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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Sefton Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 66 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

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Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973–1986
	No overall control	1986–2012
	Labour	2012–present

Councillor		From	To
Tom Glover	Conservative	1 May 1973	May 1981
Eric Storey	Conservative	May 1981	May 1982
Ron Watson	Conservative	May 1982	8 May 1986
Joe Benton	Labour	8 May 1986	3 May 1990
Peter Comer	Labour	3 May 1990	2 May 1991
Dave Martin	Labour	2 May 1991	May 2000
John Pugh	Liberal Democrats	May 2000	Jun 2001
David Bamber	Liberal Democrats	26 Jul 2001	5 May 2002
Dave Martin	Labour	16 May 2002	24 Jun 2004
Tony Robertson	Liberal Democrats	24 Jun 2004	17 May 2011
Peter Dowd	Labour	17 May 2011	May 2015
Ian Maher	Labour	21 May 2015	18th January 2024
Marion Atkinson	Labour	18th January 2024

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,079
	Liberal Democrats	1,013
	Labour	497
	Labour	479
	Conservative	337
	Conservative	308
Turnout		3,713	13.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	924	48.6	-7.8
	Conservative	658	34.6	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	190	10.0	-1.4
	Independent	128	6.7	+6.7
Majority		266	14.0
Turnout		1,900	19.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold	Swing

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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Year		Conservative		Labour		Liberal Democrats‡		Independent	Other	Control		Notes
1973^[6]	37		24		3		2		3 Ratepayers		Conservative
1975^[7]	40		22		3		2		2 Ratepayers		Conservative
1976^[8]	43		21		3		1		1 Ratepayers		Conservative
1978^[9]	44		21		3		0		1 Ratepayers		Conservative
1979^[10]	41		23		4		0		1 Ratepayers		Conservative	New ward boundaries.^[11]
1980^[12]	39		22		5		1		2 Ratepayers		Conservative
1982^[13]	39		20		5		1		4 SDP		Conservative
1983^[14]	39		21		7		1		1 SDP		Conservative
1984^[15]	36		22		9		1		1 SDP		Conservative
1986^[16]	30		24		12		0		2 SDP, 1 vacancy		No overall control
1987^[17]	27		24		15		0		3 SDP		No overall control
1988^[18]	25		24		20		0		0		No overall control
1990^[19]	24		27		18		0		0		No overall control
1991^[20]	22		27		20		0		0		No overall control
1992^[21]	25		27		17		0		0		No overall control
1994^[3]	24		26		19		0		0		No overall control
1995^[3]	21		29		19		0		0		No overall control
1996^[3]	13		32		24		0		0		No overall control
1998^[22]	14		31		23		1		0		No overall control
1999^[23]	15		30		24		0		0		No overall control
2000^[24]	19		22		25		0		0		No overall control	New ward boundaries, number of seats reduced from 69 to 66.^[25]
2002^[26]	16		26		21		0		3		No overall control
2003^[27]	17		25		21		0		3		No overall control
2004^[28]	19		20		27		0		0		No overall control	Whole council elected after boundary changes.^[1]
2006^[29]	19		21		26		0		0		No overall control
2007^[30]	18		22		26		0		0		No overall control
2008^[31]	18		21		27		0		0		No overall control
2010^[32]	15		23		28		0		0		No overall control
2011^[33]	14		28		23		0		1 UKIP		No overall control
2012^[34]	8		36		20		2		0		Labour
2014^[35]	7		40		17		2		0		Labour
2015^[36]	7		42		16		0		1 Independent Conservative, 1 Community action not politics		Labour
2016^[37]	6		38		17		4		1 Independent Conservative		Labour
2018^[38]	8		43		12		3		0		Labour
2019^[39]	6		43		12		3		2 Formby Residents Action Group		Labour
2021^[40]	8		48		8		0		2 Formby Residents Action Group		Labour
2022^[41]	7		48		8		1		2 Formby Residents Action Group		Labour
2023^[42]	5		51		9		1		1 Lydiate, Maghull, Aintree, and Lunt Community Independent		Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Hardy	900	62.8	-11.3
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Douglas	3,251	53.9	+11.9
	Conservative		1,800	29.8	-11.1
	Liberal Democrats		981	16.3	-0.8
Majority			1,451	24.1
Turnout			6,032
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Cummins	806	52.4	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David McIvor	922	40.5	-7.6
	Liberal Democrats	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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Pugh	1,680	56
	Conservative	Ann Pearmain	790	26
	Labour	Frank Hanley	417	14
	UKIP	Terry Durance	69	2
	Green	Nick Senior	45	1
Majority			890	30
Turnout			3,001	28.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan McKee	636	81.5	+5.3
	Independent	Ian Smith	144	18.5	+18.5
Majority			492	63.0
Turnout			780
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Spring	1,001	82.5	+9.7
	Conservative	Katie Burgess	119	9.8	+2.4
	Independent	Champian	94	7.7	+7.7
Majority			882	72.7
Turnout			1,214
	Labour hold		Swing