# 2024 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2024 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England, Liverpool's City Region mayoral election and Merseyside's Police and Crime Commissioner election.
As is typical for Sefton's local elections, twenty-two seats of the sixty-six total were contested. The Labour party have controlled the council since the 2012 elections, and prior to the election had a comfortable working majority of 13. Shortly before the election, this was reduced from their majority of 18 they had had following the previous year's election; in early March Labour Councillor Trish Hardy resigned from her Litherland ward seat leaving a vacancy, and less than a month before polling day Councillors Natasha Carlin and Sean Halsall left Labour in protest of the party's policy direction and stance on the war in Gaza.
The majority of the seats contested were held by Labour, who defended fifteen of the twenty-two seats. The Liberal Democrats defended three seats, and the Conservatives defended two seats. The then-vacant Litherland seat was also contested alongside two seats held by independent councillors.
Labour and the Conservatives contested all seats up for election, while the Green Party contested every seat except 1 (Linacre). As a result of administrative confusion some of the Green Party candidates had the description “Green Party” and the party's logo (16 candidates) next to their name on the voting ballots while others only had the logo (5 candidates). Additionally the Liberal Democrats contested close to all seats, with candidates representing Reform UK, TUSC, Freedom Alliance, localist groups, also stood a small number of candidates alongside 2 independents.
Labour retained their majority on the council. Amongst other results, the Green party gained their first seat ever on the council, narrowly winning in Church ward by just over a hundred votes.

## Council composition

| After 2023 election | After 2023 election | After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats |
| | Labour | 51 | | Labour | 48 | | Labour | 49 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 9 | | Liberal Democrats | 9 | | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| | Conservative | 5 | | Conservative | 5 | | Conservative | 4 |
| | Green | 0 | | Green | 0 | | Green | 1 |
| | Independent | 0 | | Independent | 2 | | Independent | 2 |
| | Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | 1 | | Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | 1 | | Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | 0 |
| | Vacant | 0 | | Vacant | 1 | | Vacant | 1 |
Changes:
* 7 March 2024: Labour councillor Trish Hardy resigns.
* 8 April 2024: Natasha Carlin and Sean Halsall leave Labour to sit as independents over protest of Labour's direction and stance on the Israel-Hamas war.

## Election results

2024 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election :
| 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 | 77.3 | 32 | 49 | 74.2 | 33,385 | 54.0 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 3 | | 13.6 | 6 | 9 | 13.6 | 10,332 | 16.7 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 4 | 6.1 | 9,098 | 14.7 | -1.6 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 272 | 0.4 | -1.9 |
| | Green | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 5,445 | 8.8 | +2.0 |
| | Formby Residents Action Group | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,292 | 2.1 | +0.6 |
| | Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,245 | 2.0 | -0.5 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 232 | 0.4 | ±0.0 |
| | Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| | Freedom Alliance | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 120 | 0.2 | -0.5 |

## Ward Results

The Statements of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, were released by Sefton Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations. Councillors that were standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). The results for each ward were announced the day after the election.

### Ainsdale

Ainsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Thompson* | 1,978 | 51.5 | +16.3 |
| | Labour | Frank Hanley | 1,193 | 31.0 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Ryan Abbott | 527 | 13.7 | −11.1 |
| | Green | Laurence Rankin | 145 | 3.8 | −0.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 27 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 785 | 21.4 | +21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,843 | 38.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,061 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 10.4 | |

### Birkdale

Birkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sonya Kelly* | 1,435 | 41.6 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Erin Harvey | 1,357 | 39.3 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Sam Harris | 489 | 14.2 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Jeff Bee | 168 | 4.9 | +1.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 26 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,449 | 34.4 | −1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,018 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 | |

### Blundellsands

Blundellsands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Diane Roscoe* | 2,249 | 68.3 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Katie Burgess | 548 | 16.7 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Kieran Dams | 270 | 8.2 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Dunning | 224 | 6.8 | −0.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 25 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,701 | 51.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,291 | 35.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,159 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 | |

### Cambridge

Cambridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Sammon | 1,161 | 36.5 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Gary Haran Doyle | 1,002 | 31.5 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | Callum Naylor | 816 | 25.6 | +6.5 |
| | Green | Stephen Hesketh | 204 | 6.4 | +2.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 28 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 159 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,441 | 32.8 | −2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,716 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 1.8 | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Neil Doolin | 1,412 | 50.6 | +10.6 |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul Cummins* | 1,307 | 46.5 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Brown | 91 | 3.2 | −1.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 105 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,810 | 30.9 | +0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,091 | | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | 8.9 | |

### Derby

Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maria Porter | 1,580 | 78.9 | −2.0 |
| | Reform UK | Leighton Sealeaf | 122 | 6.1 | New |
| | Green | Kate Robinson | 114 | 5.7 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | Iain Beckett | 91 | 4.5 | −2.3 |
| | TUSC | Dean Young | 55 | 2.7 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rowenna Gibson | 41 | 2.0 | New |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,458 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,003 | 22.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,002 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.1 | |

### Dukes

Dukes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Prendergast* | 1,379 | 41.7 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Damian Bond | 967 | 29.3 | −12.8 |
| | Labour | Helen Duerden | 764 | 23.1 | +4.1 |
| | Green | David Newman | 195 | 5.9 | +1.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 29 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 412 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,305 | 31.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,442 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 10.2 | |

### Ford

Ford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paulette Lappin* | 1,541 | 80.9 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Lyndsey Doolin | 187 | 9.8 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Shaw | 120 | 6.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adarsh Makdani | 56 | 2.9 | +0.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,354 | 71.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,904 | 20.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.2 | |

