Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council elections
One third of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Conservative | 1973 - 1986 |
No overall control | 1986 - 2012 |
Labour | 2012 - present |
Council elections
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 3)[2]
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes)[3]
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
By-election results
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,079 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 1,013 | ||||
Labour | 497 | ||||
Labour | 479 | ||||
Conservative | 337 | ||||
Conservative | 308 | ||||
Turnout | 3,713 | 13.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 924 | 48.6 | -7.8 | ||
Conservative | 658 | 34.6 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 190 | 10.0 | -1.4 | ||
Independent | 128 | 6.7 | +6.7 | ||
Majority | 266 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,900 | 19.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,570 | 50.4 | -1.4 | ||
Conservative | 1,389 | 44.6 | +8.5 | ||
Labour | 158 | 5.1 | -2.1 | ||
Majority | 181 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,117 | 30.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 900 | 62.8 | -11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jim Murray | 472 | 33.0 | +7.1 | |
Socialist Alternative | 60 | 4.2 | +4.2 | ||
Majority | 428 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,432 | 17.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2001-2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 3,251 | 53.9 | +11.9 | ||
Conservative | 1,800 | 29.8 | -11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 981 | 16.3 | -0.8 | ||
Majority | 1,451 | 24.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,032 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
2005-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Cummins | 806 | 52.4 | +13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tonkiss | 431 | 28.0 | -22.8 | |
BNP | Michael McDermott | 159 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Antonio Spatuzzi | 143 | 9.3 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 375 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,539 | 17.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David McIvor | 922 | 40.5 | -7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Gibson | 769 | 33.8 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Sue Hanley | 419 | 18.4 | -13.1 | |
BNP | Michael McDermott | 94 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Peter Harper | 71 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 153 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,275 | 22.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
2009-2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Thompson | 903 | 65 | ||
UKIP | Jack Colbert | 293 | 21 | ||
Independent | Juliet Edgar | 97 | 7 | ||
TUSC | Graham Woodhouse | 48 | 3 | ||
Independent | Janice Blanchard | 29 | 2 | ||
Green | Laurence Rankin | 25 | 2 | ||
Turnout | 1,399 | 15.77 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
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