2019 Blackpool Council election
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The 2019 Blackpool Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Blackpool Council in England.
Blackpool Council has been controlled by the Labour Party since 2011, who currently hold a majority of ten with 26 councillors. The Conservatives were defending twelve seats, and independent councillors were defending four.
Background
Blackpool Council will hold local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years.[1][2] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, 29 Labour councillors and 13 Conservative councillors were elected.
The Conservative Party held its seat in Warbreck ward following a March 2017 by-election.[3]
Following suspension by the Conservative Party, Colin Maycock left his party to sit as an independent councillor in November 2017.[4]
Follow complaints about comments he made at an event in March 2018, Ian Coleman resigned as mayor, left the Labour group on the council, and said he wouldn't stand for re-election.[5] His son and daughter-in-law, Labour councillors Gary Coleman and Debbie Coleman, left their party in June 2018 to sit as independents. Debbie Coleman had been deselected, and Gary Coleman had announced he wouldn't seek re-election.[6] The three councillors formed a new group called the Independent Blackpool Residents Group.[7]
Two Conservative councillors including former council leader Peter Callow were deselected by their party.[8]
Overall results
After the previous election, the composition of the council was:
29 | 13 |
Labour | Conservative |
Immediately ahead of this election, the composition of the council was:
26 | 4 | 12 |
Labour | Independent | Conservative |
Following the latest election, the current composition of the council is:
23 | 4 | 15 |
Labour | Independent | Conservative |
Ward results
Incumbent councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Two sitting councillors—Debbie Coleman and Andrew Stansfield—are seeking election in different wards.
Anchorsholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Galley* | 1278 | 64.4 | ||
Conservative | Tony Williams* | 1225 | |||
Labour | Jon Bamborough | 530 | 26.8 | ||
Labour | Kendrick Fowler | 376 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Bettison | 175 | 8.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,584 | 38.2% |
Bispham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Don Clapham* | 868 | 28.0% | ||
Conservative | Paul Wilshaw | 778 | 25.1% | ||
Labour | Robert Dewick | 518 | 16.7% | ||
Labour | Ian Treasure | 493 | 15.9% | ||
Independent | Steven Bate | 440 | 14.2% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.1% |
Bloomfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Cain* | 646 | 35.9% | ||
Labour | Jim Hobson* | 604 | 33.6% | ||
Conservative | Roger Jones | 257 | 14.3% | ||
Conservative | Karen Staff | 291 | 16.9% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 21.5% |
Brunswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Blackburn* | 476 | 20.7 | ||
Independent | Gary Coleman* | 453 | 19.7% | ||
Labour | Portia Owen | 440 | 19.1% | ||
Independent | Andy Higgins | 387 | 16.8% | ||
Conservative | Shirley Cantrell | 216 | 9.4% | ||
Conservative | Mandy Cunliffe | 200 | 8.7% | ||
Green | Maureen Beck | 128 | 5.6% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 27.9% |
Claremont
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivan Taylor* | 667 | 31.2% | ||
Labour | Lynn Williams* | 619 | 30.0% | ||
Conservative | Lucy Green | 276 | 13.1% | ||
Conservative | Michaela Jackson | 227 | 10.6% | ||
Green | Garry Richardson | 189 | 8.8% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Close | 156 | 7.3% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 23.8% |
Clifton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Burdess | 664 | 28.38% | ||
Labour | Adrian Hutton* | 653 | 28.78% | ||
Conservative | Robert Ronson | 492 | 21.68% | ||
Conservative | Moira Graham | 480 | 21.15% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Greenlands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rick Scott | 757 | 24.61% | ||
Conservative | Bernard Wing | 718 | 25.18% | ||
Labour | Chris Ryan* | 702 | 24.61 | ||
Labour | Christine Wright* | 675 | 23.67% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Hawes Side
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Brookes | 604 | 24.97% | ||
Labour | Kim Critchley* | 606 | 25.05% | ||
Green | Dean Eden | 246 | 10.17% | ||
Conservative | Glenn Priestley | 496 | 20.50% | ||
Conservative | Lesley Wright | 467 | 19.31% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Highfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lily Henderson* | 760 | 26.26% | ||
Labour | Peter Hunter* | 793 | 27.40% | ||
Conservative | Gary Pennington | 713 | 24.64% | ||
