The 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour retained its majority on the council.
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16 out of 45 seats to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Green Party made two further gains from Labour to secure their status as the official opposition in the borough. Paul Woodruff took the seat from Labour’s Hugh Malone in Roby ward and Graham Golding secured a second gain for the Greens in St Gabriel’s ward. The Green Party also held their council seats in Whiston and Cronton ward and the Prescot South ward. The only other change was in Whitefield ward, with Labour’s Gary Bennett regaining the Kirkby seat from John Morgan, who had resigned from the Labour Party to sit as an Independent.
Election result
edit2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election[3] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | 1 | 56.3 | 22 | 31 | 68.9 | 17,236 | 59.0 | –0.2 | |
Green | 4 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 7 | 15.6 | 6,787 | 23.2 | +2.3 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 3 | 4 | 8.9 | 2,319 | 7.9 | –4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 3 | 6.7 | 2,182 | 7.5 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 454 | 1.6 | -+0.3 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 151 | 0.5 | –1.4 | ||
Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.1 | N/A |
Ward results
editCherryfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jayne Aston* | 1,138 | 74.1 | –10.8 | |
Green | Ryan Riley | 246 | 16.0 | N/A | |
TUSC | Neill Dunne | 151 | 9.8 | –5.3 | |
Majority | 892 | 58.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,535 | 19.1 | |||
Labour hold |
Halewood North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shelley Powell* | 1,352 | 68.6 | +5.1 | |
Independent | Suzanne Harvey | 464 | 23.5 | –13.0 | |
Conservative | David Jones | 156 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 888 | 45.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,972 | 24.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.1 |
Halewood South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Barbara Dunn* | 935 | 48.7 | –6.0 | |
Labour | Clare Rose | 892 | 46.4 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Letts | 94 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 43 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,921 | 23.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | 3.6 |
Northwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marie Stuart* | 1,219 | 82.5 | +11.4 | |
Green | Matthew Kirwan | 259 | 17.5 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 960 | 65.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,478 | 16.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Page Moss
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Del Arnall* | 1,060 | 66.7 | +0.3 | |
Green | John Carine | 530 | 33.3 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 530 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,590 | 18.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.3 |
Prescot North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mark Burke | 1,128 | 53.7 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Smith* | 1,054 | 50.1 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Tommy Grierson | 1,008 | 47.9 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Gary See | 898 | 42.7 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Leadbeater | 117 | 5.6 | −0.4 | |
Turnout | 25.3 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Prescot South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Joanne Burke* | 1,297 | 69.1 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Robert Owens | 580 | 30.9 | –6.8 | |
Majority | 717 | 38.2 | |||
Turnout | 25.4 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 8.5 |
Roby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Paul Woodruff | 1,280 | 49.0 | –0.8 | |
Labour | Hugh Malone* | 1,246 | 47.7 | –2.5 | |
Conservative | Aaron Waters | 87 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 34 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,613 | 33.8 | |||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Shevington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Brennan* | 1,242 | 86.1 | +21.6 | |
Green | Russell Greenway | 201 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,041 | 72.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,443 | 17.9 | |||
Labour hold |
St Gabriels
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Graham Golding | 1,032 | 54.8 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Jo Schumacher | 825 | 43.8 | –3.7 | |
SDP | Patricia Jameson | 26 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 207 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,883 | 25.9 | |||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | 3.0 |
St Michaels
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Kearns* | 1,164 | 78.2 | ±0.0 | |
Green | James Taylor | 324 | 21.8 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 840 | 56.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,488 | 21.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.5 |
Stockbridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Donnelly* | 1,047 | 79.6 | ±0.0 | |
Green | Paul Ryan | 269 | 20.4 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 778 | 59.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,316 | 15.6 | |||
Labour hold |
Swanside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Bannon* | 1,606 | 81.2 | +1.2 | |
Green | Graham Wickens | 373 | 18.8 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 1,233 | 62.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,979 | 26.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.8 |
Whiston and Cronton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Ron Gaffney* | 976 | 52.1 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Diane Sedman | 897 | 47.9 | –5.7 | |
Majority | 79 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,873 | 25.2 | |||
Green hold | Swing | 5.7 |
Whitefield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gary Bennett | 1,062 | 52.5 | +6.2 | |
Independent | John Morgan* | 916 | 45.3 | –8.4 | |
Freedom Alliance | Christine Dillon | 45 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 146 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,023 | 25.3 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 7.3 |
References
edit- ^ Rand, Lisa (14 December 2022). "Row erupts over Knowsley councillor allowances". St Helens Star. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Knowsley Borough Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Knowsley election result". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2023.