2018 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. It saw the Green Party get the biggest vote growth, However the only seat change was in Rainhill where an Independent beat Labour. Elsewhere UKIP's Vote share collapsed.

2018 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 2016 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 2019 →

16 of 48 seats (One Third) to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Derek Long Allan Jones
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat West Park Rainford
Last election 15 seats,
57.9%
1 seats,
14.9%
Seats before 42 3
Seats won 13 1
Seats after 41 3
Seat change Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 19,035 31,122
Percentage 49.7% 19.9%
Swing Decrease8.2% Increase5.0%

  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Teresa Sims
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Eccleston
Last election 1 seat,
7.7%
0 seats,
3.3%
Seats before 3 0
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Popular vote 4,128 2,164
Percentage 10.8% 5.7%
Swing Increase3.1% Increase2.4%

Map of results of 2018 election

Leader of the Council before election

Derek Long
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Derek Long
Labour

Election Results

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Overall election result

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Overall result compared with 2016.

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results, 2018
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 16 13 0 1  1 81.3 49.7 19,035  8.2
  Conservative 16 1 0 0   6.3 19.9 7,603  5.0
  Liberal Democrats 5 1 0 0   6.3 10.8 4,128  3.1
  Green 11 0 0 0   0 10.3 3,946  7.6
  Independent 1 1 1 0  1 6.3 5.7 2,164  2.4
  UKIP 9 0 0 0   0 3.3 1,281  10.3
  Democrats and Veterans 1 0 0 0   0 0.3 110 New

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Ward Results

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Billinge and Seneley Green

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Billinge and Seneley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Murphy 1,326 49.8
Conservative Nancy Ashcroft 741 27.8
Green Sue Rahman 400 15.0
UKIP Peter Peers 198 7.4

Blackbrook

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Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul McQuade 1,293 61.4
Conservative Melanie Lee 333 15.8
Green Ellen Finney 323 15.3
UKIP Susan Levy 157 7.5

Bold

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Bold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lisa Preston 1,114 60.0
Conservative Barbara Woodcock 353 19.0
Green David O'Keefe 207 11.1
Liberal Democrats Marise Roberts 184 9.9

Earlestown

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Earlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Banks 1,261 64.6
Conservative Wally Ashcroft 357 18.3
Green Alan Smith 333 17.1

Eccleston

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Eccleston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Pearl 2,325 68.6
Labour Glyn Jones 710 20.9
Conservative Lisa Mackarell 355 10.5

Haydock

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Haydock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Bond 1,147 46.4  24.2
Green Amy Deluce 952 38.5 New
Conservative Judith Collins 374 15.1  4.3
Majority 195 7.9  44.0
Registered electors 9,054
Turnout 2,478 27.4
Rejected ballots 5 0.2  0.4
Labour hold Swing  22.0

Moss Bank

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Moss Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trisha Long 1,398 57.6
Conservative Margaret Harvey 608 25.1
Green Deb Connor 419 17.3

Newton

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Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeanie Bell 1,098 43.1
Liberal Democrats David Smith 771 30.2
Conservative David Skeech 417 16.4
Green David Van Der Burg 264 10.4

Parr

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Parr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Groucutt 1,309 76.1
Conservative Madeleine Wilcock 165 9.6
UKIP Martin Ellison 135 7.9
Democrats and Veterans Gerry McNeilly 110 6.4

Rainford

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Rainford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Mussell 1,533 60.6
Labour Keith Laird 653 25.8
Green Jo Travis 305 12.1
UKIP Tony Parr 38 1.5

Rainhill

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Rainhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Tasker 2,164 58.0
Labour Stephen Glover 1229 33.0
Conservative Henry Spriggs 336 9.0

Sutton

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Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Jackson 1,235 55.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Spencer 482 21.7
Conservative Allan Dockerty 351 15.8
UKIP John Fairhurst 154 6.9

Thatto Heath

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Thatto Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard McCauley 1,491 68.6
Conservative Anthony Rigby 487 22.4
UKIP Mark Richardson 194 8.9

Town Centre

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Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Sweeney 1,233 68.5
Conservative Francis Wilcock 212 11.8
Green William Fitzpatrick 204 11.3
UKIP Mark Hitchen 150 8.3

West Park

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West Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Long 1,412 61.8
Conservative Iris Brown 409 17.9
Green Ian Fraser 313 13.7
UKIP Ian Pennington 149 6.5

Windle

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Windle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mancyia Uddin 1,126 46.6
Conservative John Cunliffe 592 24.5
Liberal Democrats Carol Pearl 366 15.1
Green Francis Williams 226 9.4
UKIP Maria Parr 106 4.4

References

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  1. ^ "Elections: Current notices". sthelens.gov.uk. St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Local Election - Thursday, 5th May, 2016". St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council.