Prescot North (ward)
Appearance
Prescot North | |
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Metropolitan Borough ward for Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | |
County | Merseyside |
Population | 9,519 (2016)[1] |
Registered electors | 7,365 (2016) |
Settlements | Prescot (part) |
Current ward | |
Created | 2016 |
First Round Councillor | Frances Wynn (Liberal Democrat) |
Second Round Councillor | Ian Smith (Liberal Democrat) |
Third Round Councillor | Carl Cashman (Liberal Democrat) |
Number of Councillors | Three |
Created from | Prescot West |
Overlaps | |
UK Parliament constituency | Knowsley (part) St Helens South and Whiston (part) |
Prescot North is a Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Ward. The ward was created for the 2016 municipal election when the number of councillors on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council was reduced from 63 to 45.[2]
The ward covers both parts of the Knowsley constituency and the neighbouring St Helens South and Whiston constituency.[3]
Councillors
[edit]Election Timeline
[edit]Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2016 | Mike Wynn (LD) | Ian Smith (LD) | Carl Cashman (LD) | |||
2018 | Frances Wynn (LD) | Ian Smith (LD) | Carl Cashman (LD) |
indicates seat up for re-election.
Councillor Details
[edit]Term | Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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2016–2018 | Mike Wynn [4] | Liberal Democrat | ||
2016–present | Ian Smith [5] | Liberal Democrat | ||
2016–present | Carl Cashman [6] | Liberal Democrat | Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, 2016 to present | |
2018–present | Frances Wynn [7] | Liberal Democrat |
Election results
[edit]Elections of the 2010s
[edit]2018
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Frances Wynn | 1,373 | 60.3 | 9.8 | |
Labour | Tony Ely | 781 | 34.3 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | Aaron Waters | 124 | 5.4 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 592 | 26.0 | 9.3 | ||
Turnout | 30.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.5 |
2016
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Carl Cashman | 1,254 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Smith | 1,196 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Wynn | 1,105 | – | ||
Labour | Lynn O'Keeffe | 839 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | Mike Kearns | 816 | – | ||
Labour | Bill Weightman | 702 | – | ||
TUSC | Steve Whatham | 222 | 8.9 | ||
Conservative | Robert Avery | 170 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | 415 | 16.7 | |||
Registered electors | 7,365 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Notes
[edit]• italics denotes the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References
[edit]- ^ "Knowsley". City Population.
- ^ "The Knowsley (Electoral Changes) Order 2015". Legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ "New Knowsley Wards with Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Mike Wynn". Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Ian Smith". Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Carl Cashman". Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Councillor Frances Wynn". Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Borough Elections Results - May 2018" (PDF). Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Prescot North". Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.