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Sefton 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

22 ward races

66 seats

66 elected below the proportional quota

100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 22 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 66 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Labour Party	71,377	29.8%	36	54.5%	21	31.8%	+15
Reform UK	63,800	26.7%	5	7.6%	18	27.3%	-13
Liberal Democrats	37,413	15.6%	17	25.8%	11	16.7%	+6
Green Party	30,307	12.7%	3	4.5%	8	12.1%	-5
Conservative Party	19,471	8.1%	0	0.0%	5	7.6%	-5
Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents	9,136	3.8%	5	7.6%	2	3.0%	+3
Independent	5,528	2.3%	0	0.0%	1	1.5%	-1
Formby Residents Action Group	1,321	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Southport Community Independents	719	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	243	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party	80	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	239,395	100.0%	66	100.0%	66	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Council composition: what this election replaced

The 2026 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and on the eve of it (2025), so you can see what the result replaced.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Ainsdale · 3 seats · won at 9.6% · −15.4 pts below quota
Birkdale · 3 seats · won at 10.1% · −14.9 pts below quota
Norwood · 3 seats · won at 10.7% · −14.3 pts below quota
Duke's · 3 seats · won at 11.1% · −13.9 pts below quota
Litherland · 3 seats · won at 11.2% · −13.8 pts below quota
Cambridge · 3 seats · won at 11.5% · −13.5 pts below quota
Kew · 3 seats · won at 11.6% · −13.4 pts below quota
Bootle West · 3 seats · won at 11.7% · −13.3 pts below quota
Formby West · 3 seats · won at 11.9% · −13.1 pts below quota
Lydiate and Maghull West · 3 seats · won at 12.2% · −12.8 pts below quota
Maghull East · 3 seats · won at 12.6% · −12.4 pts below quota
Aintree and Maghull South · 3 seats · won at 12.6% · −12.4 pts below quota
Formby East · 3 seats · won at 12.6% · −12.4 pts below quota
Thornton and Hightown · 3 seats · won at 12.7% · −12.3 pts below quota
Bootle East · 3 seats · won at 12.8% · −12.2 pts below quota
Great Crosby · 3 seats · won at 13.0% · −12.0 pts below quota
Blundellsands · 3 seats · won at 13.0% · −12.0 pts below quota
Netherton South and Orrell · 3 seats · won at 13.6% · −11.4 pts below quota
Ford · 3 seats · won at 13.6% · −11.4 pts below quota
Meols · 3 seats · won at 14.0% · −11.0 pts below quota
Waterloo · 3 seats · won at 15.5% · −9.5 pts below quota
Netherton North · 3 seats · won at 15.5% · −9.5 pts below quota

Race results

Ainsdale · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 9.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −15.4 pts Valid ballots 13,610

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Lynne Thompson	Liberal Democrats	2,199	16.2%	−8.8 pts	Elected
2	Lesley Delves	Liberal Democrats	1,679	12.3%	−12.7 pts	Elected
3	Rowenna Gibson	Liberal Democrats	1,313	9.6%	−15.4 pts	Elected
4	Victor Graham Annells	Reform UK	1,199	8.8%	—
5	Norman Leslie Gwyther	Reform UK	1,090	8.0%	—
6	Mal Malbert	Reform UK	1,057	7.8%	—
7	Tony Brough	Conservative Party	771	5.7%	—
8	Janet Harrison-Kelly	Labour Party	771	5.7%	—
9	Frank Hanley	Labour Party	770	5.7%	—
10	Mark Hughes	Labour Party	737	5.4%	—
11	Alan Salter	Conservative Party	490	3.6%	—
12	Joseph John Connolly	Green Party	403	3.0%	—
13	Alwynne Ann Cartmell	Green Party	399	2.9%	—
14	Michael James Shaw	Conservative Party	391	2.9%	—
15	Alasdair Martyn Smith	Green Party	341	2.5%	—

