# 2018 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It saw the Green Party get the biggest vote growth, However the only seat change was in Rainhill where an Independent beat Labour. Elsewhere UKIP's Vote share collapsed.

## Election Results
### Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2016.
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Labour | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81.3 | 49.7 | 19,035 | 8.2 |
| | Conservative | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 6.3 | 19.9 | 7,603 | 5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 6.3 | 10.8 | 4,128 | 3.1 |
| | Green | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 10.3 | 3,946 | 7.6 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 2,164 | 2.4 |
| | UKIP | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3.3 | 1,281 | 10.3 |
| | Democrats and Veterans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.3 | 110 | New |

## Ward Results
### Billinge and Seneley Green

Billinge and Seneley Green :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Sue Murphy | 1,326 | 49.8 |
| Conservative | Nancy Ashcroft | 741 | 27.8 |
| Green | Sue Rahman | 400 | 15.0 |
| UKIP | Peter Peers | 198 | 7.4 |

### Blackbrook

Blackbrook :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Paul McQuade | 1,293 | 61.4 |
| Conservative | Melanie Lee | 333 | 15.8 |
| Green | Ellen Finney | 323 | 15.3 |
| UKIP | Susan Levy | 157 | 7.5 |

### Bold

Bold :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Lisa Preston | 1,114 | 60.0 |
| Conservative | Barbara Woodcock | 353 | 19.0 |
| Green | David O'Keefe | 207 | 11.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Marise Roberts | 184 | 9.9 |

### Earlestown

Earlestown :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Dave Banks | 1,261 | 64.6 |
| Conservative | Wally Ashcroft | 357 | 18.3 |
| Green | Alan Smith | 333 | 17.1 |

### Eccleston

Eccleston :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Pearl | 2,325 | 68.6 |
| Labour | Glyn Jones | 710 | 20.9 |
| Conservative | Lisa Mackarell | 355 | 10.5 |

### Haydock

Haydock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Bond | 1,147 | 46.4 | 24.2 |
| | Green | Amy Deluce | 952 | 38.5 | New |
| | Conservative | Judith Collins | 374 | 15.1 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 195 | 7.9 | 44.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,054 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,478 | 27.4 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 22.0 | |

### Moss Bank

Moss Bank :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Trisha Long | 1,398 | 57.6 |
| Conservative | Margaret Harvey | 608 | 25.1 |
| Green | Deb Connor | 419 | 17.3 |

### Newton

Newton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Jeanie Bell | 1,098 | 43.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 771 | 30.2 |
| Conservative | David Skeech | 417 | 16.4 |
| Green | David Van Der Burg | 264 | 10.4 |

### Parr

Parr :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Kate Groucutt | 1,309 | 76.1 |
| Conservative | Madeleine Wilcock | 165 | 9.6 |
| UKIP | Martin Ellison | 135 | 7.9 |
| Democrats and Veterans | Gerry McNeilly | 110 | 6.4 |

### Rainford

Rainford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Anne Mussell | 1,533 | 60.6 |
| Labour | Keith Laird | 653 | 25.8 |
| Green | Jo Travis | 305 | 12.1 |
| UKIP | Tony Parr | 38 | 1.5 |

### Rainhill

Rainhill :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | James Tasker | 2,164 | 58.0 |
| Labour | Stephen Glover | 1229 | 33.0 |
| Conservative | Henry Spriggs | 336 | 9.0 |

### Sutton

Sutton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Pat Jackson | 1,235 | 55.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Spencer | 482 | 21.7 |
| Conservative | Allan Dockerty | 351 | 15.8 |
| UKIP | John Fairhurst | 154 | 6.9 |

### Thatto Heath

Thatto Heath :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Richard McCauley | 1,491 | 68.6 |
| Conservative | Anthony Rigby | 487 | 22.4 |
| UKIP | Mark Richardson | 194 | 8.9 |

### Town Centre

Town Centre :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Michelle Sweeney | 1,233 | 68.5 |
| Conservative | Francis Wilcock | 212 | 11.8 |
| Green | William Fitzpatrick | 204 | 11.3 |
| UKIP | Mark Hitchen | 150 | 8.3 |

### West Park

West Park :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Derek Long | 1,412 | 61.8 |
| Conservative | Iris Brown | 409 | 17.9 |
| Green | Ian Fraser | 313 | 13.7 |
| UKIP | Ian Pennington | 149 | 6.5 |

### Windle

Windle :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Mancyia Uddin | 1,126 | 46.6 |
| Conservative | John Cunliffe | 592 | 24.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Pearl | 366 | 15.1 |
| Green | Francis Williams | 226 | 9.4 |
| UKIP | Maria Parr | 106 | 4.4 |