# 2023 Halton Borough Council election

The 2023 Halton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect 18 members (one-third) of Halton Borough Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Labour retained its majority on the council.

## Results

The results were as follows:
Halton Borough Council Election Result 2023 :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 17 | 1 | 94.4 | 32 | 49 | 90.7 | 13,717 | 64.4 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | | 5.6 | 2 | 3 | 5.6 | 2,112 | 9.9 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.7 | 3,403 | 16.0 | –1.7 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,755 | 8.2 | +3.0 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 212 | 1.0 | –2.2 |
| | Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.5 | N/A |

## Ward Results
### Appleton

Appleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ged Philbin | 805 | 80.4 | –4.2 |
| | Green | Vanessa Lillian Shaw | 106 | 10.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Peter Richard Valentine | 90 | 9.0 | –6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 699 | 69.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,001 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Bankfield

Bankfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Louise Margaret Goodall | 799 | 81.8 | –5.0 |
| | Conservative | Ray Roberts | 178 | 18.2 | +13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 621 | 63.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 977 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 9.0 | |

### Beechwood & Heath

Beechwood & Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Rowe | 966 | 51.5 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Louise Jane Whitley | 603 | 32.1 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Danny Clarke | 308 | 16.4 | –1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 363 | 19.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,877 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8 | |

### Birchfield

Birchfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Woolfall | 912 | 61.5 | +11.6 |
| | Conservative | Ann Elizabeth Dawson | 357 | 24.1 | –13.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Peter Teebay | 215 | 14.5 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | 37.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,484 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 12.5 | |

### Bridgewater

Bridgewater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carol Patricia Plumpton Walsh | 843 | 69.8 | –4.8 |
| | Conservative | Shaun Peter Kelly | 151 | 12.5 | –2.2 |
| | Green | Christopher Neil Sankey | 116 | 9.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Nicola Howard | 97 | 8.0 | –2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 692 | 57.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,207 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 | |

### Central & West Bank

Central & West Bank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stan Hill | 431 | 59.9 | –25.8 |
| | Green | Anthony Thomas McMullin | 189 | 26.3 | N/A |
| | Reform UK | Jake Peter Fraser | 100 | 13.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 242 | 33.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 720 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor

Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Ryan | 531 | 41.5 | +7.4 |
| | Green | Andrew Dyer | 343 | 26.8 | –5.0 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Bradshaw | 336 | 26.2 | –7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Segrue Secker | 71 | 5.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 14.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,281 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.2 | |

### Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank

Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eddie Dourley | 819 | 79.7 | –0.5 |
| | Conservative | Phil Harper | 208 | 20.3 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 611 | 59.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,027 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.5 | |

### Farnworth

Farnworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Aimee Skinner | 1,044 | 70.4 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Colleen Mary Harper | 439 | 29.6 | –5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 605 | 40.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,483 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.6 | |

### Grange

Grange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Bernard Abbott | 696 | 67.5 | –10.7 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Peter Moss | 130 | 12.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Neil Howard | 103 | 10.0 | –11.8 |
| | Independent | Daniel Baker | 102 | 9.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 566 | 54.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,031 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Halton Castle

Halton Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Loftus | 691 | 66.6 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Iain James Ferguson | 125 | 12.1 | –5.3 |
| | Independent | Darrin David Whyte | 110 | 10.6 | –1.2 |
| | Conservative | Dylan Anthony Eaton | 70 | 6.8 | –0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joe Haddock | 41 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 566 | 54.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,037 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.5 | |

### Halton Lea

Halton Lea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Thompson | 761 | 75.9 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Margarett Davidson | 116 | 11.6 | ±0.0 |
| | Green | Michael James O'Day | 83 | 8.3 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Woods | 43 | 4.3 | –0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 645 | 64.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,003 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 | |

### Halton View

Halton View :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom McInerney | 850 | 71.9 | –8.2 |
| | Green | Derek William Mellor | 170 | 14.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Matthew Paul Roth | 162 | 13.7 | –6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 680 | 57.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,182 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Highfield

Highfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Christopher Nolan | 948 | 77.3 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Austin Clarke | 146 | 11.9 | –1.9 |
| | Green | Ashlee Brown | 133 | 10.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 802 | 65.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,227 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

### Hough Green

Hough Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevan Peter Wainwright | 761 | 70.2 | –2.3 |
| | Conservative | David James Dorian | 199 | 18.4 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Philip John Beale | 124 | 11.4 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 562 | 51.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,084 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 | |

### Mersey & Weston

Mersey & Weston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rosie Leck | 720 | 59.7 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Allison Rowe | 252 | 20.9 | –4.0 |
| | Conservative | Claire Louise Roth | 134 | 11.1 | –0.5 |
| | Green | Sariel Arjona | 100 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 468 | 38.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,206 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.5 | |

### Norton North

Norton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Lloyd Jones | 786 | 54.8 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Marie Inch | 261 | 18.2 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Adam Robert Burnett | 197 | 13.7 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Matthew Thomas Healey | 191 | 13.3 | –5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 525 | 36.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,435 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.9 | |

### Norton South & Preston Brook

Norton South & Preston Brook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Stretch | 717 | 69.1 | –1.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Davidson | 182 | 17.6 | +2.4 |
| | Green | Tracy Claire Miller | 75 | 7.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Miriam Lorraine Hodge | 63 | 6.1 | –0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 535 | 51.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,037 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 | |