Electorate 10,061 · Ballots cast 13,610 · EC ward code local.sefton.ainsdale.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Birkdale · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 10.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −14.9 pts Valid ballots 13,641

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Iain Brodie Browne	Liberal Democrats	1,794	13.2%	−11.8 pts	Elected
2	Simon John Shaw	Liberal Democrats	1,645	12.1%	−12.9 pts	Elected
3	Mike Ryder	Reform UK	1,372	10.1%	−14.9 pts	Elected
4	Lynne Lloyd-Stafford	Reform UK	1,298	9.5%	—
5	Mark Ormsby	Reform UK	1,251	9.2%	—
6	Dominic Pillai	Liberal Democrats	1,243	9.1%	—
7	Sonya Ann Kelly	Labour Party	1,137	8.3%	—
8	Callum Luke Naylor	Labour Party	879	6.4%	—
9	Carla Curtis-Tansley	Labour Party	801	5.9%	—
10	David Andrew McIntosh	Green Party	460	3.4%	—
11	Michael John Binns	Green Party	458	3.4%	—
12	Simon Peter Maxwell	Green Party	385	2.8%	—
13	Angela Mary Halliwell	Conservative Party	323	2.4%	—
14	Roger William Halliwell	Conservative Party	300	2.2%	—
15	Marie Hansson-Hesketh	Conservative Party	295	2.2%	—

Electorate 10,018 · Ballots cast 13,641 · EC ward code local.sefton.birkdale.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Norwood · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 10.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −14.3 pts Valid ballots 11,890

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	John Costello	Reform UK	1,359	11.4%	−13.6 pts	Elected
2	Charles Robert Denton	Reform UK	1,306	11.0%	−14.0 pts	Elected
3	Thomas Swaney	Reform UK	1,277	10.7%	−14.3 pts	Elected
4	Jo Barton	Green Party	1,152	9.7%	—
5	Laurence George Rankin	Green Party	1,088	9.2%	—
6	Lara Louise Cron	Green Party	1,059	8.9%	—
7	Marianne Welsh	Labour Party	779	6.6%	—
8	Andy Spencer	Labour Party	775	6.5%	—
9	Ged Wright	Labour Party	718	6.0%	—
10	Peter Blake	Liberal Democrats	545	4.6%	—
11	Peter Latham	Liberal Democrats	500	4.2%	—
12	Roland Zollner	Liberal Democrats	401	3.4%	—
13	Pamela Teesdale	Conservative Party	332	2.8%	—
14	Kelly Ann Barton	Conservative Party	317	2.7%	—
15	Margaret Eileen Middleton	Conservative Party	282	2.4%	—

Electorate 10,232 · Ballots cast 11,901 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.sefton.norwood.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Duke's · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 11.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −13.9 pts Valid ballots 12,111

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	John David Pugh	Liberal Democrats	1,653	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
2	Michael Paul Braham	Liberal Democrats	1,445	11.9%	−13.1 pts	Elected
3	Danny Howard	Liberal Democrats	1,343	11.1%	−13.9 pts	Elected
4	Mike Prendergast	Conservative Party	1,136	9.4%	—
5	Owen James Phillips	Reform UK	1,047	8.6%	—
6	Laura Nuttall	Conservative Party	956	7.9%	—
7	Lorinda Swift	Reform UK	946	7.8%	—
8	Sarah Zhang	Reform UK	935	7.7%	—
9	Benjamin Younis	Conservative Party	759	6.3%	—
10	David Ian Newman	Green Party	384	3.2%	—
11	Kim Doyle	Green Party	367	3.0%	—
12	Alexander Constantine	Labour Party	304	2.5%	—
13	Charlotte Megan Kelly	Labour Party	294	2.4%	—
14	Ganesh Chandra Paul	Green Party	287	2.4%	—
15	Patrick Sharman	Labour Party	255	2.1%	—

Electorate 10,442 · Ballots cast 12,121 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.sefton.dukes.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Litherland · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 11.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −13.8 pts Valid ballots 7,494

