Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council elections
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One third of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
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Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Conservative | 1973 - 1986 |
No overall control | 1986 - 2012 |
Labour | 2012 - present |
Council elections
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 3)[2]
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes)[3]
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
By-election results
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 1,079 | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 1,013 | ||||
Labour | 497 | ||||
Labour | 479 | ||||
Conservative | 337 | ||||
Conservative | 308 | ||||
Turnout | 3,713 | 13.0 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 924 | 48.6 | -7.8 | ||
Conservative | 658 | 34.6 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 190 | 10.0 | -1.4 | ||
Independent | 128 | 6.7 | +6.7 | ||
Majority | 266 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,900 | 19.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 1,570 | 50.4 | -1.4 | ||
Conservative | 1,389 | 44.6 | +8.5 | ||
Labour | 158 | 5.1 | -2.1 | ||
Majority | 181 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,117 | 30.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 900 | 62.8 | -11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Jim Murray | 472 | 33.0 | +7.1 | |
Socialist Alternative | 60 | 4.2 | +4.2 | ||
Majority | 428 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,432 | 17.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2001-2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 3,251 | 53.9 | +11.9 | ||
Conservative | 1,800 | 29.8 | -11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 981 | 16.3 | -0.8 | ||
Majority | 1,451 | 24.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,032 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
2005-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Cummins | 806 | 52.4 | +13.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Tonkiss | 431 | 28.0 | -22.8 | |
BNP | Michael McDermott | 159 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Antonio Spatuzzi | 143 | 9.3 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 375 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,539 | 17.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David McIvor | 922 | 40.5 | -7.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Gibson | 769 | 33.8 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Sue Hanley | 419 | 18.4 | -13.1 | |
BNP | Michael McDermott | 94 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Peter Harper | 71 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 153 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,275 | 22.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
2009-2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Thompson | 903 | 65 | ||
UKIP | Jack Colbert | 293 | 21 | ||
Independent | Juliet Edgar | 97 | 7 | ||
TUSC | Graham Woodhouse | 48 | 3 | ||
Independent | Janice Blanchard | 29 | 2 | ||
Green | Laurence Rankin | 25 | 2 | ||
Turnout | 1,399 | 15.77 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |