2024 Warrington Borough Council election

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2024 Warrington Borough Council election
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All 58 Seats to Warrington Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Hans Mundry
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since December 2023
Leader's seat Latchford East
Seats before 36 10 8
Seats after 42 1 12
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 9 Increase 4
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats before 4
Seats after 3
Seat change Decrease 1
Leader before election

Hans Mundry
Labour

Elected Leader

Hans Mundry
Labour

The 2024 Warrington Borough Council election will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. It will take 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

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

Ward results[edit]

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Appleton[edit]

Appleton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Laura Booth 1,999
Liberal Democrats Peter John Walker 1,906
Liberal Democrats Matt Scott 1,440
Conservative Mark Christopher Jervis* 1,165
Conservative Ghazala Chapman* 1,040
Conservative Kenneth David Critchley* 997
Labour Jane Whalen 518
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Bewsey and Whitecross[edit]

Bewsey and Whitecross (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Wright* 1,151
Labour Co-op Tom Jennings* 1,133
Labour Co-op Shireen Saeed Mohammed 1,015
Liberal Democrats David Crowther 414
Conservative Cecilia Margaret Critchley 378
Conservative Lisa Charlotte Thompson 365
Conservative Barbara May Price 359
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Birchwood[edit]

Birchwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kuldeep Singh Dhillon 1,454
Labour Balbir Kaur Dhillon 1,448
Labour Tim Price 1,436
Conservative Nigel William Balding* 891
Conservative Craig Peter Allen 626
Conservative Neil Anthony Murphy 536
Reform UK Dion Challinor 428
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Burtonwood & Winwick[edit]

Burtonwood & Winwick (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Burgess 841
Independent Stuart David Mann 714
Labour Siobhan Carr 614
Independent Theresa-Jane Murray 553
Green Maddison Stacey Wheeldon 198
Conservative Stewart Anthony Gardiner 169
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Chapelford and Old Hall[edit]

Chapelford and Old Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Parish* 1,521
Labour Co-op Paul Warburton* 1,394
Labour Co-op Barbara Pete 1,163
Conservative Blake Cooper 935
Conservative Gavin Hepherd-Hall 737
Conservative Nisha Jethalal Shah 692
Liberal Democrats Allan Keith Bird 446
Green Bec Hutton-Reidijk 381
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft[edit]

Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Smith 1,763
Labour Neil Johnson 1,694
Labour Janet Seddon 1,691
Conservative Carol Ruth Benson* 1,457
Conservative Valerie Margaret Allen* 1,374
Conservative Alicia Edwards 1,256
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Fairfield and Howley[edit]

Fairfield and Howley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Flaherty* 1,271
Labour Tony Higgins* 1,167
Labour Sagheer Zaman* 1,049
Reform UK Dave Fowler 423
Conservative Daniel Thompson 345
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grappenhall[edit]

Grappenhall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Damen Browne* 1,184
Liberal Democrats Helen Speed* 1,160
Conservative Andrew Freeman 583
Conservative Joanne Freeman 573
Labour Dave Cundy 463
Green Michael Caldow 282
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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
Labour Co-op Hitesh Patel* 1,319
Labour Co-op Marcus Cameron 1,285
Independent Nigel John Catlow 1,159
Conservative Julie Groom 606
Conservative Chi Kuong-Kwan 592
Green Stephanie Davies 568
Conservative Brodie Mitchell 477
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Great Sankey South[edit]

Great Sankey South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Watson* 1,378
Labour Mo Hussain* 1,256
Labour Leah Hussain 1,243
Conservative Andrew David Pennington 490
Conservative Moira Dolan 422
Conservative Caleb Michael Lovegrove 389
Liberal Democrats Anthony James Tobin 346
Liberal Democrats Roy Alfred Smith 319
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Latchford East[edit]

Latchford East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Karen Mundry* 880
Labour Co-op Hans Josef Mundry* 847
Conservative Heather Winifred Allan 294
Conservative Carl Andrew Olsen 256
Liberal Democrats Vicki Duncan 242
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Latchford West[edit]

Latchford West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Maureen McLaughlin* 915
Labour Co-op Denis James Thomas Matthews* 875
Conservative Stephen Howard Taylor 565
Conservative Marc Turner 504
Liberal Democrats Tim Jordan 232
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lymm North and Thelwall[edit]

Lymm North and Thelwall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian George Marks* 2,014
Liberal Democrats Bob Hignett 1,848
Liberal Democrats Wendy Johnson* 1,817
Labour Helen Charlotte Milner 819
Conservative Carole Margaret Pemberton 802
Conservative Sue Farrington 687
Conservative Calum Higginson 616
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lymm South[edit]

Lymm South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Farrington Gowland* 1,144
Liberal Democrats Luke William Stuttard 816
Conservative Ian Pemberton 639
Conservative Phillip Martin Ford 532
Labour Sara Frith 432
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Orford[edit]

Orford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Appleton 1,039
Labour Emily Russon 981
Labour Robin Michael David Frith 948
Independent Carol Kilgannon 806
Reform UK Trevor Nicholls 476
Conservative David Bent 262
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penketh and Cuerdley[edit]

Penketh and Cuerdley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Eunice Peters 1,144
Labour Jacob Barnard 1,130
Independent Geoff Fellows* 986
Labour Brian Gallagher 888
Labour Martin Paul McManus 841
Independent Craig Joseph Lenihan* 685
Independent Andy Heaver* 620
Independent Christine Wych 484
Conservative Joanne Ellen Baxter 468
Conservative Chuck Eriobuna 390
Conservative Paula Wilkinson 316
Liberal Democrats Katie Barr 150
Independent gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing

Poplars and Hulme[edit]

Poplars and Hulme (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nathan Sudworth* 1,004
Labour John Kerr-Brown* 894
Labour Gemma Southern 825
Reform UK Dennis James Cornwell 402
Conservative Anthony Douglas Muir 278
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Poulton North[edit]

Poulton North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Jeffrey Friend* 1,259
Labour Sue Emery* 1,172
Labour Una Bernadette Gillham* 1,166
Conservative Michael Millington 711
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Poulton South[edit]

Poulton South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Knowles 841
Labour Steven Rydzkowski* 825
Conservative Andrew David Jones 448
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rixton and Woolston[edit]

Rixton and Woolston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rob Tynan* 977
Labour Hilary Cooksey 973
Labour Laurence Sheridan 879
Conservative Gary Rushby 782
Labour Sheejo Varghese 738
Conservative Howard Klein 730
Independent Phil Eastty* 447
Green Karen Wild 393
Reform UK Geoffrey Siddell 316
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Stockton Heath[edit]

Stockton Heath (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Wheeler* 1,210
Liberal Democrats Sharon Harris 1,018
Labour Laurence James Murphy 634
Conservative Seb Sheldon 537
Conservative Lyndsey Jane Olsen 440
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Westbrook[edit]

Westbrook (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marc Victor Rufus 925
Labour Kate Eglington 846
Conservative Gavin Ruben 573
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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.
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