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Julia Garner	Labour Party	1,043	13.9%	−11.1 pts	Elected
2	John Kelly	Labour Party	966	12.9%	−12.1 pts	Elected
3	Daren Veidman	Labour Party	838	11.2%	−13.8 pts	Elected
4	Joanne Rooney	Reform UK	781	10.4%	—
5	Mark David McParlan	Reform UK	780	10.4%	—
6	Manuel Antonio Hernandez Perez	Reform UK	732	9.8%	—
7	Paul Andrew Dunbar	Green Party	557	7.4%	—
8	Jennifer Stephanie Grice	Green Party	556	7.4%	—
9	Matthew William Johnson	Green Party	474	6.3%	—
10	Ian Smith	Independent	249	3.3%	—
11	Shaun Gilroy	Liberal Democrats	147	2.0%	—
12	Sarah Harding	Liberal Democrats	138	1.8%	—
13	Marian Pope	Liberal Democrats	121	1.6%	—
14	Robert Percival Greenwood	Conservative Party	112	1.5%	—

Electorate 9,055 · Ballots cast 7,498 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code local.sefton.litherland.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Cambridge · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 11.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −13.5 pts Valid ballots 12,382

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Leo Francis Evans	Liberal Democrats	1,581	12.8%	−12.2 pts	Elected
2	Mike Sammon	Liberal Democrats	1,510	12.2%	−12.8 pts	Elected
3	Pat Keith	Liberal Democrats	1,430	11.5%	−13.5 pts	Elected
4	Sinclair D'Albuquerque	Reform UK	1,338	10.8%	—
5	Mike Morris	Reform UK	1,289	10.4%	—
6	Kev Hookham	Reform UK	1,230	9.9%	—
7	Caroline Prendergast	Conservative Party	578	4.7%	—
8	Gary Haran Doyle	Conservative Party	564	4.6%	—
9	Sam Constantine	Conservative Party	530	4.3%	—
10	Helen Avis	Labour Party	409	3.3%	—
11	Carla Fox	Green Party	375	3.0%	—
12	Stephen William Hesketh	Green Party	370	3.0%	—
13	Caroline Michelle Longdon	Green Party	366	3.0%	—
14	Nina Samantha Killen	Labour Party	354	2.9%	—
15	Lily Ritchie	Labour Party	330	2.7%	—
16	John Boye	Southport Community Independents	128	1.0%	—

Electorate 9,716 · Ballots cast 12,392 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.sefton.cambridge.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Kew · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 11.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −13.4 pts Valid ballots 11,607

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Anne Corbishley	Liberal Democrats	1,576	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
2	Yaso Sathiy	Liberal Democrats	1,424	12.3%	−12.7 pts	Elected
3	Mike Kirby	Liberal Democrats	1,352	11.6%	−13.4 pts	Elected
4	Nicholas Guy Robinson	Reform UK	1,310	11.3%	—
5	Leigh Christian Duffy	Reform UK	1,276	11.0%	—
6	Jason Michael Clarke	Reform UK	1,137	9.8%	—
7	Melanie Horne	Labour Party	834	7.2%	—
8	Michael Burt	Labour Party	768	6.6%	—
9	Trevor James Vaughan	Labour Party	667	5.7%	—
10	Dawn Aspinall	Southport Community Independents	339	2.9%	—
11	Stuart Iain Fleming	Conservative Party	298	2.6%	—
12	Xabi Anthony Michael Arthur	Conservative Party	280	2.4%	—
13	Morgan Walton	Conservative Party	197	1.7%	—
14	Alix Shaw	Southport Community Independents	149	1.3%	—

Electorate 10,720 · Ballots cast 11,611 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code local.sefton.kew.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Bootle West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 11.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −13.3 pts Valid ballots 6,012

