Warrington Borough Council election, 2016

5 May 2016

All 58 seats to Warrington Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat	Conservative
Seats won	45	11	2
Seat change	3	2	3
Popular vote	59,031	24,953	27,816
Percentage	48.80	20.63	22.99

	Fourth party

Party	TUSC
Seats won	0
Seat change	1
Popular vote	1,719
Percentage	1.42

Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 2016 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Following a boundary review, all Warrington Borough Council seats were up for election. The number of seats rose from 57 to 58.

The Labour Party retained overall control of Warrington Borough Council after taking 45 of the 58 seats.^[2]

Results Summary

Warrington Borough Council election, 2016
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	45			3	77.59	48.80	59,031
	Liberal Democrat	11			2	18.96	20.63	24,953
	Conservative	2			3	3.45	22.99	27,816
	UKIP	0				0	3.02	3,652
	Independent	0				0	1.85	2,245
	TUSC	0			1	0	1.42	1,719
	Green	0				0	1.29	1,559

A total of 442 ballots were rejected, and the overall turnout was 32.87%.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
42	9	5	1
Labour	Lib Dem	Con	T

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
45	11	2
Labour	Lib Dem	Con

Lib Dem - Liberal Democrats
Con - Conservative Party
T - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)

Ward Results

Appleton

Appleton (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Axcell	2,191	22.91
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Carol Wheeler	2,034	21.26
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Harris	1,640	17.15
	Conservative	Basil Mitchell	1,075	11.24
	Conservative	Barbara Price	891	9.32
	Conservative	Ian Houghton	731	7.64
	Labour	Nick Bent	556	5.81
	Green	David Edward Bilton	447	4.67
Majority			565	5.91
Turnout			9,565	42
	Liberal Democrat win
	Liberal Democrat win
	Liberal Democrat win

Bewsey and Whitecross

Bewsey and Whitecross (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sarah Edith Hall	1,142	25.59
	Labour	Steve Wright	1,080	24.20
	Labour	Tom Jennings	1,061	23.78
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Timmis	319	7.15
	Conservative	Rowland Blackstock	235	5.27
	Conservative	Pat Smith	210	4.71
	Liberal Democrat	Irina Axcell	151	3.38
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Walker	135	3.03
	TUSC	Shelley Bennett	129	2.89
Majority			742	16.63
Turnout			4,462	22
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Birchwood

Birchwood (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Russ Bowden	1,719	24.55
	Labour	Pauline Nelson	1,578	24.20
	Labour	Chris Fitzsimmons	1,475	21.06
	Conservative	Nigel Balding	782	11.17
	Conservative	Peter Linton	618	8.82
	Independent	Amy Elizabeth Linton	529	4.71
	Liberal Democrat	John Davies	302	4.31
Majority			693	9.89
Turnout			7,003	35
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Burtonwood and Winwick

Burtonwood and Winwick (3 Seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Cathy Mitchell	1,083	38.51
	Labour	Terry O'Neill	1,065	37.87
	Conservative	Robin Sloan	399	14.20
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy James Muttock	265	9.42
Majority			666	23.67
Turnout			2,812	34
	Labour win
	Labour win

Chapelford and Old Hall

Chapelford and Old Hall (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Faisal Rashid	1,489	21.14
	Labour	Steve Parish	1,161	16.48
	Labour	Rebecca Knowles	1,011	14.35
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Keith Bird	698	9.91
	Conservative	Phil Hayward	593	8.42
	Liberal Democrat	David Leonard Knapp	463	6.57
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Alfred Smith	397	5.64
	Conservative	Anthony John Kerrigan	364	5.17
	Conservative	Anna Jane Sharkey	332	4.71
	UKIP	Ian Anthony Wilson	332	4.71
	Green	Mike Wass	204	2.90
Majority			313	4.44
Turnout			7,044	31
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Matt Smith	1,788	19.50
	Labour	Joan Grime	1,609	17.55
	Labour	Jan Davidson	1,401	15.28
	Conservative	Frank Richard Allen	1,359	14.82
	Conservative	Sue Bland	1,318	14.37
	Conservative	Valerie Margaret Allen	1,263	13.77
	Liberal Democrat	Eddie Sloane	432	4.71
Majority			42	0.46
Turnout			9,170	40
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Fairfield and Howley

