# 2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Sefton Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Blundellsands and Derby) electing two councillors.

## Results

2021 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 | 19 | 6 | 79.2 | 29 | 48 | 72.7 | 33,974 | 46.6 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | 3 | 2 | 12.5 | 5 | 8 | 12.1 | 18,935 | 26.0 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 2 | 5 | 8.3 | 6 | 8 | 12.1 | 10,258 | 14.1 | -6.8 |
| | FRAG | 0 | | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 1,591 | 2.2 | -1.7 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,130 | 7.0 | New |
| | Independent | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,715 | 3.7 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 167 | 0.2 | New |
| | Workers Party | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 0.1 | New |
| | Freedom Alliance | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 0.1 | New |
* ↑ Formby Residents Action Group

## Ward results
### Ainsdale

Ainsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Thompson | 1,807 | 44.53 | 2.93 |
| | Conservative | Michael Shaw | 1,253 | 30.88 | |
| | Labour | Sean Flynn | 789 | 19.44 | |
| | Green | Laurence Rankin | 209 | 5.15 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 554 | 13.65 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,053 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Birkdale

Birkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sonya Kelly | 1,125 | 32.73 |
| | Conservative | Lee Durkin | 1,099 | 31.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vic Foulds | 1,006 | 29.27 |
| | Green | Bernhard Frank | 207 | 6.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 0.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,437 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Blundellsands

Blundellsands :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Diane Roscoe | 2,031 | 52.4 |
| Labour | Natasha Carlin | 1,734 | 44.7 |
| Conservative | Martyn Barber | 1,133 | 29.2 |
| Conservative | Simon Jamieson | 927 | 23.9 |
| Green | John Volynchook | 509 | 13.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Cawdron | 279 | 7.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Dunning | 181 | 4.7 |
| Liberal | Angela Preston | 167 | 4.3 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Cambridge

Cambridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sinclair D'Albuquerque | 1,455 | 41.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Keith | 1,244 | 35.5 |
| | Labour | Laura Lunn Bates | 596 | 17.0 |
| | Green | Carla Fox | 205 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 211 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Cummins | 1,727 | 63.7 |
| | Green | Mike Carter | 571 | 21.1 |
| | Conservative | Sean Dorgan | 305 | 11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zanna Ashton | 107 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,156 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Derby

Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anne Thompson | 1,479 | 63.6 |
| | Labour | Brenda O'Brien | 1,290 | 55.5 |
| | Independent | Mike Brennan | 501 | 21.5 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Nuttall | 176 | 7.6 |
| | Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 149 | 6.4 |
| | Conservative | Anne Clegg | 115 | 4.9 |
| | Independent | Michael Duffy | 111 | 4.8 |
| | Independent | Peter Nelson | 100 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Dukes

Dukes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mike Prendergast | 1,576 | 41.8 |
| | Independent | Tony Dawson | 816 | 21.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Newman | 606 | 16.1 |
| | Labour | Thomas Spring | 551 | 14.6 |
| | Green | Robert Doyle | 219 | 5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 760 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
The incumbent, Tony Dawson, was elected as a Liberal Democrat but suspended in 2017.

### Ford

Ford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paulette Lappin | 1,501 | 63.4 |
| | Independent | John McDonald | 306 | 12.9 |
| | Conservative | Veronica Dorgan | 201 | 8.5 |
| | Green | Kieran Dams | 198 | 8.4 |
| | Workers Party | Chris Haws | 108 | 4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rowenna Gibson | 52 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,195 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Harington

Harington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joe Riley | 1,731 | 42.8 |
| | Labour | Carol Richards | 1,344 | 33.3 |
| | Formby Residents Action Group | Aimee Brodie | 448 | 11.1 |
| | Green | Mike Walsh | 297 | 7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annie Gorski | 172 | 4.3 |
| | Freedom Alliance | Joanne Allman | 48 | 1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 387 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kew

Kew :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jennifer Corcoran | 1,079 | 36.6 |
| | Conservative | Laura Nuttall | 905 | 30.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Barton | 768 | 26.0 |
| | Green | Fred Weavers | 200 | 6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Linacre

Linacre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christine Maher | 1,560 | 88.8 |
| | Conservative | Lynne Bold | 196 | 11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,364 | 77.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Litherland

Litherland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Trish Hardy | 1,484 | 63.8 |
| | Independent | Mo Walker-Miller | 507 | 21.8 |
| | Conservative | Jessamine Hounslea | 154 | 6.6 |
| | Green | Jay Robinson | 146 | 6.3 |
| | Independent | Billie Gibson | 34 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 977 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Manor

Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Kelly | 1,497 | 47.8 |
| | Conservative | Jan Blanchard | 996 | 31.8 |
| | Green | Andy Donegan | 328 | 10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Gibson | 311 | 9.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Meols

Meols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Dodd | 1,692 | 48.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas de Freitas | 1,112 | 31.5 |
| | Labour | Stephen Jowett | 470 | 13.3 |
| | Green | David Collins | 253 | 7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 580 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Molyneux

Molyneux :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paula Murphy | 1,949 | 66.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Barber | 547 | 18.7 |
| | Green | Marion Wykes | 254 | 8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Sayer | 174 | 6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,402 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Netherton and Orrell

Netherton and Orrell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Brennan | 1,785 | 75.2 |
| | Independent | Lisa Ford | 340 | 14.3 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Burgess | 248 | 10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,445 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Norwood

Norwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Carran Waterfield | 1,326 | 43.7 |
| | Conservative | Pam Teesdale | 848 | 28.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alistair West | 629 | 20.8 |
| | Green | Dave McIntosh | 228 | 7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew Wilson | 1,733 | 53.9 |
| | Conservative | Ken Hughes | 1,116 | 34.7 |
| | Green | Roy Greason | 365 | 11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 617 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Ravenmeols

Ravenmeols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Catie Page | 1,460 | 38.6 |
| | Formby Residents Action Group | Bob McCann | 1,143 | 30.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Bowen | 872 | 23.1 |
| | Green | Alison Gibbon | 212 | 5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Delves | 91 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 317 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### St Oswald

St Oswald :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Cluskey | 1,557 | 85.6 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Burgess | 262 | 14.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,295 | 71.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,819 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Sudell

Sudell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Hansen | 1,766 | 50.6 |
| | Conservative | Tom Hughes | 1,268 | 36.1 |
| | Green | Alex Wareing | 259 | 7.4 |
| | Workers Party | Robert Green | 209 | 6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 508 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Victoria

Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Roche | 2,141 | 53.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 1,139 | 28.2 |
| | Conservative | Michael Crichton | 440 | 10.9 |
| | Green | Neil Doolin | 321 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,002 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |