2022 Halton Borough Council election

The 2022 Halton Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022, alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom, to elect a third of the council's 54 seats. The Labour Party won most of the 18 seats up for election, comfortably retaining their overall majority. Only one seat switched hands: Daresbury, Moore and Sandymoor elected a Conservative, a loss for the Green Party who were left without any members on the council.

Results summary edit

2022 Halton Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 16   88.9 32 48 88.9 14,973 64.2
  Conservative 1   1 5.6 2 3 5.6 4,125 17.7
  Liberal Democrats 1   5.6 2 3 5.6 2,245 9.6
  Green 0   1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,211 5.2
  Independent 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 757 3.2

Ward results edit

An asterisk (*) next to a candidate's name indicates that they were an incumbent councillor.

Appleton edit

Appleton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Teeling * 865 84.6 +28.5
Conservative Duncan Harper 157 15.4 −4.7
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Bankfield edit

Bankfield[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Bevan * 938 86.8 +28.2
Independent Keith McCann 87 8.0 N/A
Conservative David Dorian 56 5.2 −21.6
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Beechwood and Heath edit

Beechwood and Heath[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Stockton * 997 47.9 +13.9
Labour Craig Butcher 625 30.0 +0.6
Conservative Daniel Clarke 365 17.5 −7.0
Independent Rhona Bentley 93 4.5 −0.5
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Birchfield edit

Birchfield[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Fry * 885 49.9 +4.0
Conservative John Powell 665 37.5 −6.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Teebay 118 6.7 −6.2
Green Matthew Healey 106 6.0 N/A
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Bridgewater edit

Bridgewater[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Garner 1,024 74.6 +23.9
Conservative Dylan Eaton 202 14.7 −10.1
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Howard 147 10.7 −8.8
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Central and West Bank edit

Central and West Bank[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Noel Hutchinson * 633 85.7 +29.9
Conservative Colleen Harper 106 14.3 −3.9
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Daresbury, Moore and Sandymoor edit

Daresbury, Moore and Sandymoor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sian Davidson 399 34.1 −3.5
Labour Anna Hutchinson 398 34.1 +8.1
Green Richard Kinchin 372 31.8 −7.4
Turnout 1,168
Conservative gain from Green Swing

The election was a dead heat between the Conservative and Labour candidates, with both getting 398 votes. The election was decided by the drawing of names from an envelope, with the Conservative candidate winning.[2]

Ditton, Hale Village and Halebank edit

Ditton, Hale Village and Halebank[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Wright * 946 80.2 +25.8
Conservative Philip Harper 234 19.8 −6.1
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Farnworth edit

Farnworth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Valerie Hill * 1,033 64.8 +19.1
Conservative Ann Dawson 561 35.2 −2.1
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Grange edit

Grange[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Dennett * 790 78.2 +28.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Howard 220 21.8 +7.4
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Halton Castle edit

Halton Castle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Carlin * 713 63.0 +11.5
Green Iain Ferguson 197 17.4 N/A
Independent Darrin Whyte 134 11.8 −9.7
Conservative Peter Heatley 87 7.7 −13.4
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Halton Lea edit

Halton Lea[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Lowe * 851 75.8 +18.9
Conservative Sandra Davidson 130 11.6 −8.8
Green Ashlee Brown 86 7.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Laura Hodge 56 5.0 −9.9
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Halton View edit

Halton View[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Louise Nolan 1,000 80.1 +31.5
Conservative Julie Powell 248 19.9 −5.2
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Highfield edit

Highfield[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Gilligan * 965 74.9 +10.3
Conservative James Powell 178 13.8 −9.4
Independent Steven Dowdeswell 145 11.3 N/A
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Hough Green edit

Hough Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Harris * 887 72.5 +26.4
Conservative Lyn Nguzo 212 17.3 −10.0
Green Tracy Miller 124 10.1 −5.4
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Mersey and Weston edit

Mersey and Weston[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Plumpton-Walsh * 803 56.7 +18.1
Liberal Democrats Linda Redhead 352 24.9 +1.8
Conservative Daniel Baker 164 11.6 −9.4
Independent Gillian Rowe 96 6.8 N/A
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Norton North edit

Norton North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Logan * 806 46.9 +10.2
Green Gary Cargill 326 19.0 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Diane Inch 276 16.1 −14.0
Conservative Peter Davidson 187 10.9 −17.6
Independent Graham Porter 123 7.2 N/A
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Norton South and Preston Brook edit

Norton South and Preston Brook[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martha Lloyd Jones * 811 71.0 +21.2
Conservative Adam Burnett 174 15.2 −8.3
Liberal Democrats Miriam Hodge 79 6.9 −9.8
Independent Craig Wyna 79 6.9 −9.1
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Halton Borough Council Election 2022". Halton Borough Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Halton: Tory wins envelope tie-break to pip Labour to seat". BBC. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.