The 2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election were held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1]

Labour retained and increased its majority on the council.[2][3]

Summary

Overview

The Labour Group gained 5 seats at the elections held on 4 May 2023 and the Liberal Democrat Group subsequently gained 1 seat as a result of Councillor Sinclair D'Albuquerque (Independent) joining them on 13 May 2003.

Election result

2023 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 18 Increase 5 81.81 33 51 77.3 33,974 52.9 +3.6
  Liberal Democrats 4 Increase 1 18.19 5 9 13.6 10,515 16.4 +1.2
  Conservative 0 0 0 5 5 7.6 10,437 16.3 –3.9
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,387 6.8 +2.1
  FRAG 0 Decrease 1 0 0 0 0 994 1.5 ±0.0
  Maghull Community Independents 0 Decrease 1 0 0 0 0 1,608 2.5 N/A
  Independent 0 Decrease 3 0 1 1 1.5 1,472 2.3 –6.4
  Freedom Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0 461 0.7 N/A
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 0.4 N/A
  Reform UK 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0.2 N/A

Results by Ward

Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*)

Ainsdale

[4]
Ainsdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Harrison 1,497 35.5 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Lesley Delves 1,481 35.2 +4.9
Conservative Nigel Ball 1,046 24.8 −8.2
Green Laurence Rankin 187 4.4 −0.1
Majority 16 0.3
Registered electors 9,973
Turnout 4,211 42
Rejected ballots 12
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase5.8

Birkdale

Birkdale[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Shaw* 1,431 40.5 −2.9
Labour Ged Wright 1,356 38.3 +7.1
Conservative Sam Harris 504 14.3 −5.6
Green David Collins 134 3.7 −1.7
Reform UK Andrew Lynn 110 3.1 New
Majority 75 2.1 −10.1
Registered electors 9,992
Turnout 3,535 35
Rejected ballots 6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease5.1

Blundellsands

Blundellsands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Howard* 2,390 66.9 +0.9
Conservative Katie Burgess 663 18.6 −4.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Dunning 266 7.4 −3.9
Green Kieran Dams 254 7.1 New
Majority 1,727
Registered electors 9,187
Turnout 3,573 39
Rejected ballots 22
Labour hold Swing

Cambridge

Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Leo Evans* 1,468 42.7 +5.5
Conservative Gary Haran Doyle 1,175 34.1 −3.8
Labour Joanne Faulkner 658 19.1 −0.1
Green Carla Fox 140 4.1 −1.5
Majority 293
Registered electors 9,701
Turnout 3,441 35
Rejected ballots 28
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase 4.65

Church

Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Webster* 1,459 53.6 −10.9
Green Neil Doolin 1,090 40.0 +9.9
Conservative Graham Campbell 115 4.2 −1.2
Freedom Alliance John Bellis 59 2.2 New
Majority 369
Registered electors 9,078
Turnout 2,723 30
Rejected ballots 11
Labour hold Swing

Derby

Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Robinson* 1,652 80.9 −4.1
Green Kate Robinson 149 7.3 New
Conservative Paul Barber 139 6.8 −0.8
TUSC Dean Young 103 5.0 New
Majority 1,503
Registered electors 8,984
Turnout 2,043 23
Rejected ballots 16
Labour hold Swing

Dukes

Dukes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Pugh* 1,496 42.1 +7.4
Conservative Laura Nuttall 1,214 34.2 −7.7
Labour Trevor Vaughan 676 19.0 −4.4
Green Alwynne Cartmell 165 4.6 New
Majority 282
Registered electors 10,419
Turnout 3,551 34
Rejected ballots 9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ford

Ford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Moncur* 1,638 80.8 +14.3
Green Lyndsey Davies 205 10.1 New
Conservative Harry Bliss 127 6.3 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Adarsh Makdani 55 2.7 New
Majority 1,433
Registered electors 9,244
Turnout 2,025 22
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Harington

Harington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Harvey 1,485 38.3 −2.0
Formby Residents Action Group Dave Irving* 994 25.6 +7.0
Conservative Michael Shaw 953 24.6 −14.1
Liberal Democrats Annie Gorski 263 6.8 +0.1
Green Michael Walsh 181 4.7 −1.1
Majority 491
Registered electors 9,693
Turnout 3,876 40
Rejected ballots 12
Labour gain from Formby Residents Action Group Swing

Kew

Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Halsall* 1,599 52.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Vic Foulds 622 20.4 −2.5
Conservative Margaret Middleton 595 19.5 −7.5
Green Will White 228 7.5 New
Majority 977
Registered electors 10,568
Turnout 3,044 29
Rejected ballots 10
Labour hold Swing