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jim Conalty	Labour Party	794	13.2%	−11.8 pts	Elected
2	Dan McKee	Labour Party	713	11.9%	−13.1 pts	Elected
3	Jay Leslie Cooper	Reform UK	705	11.7%	−13.3 pts	Elected
4	Mhairi Doyle	Labour Party	689	11.5%	—
5	Kristina Elizabeth Dwyer	Reform UK	660	11.0%	—
6	Andrew Thompson	Reform UK	658	10.9%	—
7	Lorelei Dyson	Green Party	520	8.6%	—
8	Jordan Raymond Cox	Green Party	505	8.4%	—
9	Charlotte Elizabeth Weaver	Green Party	465	7.7%	—
10	Lucy Woods	Liberal Democrats	140	2.3%	—
11	Lynne Margaret Bold	Conservative Party	102	1.7%	—
12	Liam Williams	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	61	1.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 6,022 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.sefton.bootle-west.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Formby West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 11.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −13.1 pts Valid ballots 14,109

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Karen Cavanagh	Labour Party	1,838	13.0%	−12.0 pts	Elected
2	Peter Harvey	Labour Party	1,706	12.1%	−12.9 pts	Elected
3	Carol Richards	Labour Party	1,685	11.9%	−13.1 pts	Elected
4	Chris Hornby	Reform UK	1,144	8.1%	—
5	Maria Patrica Cusick	Reform UK	1,104	7.8%	—
6	Dave Irving	Reform UK	1,100	7.8%	—
7	Denise Dutton	Conservative Party	1,089	7.7%	—
8	Amanda Brown	Conservative Party	1,024	7.3%	—
9	Martyn Paul Barber	Conservative Party	823	5.8%	—
10	Peter George Cherry	Green Party	532	3.8%	—
11	Paul Graham Wiencke	Formby Residents Action Group	485	3.4%	—
12	Susanne Zajitschek	Green Party	400	2.8%	—
13	Felix Zajitschek	Green Party	383	2.7%	—
14	Roy Connell	Liberal Democrats	293	2.1%	—
15	Annie Gorski	Liberal Democrats	259	1.8%	—
16	Simon Lewis	Liberal Democrats	244	1.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 14,113 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code local.sefton.formby-west.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Lydiate and Maghull West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −12.8 pts Valid ballots 13,928

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Liam Stoddart	Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents	1,723	12.4%	−12.6 pts	Elected
2	Barry Nixon	Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents	1,716	12.3%	−12.7 pts	Elected
3	Sonia Crompton	Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents	1,700	12.2%	−12.8 pts	Elected
4	Chloe Parker	Labour Party	1,552	11.1%	—
5	Kenneth Michael Hughes	Labour Party	1,439	10.3%	—
6	Mike Desmond	Labour Party	1,407	10.1%	—
7	Marijke Chamberlain	Reform UK	1,018	7.3%	—
8	Chindam Ng	Reform UK	982	7.1%	—
9	Alex Fry	Reform UK	961	6.9%	—
10	Anne Clegg	Conservative Party	470	3.4%	—
11	David Mellalieu	Liberal Democrats	304	2.2%	—
12	Michalina Maria Dettlaff-Zinonos	Conservative Party	256	1.8%	—
13	Jessamine Miles Hounslea	Conservative Party	200	1.4%	—
14	Mark Bisbey	Liberal Democrats	128	0.9%	—
15	Richard Marston	Liberal Democrats	72	0.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 13,939 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.sefton.lydiate-maghull-west.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Maghull East · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −12.4 pts Valid ballots 11,111

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Phil Hart	Labour Party	1,468	13.2%	−11.8 pts	Elected
2	Joanne Elizabeth McCall	Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents	1,413	12.7%	−12.3 pts	Elected
3	David Leatherbarrow	Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents	1,396	12.6%	−12.4 pts	Elected
4	June Burns	Labour Party	1,358	12.2%	—
5	James Joseph Hansen	Labour Party	1,259	11.3%	—
6	Paul Francis McCord	Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents	1,188	10.7%	—
7	Gary Anthony Carter	Reform UK	795	7.2%	—
8	Greg Roberts	Reform UK	746	6.7%	—
9	Emlyn Williams	Reform UK	701	6.3%	—
10	Craig Peter Titherington	Conservative Party	168	1.5%	—
11	Marcus Julian Romaine Bleasdale	Conservative Party	165	1.5%	—
12	Adam Marsden	Conservative Party	129	1.2%	—
13	Pauline McGregor	Liberal Democrats	115	1.0%	—
14	Raymond Lee	Liberal Democrats	113	1.0%	—
15	Jane Elizabeth Nelson	Liberal Democrats	97	0.9%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 11,122 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.sefton.maghull-east.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Aintree and Maghull South · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −12.4 pts Valid ballots 12,045

