# 2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2022 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sefton Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 21 of the 66 seats were up for election, with 1 ward (St. Oswald) being uncontested.

## Background

From its creation in 1974 to the 1986 election, Sefton Council was under Conservative control. It was then under no overall control until the 2012 election, when Labour won their first majority on the council. In the 2021 election, Labour polled 46.6% and gained 6 seats, the Conservatives polled 26.0% for a gain of 2 seats, The Liberal Democrats took 14.1% and lost 5 seats, Formby Residents Action Group polled 2.2% and did not make any gains, and independents lost their 3 seats on the council.
The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 3 seats with 50.9% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats on 16.0%, and the Conservatives gained 1 seat on 22.8%. Formby Residents Action Group lost the seat they were defending.

## Previous council composition

| After 2021 election | After 2021 election | After 2021 election | Before 2022 election | Before 2022 election | Before 2022 election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats |
| | Labour | 48 | | Labour | 46 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 8 | | Liberal Democrats | 8 |
| | Conservative | 8 | | Conservative | 8 |
| | Formby Residents Action Group | 2 | | Formby Residents Action Group | 2 |
| | Independent | 0 | | Independent | 2 |
Changes:
* May 2021: Tony Carr leaves Labour to sit as an independent
* Andrew Wilson leaves Labour to sit as an independent

## Results

2022 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 | 2 | 77.3 | 31 | 48 | 72.7 | 32,371 | 49.3 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 2 | | 9.1 | 6 | 8 | 12.1 | 10,000 | 15.2 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | 3 | 1 | 13.6 | 4 | 7 | 10.6 | 13,296 | 20.2 | -5.8 |
| | FRAG | 0 | | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 973 | 1.5 | -0.7 |
| | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 5,725 | 8.7 | +5.0 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,119 | 4.7 | -2.3 |
| | Workers Party | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 142 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| | NIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 0.1 | N/A |

## Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

### Ainsdale

Ainsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Brough* | 1,387 | 33.0 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Janet Harrison | 1,354 | 32.2 | +12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Delves | 1,272 | 30.3 | −14.2 |
| | Green | Laurence Rankin | 189 | 4.5 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,202 | 41.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.4 | |

### Birkdale

Birkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Brodie-Browne* | 1,518 | 43.4 | +14.1 |
| | Labour | Daniel McKee | 1,093 | 31.2 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Lee Durkin | 697 | 19.9 | −12.1 |
| | Green | David Collins | 190 | 5.4 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 425 | 12.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,498 | 34.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.8 | |

### Blundellsands

Blundellsands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Natasha Carlin* | 2,301 | 66.0 | +16.7 |
| | Conservative | Harry Bliss | 791 | 22.7 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Dunning | 394 | 11.3 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,510 | 43.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,486 | 37.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 10.8 | |

### Cambridge

Cambridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Morris* | 1,338 | 37.9 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Sammon | 1,313 | 37.2 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Ian Upton | 678 | 19.2 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Carla Fox | 197 | 5.6 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,526 | 36.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.7 | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Daren Veidman* | 1,850 | 64.5 | +0.8 |
| | Green | Neil Doolin | 862 | 30.1 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | John Campbell | 155 | 5.4 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 988 | 34.7 | −8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,867 | 31.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.1 | |

### Derby

Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brenda O'Brien* | 1,757 | 82.6 | +18.5 |
| | Independent | John McDonald | 204 | 9.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Daniel Nuttall | 165 | 7.8 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,553 | 73.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,126 | 23.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Duke's

Duke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ron Watson* | 1,479 | 41.9 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Barton | 1,224 | 34.7 | +18.6 |
| | Labour | Trevor Vaughan | 824 | 23.4 | +8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,527 | 33.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 9.3 | |

### Ford

Ford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Dowd* | 1,452 | 66.5 | +3.1 |
| | Independent | Chris Doyle | 534 | 24.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Margaret Middleton | 114 | 5.2 | −3.3 |
| | Workers Party | Chris Haws | 84 | 3.8 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 918 | 42.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,184 | 23.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Harington

