# 2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. With one third of the seats on the council up for election Labour lost control of four seats although Labour retained overall control of the council. The losses were Bold and Haydock to the Green Party, Newton-Le-Willows to the Liberal Democrats and Rainhill to an Independent candidate.

## Election Results
### Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2018.
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results, 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Labour | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 36.4 | 14,276 | |
| | Green | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 24.6 | 9,651 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 14.3 | 5,623 | |
| | Conservative | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | 14.2 | 5,552 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 7.0 | 2,753 | |
| | UKIP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 3.5 | 1,356 | |

## Ward Results
### Billinge and Seneley Green

Billinge and Seneley Green :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Joe Pearson | 1,005 | 36.64 | 13.2 |
| Green | Sue Rahman | 696 | 27.26 | 12.2 |
| UKIP | Peter Peers | 603 | 21.98 | 14.5 |
| Conservative | John Charles Barlow | 439 | 16.0 | 11.8 |

### Blackbrook

Blackbrook :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Linda Lovina Maloney | 940 | 46.44 | 15 |
| Green | Ellen Finney | 833 | 41.16 | 26.3 |
| Conservative | Melanie Lee | 251 | 12.40 | 3.4 |

### Bold

Bold :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Green | David O'Keefe | 833 | 34.9 | 23.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Thomas Spencer | 741 | 31.0 | 21.1 |
| Labour | Mark Antony Hattersley | 626 | 26.2 | 33.8 |
| Conservative | Barbara Woodcock | 189 | 7.9 | 11.1 |

### Earlestown

Earlestown :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Pam Howard | 993 | 48.8 | 15.8 |
| Green | Alan Smith | 748 | 36.76 | 19.6 |
| Conservative | Nancy Jane Ashcroft | 294 | 14.45 | 3.9 |

### Eccleston

Eccleston :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Haw | 2,694 | 76.47 | 7.8 |
| Labour | Alex Graham | 571 | 16.21 | 4.7 |
| Conservative | Lisa Cunliffe | 258 | 7.32 | 3.2 |

### Haydock

Haydock :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Green | David Ian Van Der Burg | 1,791 | 65.1 | 26.6 |
| Labour | Jeanette Susan Banks | 788 | 28.64 | 17.8 |
| Conservative | Judith Collins | 172 | 6.25 | 8.9 |

### Moss Bank

Moss Bank :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Fulham | 982 | 40.51 | 17.1 |
| UKIP | Anthony James Parr | 401 | 16.54 | NEW |
| Liberal Democrats | David Kent | 335 | 13.82 | NEW |
| Green | Deborah Peck | 294 | 12.13 | 5.2 |
| Conservative | Margaret Harvey | 264 | 10.89 | 14.3 |
| Independent | Paul John Wilcock | 148 | 6.11 | NEW |

### Newton

Newton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 1,173 | 41.89 | 11.6 |
| Labour | Fiona Patricia Ruddy | 890 | 31.79 | 11.4 |
| Green | Piotr Pietrzak | 516 | 18.43 | 8.0 |
| Conservative | Allan Albert Dockerty | 221 | 7.89 | 8.6 |

### Parr

Parr :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Bisi Osundeko | 919 | 58.95 | 17.2 |
| Green | Tom Armstrong | 483 | 30.98 | NEW |
| Conservative | Madeleine Wilcock | 157 | 10.07 | 0.4 |

### Rainford

Rainford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Allan Jones | 1,501 | 59.78 | 0.9 |
| Green | Jo Travis | 573 | 22.82 | 10.7 |
| Labour | Keith Laird | 437 | 17.40 | 8.4 |

### Rainhill

Rainhill :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Donna Marie Greaves | 2,352 | 72.58 | 14.5 |
| Labour | Joe De Asha | 1098 | 23.09 | 10 |
| Conservative | Henry Spriggs | 206 | 4.33 | 4.7 |

### Sutton

Sutton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Janet Elizabeth Johnson | 867 | 39.99 | 15.7 |
| Green | Ian Paul Fraser | 595 | 27.44 | NEW |
| Liberal Democrats | Frederick Barrett | 401 | 18.50 | 3.2 |
| Conservative | Wally Ashcroft | 305 | 14.07 | 1.8 |

### Thatto Heath

Thatto Heath :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robyn Olivia Hattersley | 1,221 | 55.70 | 12.9 |
| Green | Terence Price | 628 | 28.65 | NEW |
| Conservative | Anthony Rigby | 343 | 15.65 | 6.8 |

### Town Centre

Town Centre :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Carole-Ann Gill | 916 | 52.70 | 15.8 |
| Green | William Fitzpatrick | 597 | 34.35 | 23 |
| Conservative | Iris Brown | 225 | 12.95 | 1.1 |

### West Park

West Park :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Marlene Mary Quinn | 1,189 | 54.05 | 7.8 |
| Green | Jessica Northey | 660 | 30.00 | 16.3 |
| Conservative | Richard William Barton | 351 | 15.95 | 2 |

### Windle

Windle :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Edward Baines | 834 | 37.15 | 9.5 |
| Green | Francis Williams | 404 | 18.00 | 8.6 |
| Conservative | John Cunliffe | 376 | 16.75 | 7.8 |
| UKIP | Maria Parr | 352 | 15.68 | 11.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Pearl | 279 | 12.43 | 2.7 |