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Marion Atkinson	Labour Party	1,726	14.3%	−10.7 pts	Elected
2	Danny Burns	Labour Party	1,656	13.7%	−11.3 pts	Elected
3	Sam Hinde	Labour Party	1,519	12.6%	−12.4 pts	Elected
4	Karen Elizabeth Moore	Reform UK	1,172	9.7%	—
5	Debbie Richards	Reform UK	1,166	9.7%	—
6	Dennis Leong	Reform UK	1,157	9.6%	—
7	Mark Brian Pennock	Independent	1,012	8.4%	—
8	Philip Benjamin Chadwick	Independent	978	8.1%	—
9	Patricia Spencer	Independent	973	8.1%	—
10	Angela Robinson	Liberal Democrats	159	1.3%	—
11	Richard Hackford	Liberal Democrats	157	1.3%	—
12	Louise Barber	Conservative Party	136	1.1%	—
13	Daniel Snape	Liberal Democrats	128	1.1%	—
14	Marianne Martina Kavanagh	Conservative Party	106	0.9%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 12,045 · EC ward code local.sefton.aintree-maghull-south.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Formby East · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −12.4 pts Valid ballots 13,275

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Catie Page	Labour Party	2,045	15.4%	−9.6 pts	Elected
2	Chris Page	Labour Party	1,833	13.8%	−11.2 pts	Elected
3	Anthony Howe	Labour Party	1,676	12.6%	−12.4 pts	Elected
4	Nick Marley	Reform UK	1,186	8.9%	—
5	David Walker	Reform UK	1,137	8.6%	—
6	Andy Wright	Reform UK	1,047	7.9%	—
7	Maria Bennett	Formby Residents Action Group	836	6.3%	—
8	Colin Appleton	Conservative Party	571	4.3%	—
9	Carol Ann Bradley	Green Party	546	4.1%	—
10	David Dutton	Conservative Party	534	4.0%	—
11	Alison Moira Gibbon	Green Party	518	3.9%	—
12	Mike Walsh	Green Party	395	3.0%	—
13	Angelica Sadrieva	Conservative Party	327	2.5%	—
14	Erin Harvey	Liberal Democrats	244	1.8%	—
15	Andrew Greenan	Liberal Democrats	234	1.8%	—
16	Gary Wallis	Liberal Democrats	146	1.1%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 13,279 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code local.sefton.formby-east.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Thornton and Hightown · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −12.3 pts Valid ballots 10,861

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Clare Carragher	Labour Party	1,454	13.4%	−11.6 pts	Elected
2	Dominic James McNabb	Labour Party	1,409	13.0%	−12.0 pts	Elected
3	Rosa Battle	Labour Party	1,377	12.7%	−12.3 pts	Elected
4	Robbie Dale	Reform UK	1,090	10.0%	—
5	Ian Francis James Nilsson-Forrest	Reform UK	1,035	9.5%	—
6	Steven Charles Williams	Reform UK	1,022	9.4%	—
7	Simon Baron	Green Party	639	5.9%	—
8	Amber-Page Marilyn Moss	Green Party	589	5.4%	—
9	Joseph Padraig Kelly	Green Party	551	5.1%	—
10	Paul Martyn Barber	Conservative Party	498	4.6%	—
11	Michael Paul Crichton	Conservative Party	380	3.5%	—
12	John Gibson	Liberal Democrats	362	3.3%	—
13	Cos Zinonos	Conservative Party	292	2.7%	—
14	Adarsh Makdani	Liberal Democrats	163	1.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 10,874 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.sefton.thornton-hightown.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Bootle East · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −12.2 pts Valid ballots 6,564

