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2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election were held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1]

2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2022 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2024 →
22 of 66 seats on Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Ian Maher John Pugh Mike Prendergast
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 46 8 5
Seats after 51 9 5
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader N/A
Party Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents Independent
Seats before 3 4[a]
Seats after 1 0
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Ian Maher
Labour

Leader after election

Ian Maher
Labour

Labour retained and increased its majority on the council.[2][3]

Summary

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Overview

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The Labour Group gained 5 seats at the elections held on 4 May 2023 and the Liberal Democrat Group subsequently gained 1 seat as a result of Councillor Sinclair D'Albuquerque (Independent) joining them on 13 May 2003.

Election result

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2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 18   5 81.81 33 51 77.3 33,974 52.9 +3.6
  Liberal Democrats 4   1 18.19 5 9 13.6 10,515 16.4 +1.2
  Conservative 0 0 0 5 5 7.6 10,437 16.3 –3.9
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,387 6.8 +2.1
  FRAG 0   1 0 0 0 0 994 1.5 ±0.0
  Maghull Community Independents 0   1 0 0 0 0 1,608 2.5 N/A
  Independent 0   3 0 1 1 1.5 1,472 2.3 –6.4
  Freedom Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0 461 0.7 N/A
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 0.4 N/A
  Reform UK 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0.2 N/A

Results by Ward

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Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*)

Ainsdale

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Ainsdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Harrison 1,497 35.5 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Lesley Delves 1,481 35.2 +4.9
Conservative Nigel Ball 1,046 24.8 −8.2
Green Laurence Rankin 187 4.4 −0.1
Majority 16 0.3
Registered electors 9,973
Turnout 4,211 42
Rejected ballots 12
Labour gain from Independent Swing  5.8

Birkdale

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Birkdale[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Shaw* 1,431 40.5 −2.9
Labour Ged Wright 1,356 38.3 +7.1
Conservative Sam Harris 504 14.3 −5.6
Green David Collins 134 3.7 −1.7
Reform UK Andrew Lynn 110 3.1 New
Majority 75 2.1 −10.1
Registered electors 9,992
Turnout 3,535 35
Rejected ballots 6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing  5.1

Blundellsands

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Blundellsands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Howard* 2,390 66.9 +0.9
Conservative Katie Burgess 663 18.6 −4.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Dunning 266 7.4 −3.9
Green Kieran Dams 254 7.1 New
Majority 1,727
Registered electors 9,187
Turnout 3,573 39
Rejected ballots 22
Labour hold Swing

Cambridge

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Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Leo Evans* 1,468 42.7 +5.5
Conservative Gary Haran Doyle 1,175 34.1 −3.8
Labour Joanne Faulkner 658 19.1 −0.1
Green Carla Fox 140 4.1 −1.5
Majority 293
Registered electors 9,701
Turnout 3,441 35
Rejected ballots 28
Liberal Democrats hold Swing   4.65

Church

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Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Webster* 1,459 53.6 −10.9
Green Neil Doolin 1,090 40.0 +9.9
Conservative Graham Campbell 115 4.2 −1.2
Freedom Alliance John Bellis 59 2.2 New
Majority 369
Registered electors 9,078
Turnout 2,723 30
Rejected ballots 11
Labour hold Swing

Derby

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Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Robinson* 1,652 80.9 −4.1
Green Kate Robinson 149 7.3 New
Conservative Paul Barber 139 6.8 −0.8
TUSC Dean Young 103 5.0 New
Majority 1,503
Registered electors 8,984
Turnout 2,043 23
Rejected ballots 16
Labour hold Swing

Dukes

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Dukes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Pugh* 1,496 42.1 +7.4
Conservative Laura Nuttall 1,214 34.2 −7.7
Labour Trevor Vaughan 676 19.0 −4.4
Green Alwynne Cartmell 165 4.6 New
Majority 282
Registered electors 10,419
Turnout 3,551 34
Rejected ballots 9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ford

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Ford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Moncur* 1,638 80.8 +14.3
Green Lyndsey Davies 205 10.1 New
Conservative Harry Bliss 127 6.3 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Adarsh Makdani 55 2.7 New
Majority 1,433
Registered electors 9,244
Turnout 2,025 22
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Harington

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Harington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Harvey 1,485 38.3 −2.0
Formby Residents Action Group Dave Irving* 994 25.6 +7.0
Conservative Michael Shaw 953 24.6 −14.1
Liberal Democrats Annie Gorski 263 6.8 +0.1
Green Michael Walsh 181 4.7 −1.1
Majority 491
Registered electors 9,693
Turnout 3,876 40
Rejected ballots 12
Labour gain from Formby Residents Action Group Swing

Kew

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Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Halsall* 1,599 52.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Vic Foulds 622 20.4 −2.5
Conservative Margaret Middleton 595 19.5 −7.5
Green Will White 228 7.5 New
Majority 977
Registered electors 10,568
Turnout 3,044 29
Rejected ballots 10
Labour hold Swing

Linacre

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Linacre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Fairclough* 1,166 76.1 −0.1
Green Lily Davies 139 9.1 New
Independent John Rice 138 9.0 New
Conservative Anne Clegg 91 5.9 −0.7
Majority 1,027
Registered electors 8,932
Turnout 1,532 17
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Litherland

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Litherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Tweed* 1,556 74.7 −2.5
Independent Ian Smith 262 12.6 New
Green Graham Bentley 155 7.4 New
Conservative Michael Crichton 110 5.3 −0.2
Majority 1,294
Registered electors 8,908
Turnout 2,083 23
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Manor

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Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clare-Louise Carragher* 1,874 59.8 +0.7
Conservative Jan Blanchard 559 17.8 −3.9
Liberal Democrats John Gibson 335 10.7 −0.4
Green James O'Keefe 280 8.9 +0.8
Freedom Alliance Marie Harrison 84 2.7 New
Majority 1,315
Registered electors 9,792
Turnout 3,132 32
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Meols

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Meols
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lauren Davidson 1,502 44.7 +7.7
Conservative Bob Teesdale 879 26.2 −7.4
Labour Stephen Jowett 791 23.5 +0.1
Green Pauline Hesketh 189 5.6 −0.3
Majority 523
Registered electors 9,899
Turnout 3,361 34
Rejected ballots 14
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Molyneux

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Molyneux
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marion Atkinson* 2,126 73.7 +13.4
Maghull Community Independents Joanne McCall 400 13.9 New
Conservative Morgan Walton 235 8.1 −0.6
Freedom Alliance Carolyn Fitzgerald 124 4.3 New
Majority 1,726
Registered electors 10,172
Turnout 2,885 28
Rejected ballots 24
Labour hold Swing

Netherton and Orrell

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Netherton and Orrell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Bradshaw* 1,767 84.7 +11.9
Conservative Stephen Witham 186 8.9 +1.5
Freedom Alliance Maria Walsh 133 6.4 New
Majority 1,581
Registered electors 9,577
Turnout 2,086 22
Rejected ballots 12
Labour hold Swing

Norwood

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Norwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Greg Myers* 1,754 59.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton 552 18.7 +4.1
Conservative Pam Teesdale 465 15.7 −6.0
Green David Mcintosh 188 6.4 −1.5
Majority 1,203
Registered electors 10,217
Turnout 2,958 29
Rejected ballots 15
Labour hold Swing

Park

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Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mike Desmond 1,436 44.4 −0.7
Maghull Community Independents John Sayers* 1,320 40.9 New
Conservative Greg Titherington 264 8.2 −4.0
Green Roy Greason 125 3.9 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Cawdron 86 2.7 New
Majority 116
Registered electors 9,643
Turnout 3,231 33.5
Rejected ballots 17
Labour gain from Maghull Community Independents Swing

Ravenmeols

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Ravenmeols
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Page 1,623 47.5 −5.0
Independent Maria Bennett* 1,072 31.4 New
Conservative Angelica Sadrieva 334 9.8 −9.8
Green Alison Gibbon 199 5.8 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Lisa Nicolson-Smith 186 5.4 New
Majority 551 16.1
Turnout 3,414
Registered electors 9,638
Rejected ballots 13
Labour gain from Independent Swing

St Oswald

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St Oswald[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Spencer* 1,362 82.1
Conservative Karl Starkey 151 9.1 New
TUSC Conor O'Neill 145 8.7 New
Majority 1,211 73.0
Turnout 1,658
Registered electors 8,072
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Sudell

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Sudell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Phil Hart 1,761 52.8 +15.8
Maghull Community Independents Patrick McKinley* 1,208 36.2 New
Conservative Daniel Kirk 304 9.1 +1.2
Freedom Alliance Marie Blease 61 1.8 New
Majority 553 16.6
Turnout 3,334
Registered electors 10,348
Rejected ballots 13
Labour hold Swing

Victoria

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Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Byrom* 2,348 61.4 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Hannah Gee 772 20.2 −6.8
Green Samantha Cook 379 9.9 +4.2
Conservative Andrew Burgess 328 8.6 +1.7
Majority 1,576 41.2
Turnout 3,827
Registered electors 10,498
Rejected ballots 13
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Of the four councillors prior to the election who did not belong to a registered political party, two formed the "Southport Councillors Group" led by Sinclair D'Albuquerque, and two formed the "Independent Group" led by David Irving.
  1. ^ "Sefton Borough Elections 2023". Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ Raynor, Dominic (5 May 2023). "Sefton local election results 2023". Liverpool World. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour retains control in Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton and Sefton". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Election results for Ainsdale, 4 May 2023". 4 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Sefton Local Elections 2023: Results as they happen live". 4 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Election results for Birkdale, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Election results for St. Oswald". Sefton Council. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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