2023 Halton Borough Council election

2023 Halton Borough Council election
18 of 54 seats on Halton Borough Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	23%
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Halton Borough Council election
Leader before election; Mike Wharton; Labour	Leader after election ; Mike Wharton; Labour

The 2023 Halton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect 18 members (one-third) of Halton Borough Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Labour retained its majority on the council.^[1]^[2]

Results

The results were as follows:^[3]

Halton Borough Council Election Result 2023
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	17	1	94.4	32	49	90.7	13,717	64.4	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	1		5.6	2	3	5.6	2,112	9.9	+0.3
	Conservative	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.7	3,403	16.0	–1.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,755	8.2	+3.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	212	1.0	–2.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	100	0.5	N/A

Appleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Philbin	805	80.4	–4.2
	Green	Vanessa Lillian Shaw	106	10.6	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Richard Valentine	90	9.0	–6.4
Majority			699	69.8
Turnout			1,001
	Labour hold

Bankfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Margaret Goodall	799	81.8	–5.0
	Conservative	Ray Roberts	178	18.2	+13.0
Majority			621	63.6
Turnout			977
	Labour hold		Swing	9.0

Beechwood & Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Rowe	966	51.5	+3.6
	Labour	Louise Jane Whitley	603	32.1	+2.1
	Conservative	Danny Clarke	308	16.4	–1.1
Majority			363	19.4
Turnout			1,877
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.8

Birchfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Woolfall	912	61.5	+11.6
	Conservative	Ann Elizabeth Dawson	357	24.1	–13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Peter Teebay	215	14.5	+7.8
Majority			555	37.4
Turnout			1,484
	Labour hold		Swing	12.5

Bridgewater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Patricia Plumpton Walsh	843	69.8	–4.8
	Conservative	Shaun Peter Kelly	151	12.5	–2.2
	Green	Christopher Neil Sankey	116	9.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Nicola Howard	97	8.0	–2.7
Majority			692	57.3
Turnout			1,207
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Central & West Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Hill	431	59.9	–25.8
	Green	Anthony Thomas McMullin	189	26.3	N/A
	Reform UK	Jake Peter Fraser	100	13.9	N/A
Majority			242	33.6
Turnout			720
	Labour hold

Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Ryan	531	41.5	+7.4
	Green	Andrew Dyer	343	26.8	–5.0
	Conservative	Marjorie Bradshaw	336	26.2	–7.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Segrue Secker	71	5.5	N/A
Majority			188	14.7
Turnout			1,281
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.2

Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Dourley	819	79.7	–0.5
	Conservative	Phil Harper	208	20.3	+0.5
Majority			611	59.4
Turnout			1,027
	Labour hold		Swing	0.5

Farnworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aimee Skinner	1,044	70.4	+5.6
	Conservative	Colleen Mary Harper	439	29.6	–5.6
Majority			605	40.8
Turnout			1,483
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bernard Abbott	696	67.5	–10.7
	Conservative	Thomas Peter Moss	130	12.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Neil Howard	103	10.0	–11.8
	Independent	Daniel Baker	102	9.9	N/A
Majority			566	54.9
Turnout			1,031
	Labour hold

Halton Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Loftus	691	66.6	+3.6
	Green	Iain James Ferguson	125	12.1	–5.3
	Independent	Darrin David Whyte	110	10.6	–1.2
	Conservative	Dylan Anthony Eaton	70	6.8	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Haddock	41	4.0	N/A
Majority			566	54.5
Turnout			1,037
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

Halton Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Thompson	761	75.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Sandra Margarett Davidson	116	11.6	±0.0
	Green	Michael James O'Day	83	8.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	David John Woods	43	4.3	–0.7
Majority			645	64.3
Turnout			1,003
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

Halton View
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom McInerney	850	71.9	–8.2
	Green	Derek William Mellor	170	14.4	N/A
	Conservative	Matthew Paul Roth	162	13.7	–6.2
Majority			680	57.5
Turnout			1,182
	Labour hold

Highfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Christopher Nolan	948	77.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Austin Clarke	146	11.9	–1.9
	Green	Ashlee Brown	133	10.8	N/A
Majority			802	65.4
Turnout			1,227
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

Hough Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Peter Wainwright	761	70.2	–2.3
	Conservative	David James Dorian	199	18.4	+1.1
	Green	Philip John Beale	124	11.4	+1.3
Majority			562	51.8
Turnout			1,084
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

Mersey & Weston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Leck	720	59.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Allison Rowe	252	20.9	–4.0
	Conservative	Claire Louise Roth	134	11.1	–0.5
	Green	Sariel Arjona	100	8.3	N/A
Majority			468	38.8
Turnout			1,206
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

Norton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Lloyd Jones	786	54.8	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Marie Inch	261	18.2	+2.1
	Conservative	Adam Robert Burnett	197	13.7	+2.8
	Green	Matthew Thomas Healey	191	13.3	–5.7
Majority			525	36.6
Turnout			1,435
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Norton South & Preston Brook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Stretch	717	69.1	–1.9
	Conservative	Peter Davidson	182	17.6	+2.4
	Green	Tracy Claire Miller	75	7.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Miriam Lorraine Hodge	63	6.1	–0.8
Majority			535	51.5
Turnout			1,037
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

^ Kemp, Ellie (4 May 2023). "Halton local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Local elections 2023: Labour retains control in Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton and Sefton". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Election results". Halton Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.