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Graeme Thomas Cooper	Labour Party	913	13.9%	−11.1 pts	Elected
2	Maria Porter	Labour Party	895	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
3	Brenda O'Brien	Labour Party	841	12.8%	−12.2 pts	Elected
4	Phil Baker	Reform UK	812	12.4%	—
5	John Darbyshire	Reform UK	743	11.3%	—
6	Mark Rowlands	Reform UK	698	10.6%	—
7	Frances Henderson	Green Party	413	6.3%	—
8	Roy Greason	Green Party	401	6.1%	—
9	Morgan Lynch	Green Party	392	6.0%	—
10	Jeremy Nelson	Liberal Democrats	136	2.1%	—
11	Raymond Woods	Liberal Democrats	123	1.9%	—
12	Patrick Darke	Conservative Party	99	1.5%	—
13	Dean Young	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	98	1.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 6,574 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.sefton.bootle-east.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Great Crosby · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −12.0 pts Valid ballots 11,468

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jen Corcoran	Labour Party	1,563	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
2	Les Byrom	Labour Party	1,534	13.4%	−11.6 pts	Elected
3	Janet Grace	Labour Party	1,486	13.0%	−12.0 pts	Elected
4	Carla Burns	Green Party	1,149	10.0%	—
5	James David O'Keeffe	Green Party	1,032	9.0%	—
6	Ben Sambrook	Green Party	896	7.8%	—
7	Victor Hudson Foulds	Reform UK	767	6.7%	—
8	Stephen Gavin Mulcahy	Reform UK	738	6.4%	—
9	Steve Ray	Reform UK	723	6.3%	—
10	Hannah Jane Gee	Liberal Democrats	563	4.9%	—
11	Carol Ann Hill	Liberal Democrats	381	3.3%	—
12	Sean Doherty	Liberal Democrats	372	3.2%	—
13	Oliver John Doyle	Conservative Party	264	2.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 11,472 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code local.sefton.great-crosby.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Blundellsands · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −12.0 pts Valid ballots 12,104

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Diane Roscoe	Labour Party	1,792	14.8%	−10.2 pts	Elected
2	David Roscoe	Labour Party	1,752	14.5%	−10.5 pts	Elected
3	Christine Howard	Labour Party	1,578	13.0%	−12.0 pts	Elected
4	Gerard Maher	Reform UK	864	7.1%	—
5	Les Richards	Reform UK	830	6.9%	—
6	Mark Wilcock	Reform UK	752	6.2%	—
7	Jenny Meriel Cooper	Green Party	712	5.9%	—
8	Lyndsey Marie Doolin	Green Party	683	5.6%	—
9	Sophie Victoria Whitley-Forshaw	Green Party	604	5.0%	—
10	Katie Maria Burgess	Conservative Party	530	4.4%	—
11	Sean Dorgan	Conservative Party	505	4.2%	—
12	Rebecca Hanson	Liberal Democrats	418	3.5%	—
13	Sunny Sawhney	Conservative Party	402	3.3%	—
14	Keith Cawdron	Liberal Democrats	344	2.8%	—
15	Brian Dunning	Liberal Democrats	258	2.1%	—
16	Wing Commander Lucky Luke Jackson	The Official Monster Raving Loony Party	80	0.7%	—

Electorate 9,159 · Ballots cast 12,112 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.sefton.blundellsands.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Netherton South and Orrell · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.4 pts Valid ballots 6,881

