2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
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16 of 48 seats (One Third) to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Derek Long Allan Jones
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat West Park Rainford
Last election 15 seats,
57.9% 		1 seats,
14.9%
Seats before 41 3
Seats won 10 1
Seats after 37 3
Seat change Decrease4 Steady
Popular vote 14,276 5,552
Swing Decrease Increase
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Teresa Sims
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Eccleston
Last election 1 seat,
7.7% 		0 seats,
3.3%
Seats before 3 1
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 4 2
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 5,623 2,753
Swing Increase Increase
Map of results of 2019 election
Leader of the Council before election

Derek Long
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Derek Long
Labour

The 2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. With one third of the seats on the council up for election Labour lost control of four seats although Labour retained overall control of the council. The losses were Bold and Haydock to the Green Party, Newton-Le-Willows to the Liberal Democrats and Rainhill to an Independent candidate.

Election Results[edit]

Overall election result[edit]

Overall result compared with 2018.

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results, 2019
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 16 10 0 4 Decrease4 36.4 14,276 Decrease
  Green 14 2 2 0 Increase2 24.6 9,651 Increase
  Liberal Democrats 6 2 1 0 Increase1 14.3 5,623 Increase
  Conservative 16 1 0 0 Steady 14.2 5,552 Increase
  Independent 1 1 1 0 Increase1 7.0 2,753 Increase
  UKIP 3 0 0 0 Steady 3.5 1,356 Decrease

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Ward Results[edit]

Billinge and Seneley Green[edit]

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe Pearson 1,005 36.64 Decrease13.2
Green Sue Rahman 696 27.26 Increase12.2
UKIP Peter Peers 603 21.98 Increase14.5
Conservative John Charles Barlow 439 16.0 Decrease11.8

Blackbrook[edit]

Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Lovina Maloney 940 46.44 Decrease15
Green Ellen Finney 833 41.16 Increase26.3
Conservative Melanie Lee 251 12.40 Decrease3.4

Bold[edit]

Bold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David O'Keefe 833 34.9 Increase23.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Thomas Spencer 741 31.0 Increase21.1
Labour Mark Antony Hattersley 626 26.2 Decrease33.8
Conservative Barbara Woodcock 189 7.9 Decrease 11.1

Earlestown[edit]

Earlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pam Howard 993 48.8 Decrease15.8
Green Alan Smith 748 36.76 Increase19.6
Conservative Nancy Jane Ashcroft 294 14.45 Decrease3.9

Eccleston[edit]

Eccleston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Haw 2,694 76.47 Increase7.8
Labour Alex Graham 571 16.21 Decrease4.7
Conservative Lisa Cunliffe 258 7.32 Decrease3.2

Haydock[edit]

Haydock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Ian Van Der Burg 1,791 65.1 Increase26.6
Labour Jeanette Susan Banks 788 28.64 Decrease17.8
Conservative Judith Collins 172 6.25 Decrease8.9

Moss Bank[edit]

Moss Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Fulham 982 40.51 Decrease17.1
UKIP Anthony James Parr 401 16.54 NEW
Liberal Democrats David Kent 335 13.82 NEW
Green Deborah Peck 294 12.13 Decrease5.2
Conservative Margaret Harvey 264 10.89 Decrease14.3
Independent Paul John Wilcock 148 6.11 NEW

Newton[edit]

Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Smith 1,173 41.89 Increase11.6
Labour Fiona Patricia Ruddy 890 31.79 Decrease11.4
Green Piotr Pietrzak 516 18.43 Increase8.0
Conservative Allan Albert Dockerty 221 7.89 Decrease8.6

Parr[edit]

Parr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bisi Osundeko 919 58.95 Decrease17.2
Green Tom Armstrong 483 30.98 NEW
Conservative Madeleine Wilcock 157 10.07 Increase0.4

Rainford[edit]

Rainford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Allan Jones 1,501 59.78 Decrease0.9
Green Jo Travis 573 22.82 Increase10.7
Labour Keith Laird 437 17.40 Decrease8.4

Rainhill[edit]

Rainhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Donna Marie Greaves 2,352 72.58 Increase14.5
Labour Joe De Asha 1098 23.09 Decrease10
Conservative Henry Spriggs 206 4.33 Decrease4.7

Sutton[edit]

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Elizabeth Johnson 867 39.99 Decrease15.7
Green Ian Paul Fraser 595 27.44 NEW
Liberal Democrats Frederick Barrett 401 18.50 Decrease3.2
Conservative Wally Ashcroft 305 14.07 Decrease1.8

Thatto Heath[edit]

Thatto Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robyn Olivia Hattersley 1,221 55.70 Decrease12.9
Green Terence Price 628 28.65 NEW
Conservative Anthony Rigby 343 15.65 Decrease6.8

Town Centre[edit]

Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole-Ann Gill 916 52.70 Decrease15.8
Green William Fitzpatrick 597 34.35 Increase23
Conservative Iris Brown 225 12.95 Increase1.1

West Park[edit]

West Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marlene Mary Quinn 1,189 54.05 Decrease7.8
Green Jessica Northey 660 30.00 Increase16.3
Conservative Richard William Barton 351 15.95 Decrease2

Windle[edit]

Windle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Edward Baines 834 37.15 Decrease9.5
Green Francis Williams 404 18.00 Increase8.6
Conservative John Cunliffe 376 16.75 Decrease7.8
UKIP Maria Parr 352 15.68 Increase11.2
Liberal Democrats Carol Pearl 279 12.43 Decrease2.7

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elections: Current notices". sthelens.gov.uk. St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Local Election - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council.
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