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.
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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]
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| 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 | ||||
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A total of 442 ballots were rejected, and the overall turnout was 32.87%.
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:
| 45 | 11 | 2 |
| Labour | Lib Dem | Con |
Lib Dem - Liberal Democrats
Con - Conservative Party
T - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)
Appleton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Brian Axcell | 2,191 | 62.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Carol Wheeler | 2,034 | 58.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sharon Harris | 1,640 | 47.1 | ||
| Conservative | Basil Mitchell | 1,075 | 30.9 | ||
| Conservative | Barbara Price | 891 | 25.6 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Houghton | 731 | 21.0 | ||
| Labour | Nick Bent | 556 | 16.0 | ||
| Green | David Edward Bilton | 447 | 12.8 | ||
| Majority | 565 | 16.2 | |||
| Turnout | 9,565 | 42 | |||
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Bewsey and Whitecross
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Sarah Edith Hall | 1,142 | 66.3 | ||
| Labour | Steve Wright | 1,080 | 62.7 | ||
| Labour | Tom Jennings | 1,061 | 61.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Timmis | 319 | 18.5 | ||
| Conservative | Rowland Blackstock | 235 | 13.6 | ||
| Conservative | Pat Smith | 210 | 12.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Irina Axcell | 151 | 8.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Walker | 135 | 7.8 | ||
| TUSC | Shelley Bennett | 129 | 7.5 | ||
| Majority | 742 | 43.1 | |||
| Turnout | 4,462 | 22 | |||
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Birchwood
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Russ Bowden | 1,719 | 59.6 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Nelson | 1,578 | 54.8 | ||
| Labour | Chris Fitzsimmons | 1,475 | 51.2 | ||
| Conservative | Nigel Balding | 782 | 27.1 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Linton | 618 | 21.4 | ||
| Independent | Amy Elizabeth Linton | 529 | 18.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Davies | 302 | 10.5 | ||
| Majority | 693 | 24.1 | |||
| Turnout | 7,003 | 35 | |||
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Burtonwood and Winwick
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Cathy Mitchell | 1,083 | 63.7 | ||
| Labour | Terry O'Neill | 1,065 | 62.7 | ||
| Conservative | Robin Sloan | 399 | 23.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy James Muttock | 265 | 15.6 | ||
| Majority | 666 | 39.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,812 | 34 | |||
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Chapelford and Old Hall
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Faisal Rashid | 1,489 | 56.1 | ||
| Labour | Steve Parish | 1,161 | 43.7 | ||
| Labour | Rebecca Knowles | 1,011 | 38.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Allan Keith Bird | 698 | 26.3 | ||
| Conservative | Phil Hayward | 593 | 22.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Leonard Knapp | 463 | 17.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roy Alfred Smith | 397 | 15.0 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony John Kerrigan | 364 | 13.7 | ||
| Conservative | Anna Jane Sharkey | 332 | 12.5 | ||
| UKIP | Ian Anthony Wilson | 332 | 12.5 | ||
| Green | Mike Wass | 204 | 7.7 | ||
| Majority | 313 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 7,044 | 31 | |||
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Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Matt Smith | 1,788 | 52.5 | ||
| Labour | Joan Grime | 1,609 | 47.3 | ||
| Labour | Jan Davidson | 1,401 | 41.1 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Richard Allen | 1,359 | 39.9 | ||
| Conservative | Sue Bland | 1,318 | 38.7 | ||
| Conservative | Valerie Margaret Allen | 1,263 | 37.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Sloane | 432 | 12.7 | ||
| Majority | 42 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 9,170 | 40 | |||
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Fairfield and Howley
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Jean Flaherty | 1,234 | 57.2 | ||
| Labour | Tony Higgins | 1,008 | 46.7 | ||
| Labour | Peter Carey | 997 | 46.2 | ||
| TUSC | Kevin Bennett | 921 | 42.7 | ||
