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2024 Warrington Borough Council election
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All 58 seats to Warrington Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 35 seats, 38.9% 9 seats, 16.0%
Seats before 36 8
Seats won 42 12
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 4
Popular vote 54,064 19,705
Percentage 47.2% 17.2%
Swing Increase 8.3% Increase 1.2%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Conservative
Last election 3 seats, 6.1% 11 seats, 36.6%
Seats before 4 10
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 9
Popular vote 7,598 29,261
Percentage 6.6% 25.6%
Swing Increase 0.5% Decrease 11.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Warrington Borough Council election
Leader before election

Hans Mundry
Labour

Leader after election

Hans Mundry
Labour

The 2024 Warrington Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.

Background[edit]

In the 2021 Warrington Borough Council election, the Labour Party retained overall control of the council but lost 10 seats.[1] Before the election, Labour had 36 Seats and the opposition having 22 seats.[2]

Pre-Election Council Composition
36
10
8
4
Party Seats
Labour Party 36
Conservative Party 10
Liberal Democrats 8
Independents 4

Councillors standing down[edit]

Councillor Ward First elected Party Date announced
Russ Bowden Birchwood 2010 Labour 28 October 2023[3]
Cathy Mitchell Burtonwood & Winwick 2016 Labour 29 October 2023[4]
Amanda King Great Sankey South 2016 Independent (elected Labour) 28 January 2024[5]
Kath Buckley Lymm South 2015 Conservative 7 March 2024[6]
Wendy Maisey Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft 2021 Conservative 25 March 2024[7]
David Ellis Birchwood 2021 Labour 6 April 2024[8]
Sarah Hall Bewsey & Whitecross 2016 Labour Co-op 6 April 2024
Alex Abbey Burtonwood & Winwick 2020 Labour 6 April 2024
Maureen Creaghan Poulton South 2014 Labour 6 April 2024
Linda Butler Chapelford & Old Hall 2021 Conservative 6 April 2024
Bob Barr Lymm North & Thelwall 2006 Liberal Democrats 6 April 2024
Claire Lloyd-Fitzgerald Orford 2021 Labour 6 April 2024
Morgan Tarr Orford 2016 Labour 6 April 2024
Andrew Hill Rixton & Woolston 2016 Labour 6 April 2024

There were also six Councillors who were elected in 2021 that stood in different Wards in 2024.

Councillor Party Ward elected to in 2021 Ward stood in 2024
Siobhan Carr Labour Westbrook Burtonwood & Winwick
Hilary Cooksey Labour Poplars & Hulme Rixton & Woolston
Brian Gallagher Labour Westbrook Penketh & Cuerdley
Helen Milner Labour Orford Lymm North & Thelwall
Peter Walker Liberal Democrats Stockton Heath Appleton
Jane Whalen Labour Great Sankey North & Whittle Hall Appleton

Post-election[edit]

The Labour Party held control of the Council, increasing their majority from 36 to 42. The Liberal Democrats became the official opposition by increasing their seats from 8 to 12. The Conservatives had the most dramatic performance, losing 9 seats and leaving only one Conservative on the Council after they became the official opposition in the 2021 Warrington Borough Council election.[9] After the election, Labour has 42 seats and the opposition have 16 seats.[10]

Post-Election Council Composition
42
12
3
1
Party Seats
Labour Party 42
Liberal Democrats 12
Independents 3
Conservative Party 1

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

2024 Warrington Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 51 42 7 2 Increase 6 72.4 47.2 54,064 +8.3
  Liberal Democrats 19 12 4 0 Increase 4 20.7 17.2 19,705 +1.2
  Independent 10 3 2 1 Decrease 1 5.2 6.6 7,598 +0.5
  Conservative 47 1 0 10 Decrease 9 1.7 25.6 29,261 –11.0
  Reform UK 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.8 2,045 N/A
  Green 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.6 1,822 –0.7

Ward results[edit]