Fairfield and Howley (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean Flaherty	1,234	24.31
	Labour	Tony Higgins	1,008	19.86
	Labour	Peter Carey	997	19.64
	Green	Kevin Bennett	921	18.14
	Green	Lyndsay McAteer	344	6.78
	Conservative	Simone Johnson	332	6.54
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Oldbury	240	4.73
Majority			76	1.50
Turnout			5,076	27
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Grappenhall

Grappenhall (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Biggin	1,306	34.45
	Liberal Democrat	Ryan Stephen Robert Bate	1,119	29.52
	Conservative	Olivia Reilly	565	14.90
	Conservative	Iona Gillis	421	11.11
	Labour	Andy Heaver	380	10.02
Majority			554	14.62
Turnout			3,791	35
	Liberal Democrat win
	Liberal Democrat win

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jan Hart	1,321	20.35
	Labour	Dan Price	1,265	19.49
	Labour	Tony Williams	1,217	18.75
	Conservative	Mike Foxall	698	10.75
	Conservative	Christine Booth	668	10.29
	Conservative	Arthur Booth	660	10.17
	Green	Stephanie Davies	332	5.11
	Liberal Democrat	Cliff Taylor	330	5.09
Majority			519	8.00
Turnout			6,491	35
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Great Sankey South

Great Sankey South (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amanda King	1,432	25.63
	Labour	Hitesh Patel	1,193	21.36
	Labour	Jean Carter	1,154	20.66
	Conservative	Sue Jenkin	546	9.77
	Conservative	Peter Elton	494	8.84
	Conservative	Sonia Wendy Boggan	403	7.21
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Harwood	227	4.06
	TUSC	Andrew Ford	138	2.47
Majority			608	10.89
Turnout			5,587	28
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Latchford East

Latchford East (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hans Josef Mundry	929	36.88
	Labour	Karen Mundry	822	32.63
	Conservative	Julian Craddock	192	7.62
	Conservative	Ken Scates	145	5.76
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Price	140	5.56
	Liberal Democrat	Rupert Budgen	123	4.88
	Green	John Kennedy Lappin	85	3.38
	TUSC	Sue Hayes	83	3.29
Majority			630	25.01
Turnout			2,519	23
	Labour win
	Labour win

Latchford West

Latchford West (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Les Morgan	1,068	31.98
	Labour	Maureen McLaughlin	991	29.67
	Conservative	Michael Haworth	321	9.61
	Conservative	David Woodyatt	317	9.49
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Raymond	283	8.47
	Liberal Democrat	Celia Jordan	272	8.15
	TUSC	Dave Cundy	88	2.63
Majority			670	20.06
Turnout			3,340	32
	Labour win
	Labour win

Lymm North and Thelwall

Lymm North and Thelwall (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Barr	2,027	21.68
	Liberal Democrat	Ian George Marks	1,943	20.78
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Johnson	1,685	18.02
	Labour	Chris Zastawny	895	9.57
	Conservative	Jonathan Michael Smith	857	9.16
	Conservative	Kevin Yates	735	7.86
	Conservative	Harish Chander Sharma	679	7.26
	UKIP	Derek Clark	530	5.67
Majority			790	8.45
Turnout			9,351	41
	Liberal Democrat win
	Liberal Democrat win
	Liberal Democrat win