### Harington

Harington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Cavanagh | 1,613 | 45.7 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative | Joe Riley* | 978 | 25.7 | +0.1 |
| | Formby Residents Action Group | Dave Irving | 551 | 15.6 | −10.0 |
| | Green | Michael Walsh | 244 | 6.9 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annie Gorski | 142 | 4.0 | −2.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 635 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,528 | 36.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,689 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.8 | |

### Kew

Kew :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jen Corcoran* | 1,358 | 43.8 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Lewis | 1,118 | 36.1 | +15.7 |
| | Conservative | Owen Phillips | 440 | 14.2 | −5.3 |
| | Green | Rob Wesley | 184 | 5.9 | −1.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 33 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,100 | 28.9 | +0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,720 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 12.2 | |

### Linacre

Linacre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joanne Williams | 1,402 | 85.5 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Mellalieu | 134 | 8.2 | New |
| | Conservative | John Campbell | 103 | 6.3 | +0.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 26 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1268 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,639 | 18.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,073 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.6 | |

### Litherland

Litherland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paula Murphy | 1,526 | 74.0 | −0.7 |
| | Independent | Ian Smith | 249 | 12.1 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Amber-Page Moss | 142 | 6.9 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Colin Appleton | 99 | 4.8 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Connell | 47 | 2.3 | New |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 19 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,277 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,063 | 22.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,055 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 | |

### Manor

Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dominic McNabb | 1,800 | 62.8 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Martyn Barber | 520 | 18.2 | +0.4 |
| | Green | James O’Keeffe | 311 | 10.9 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Gibson | 233 | 8.1 | −0.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,280 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,864 | 29.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,845 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 | |

### Meols

Meols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Dodd* | 1,452 | 46.3 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Steve Jowett | 863 | 27.5 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Bob Teesdale | 613 | 19.5 | −6.7 |
| | Green | Pauline Anne Hesketh | 208 | 6.6 | +1.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 589 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,136 | 31.3 | −2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,016 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.2 | |

### Molyneux

Molyneux :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sam Hinde | 2,063 | 75.0 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Marcus Bleasdale | 254 | 9.2 | +1.1 |
| | Green | David Collins | 220 | 8.0 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Young | 213 | 7.7 | New |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 32 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,809 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,750 | 27.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,187 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 | |

### Netherton and Orrell

Netherton and Orrell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Spring* | 1,637 | 77.9 | +6.8 |
| | Green | Simon Baron | 127 | 6.0 | New |
| | Freedom Alliance | Maria Walsh | 120 | 5.7 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Adam Marsden | 113 | 5.4 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vic Foulds | 55 | 2.6 | New |
| | TUSC | Owen Croft | 50 | 2.4 | New |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,510 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,102 | 21.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,616 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 | |

### Norwood

Norwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Neary | 1,487 | 55.3 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Middleton | 461 | 17.2 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Delves | 433 | 16.1 | −2.6 |
| | Green | David McIntosh | 306 | 11.4 | +5.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 40 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,026 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,687 | 26.3 | −2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,232 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chloe Parker | 1,621 | 58.1 | +13.7 |
| | Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | Paul McCord | 641 | 23.0 | −17.9 |
| | Conservative | Craig Titherington | 274 | 9.8 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Roy Greason | 180 | 6.4 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Cawdron | 76 | 2.7 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 980 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,792 | 28.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,646 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 15.8 | |

### Ravenmeols

Ravenmeols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catie Page* | 1,759 | 56.8 | +9.3 |
| | Formby Residents Action Group | Maria Bennett | 741 | 23.9 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Angelica Sadrieva | 307 | 9.9 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Alison Gibbon | 201 | 6.5 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lisa Nicolson-Smith | 89 | 2.9 | −2.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,018 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,097 | 31.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,793 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.4 | |

### St. Oswald

St. Oswald :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Johnson | 1,270 | 78.6 | −3.5 |
| | TUSC | Conor O’Neill | 127 | 7.9 | −1.2 |
| | Green | Rupert Shoebridge | 119 | 7.4 | New |
| | Conservative | Henry Bliss | 100 | 6.2 | −2.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,143 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,616 | 20.1 | −0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,028 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 | |

### Sudell

Sudell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Hansen* | 1,715 | 58.9 | +6.1 |
| | Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents | Joanne McCall | 604 | 20.8 | −15.4 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Kirk | 336 | 11.5 | +2.4 |
| | Green | Paul Dunbar | 128 | 4.4 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Tattersall | 104 | 3.6 | New |
| | Independent | Marie Blease | 23 | 0.8 | New |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,111 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,910 | 28.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,383 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Victoria

Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Roche* | 2,386 | 68.7 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 452 | 13.0 | −7.2 |
| | Green | Samantha Cook | 380 | 10.9 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Paul Barber | 253 | 7.3 | −1.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 25 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,934 | 55.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,471 | 33.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,505 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 7.25 | |

## Changes 2024-2026
### By-elections
#### Litherland

Litherland by-election: 21 November 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julia Garner | 495 | 43.7 | –30.3 |
| | Green | Jack Colbert | 385 | 34.0 | +27.1 |
| | Reform UK | Darcy Iveson-Berkeley | 141 | 12.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Katie Burgess | 48 | 4.2 | –0.6 |
| | Workers Party | Ian Smith | 40 | 3.5 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Conor O'Neill | 25 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110 | 9.7 | –52.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,135 | 12.4 | –10.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,159 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 28.7 | |