Andrew Olsen | 256 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Vicki Duncan | 242 | |||
Turnout | 21.18 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Latchford West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Maureen McLaughlin* | 915 | |||
Labour Co-op | Denis James Thomas Matthews* | 875 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Howard Taylor | 565 | |||
Conservative | Marc Turner | 504 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Jordan | 232 | |||
Turnout | 30.01 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lymm North and Thelwall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian George Marks* | 2,014 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Hignett | 1,848 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Johnson* | 1,817 | |||
Labour | Helen Charlotte Milner | 819 | |||
Conservative | Carole Margaret Pemberton | 802 | |||
Conservative | Sue Farrington | 687 | |||
Conservative | Calum Higginson | 616 | |||
Turnout | 36.53 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lymm South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graham Farrington Gowland* | 1,144 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Luke William Stuttard | 816 | |||
Conservative | Ian Pemberton | 639 | |||
Conservative | Phillip Martin Ford | 532 | |||
Labour | Sara Frith | 432 | |||
Turnout | 38.62 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Orford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Appleton | 1,039 | |||
Labour | Emily Russon | 981 | |||
Labour | Robin Michael David Frith | 948 | |||
Independent | Carol Kilgannon | 806 | |||
Reform UK | Trevor Nicholls | 476 | |||
Conservative | David Bent | 262 | |||
Turnout | 23.17 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Penketh and Cuerdley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eunice Peters | 1,144 | |||
Labour | Jacob Barnard | 1,130 | |||
Independent | Geoff Fellows* | 986 | |||
Labour | Brian Gallagher | 888 | |||
Labour | Martin Paul McManus | 841 | |||
Independent | Craig Joseph Lenihan* | 685 | |||
Independent | Andy Heaver* | 620 | |||
Independent | Christine Wych | 484 | |||
Conservative | Joanne Ellen Baxter | 468 | |||
Conservative | Chuck Eriobuna | 390 | |||
Conservative | Paula Wilkinson | 316 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Katie Barr | 150 | |||
Turnout | 36.39 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Poplars and Hulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nathan Sudworth* | 1,004 | |||
Labour | John Kerr-Brown* | 894 | |||
Labour | Gemma Southern | 825 | |||
Reform UK | Dennis James Cornwell | 402 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Douglas Muir | 278 | |||
Turnout | 18.67 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Poulton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Jeffrey Friend* | 1,259 | |||
Labour | Sue Emery* | 1,172 | |||
Labour | Una Bernadette Gillham* | 1,166 | |||
Conservative | Michael Millington | 711 | |||
Turnout | 27.06 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Poulton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rebecca Knowles | 841 | |||
Labour | Steven Rydzkowski* | 825 | |||
Conservative | Andrew David Jones | 448 | |||
Turnout | 28.29 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rixton and Woolston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rob Tynan* | 977 | |||
Labour | Hilary Cooksey | 973 | |||
Labour | Laurence Sheridan | 879 | |||
Conservative | Gary Rushby | 782 | |||
Labour | Sheejo Varghese | 738 | |||
Conservative | Howard Klein | 730 | |||
Independent | Phil Eastty* | 447 | |||
Green | Karen Wild | 393 | |||
Reform UK | Geoffrey Siddell | 316 | |||
Turnout | 32.61 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Stockton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Judith Wheeler* | 1,210 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Harris | 1,018 | |||
Labour | Laurence James Murphy | 634 | |||
Conservative | Seb Sheldon | 537 | |||
Conservative | Lyndsey Jane Olsen | 440 | |||
Turnout | 39.00 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Westbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marc Victor Rufus | 925 | |||
Labour | Kate Eglington | 846 | |||
Conservative | Gavin Ruben | 573 | |||
Turnout | 31.16 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Warrington result - Local Elections 2021". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Composition of the council 2023". Warrington Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Warrington council leader will not stand at next election". BBC News. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Deputy council leader confirms she too will not stand for re-election next year". Warrington Guardian. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Great Sankey South councillor Amanda King will not stand in elections". Warrington Guardian. 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Former Tory group leader Kath Buckley announces retirement ahead of council elections". Warrington Worldwide. 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Tory councillor announces she will not seek re-election". Warrington Guardian. 25 March 2024.
- ^ Skentelbery, Gary (6 April 2024). "Election nominations close and list of candidates revealed". Warrington Worldwide. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Warrington Local Elections 2024 - all the results from across town". Warrington Guardian. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Make-up of the council | warrington.gov.uk". www.warrington.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2024.