2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Map showing the results of the 2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Sefton Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1] One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Blundellsands and Derby) electing two councillors.[2]

Results

2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election[3]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 19 Increase 6 79.2 29 48 72.7 33,974 46.6 +3.3
  Conservative 3 Increase 2 12.5 5 8 12.1 18,935 26.0 +10.4
  Liberal Democrats 2 Decrease 5 8.3 6 8 12.1 10,258 14.1 -6.8
  FRAG[a] 0 Steady 0.0 2 2 3.0 1,591 2.2 -1.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,130 7.0 New
  Independent 0 Decrease 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,715 3.7 +1.3
  Liberal 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 167 0.2 New
  Workers Party 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 108 0.1 New
  Freedom Alliance 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 48 0.1 New
  1. ^ Formby Residents Action Group

Ward results

Ainsdale

Ainsdale[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Thompson 1,807 44.53 Decrease 2.93
Conservative Michael Shaw 1,253 30.88
Labour Sean Flynn 789 19.44
Green Laurence Rankin 209 5.15
Majority 554 13.65
Turnout 4,053
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Birkdale

Birkdale[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sonya Kelly 1,125 32.73
Conservative Lee Durkin 1,099 31.98
Liberal Democrats Vic Foulds 1,006 29.27
Green Bernhard Frank 207 6.02
Majority 26 0.76
Turnout 3,437
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Blundellsands

Blundellsands[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diane Roscoe 2,031 52.4
Labour Natasha Carlin 1,734 44.7
Conservative Martyn Barber 1,133 29.2
Conservative Simon Jamieson 927 23.9
Green John Volynchook 509 13.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Cawdron 279 7.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Dunning 181 4.7
Liberal Angela Preston 167 4.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cambridge

Cambridge[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sinclair D'Albuquerque 1,455 41.6
Liberal Democrats Pat Keith 1,244 35.5
Labour Laura Lunn Bates 596 17.0
Green Carla Fox 205 5.9
Majority 211
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Church

Church[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Cummins 1,727 63.7
Green Mike Carter 571 21.1
Conservative Sean Dorgan 305 11.3
Liberal Democrats Zanna Ashton 107 3.9
Majority 1,156
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Derby

Derby[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Thompson 1,479 63.6
Labour Brenda O'Brien 1,290 55.5
Independent Mike Brennan 501 21.5
Conservative Daniel Nuttall 176 7.6
Green Alwynne Cartmell 149 6.4
Conservative Anne Clegg 115 4.9
Independent Michael Duffy 111 4.8
Independent Peter Nelson 100 4.3
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Dukes

Dukes[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Prendergast 1,576 41.8
Independent Tony Dawson 816 21.7
Liberal Democrats David Newman 606 16.1
Labour Thomas Spring 551 14.6
Green Robert Doyle 219 5.8
Majority 760
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The incumbent, Tony Dawson, was elected as a Liberal Democrat but suspended in 2017.[11]

Ford

Ford[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paulette Lappin 1,501 63.4
Independent John McDonald 306 12.9
Conservative Veronica Dorgan 201 8.5
Green Kieran Dams 198 8.4
Workers Party Chris Haws 108 4.6
Liberal Democrats Rowenna Gibson 52 2.2
Majority 1,195
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Harington

Harington[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joe Riley 1,731 42.8
Labour Carol Richards 1,344 33.3
Formby Residents Action Group Aimee Brodie 448 11.1
Green Mike Walsh 297 7.4
Liberal Democrats Annie Gorski 172 4.3
Freedom Alliance Joanne Allman 48 1.2
Majority 387
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Kew

Kew[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Corcoran 1,079 36.6
Conservative Laura Nuttall 905 30.7
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton 768 26.0
Green Fred Weavers 200 6.8
Majority 174
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Linacre

Linacre[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Maher 1,560 88.8
Conservative Lynne Bold 196 11.2
Majority 1,364 77.6
Labour hold Swing

Litherland

Litherland[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trish Hardy 1,484 63.8
Independent Mo Walker-Miller 507 21.8
Conservative Jessamine Hounslea 154 6.6
Green Jay Robinson 146 6.3
Independent Billie Gibson 34 1.5
Majority 977
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Manor

Manor[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Kelly 1,497 47.8
Conservative Jan Blanchard 996 31.8
Green Andy Donegan 328 10.5
Liberal Democrats John Gibson 311 9.9
Majority 501
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Meols

Meols[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Dodd 1,692 48.0
Conservative Thomas de Freitas 1,112 31.5
Labour Stephen Jowett 470 13.3
Green David Collins 253 7.2
Majority 580
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Molyneux

Molyneux[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Murphy 1,949 66.7
Conservative Paul Barber 547 18.7
Green Marion Wykes 254 8.7
Liberal Democrats Duncan Sayer 174 6.0
Majority 1,402
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Netherton and Orrell

Netherton and Orrell[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Brennan 1,785 75.2
Independent Lisa Ford 340 14.3
Conservative Andrew Burgess 248 10.5
Majority 1,445
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Norwood

Norwood[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carran Waterfield 1,326 43.7
Conservative Pam Teesdale 848 28.0
Liberal Democrats Alistair West 629 20.8
Green Dave McIntosh 228 7.5
Majority 478
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Wilson 1,733 53.9
Conservative Ken Hughes 1,116 34.7
Green Roy Greason 365 11.4
Majority 617
Turnout
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Ravenmeols

Ravenmeols[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catie Page 1,460 38.6
Formby Residents Action Group Bob McCann 1,143 30.3
Conservative Paul Bowen 872 23.1
Green Alison Gibbon 212 5.6
Liberal Democrats Lesley Delves 91 2.4
Majority 317
Turnout
Labour gain from Independent Swing

St Oswald

St Oswald[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Cluskey 1,557 85.6
Conservative Maureen Burgess 262 14.4
Majority 1,295 71.2
Turnout 1,819
Labour hold Swing

Sudell

Sudell[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hansen 1,766 50.6
Conservative Tom Hughes 1,268 36.1
Green Alex Wareing 259 7.4
Workers Party Robert Green 209 6.0
Majority 508
Turnout
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Victoria

Victoria[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Roche 2,141 53.0
Liberal Democrats Hannah Gee 1,139 28.2
Conservative Michael Crichton 440 10.9
Green Neil Doolin 321 7.9
Majority 1,002
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

References

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