Incumbent councillors in the Ward are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Appleton[edit]

Appleton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Laura Booth 1,999 66.2 +28.0
Liberal Democrats Peter John Walker 1,906 63.1 +26.7
Liberal Democrats Matt Scott 1,440 47.7 +12.6
Conservative Mark Christopher Jervis* 1,165 38.6 –8.9
Conservative Ghazala Chapman* 1,040 34.4 –12.3
Conservative Kenneth David Critchley* 997 33.0 –12.2
Labour Jane Whalen 518 17.1 +4.7
Turnout 4,110 39.3 –11.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Bewsey and Whitecross[edit]

Bewsey and Whitecross (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Wright* 1,151 71.7 +18.5
Labour Co-op Tom Jennings* 1,133 70.6 +23.5
Labour Co-op Shireen Saeed Mohammed 1,015 63.2 +18.5
Liberal Democrats David Crowther 414 25.8 +8.5
Conservative Cecilia Margaret Critchley 378 23.6 +0.5
Conservative Lisa Charlotte Thompson 365 22.7 +2.9
Conservative Barbara May Price 359 22.4 +4.0
Turnout 1,944 20.9 –1.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Birchwood[edit]

Birchwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kuldeep Singh Dhillon 1,454 64.0 +11.8
Labour Balbir Kaur Dhillon 1,448 63.7 +16.0
Labour Tim Price 1,436 63.2 +26.4
Conservative Nigel William Balding* 891 39.2 +2.2
Conservative Craig Peter Allen 626 27.5 –9.2
Conservative Neil Anthony Murphy 536 23.6 –1.9
Reform UK Dion Challinor 428 18.8 N/A
Turnout 2,831 33.1 –2.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Burtonwood & Winwick[edit]

Burtonwood & Winwick (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Burgess 841 54.5 +0.4
Independent Stuart David Mann 714 46.2 N/A
Labour Siobhan Carr 614 39.8 –12.8
Independent Theresa-Jane Murray 553 35.8 N/A
Green Maddison Stacey Wheeldon 198 12.8 N/A
Conservative Stewart Anthony Gardiner 169 10.9 –20.9
Turnout 1,779 34.7 –1.7
Labour hold
Independent gain from Labour

Note: One of the Independent candidates, Theresa-Jane Murray, stood in the 2021 election as a Conservative candidate.

Chapelford and Old Hall[edit]

Chapelford and Old Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Parish* 1,521 62.8 +21.0
Labour Co-op Paul Warburton* 1,394 57.5 +17.0
Labour Co-op Barbara Pete 1,163 48.0 +10.9
Conservative Blake Cooper 935 38.6 +0.9
Conservative Gavin Hepherd-Hall 737 30.4 –2.8
Conservative Nisha Jethalal Shah 692 28.6 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Allan Keith Bird 446 18.4 –1.0
Green Bec Hutton-Reidijk 381 15.7 –0.2
Turnout 2,871 31.7 –2.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft[edit]

Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Smith 1,763 57.3 +18.3
Labour Neil Johnson 1,694 55.0 +18.8
Labour Janet Seddon 1,691 54.9 +25.9
Conservative Carol Ruth Benson* 1,457 47.3 –1.4
Conservative Valerie Margaret Allen* 1,374 44.6 –3.7
Conservative Alicia Edwards 1,256 40.8 –5.5
Turnout 3,863 37.3 –8.1
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Fairfield and Howley[edit]

Fairfield and Howley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Flaherty* 1,271 89.6 +39.1
Labour Tony Higgins* 1,167 82.3 +29.1
Labour Sagheer Zaman* 1,049 74.0 +29.5
Reform UK Dave Fowler 423 29.8 N/A
Conservative Daniel Thompson 345 24.3 –2.8
Turnout 1,953 22.0 –1.4
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grappenhall[edit]