| Green | Lyndsay McAteer | 344 | 15.9 | ||
| Conservative | Simone Johnson | 332 | 15.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Oldbury | 240 | 11.1 | ||
| Majority | 76 | 3.5 | |||
| Turnout | 5,076 | 27 | |||
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Grappenhall
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Mike Biggin | 1,306 | 61.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Stephen Robert Bate | 1,119 | 52.4 | ||
| Conservative | Olivia Reilly | 565 | 26.5 | ||
| Conservative | Iona Gillis | 421 | 19.7 | ||
| Labour | Andy Heaver | 380 | 17.8 | ||
| Majority | 554 | 25.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,791 | 35 | |||
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Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Dan Price resigned from the Labour Party in February 2019 in protest at the party's inaction over antisemitism and Brexit. He subsequently sat on the council as an Independent.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Jan Hart | 1,321 | 54.2 | ||
| Labour | Dan Price | 1,265 | 51.9 | ||
| Labour | Tony Williams | 1,217 | 50.0 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Foxall | 698 | 28.7 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Booth | 668 | 27.4 | ||
| Conservative | Arthur Booth | 660 | 27.1 | ||
| Green | Stephanie Davies | 332 | 13.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Cliff Taylor | 330 | 13.5 | ||
| Majority | 519 | 21.3 | |||
| Turnout | 6,491 | 35 | |||
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Great Sankey South
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Amanda King | 1,432 | 62.9 | ||
| Labour | Hitesh Patel | 1,193 | 52.4 | ||
| Labour | Jean Carter | 1,154 | 50.7 | ||
| Conservative | Sue Jenkin | 546 | 24.0 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Elton | 494 | 21.7 | ||
| Conservative | Sonia Wendy Boggan | 403 | 17.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Harwood | 227 | 10.0 | ||
| TUSC | Andrew Ford | 138 | 6.1 | ||
| Majority | 608 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 5,587 | 28 | |||
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Latchford East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hans Josef Mundry | 929 | 66.8 | ||
| Labour | Karen Mundry | 822 | 59.1 | ||
| Conservative | Julian Craddock | 192 | 13.8 | ||
| Conservative | Ken Scates | 145 | 10.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Price | 140 | 10.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rupert Budgen | 123 | 8.8 | ||
| Green | John Kennedy Lappin | 85 | 6.1 | ||
| TUSC | Sue Hayes | 83 | 6.0 | ||
| Majority | 630 | 45.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,519 | 23 | |||
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Latchford West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Les Morgan | 1,068 | 57.9 | ||
| Labour | Maureen McLaughlin | 991 | 53.7 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Haworth | 321 | 17.4 | ||
| Conservative | David Woodyatt | 317 | 17.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Raymond | 283 | 15.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Celia Jordan | 272 | 14.7 | ||
| TUSC | Dave Cundy | 88 | 4.8 | ||
| Majority | 670 | 36.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,340 | 32 | |||
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Lymm North and Thelwall
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Bob Barr | 2,027 | 54.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian George Marks | 1,943 | 52.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Johnson | 1,685 | 45.6 | ||
| Labour | Chris Zastawny | 895 | 24.2 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Michael Smith | 857 | 23.2 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Yates | 735 | 19.9 | ||
| Conservative | Harish Chander Sharma | 679 | 18.4 | ||
| UKIP | Derek Clark | 530 | 14.3 | ||
| Majority | 790 | 21.4 | |||
| Turnout | 9,351 | 41 | |||
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Lymm South
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Sheila Woodyatt | 925 | 41.7 | ||
| Conservative | Kath Buckley | 879 | 39.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Gough | 780 | 35.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Farrington Gowland | 668 | 30.1 | ||
| Labour | David John Cockayne | 466 | 21.0 | ||
| UKIP | James Ashington | 233 | 10.5 | ||
| Majority | 99 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,951 | 44 | |||
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Orford
