Warrington Borough Council elections
Warrington is a unitary authority in Cheshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 1973-1979 |
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" | | No overall control | 1979-1983 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 1983-1998 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 1997-2006 |
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" | | No overall control | 2006-2011 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 2011–present |
Council elections
Non-metropolitan district elections
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1973
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1976
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)[2]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1983
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1987
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1991 (New ward boundaries)[3]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4][5][6]
Unitary authority elections
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1997 (New ward boundaries)[7]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 1999[8]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2000[9]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2001[10]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2002[11]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)[12][13][14][15]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2006[16]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2007[17]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2008
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2010
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2011
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2012
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2014[18]
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2015
- Warrington Borough Council election, 2016
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edmund Coop | 762 | 59.2 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Alan Freeman | 381 | 29.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Hill | 145 | 11.3 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 381 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,288 | 16.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 698 | 51.6 | +28.2 | ||
Labour | 498 | 37.0 | -18.9 | ||
Conservative | 151 | 11.2 | -9.6 | ||
Majority | 200 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,347 | 19.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Wilson | 1,358 | 64.2 | +19.8 | |
Labour | Kevin Bennett | 505 | 23.9 | -13.4 | |
Conservative | Francine Leslie | 209 | 9.9 | -8.4 | |
Green | Michael Jackson | 43 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 853 | 40.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,115 | 27.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
References
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1989. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
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- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
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- ^ "Labour candidate wins by-election". Warrington Guardian. 18 January 1999. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
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