Grappenhall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Damen Browne* 1,184 55.8 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Speed* 1,160 54.7 +12.9
Conservative Andrew Freeman 583 27.5 –11.2
Conservative Joanne Freeman 573 27.0 –2.5
Labour Dave Cundy 463 21.8 +12.2
Green Michael Caldow 282 13.3 +6.2
Turnout 2,637 37.8 –11.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall[edit]

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Janet Henshaw* 1,365 55.6 +15.2
Labour Co-op Hitesh Patel* 1,319 53.7 +14.7
Labour Co-op Marcus Cameron 1,285 52.3 +18.0
Independent Nigel John Catlow 1,159 47.2 +22.6
Conservative Julie Groom 606 24.7 –3.4
Conservative Chi Kuong-Kwan 592 24.1 –2.0
Green Stephanie Davies 568 23.1 +8.4
Conservative Brodie Mitchell 477 19.4 –2.6
Turnout 2,846 36.2 –1.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Great Sankey South[edit]

Great Sankey South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Watson* 1,378 70.8 +10.3
Labour Mo Hussain* 1,256 64.5 +7.9
Labour Leah Hussain 1,243 63.8 +9.2
Conservative Andrew David Pennington 490 25.2 –11.5
Conservative Moira Dolan 422 20.0 –12.5
Conservative Caleb Michael Lovegrove 389 17.8 –12.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony James Tobin 346 17.8 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Roy Alfred Smith 319 16.4 N/A
Turnout 2,460 27.5 –2.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Latchford East[edit]

Latchford East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Karen Mundry* 880 69.9 +10.0
Labour Co-op Hans Josef Mundry* 847 67.2 +7.6
Conservative Heather Winifred Allan 294 23.3 –1.2
Conservative Carl Andrew Olsen 256 20.3 –4.1
Liberal Democrats Vicki Duncan 242 19.2 +9.5
Turnout 1,525 21.2 –2.9
Labour hold
Labour hold

Latchford West[edit]

Latchford West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Maureen McLaughlin* 915 59.2 +16.1
Labour Co-op Denis James Thomas Matthews* 875 56.6 +15.9
Conservative Stephen Howard Taylor 565 36.6 –1.0
Conservative Marc Turner 504 32.6 –4.7
Liberal Democrats Tim Jordan 232 15.0 +5.2
Turnout 2,064 30.0 –6.1
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lymm North and Thelwall[edit]

Lymm North and Thelwall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian George Marks* 2,014 53.8 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Bob Hignett 1,848 49.3 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Wendy Johnson* 1,817 48.5 +5.9
Labour Helen Charlotte Milner 819 21.9 -0.2
Conservative Carole Margaret Pemberton 802 21.4 -8.3
Conservative Sue Farrington 687 18.3 -11.4
Conservative Calum Higginson 616 16.4 -10.6
Turnout 3,945 36.6 -8.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Lymm South[edit]

Lymm South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Farrington Gowland* 1,144 47.1 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Luke William Stuttard 816 33.6 -1.9
Conservative Ian Pemberton 639 26.3 -18.1
Conservative Phillip Martin Ford 532 21.9 -12.1
Labour Sara Frith 432 17.8 +2.7
Turnout 2,431 38.6 -11.1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Orford[edit]

Orford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Appleton 1,039 45.8 +0.8
Labour Emily Russon 981 43.2 +0.5
Labour Robin Michael David Frith 948 41.8 +4.6
Independent Carol Kilgannon 806 35.5 N/A
Reform UK Trevor Nicholls 476 21.0 N/A
Conservative David Bent 262 11.5 -11.0
Turnout 2,268 23.2 -3.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Note: The Independent candidate Carol Kilgannon stood in the 2021 election as a Conservative candidate.

