2016 Warrington Borough Council election
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The 2016 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Following a boundary review, all Warrington Borough Council seats were up for election, for a term of four years. The number of seats rose from 57 to 58.
The Labour Party retained overall control of Warrington Borough Council after taking 45 of the 58 seats.[2]
Results Summary
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 45 | ![]() |
77.59 | 48.80 | 59,031 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | ![]() |
18.96 | 20.63 | 24,953 | ||||
Conservative | 2 | ![]() |
3.45 | 22.99 | 27,816 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 3.02 | 3,652 | ||||
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 1.85 | 2,245 | ||||
TUSC | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 1.42 | 1,719 | ||||
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 1.29 | 1,559 |
A total of 442 ballots were rejected, and the overall turnout was 32.87%.
Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
42 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Labour | Lib Dem | Con | T |
After the election the composition of the council was:
45 | 11 | 2 |
Labour | Lib Dem | Con |
Lib Dem - Liberal Democrats
Con - Conservative Party
T - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)
Ward Results
Appleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Axcell | 2,191 | 22.91 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Carol Wheeler | 2,034 | 21.26 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Harris | 1,640 | 17.15 | ||
Conservative | Basil Mitchell | 1,075 | 11.24 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Price | 891 | 9.32 | ||
Conservative | Ian Houghton | 731 | 7.64 | ||
Labour | Nick Bent | 556 | 5.81 | ||
Green | David Edward Bilton | 447 | 4.67 | ||
Majority | 565 | 5.91 | |||
Turnout | 9,565 | 42 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win |
Bewsey and Whitecross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Edith Hall | 1,142 | 25.59 | ||
Labour | Steve Wright | 1,080 | 24.20 | ||
Labour | Tom Jennings | 1,061 | 23.78 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Timmis | 319 | 7.15 | ||
Conservative | Rowland Blackstock | 235 | 5.27 | ||
Conservative | Pat Smith | 210 | 4.71 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Irina Axcell | 151 | 3.38 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Walker | 135 | 3.03 | ||
TUSC | Shelley Bennett | 129 | 2.89 | ||
Majority | 742 | 16.63 | |||
Turnout | 4,462 | 22 | |||
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Labour win |
Birchwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Russ Bowden | 1,719 | 24.55 | ||
Labour | Pauline Nelson | 1,578 | 24.20 | ||
Labour | Chris Fitzsimmons | 1,475 | 21.06 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Balding | 782 | 11.17 | ||
Conservative | Peter Linton | 618 | 8.82 | ||
Independent | Amy Elizabeth Linton | 529 | 4.71 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Davies | 302 | 4.31 | ||
Majority | 693 | 9.89 | |||
Turnout | 7,003 | 35 | |||
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Labour win |
Burtonwood and Winwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cathy Mitchell | 1,083 | 38.51 | ||
Labour | Terry O'Neill | 1,065 | 37.87 | ||
Conservative | Robin Sloan | 399 | 14.20 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy James Muttock | 265 | 9.42 | ||
Majority | 666 | 23.67 | |||
Turnout | 2,812 | 34 | |||
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Labour win |
Chapelford and Old Hall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Faisal Rashid | 1,489 | 21.14 | ||
Labour | Steve Parish | 1,161 | 16.48 | ||
Labour | Rebecca Knowles | 1,011 | 14.35 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Allan Keith Bird | 698 | 9.91 | ||
Conservative | Phil Hayward | 593 | 8.42 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Leonard Knapp | 463 | 6.57 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roy Alfred Smith | 397 | 5.64 | ||
Conservative | Anthony John Kerrigan | 364 | 5.17 | ||
Conservative | Anna Jane Sharkey | 332 | 4.71 | ||
UKIP | Ian Anthony Wilson | 332 | 4.71 | ||
Green | Mike Wass | 204 | 2.90 | ||
Majority | 313 | 4.44 | |||
Turnout | 7,044 | 31 | |||
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Labour win |
Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matt Smith | 1,788 | 19.50 | ||
Labour | Joan Grime | 1,609 | 17.55 | ||