Harington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carol Richards | 1,544 | 40.3 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative | Denise Dutton* | 1,482 | 38.7 | −4.1 |
| | FRAG | Aimee Brodie | 329 | 8.6 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annie Gorski | 257 | 6.7 | +2.4 |
| | Green | Michael Walsh | 221 | 5.8 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 62 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,833 | 39.2 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 5.6 | |

### Kew

Kew :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Laura Lunn-Bates | 1,563 | 50.1 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | Laura Nuttall | 842 | 27.0 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vic Foulds | 715 | 22.9 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 721 | 23.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,120 | 30.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.6 | |

### Linacre

Linacre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Friel* | 1,320 | 76.2 | −12.6 |
| | Independent | Lisa Ford | 299 | 17.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Lynne Bold | 114 | 6.6 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,021 | 58.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,733 | 19.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Litherland

Litherland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Kelly* | 1,703 | 77.2 | +13.4 |
| | Independent | Molli Cooke | 285 | 12.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Stephen Witham | 121 | 5.5 | −1.1 |
| | NIP | Billie Gibson | 97 | 4.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,418 | 64.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,206 | 24.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Manor

Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James McGinnity | 1,818 | 59.1 | +11.3 |
| | Conservative | Janice Blanchard | 669 | 21.7 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Gibson | 343 | 11.1 | +1.2 |
| | Green | James O'Keefe | 248 | 8.1 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,149 | 37.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,078 | 31.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 10.7 | |

### Meols

Meols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Lloyd-Johnson | 1,326 | 37.0 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas de Freitas | 1,203 | 33.6 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Stephen Jowett | 839 | 23.4 | +10.1 |
| | Green | Pauline Hesketh | 211 | 5.9 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 123 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,579 | 36.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.6 | |

### Molyneux

Molyneux :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Danny Burns | 1,900 | 60.3 | −6.4 |
| | Independent | Tony Carr* | 976 | 31.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Marcus Bleasdale | 274 | 8.7 | −10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 924 | 29.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,150 | 31.1 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
Tony Carr was elected in 2018 for the Labour Party.

### Netherton and Orrell

Netherton and Orrell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Maher* | 1,739 | 72.8 | −2.4 |
| | Independent | John Rice | 473 | 19.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Andrew Burgess | 177 | 7.4 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,266 | 53.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,389 | 24.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Norwood

Norwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mhairi Doyle* | 1,734 | 55.9 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | Pam Teesdale | 672 | 21.7 | −6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Williams | 452 | 14.6 | −6.2 |
| | Green | David McIntosh | 244 | 7.9 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,062 | 34.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,102 | 30.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 9.3 | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Burns* | 1,510 | 45.1 | −8.8 |
| | Independent | Neil Spencer | 723 | 21.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | Kenneth Hughes | 462 | 13.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Daniel Sims | 409 | 12.2 | −22.5 |
| | Green | Roy Greason | 244 | 7.3 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 787 | 23.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,348 | 34.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Ravenmeols

Ravenmeols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nina Killen* | 1,766 | 52.5 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael Shaw | 660 | 19.6 | −3.5 |
| | FRAG | Bob McCann | 644 | 19.1 | −11.2 |
| | Green | Alison Gibbon | 294 | 8.7 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,106 | 32.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,364 | 35.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.7 | |

### St. Oswald

St. Oswald :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carla Thomas* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
This election was uncontested, so the poll was cancelled and Thomas was declared elected.

### Sudell

Sudell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Judy Hardman | 1,329 | 37.0 | −13.6 |
| | Independent | Yvonne Sayers | 1,065 | 29.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | Thomas Hughes | 704 | 19.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Morgan Walton | 283 | 7.9 | −28.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emily Baker | 157 | 4.4 | N/A |
| | Workers Party | Paul McCord | 58 | 1.6 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 7.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,596 | 34.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Victoria

Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janet Grace* | 2,297 | 60.3 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 1,029 | 27.0 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Katie Burgess | 264 | 6.9 | −4.0 |
| | Green | Samantha Cook | 219 | 5.7 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,268 | 33.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,809 | 36.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 | |