Penketh and Cuerdley[edit]

Penketh and Cuerdley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Eunice Peters 1,144 33.6 N/A
Labour Jacob Barnard 1,130 33.2 +3.5
Independent Geoff Fellows* 986 29.0 -10.8
Labour Brian Gallagher 888 26.1 -3.1
Labour Martin Paul McManus 841 24.7 +1.1
Independent Craig Joseph Lenihan* 685 20.1 -18.8
Independent Andy Heaver* 620 18.2 -23.9
Independent Christine Wych 484 14.2 N/A
Conservative Joanne Ellen Baxter 468 13.8 -13.2
Conservative Chuck Eriobuna 390 11.5 -11.2
Conservative Paula Wilkinson 316 9.3 -10.1
Liberal Democrats Katie Barr 150 4.4 +0.3
Turnout 3,402 36.4 -6.4
Independent gain from Independent
Labour gain from Independent
Independent hold

Poplars and Hulme[edit]

Poplars and Hulme (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nathan Sudworth* 1,004 56.5 -1.7
Labour John Kerr-Brown* 894 50.3 -2.1
Labour Gemma Southern 825 46.4 -2.9
Reform UK Dennis James Cornwell 402 22.6 N/A
Conservative Anthony Douglas Muir 278 15.7 -16.4
Turnout 1,778 18.7 -1.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Poulton North[edit]

Poulton North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Jeffrey Friend* 1,259 47.5 +4.3
Labour Sue Emery* 1,172 44.2 +2.7
Labour Una Bernadette Gillham* 1,166 44.0 +8.7
Conservative Michael Millington 711 26.9 -2.8
Turnout 2,650 27.1 -7.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Poulton South[edit]

Poulton South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Knowles 841 52.5 +4.2
Labour Steven Rydzkowski* 825 51.5 +5.9
Conservative Andrew David Jones 448 28.0 -8.4
Turnout 1,603 28.3 -5.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rixton and Woolston[edit]

Rixton and Woolston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rob Tynan* 977 33.9 -8.3
Labour Hilary Cooksey 973 33.8 -5.3
Labour Laurence Sheridan 879 30.5 -5.6
Conservative Gary Rushby 782 27.1 -12.0
Labour Sheejo Varghese 738 25.6 -7.2
Conservative Howard Klein 730 25.3 -10.7
Independent Phil Eastty* 447 15.5 N/A
Green Karen Wild 393 13.6 N/A
Reform UK Geoffrey Siddell 316 11.0 N/A
Turnout 2,881 32.6 -6.3
Conservative hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Note: The Independent candidate Phil Eastty was elected in the 2021 election as a Conservative candidate. He then defected to Labour.[11]

Stockton Heath[edit]

Stockton Heath (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Wheeler* 1,210 48.1 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Sharon Harris 1,018 40.4 +2.0
Labour Laurence James Murphy 634 25.2 +5.8
Conservative Seb Sheldon 537 21.3 -12.7
Conservative Lyndsey Jane Olsen 440 17.5 -14.7
Turnout 2,518 39.0 -10.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Westbrook[edit]

Westbrook (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marc Victor Rufus 925 49.8 +15.3
Labour Kate Eglington 846 45.6 +13.2
Conservative Gavin Ruben 573 30.9 -0.7
Turnout 1,856 31.2 -5.8
Labour hold
Labour hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Warrington result - Local Elections 2021". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Composition of the council 2023". Warrington Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Warrington council leader will not stand at next election". BBC News. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Deputy council leader confirms she too will not stand for re-election next year". Warrington Guardian. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Great Sankey South councillor Amanda King will not stand in elections". Warrington Guardian. 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Former Tory group leader Kath Buckley announces retirement ahead of council elections". Warrington Worldwide. 7 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Tory councillor announces she will not seek re-election". Warrington Guardian. 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ Skentelbery, Gary (6 April 2024). "Election nominations close and list of candidates revealed". Warrington Worldwide. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Warrington Local Elections 2024 - all the results from across town". Warrington Guardian. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Make-up of the council | warrington.gov.uk". www.warrington.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Tory councillor makes shock switch to Labour". Warrington Guardian. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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