Labour | Jan Davidson | 1,401 | 15.28 | ||
Conservative | Frank Richard Allen | 1,359 | 14.82 | ||
Conservative | Sue Bland | 1,318 | 14.37 | ||
Conservative | Valerie Margaret Allen | 1,263 | 13.77 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eddie Sloane | 432 | 4.71 | ||
Majority | 42 | 0.46 | |||
Turnout | 9,170 | 40 | |||
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Labour win |
Fairfield and Howley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Flaherty | 1,234 | 24.31 | ||
Labour | Tony Higgins | 1,008 | 19.86 | ||
Labour | Peter Carey | 997 | 19.64 | ||
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) | Kevin Bennett | 921 | 18.14 | ||
Green | Lyndsay McAteer | 344 | 6.78 | ||
Conservative | Simone Johnson | 332 | 6.54 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Oldbury | 240 | 4.73 | ||
Majority | 76 | 1.50 | |||
Turnout | 5,076 | 27 | |||
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Labour win |
Grappenhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Biggin | 1,306 | 34.45 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ryan Stephen Robert Bate | 1,119 | 29.52 | ||
Conservative | Olivia Reilly | 565 | 14.90 | ||
Conservative | Iona Gillis | 421 | 11.11 | ||
Labour | Andy Heaver | 380 | 10.02 | ||
Majority | 554 | 14.62 | |||
Turnout | 3,791 | 35 | |||
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Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jan Hart | 1,321 | 20.35 | ||
Labour | Dan Price | 1,265 | 19.49 | ||
Labour | Tony Williams | 1,217 | 18.75 | ||
Conservative | Mike Foxall | 698 | 10.75 | ||
Conservative | Christine Booth | 668 | 10.29 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Booth | 660 | 10.17 | ||
Green | Stephanie Davies | 332 | 5.11 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cliff Taylor | 330 | 5.09 | ||
Majority | 519 | 8.00 | |||
Turnout | 6,491 | 35 | |||
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Great Sankey South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amanda King | 1,432 | 25.63 | ||
Labour | Hitesh Patel | 1,193 | 21.36 | ||
Labour | Jean Carter | 1,154 | 20.66 | ||
Conservative | Sue Jenkin | 546 | 9.77 | ||
Conservative | Peter Elton | 494 | 8.84 | ||
Conservative | Sonia Wendy Boggan | 403 | 7.21 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Harwood | 227 | 4.06 | ||
TUSC | Andrew Ford | 138 | 2.47 | ||
Majority | 608 | 10.89 | |||
Turnout | 5,587 | 28 | |||
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Labour win |
Latchford East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hans Josef Mundry | 929 | 36.88 | ||
Labour | Karen Mundry | 822 | 32.63 | ||
Conservative | Julian Craddock | 192 | 7.62 | ||
Conservative | Ken Scates | 145 | 5.76 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Price | 140 | 5.56 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rupert Budgen | 123 | 4.88 | ||
Green | John Kennedy Lappin | 85 | 3.38 | ||
TUSC | Sue Hayes | 83 | 3.29 | ||
Majority | 630 | 25.01 | |||
Turnout | 2,519 | 23 | |||
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Latchford West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Les Morgan | 1,068 | 31.98 | ||
Labour | Maureen McLaughlin | 991 | 29.67 | ||
Conservative | Michael Haworth | 321 | 9.61 | ||
Conservative | David Woodyatt | 317 | 9.49 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Raymond | 283 | 8.47 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Celia Jordan | 272 | 8.15 | ||
TUSC | Dave Cundy | 88 | 2.63 | ||
Majority | 670 | 20.06 | |||
Turnout | 3,340 | 32 | |||
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Labour win |
Lymm North and Thelwall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bob Barr | 2,027 | 21.68 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian George Marks | 1,943 | 20.78 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Johnson | 1,685 | 18.02 | ||
Labour | Chris Zastawny | 895 | 9.57 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Michael Smith | 857 | 9.16 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Yates | 735 | 7.86 | ||
Conservative | Harish Chander Sharma | 679 | 7.26 | ||
UKIP | Derek Clark | 530 | 5.67 | ||
Majority | 790 | 8.45 | |||
Turnout | 9,351 | 41 | |||
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Lymm South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sheila Woodyatt | 925 | 23.41 | ||
Conservative | Kath Buckley | 879 | 22.25 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ed Gough | 780 | 19.74 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Farrington Gowland | 668 | 16.91 | ||