Lymm South

Lymm South (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sheila Woodyatt	925	23.41
	Conservative	Kath Buckley	879	22.25
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Gough	780	19.74
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Farrington Gowland	668	16.91
	Labour	David John Cockayne	466	11.79
	UKIP	James Ashington	233	5.90
Majority			99	2.51
Turnout			3,951	44
	Conservative win
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Orford

Orford (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Hannon	1,493	26.13
	Labour	Kerri Louise Morris	1,374	24.05
	Labour	Morgan Tarr	1,234	21.60
	UKIP	Ian Andrew Richards	420	7.35
	UKIP	Dion Eric Challinor	392	6.86
	UKIP	Sid Simmons	392	6.86
	Conservative	Jan Woning	154	3.70
	Liberal Democrat	Pam Marks	137	2.40
	Independent	Clive Lawrinson	117	2.05
Majority			814	14.25
Turnout			5,713	25
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Penketh and Cuerdley

Penketh and Cuerdley (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Keane	1,622	19.53
	Labour	Linda Susan Dirir	1,511	18.19
	Labour	Allin Dirir	1,486	17.89
	Conservative	Sam Baxter	1,317	15.85
	Conservative	Kevin Morton	1,087	13.08
	Conservative	Matt Jones	1,030	12.40
	Liberal Democrat	Denis Patrick McAllister	254	3.06
Majority			169	2.04
Turnout			8,307	37
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Poplars and Hulme

Poplars and Hulme (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Kerr-Brown	1,196	23.42
	Labour	Hilary Cooksey	1,103	21.60
	Labour	Brian Maher	1,090	21.35
	UKIP	Mike Byrne	463	9.07
	UKIP	Trevor Nicholls	450	8.81
	UKIP	Mal Lingley	440	8.62
	Conservative	Francine Leslie	222	4.35
	Liberal Democrat	Pam Todd	142	2.78
Majority			627	12.28
Turnout			5,106	23
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Poulton North

Poulton North (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diana Bennett	1,413	25.84
	Labour	Graham Friend	1,411	25.80
	Labour	Russell Purnell	1,222	22.35
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Oliver	726	13.28
	Conservative	Philip Eastty	696	12.73
Majority			496	9.07
Turnout			5,468	32
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Poulton South

Poulton South (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Froggatt	882	36.58
	Labour	Maureen Creaghan	678	28.12
	TUSC	Bob Taylor	360	14.93
	Conservative	Emma Sloan	324	13.44
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Hockenhull	167	6.93
Majority			318	13.19
Turnout			2,411	30
	Labour win
	Labour win

Rixton and Woolston

Rixton and Woolston (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony McCarthy	1,314	19.60
	Labour	Andrew Hill	1,214	18.11
	Labour	Pat Wright	979	14.60
	Independent	Bill Brinksman	882	13.15
	Independent	Paul Francis Bretherton	717	10.69
	Conservative	Mark Chapman	560	8.35
	Conservative	Howard Klein	460	6.86
	Conservative	Isaac Tweedale	411	6.13
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Wenlock	168	2.51
Majority			97	1.45
Turnout			6,705	34
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Stockton Heath

Stockton Heath (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Walker	1,089	24.52
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Welborn	813	18.31
	Conservative	Stephen Howard Taylor	675	15.20
	Labour	Laurence Murphy	614	13.83
	Conservative	Jonathan Matthew Levy	581	13.08
	Labour	Sandra Eaves	522	11.75
	Green	Harry Gibbins	147	3.31
Majority			138	3.11
Turnout			4,441	41
	Liberal Democrat win
	Liberal Democrat win

Westbrook

Westbrook (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Stefan Krizanac	827	31.07
	Labour	Judith Marie Guthrie	606	22.76
	Labour	John Joyce	477	17.92
	Liberal Democrat	Jeff Butler	460	17.28
	Conservative	Alex Leslie	292	10.97
Majority			129	4.84
Turnout			2,662	32
	Liberal Democrat win
	Labour win

References

↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
↑ Warrington Borough Council. "Borough council election results, May 2016". Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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