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Mike Hannon | 1,493 | 68.1 | ||
| Labour | Kerri Louise Morris | 1,374 | 62.7 | ||
| Labour | Morgan Tarr | 1,234 | 56.3 | ||
| UKIP | Ian Andrew Richards | 420 | 19.2 | ||
| UKIP | Dion Eric Challinor | 392 | 17.9 | ||
| UKIP | Sid Simmons | 392 | 17.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jan Woning | 154 | 7.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pam Marks | 137 | 6.3 | ||
| Independent | Clive Lawrinson | 117 | 5.3 | ||
| Majority | 814 | 37.1 | |||
| Turnout | 5,713 | 25 | |||
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Penketh and Cuerdley
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | David Keane | 1,622 | 53.2 | ||
| Labour | Linda Susan Dirir | 1,511 | 49.6 | ||
| Labour | Allin Dirir | 1,486 | 48.7 | ||
| Conservative | Sam Baxter | 1,317 | 43.2 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Morton | 1,087 | 35.7 | ||
| Conservative | Matt Jones | 1,030 | 33.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Patrick McAllister | 254 | 8.3 | ||
| Majority | 169 | 5.5 | |||
| Turnout | 8,307 | 37 | |||
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Poplars and Hulme
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | John Kerr-Brown | 1,196 | 61.6 | ||
| Labour | Hilary Cooksey | 1,103 | 56.9 | ||
| Labour | Brian Maher | 1,090 | 56.2 | ||
| UKIP | Mike Byrne | 463 | 23.9 | ||
| UKIP | Trevor Nicholls | 450 | 23.2 | ||
| UKIP | Mal Lingley | 440 | 22.7 | ||
| Conservative | Francine Leslie | 222 | 11.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pam Todd | 142 | 7.3 | ||
| Majority | 627 | 32.3 | |||
| Turnout | 5,106 | 23 | |||
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Poulton North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Diana Bennett | 1,413 | 56.7 | ||
| Labour | Graham Friend | 1,411 | 56.7 | ||
| Labour | Russell Purnell | 1,222 | 49.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Oliver | 726 | 29.2 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Eastty | 696 | 28.0 | ||
| Majority | 496 | 19.9 | |||
| Turnout | 5,468 | 32 | |||
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Poulton South
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Colin Froggatt | 882 | 61.9 | ||
| Labour | Maureen Creaghan | 678 | 47.5 | ||
| TUSC | Bob Taylor | 360 | 25.2 | ||
| Conservative | Emma Sloan | 324 | 22.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Hockenhull | 167 | 11.7 | ||
| Majority | 318 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,411 | 30 | |||
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Rixton and Woolston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Tony McCarthy | 1,314 | 51.1 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Hill | 1,214 | 47.2 | ||
| Labour | Pat Wright | 979 | 38.1 | ||
| Independent | Bill Brinksman | 882 | 34.3 | ||
| Independent | Paul Francis Bretherton | 717 | 27.9 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Chapman | 560 | 21.8 | ||
| Conservative | Howard Klein | 460 | 17.9 | ||
| Conservative | Isaac Tweedale | 411 | 16.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Wenlock | 168 | 6.5 | ||
| Majority | 97 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 6,705 | 34 | |||
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Stockton Heath
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Peter Walker | 1,089 | 47.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Welborn | 813 | 35.3 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Howard Taylor | 675 | 29.3 | ||
| Labour | Laurence Murphy | 614 | 26.7 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Matthew Levy | 581 | 25.2 | ||
| Labour | Sandra Eaves | 522 | 22.7 | ||
| Green | Harry Gibbins | 147 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | 138 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,441 | 41 | |||
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Westbrook
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Stefan Krizanac | 827 | 53.4 | ||
| Labour | Judith Marie Guthrie | 606 | 39.1 | ||
| Labour | John Joyce | 477 | 30.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeff Butler | 460 | 29.7 | ||
| Conservative | Alex Leslie | 292 | 18.8 | ||
| Majority | 129 | 8.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,662 | 32 | |||
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- "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- Warrington Borough Council. "Borough council election results, May 2016". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.