Labour | David John Cockayne | 466 | 11.79 | ||
UKIP | James Ashington | 233 | 5.90 | ||
Majority | 99 | 2.51 | |||
Turnout | 3,951 | 44 | |||
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Conservative win |
Orford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Hannon | 1,493 | 26.13 | ||
Labour | Kerri Louise Morris | 1,374 | 24.05 | ||
Labour | Morgan Tarr | 1,234 | 21.60 | ||
UKIP | Ian Andrew Richards | 420 | 7.35 | ||
UKIP | Dion Eric Challinor | 392 | 6.86 | ||
UKIP | Sid Simmons | 392 | 6.86 | ||
Conservative | Jan Woning | 154 | 3.70 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pam Marks | 137 | 2.40 | ||
Independent | Clive Lawrinson | 117 | 2.05 | ||
Majority | 814 | 14.25 | |||
Turnout | 5,713 | 25 | |||
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Labour win |
Penketh and Cuerdley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Keane | 1,622 | 19.53 | ||
Labour | Linda Susan Dirir | 1,511 | 18.19 | ||
Labour | Allin Dirir | 1,486 | 17.89 | ||
Conservative | Sam Baxter | 1,317 | 15.85 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Morton | 1,087 | 13.08 | ||
Conservative | Matt Jones | 1,030 | 12.40 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Denis Patrick McAllister | 254 | 3.06 | ||
Majority | 169 | 2.04 | |||
Turnout | 8,307 | 37 | |||
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Poplars and Hulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Kerr-Brown | 1,196 | 23.42 | ||
Labour | Hilary Cooksey | 1,103 | 21.60 | ||
Labour | Brian Maher | 1,090 | 21.35 | ||
UKIP | Mike Byrne | 463 | 9.07 | ||
UKIP | Trevor Nicholls | 450 | 8.81 | ||
UKIP | Mal Lingley | 440 | 8.62 | ||
Conservative | Francine Leslie | 222 | 4.35 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pam Todd | 142 | 2.78 | ||
Majority | 627 | 12.28 | |||
Turnout | 5,106 | 23 | |||
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Poulton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Diana Bennett | 1,413 | 25.84 | ||
Labour | Graham Friend | 1,411 | 25.80 | ||
Labour | Russell Purnell | 1,222 | 22.35 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Oliver | 726 | 13.28 | ||
Conservative | Philip Eastty | 696 | 12.73 | ||
Majority | 496 | 9.07 | |||
Turnout | 5,468 | 32 | |||
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Labour win |
Poulton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Froggatt | 882 | 36.58 | ||
Labour | Maureen Creaghan | 678 | 28.12 | ||
TUSC | Bob Taylor | 360 | 14.93 | ||
Conservative | Emma Sloan | 324 | 13.44 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dave Hockenhull | 167 | 6.93 | ||
Majority | 318 | 13.19 | |||
Turnout | 2,411 | 30 | |||
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Labour win |
Rixton and Woolston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony McCarthy | 1,314 | 19.60 | ||
Labour | Andrew Hill | 1,214 | 18.11 | ||
Labour | Pat Wright | 979 | 14.60 | ||
Independent | Bill Brinksman | 882 | 13.15 | ||
Independent | Paul Francis Bretherton | 717 | 10.69 | ||
Conservative | Mark Chapman | 560 | 8.35 | ||
Conservative | Howard Klein | 460 | 6.86 | ||
Conservative | Isaac Tweedale | 411 | 6.13 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Wenlock | 168 | 2.51 | ||
Majority | 97 | 1.45 | |||
Turnout | 6,705 | 34 | |||
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Stockton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Walker | 1,089 | 24.52 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Welborn | 813 | 18.31 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Howard Taylor | 675 | 15.20 | ||
Labour | Laurence Murphy | 614 | 13.83 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Matthew Levy | 581 | 13.08 | ||
Labour | Sandra Eaves | 522 | 11.75 | ||
Green | Harry Gibbins | 147 | 3.31 | ||
Majority | 138 | 3.11 | |||
Turnout | 4,441 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Liberal Democrats win |
Westbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stefan Krizanac | 827 | 31.07 | ||
Labour | Judith Marie Guthrie | 606 | 22.76 | ||
Labour | John Joyce | 477 | 17.92 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Butler | 460 | 17.28 | ||
Conservative | Alex Leslie | 292 | 10.97 | ||
Majority | 129 | 4.84 | |||
Turnout | 2,662 | 32 | |||
Liberal Democrats win | |||||
Labour win |
References
- ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Warrington Borough Council. "Borough council election results, May 2016". Retrieved 14 May 2016.