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2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Party Labour Independent Green
Popular vote 50,667 14,839 11,368
Percentage 52.5% 15.4 11.8%

 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Popular vote 9,531 9,889
Percentage 9.9% 10.3%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

The 2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. Due to boundary changes, all 48 councillors were elected at the same time, with the council moving to a system of all-out elections every four years. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 35 seats after the election. The Liberal Democrats where the Opposition with 4 Seats while the Greens, Conservatives and Rainhill Independents had 3 Each, Earlestown Independents had 1.

Background

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Result of the 2021 council election

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. St Helens was a district of the Merseyside metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority was created in 2014 and began electing the mayor of the Liverpool City Region from 2017. The body was given strategic powers covering a region that encompassed the former Merseyside metropolitan county with the addition of Halton Borough Council.[2]

Since its formation, St Helens has continuously been under Labour control apart from a period of no overall control from 2004 to 2010. Labour continued to run the council from 2004 until the 2005 election, when the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the Conservatives in an arrangement that lasted until Labour regained control of the council in the 2010 election. In the most recent election in 2021, Labour lost three seats but maintained their majority. Of the seventeen seats up for election—sixteen on the normal thirds schedule and one by-election on the same date—Labour won twelve, independent candidates won two and the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Greens won one seat each.[3]

St Helens council underwent boundary changes ahead of this election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England determined that the council should continue to elect 48 councillors and designed new election boundaries to reflect population change. The new boundaries include thirteen three-member wards, four two-member wards and one single-member ward. The new boundaries will be used for all-out elections every four years instead of the previous model of election a third of councillors in each of three years out of four.[4]

Electoral process

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The council previously elected its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[5][6] However, following a boundary review, all forty-eight councillors were elected at the same time. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by up to three councillors. Electors were able to vote for as many candidates as there were seats to fill, and the candidates with the most votes in each ward were elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in St Helens aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Ward results

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Billinge and Seneley Green

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Billinge and Seneley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Peers 1,424 45.8
Labour Sue Murphy 1,388 44.6
Independent Collin Richard Betts 1,352 43.5
Labour Dennis McDonnell 1,220 39.2
Independent Malcolm James Webster 988 31.8
Labour Gareth William Cross 980 31.5
Conservative Denise Anne Gibney 646 20.8
Majority
Turnout 3,111
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Blackbrook

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Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony James Burns 1,309 59.0
Labour Paul McQuade 1,262 56.9
Labour Linda Lovina Maloney 1,255 56.6
Green Emma Carolyn Van Der Burg 715 32.2
Green Jessica Northey 707 31.9
Conservative Melanie Ann Marie Lee 442 19.9
Majority
Turnout 2,219
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bold and Lea Green

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Bold and Lea Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Edward Hawley 1,209 48.0
Green Allen John Makin 1,176 46.7
Green Glen Roger Richards 1,120 44.5
Labour Jim Housley 1,084 43.1
Labour Lisa Preston 1,032 41.0
Labour Charlie Preston 983 39.0
Conservative Barbara Evelyn Woodcock 329 13.1
Majority
Turnout 2,518
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Eccleston

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Eccleston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Haw 2,252 74.1
Liberal Democrats Teresa Veronica Sims 2,178 71.6
Liberal Democrats Geoff Pearl 1,938 63.7
Labour Glyn Robert Jones 732 24.1
Conservative Mackenzie France 391 12.9
Majority
Turnout 3,041
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Haydock

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Haydock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Paul Robert Hooton 1,485 59.1
Green Janet Ann Sheldon 1,445 57.5
Green David Ian Van Der Burg 1,357 54.0
Labour Matthew Peter Butterworth 834 33.2
Labour Paul Joseph Pritchard 762 30.3
Labour Amy Sample 756 30.1
Conservative Judith Margaret Collins 287 11.4
Majority
Turnout 2,513
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Moss Bank

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Moss Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tracy Paula Dickinson 1,547 63.4
Labour Trisha Long 1,476 60.5
Labour Zeena Ilsha Begum 1,375 56.4
Conservative Margaret Hilda Harvey 514 21.1
Liberal Democrats David Kent 494 20.3
Liberal Democrats Jane Patricia Kent 460 18.9
Independent Paul John Wilcock 419 17.2
Majority
Turnout 2,439
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newton-Le-Willows East

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Newton-Le-Willows East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeanie Bell 1,701 56.4
Labour Keith Anthony Laird 1,599 53.0
Labour Seve Gomez-Aspron 1,560 51.7
Liberal Democrats David James Smith 1,393 46.2
Conservative Lisa Cunliffe 778 25.8
Majority
Turnout 3,016
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newton-Le-Willows West

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Newton-Le-Willows West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terry Maguire 1,670 59.1
Independent Karl Lionel Collier 1,302 46.0
Labour Dave Banks 1,190 42.1
Labour Jeanette Susan Banks 1,182 41.8
Independent Craig Colin Alexander Smith 1,153 40.8
Labour Andy Davidson 1,063 37.6
Conservative Allan Albert Dockerty 237 8.4
Majority
Turnout 2,828
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Parr

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Parr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Bowden 1,172 79.1
Labour Kate Groucutt 1,079 72.9
Labour Bisi Osundeko 964 65.1
Conservative Madeleine Patricia Wilcock 324 21.9
Majority
Turnout 1,481
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Peasley Cross and Fingerpost

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Peasley Cross and Fingerpost
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Damien Patrick O'Connor 325 60.6
Conservative Iris Brown 107 20.0
Green Alison Jill Donnelly 104 19.4
Majority
Turnout 536
Labour win (new seat)

Rainford

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Rainford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Case 1,462 57.2
Conservative Anne Linda Mussell 1,450 56.7
Labour John Francis Tabern 1,099 43.0
Majority
Turnout 2,556
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rainhill

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Rainhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Stephen Tasker 2,336 64.7
Independent Donna Greaves 2,133 59.0
Independent Kate Elizabeth Stevenson 2,062 57.1
Labour Ken Rustidge 1,179 32.6
Labour Emma Davies 1,122 31.1
Labour Barrie Grunewald 1,029 28.5
Conservative Henry Spriggs 333 9.2
Majority
Turnout 3,613
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

St Helens Town Centre

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St Helens Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Helen Mccormack 747 71.2
Labour Michelle Elaine Sweeney 700 66.7
Conservative Nancy Ashcroft 229 21.8
For Britain Terence Matthew Oakes 176 16.8
Majority
Turnout 1,049
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sutton North West

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Sutton North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Niall Peter Andrew Campbell 645 54.2
Labour John William Hodkinson 643 54.0
Green Francis Joseph Williams 441 37.0
Conservative David Leslie Skeech 320 26.9
Majority
Turnout 1,191
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sutton South East

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Sutton South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Thomas Spencer 816 58.8
Labour Janet Elizabeth Johnson 589 42.4
Labour Anthony Albert Johnson 560 40.3
Conservative Deepak Shatrugan Gupta 250 18.0
Majority
Turnout 1,388
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Thatto Heath

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Thatto Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nova Louise Charlton 1,372 63.6
Labour Robyn Oliva Hattersley 1,330 61.7
Labour Richard Mccauley 1,317 61.1
Green Terence Stephen Price 610 28.3
Conservative Samantha Ann Pearson Peet 509 23.6
Majority
Turnout 2,156
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West Park

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West Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marlene Mary Quinn 1,543 72.4
Labour Martin James Bond 1,516 71.2
Labour Derek Paul Long 1,348 63.3
Conservative Richard Barton 525 24.6
Majority
Turnout 2,130
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Windle

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Windle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Edward Baines 1,503 59.4
Labour Lynn Susan Clarke 1,391 52.2
Labour Mancyia Uddin 1,204 47.6
Green Andrew William Donnelly 999 39.5
Conservative John Phillip Cunliffe 756 29.9
Majority
Turnout 2,529
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Previous council composition

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After 2021 election Before 2022 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 35 Labour 33
Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 4
Independent 4 Independent 5
Conservative 3 Conservative 3
Green 3 Green 2

By-elections between 2022 and 2026

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Moss Bank

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A by-election was held in Moss Bank on 20 October 2022 after the resignation of Labour councillor Zeena Begum.

Moss Bank by-election 20 October 2022[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeanette Banks 656 50.3
Liberal Democrats David Kent 571 43.8
Conservative Samantha Peet 78 6.0
Majority 85 6.5
Turnout 1,305
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. ^ "Establishment of a Combined Authority for the Liverpool City Region" (PDF). 21 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ Molyneux, Jess (7 May 2021). "St Helens Council local election results 2021 as they happen". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ "LGBCE | St Helens | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Moss Bank Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2023.