2016 Warrington Borough Council election

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.

2016 Warrington Borough Council election
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 Democrats 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)

Following a boundary review, all Warrington Borough Council seats were up for election, for a term of four years. 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 Democrats 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:

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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 Democrats Brian Axcell 2,191 22.91
Liberal Democrats Judith Carol Wheeler 2,034 21.26
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Bob Timmis 319 7.15
Conservative Rowland Blackstock 235 5.27
Conservative Pat Smith 210 4.71
Liberal Democrats Irina Axcell 151 3.38
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Allan Keith Bird 698 9.91
Conservative Phil Hayward 593 8.42
Liberal Democrats David Leonard Knapp 463 6.57
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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
TUSC Kevin Bennett 921 18.14
Green Lyndsay McAteer 344 6.78
Conservative Simone Johnson 332 6.54
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Mike Biggin 1,306 34.45
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall

Dan Price resigned from the Labour Party in February 2019 in protest to Labour’s inaction on antisemitism and Brexit. He sits on the Council as an Independent.

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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Tim Price 140 5.56
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Ann Raymond 283 8.47
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Bob Barr 2,027 21.68
Liberal Democrats Ian George Marks 1,943 20.78
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win

Lymm South
Lymm South (2 Seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila Woodyatt 925 23.41
Conservative Kath Buckley 879 22.25
Liberal Democrats Ed Gough 780 19.74
Liberal Democrats 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

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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Peter Walker 1,089 24.52
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win

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

References
  1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. Warrington Borough Council. "Borough council election results, May 2016". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
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