Labour | Nicola Ryan | 628 | 21.70% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Ingthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Allen-Rogers | 715 | 23.13% | ||
Labour | Amy Cross* | 901 | 29.15% | ||
Conservative | Mick Curwen | 647 | 20.93% | ||
Labour | Jo Farrell | 828 | 26.79% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Layton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kath Benson* | 776 | 30.11% | ||
Conservative | Mark Courtney-Massey | 483 | 18.74% | ||
Labour | Martin Mitchell* | 664 | 25.77% | ||
Conservative | Thelma Stables | 482 | 18.70% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lee Taylor-Jack | 172 | 6.67% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Marton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Debbie Coleman | 544 | 20.50% | ||
Labour | Judith Costello | 507 | 19.10% | ||
Labour | Jim Elmes* | 543 | 20.46% | ||
Conservative | Jack Robinson | 476 | 17.94% | ||
Conservative | Andrew Stansfield | 584 | 22.00% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Norbreck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norbreck Independents | Maxine Callow* | 742 | 20.69% | ||
Norbreck Independents | Peter Callow* | 717 | 19.99% | ||
Conservative | Anne-Marie Clarke | 614 | 17.12% | ||
Conservative | Roy Haskett | 585 | 16.31% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Jowitt | 200 | 5.58% | ||
Labour | James Sorah | 200 | 5.58% | ||
Labour | Laura White | 379 | 10.57% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Campbell* | 694 | 30.75% | ||
Conservative | Paul Carter | 489 | 21.67% | ||
Labour | Maria Kirkland* | 653 | 28.93% | ||
Conservative | Antony Manning | 421 | 18.65% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Squires Gate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christian Cox* | 817 | 31.09% | ||
Green | Julie Daniels | 222 | 8.45% | ||
Labour | Sharon Doyle | 443 | 16.86% | ||
Labour | Alistair Humphreys* | 477 | 18.15% | ||
Conservative | Gerard Walsh | 669 | 25.46% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Stanley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Baker | 1019 | 33.56% | ||
Labour | Shaun Brookes | 447 | 14.72% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bill Greene | 201 | 6.62% | ||
Conservative | Jason Roberts* | 973 | 32.05% | ||
Labour | Carl Webb | 396 | 13.04% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Talbot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Alistair Blair | 215 | 9.36% | ||
Conservative | Callum Catterall | 463 | 20.15% | ||
Conservative | Charlie Docherty | 490 | 21.32% | ||
Labour | Jane Hugo | 561 | 24.41% | ||
Labour | Mark Smith* | 569 | 24.76% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Tyldesley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samantha Bell | 410 | 18.26% | ||
Labour | David Collett* | 602 | 26.82% | ||
Conservative | Aishley Docherty | 369 | 16.44% | ||
Green | Gina Eastwood | 256 | 11.40% | ||
Labour | Allan Matthews* | 608 | 27.08% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Victoria
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Jackson* | 627 | 33.66% | ||
Conservative | Monique Mannion | 353 | 18.95% | ||
Labour | David Owen* | 559 | 30.01% | ||
Conservative | Sue Ridyard | 324 | 17.39% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Warbreck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jake Adams | 406 | 16.77% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevan Benfold | 243 | 10.04% | ||
Labour | Desmond Harvey | 376 | 15.53% | ||
Conservative | Danny Scott* | 708 | 29.24% | ||
Conservative | Michelle Scott* | 688 | 28.42% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Waterloo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Becky Daniels | 184 | 7.23% | ||
Labour | David O'Hara* | 457 | 17.95% | ||
Labour | Heather O'Hara | 443 | 17.40% | ||
Conservative | Derek Robertson* | 506 | 19.87% | ||
Independent | David Shackleton | 279 | 10.96% | ||
Independent | Spencer Shackleton | 223 | 8.76% | ||
Conservative | Susan Whadcock | 454 | 17.83% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
References
- ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
- ^ "Blackpool Council elections | Warbreck ward | Results". www.blackpool.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Suspended councillor quits Tories". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Blackpool's outgoing mayor 'heart-broken' as comment row leads to resignation". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Blackpool's mayoral pair leave ruling Labour party". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "'IRA' complaint referred to town hall monitor". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Poll-topping Blackpool councillors are axed by their own party". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2019.