Linacre

Linacre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Fairclough* 1,166 76.1 −0.1
Green Lily Davies 139 9.1 New
Independent John Rice 138 9.0 New
Conservative Anne Clegg 91 5.9 −0.7
Majority 1,027
Registered electors 8,932
Turnout 1,532 17
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Litherland

Litherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Tweed* 1,556 74.7 −2.5
Independent Ian Smith 262 12.6 New
Green Graham Bentley 155 7.4 New
Conservative Michael Crichton 110 5.3 −0.2
Majority 1,294
Registered electors 8,908
Turnout 2,083 23
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Manor

Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clare-Louise Carragher* 1,874 59.8 +0.7
Conservative Jan Blanchard 559 17.8 −3.9
Liberal Democrats John Gibson 335 10.7 −0.4
Green James O'Keefe 280 8.9 +0.8
Freedom Alliance Marie Harrison 84 2.7 New
Majority 1,315
Registered electors 9,792
Turnout 3,132 32
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Meols

Meols
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lauren Davidson 1,502 44.7 +7.7
Conservative Bob Teesdale 879 26.2 −7.4
Labour Stephen Jowett 791 23.5 +0.1
Green Pauline Hesketh 189 5.6 −0.3
Majority 523
Registered electors 9,899
Turnout 3,361 34
Rejected ballots 14
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Molyneux

Molyneux
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marion Atkinson* 2,126 73.7 +13.4
Maghull Community Independents Joanne McCall 400 13.9 New
Conservative Morgan Walton 235 8.1 −0.6
Freedom Alliance Carolyn Fitzgerald 124 4.3 New
Majority 1,726
Registered electors 10,172
Turnout 2,885 28
Rejected ballots 24
Labour hold Swing

Netherton and Orrell

Netherton and Orrell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Bradshaw* 1,767 84.7 +11.9
Conservative Stephen Witham 186 8.9 +1.5
Freedom Alliance Maria Walsh 133 6.4 New
Majority 1,581
Registered electors 9,577
Turnout 2,086 22
Rejected ballots 12
Labour hold Swing

Norwood

Norwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Greg Myers* 1,754 59.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton 552 18.7 +4.1
Conservative Pam Teesdale 465 15.7 −6.0
Green David Mcintosh 188 6.4 −1.5
Majority 1,203
Registered electors 10,217
Turnout 2,958 29
Rejected ballots 15
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mike Desmond 1,436 44.4 −0.7
Maghull Community Independents John Sayers* 1,320 40.9 New
Conservative Greg Titherington 264 8.2 −4.0
Green Roy Greason 125 3.9 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Cawdron 86 2.7 New
Majority 116
Registered electors 9,643
Turnout 3,231 33.5
Rejected ballots 17
Labour gain from Maghull Community Independents Swing

Ravenmeols

Ravenmeols
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Page 1,623 47.5 −5.0
Independent Maria Bennett* 1,072 31.4 New
Conservative Angelica Sadrieva 334 9.8 −9.8
Green Alison Gibbon 199 5.8 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Lisa Nicolson-Smith 186 5.4 New
Majority 551 16.1
Turnout 3,414
Registered electors 9,638
Rejected ballots 13
Labour gain from Independent Swing

St Oswald

St Oswald[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Spencer* 1,362 82.1
Conservative Karl Starkey 151 9.1 New
TUSC Conor O'Neill 145 8.7 New
Majority 1,211 73.0
Turnout 1,658
Registered electors 8,072
Rejected ballots 8
Labour hold Swing

Sudell

Sudell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Phil Hart 1,761 52.8 +15.8
Maghull Community Independents Patrick McKinley* 1,208 36.2 New
Conservative Daniel Kirk 304 9.1 +1.2
Freedom Alliance Marie Blease 61 1.8 New
Majority 553 16.6
Turnout 3,334
Registered electors 10,348
Rejected ballots 13
Labour hold Swing

Victoria

Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Byrom* 2,348 61.4 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Hannah Gee 772 20.2 −6.8
Green Samantha Cook 379 9.9 +4.2
Conservative Andrew Burgess 328 8.6 +1.7
Majority 1,576 41.2
Turnout 3,827
Registered electors 10,498
Rejected ballots 13
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Of the four councillors prior to the election who did not belong to a registered political party, two formed the "Southport Councillors Group" led by Sinclair D'Albuquerque, and two formed the "Independent Group" led by David Irving.
  1. ^ "Sefton Borough Elections 2023". Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ Raynor, Dominic (5 May 2023). "Sefton local election results 2023". Liverpool World. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour retains control in Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton and Sefton". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Election results for Ainsdale, 4 May 2023". 4 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Sefton Local Elections 2023: Results as they happen live". 4 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Election results for Birkdale, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Election results for St. Oswald". Sefton Council. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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