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Chris Hannaway	Labour Party	1,025	14.9%	−10.1 pts	Elected
2	Tom Spring	Labour Party	943	13.7%	−11.3 pts	Elected
3	Joanne Williams	Labour Party	935	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
4	Derek Norman Salisbury	Reform UK	803	11.7%	—
5	Ian Stephen Stanton	Reform UK	787	11.4%	—
6	Roderick Anthony Rockingham Stringer	Reform UK	737	10.7%	—
7	Conor Stephen McDonald	Green Party	404	5.9%	—
8	Casey Margaret Kenny	Green Party	403	5.9%	—
9	Rhys Morgan Lewis	Green Party	362	5.3%	—
10	John Griffith	Liberal Democrats	147	2.1%	—
11	Jennifer Robertson	Liberal Democrats	141	2.0%	—
12	Bruce Hubbard	Liberal Democrats	119	1.7%	—
13	Andy Roberts	Conservative Party	75	1.1%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 6,892 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.sefton.netherton-south-orrell.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Ford · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.4 pts Valid ballots 7,893

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Liz Dowd	Labour Party	1,209	15.3%	−9.7 pts	Elected
2	Paulette Lappin	Labour Party	1,087	13.8%	−11.2 pts	Elected
3	Ian George Moncur	Labour Party	1,077	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
4	Ed Conley	Independent	816	10.3%	—
5	Paul Rogers	Independent	778	9.9%	—
6	David Jones	Reform UK	776	9.8%	—
7	Jack Colbert	Independent	722	9.1%	—
8	Neil Lawrence Miney	Reform UK	679	8.6%	—
9	Craig Owen Sweeney	Reform UK	649	8.2%	—
10	Alex McIvor	Conservative Party	100	1.3%	—

Electorate 9,243 · Ballots cast 7,897 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code local.sefton.ford.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Meols · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.0 pts Valid ballots 12,903

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	John Dodd	Liberal Democrats	2,205	17.1%	−7.9 pts	Elected
2	Daniel George Lewis	Liberal Democrats	1,822	14.1%	−10.9 pts	Elected
3	Lauren Keith	Liberal Democrats	1,807	14.0%	−11.0 pts	Elected
4	Peyton Megan Edwards	Reform UK	1,343	10.4%	—
5	Catherine Mary Stephenson	Reform UK	1,276	9.9%	—
6	Larry Sweeney	Reform UK	1,272	9.9%	—
7	Joseph Thomas Hart	Labour Party	393	3.0%	—
8	Pauline Ann Hesketh	Green Party	361	2.8%	—
9	Adam Charles Edward Kennaugh	Conservative Party	352	2.7%	—
10	Ros Mason	Labour Party	351	2.7%	—
11	Bob Teesdale	Conservative Party	350	2.7%	—
12	Darcy Iveson-Berkeley	Conservative Party	329	2.5%	—
13	Daniel Max Longdon	Green Party	328	2.5%	—
14	Jack Finlay Rogan	Labour Party	312	2.4%	—
15	Graham Bentley	Green Party	299	2.3%	—
16	Frances Davies	Southport Community Independents	103	0.8%	—

Electorate 10,016 · Ballots cast 12,914 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.sefton.meols.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Waterloo · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −9.5 pts Valid ballots 10,938

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Neil Anthony Doolin	Green Party	1,947	17.8%	−7.2 pts	Elected
2	Samantha Lauren Cook	Green Party	1,842	16.8%	−8.2 pts	Elected
3	Kieran Dams	Green Party	1,692	15.5%	−9.5 pts	Elected
4	Jane Skinner	Labour Party	1,184	10.8%	—
5	Mike Dormer	Labour Party	1,146	10.5%	—
6	Steven McArdle	Labour Party	1,066	9.7%	—
7	Andy Bray	Reform UK	671	6.1%	—
8	Alan Gibney	Reform UK	630	5.8%	—
9	Joseph Stanton	Reform UK	585	5.3%	—
10	Nigel Stuart Barber	Conservative Party	175	1.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 10,951 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.sefton.waterloo.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Netherton North · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −9.5 pts Valid ballots 6,568

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Joe Johnson	Labour Party	1,169	17.8%	−7.2 pts	Elected
2	Helen Duerden	Labour Party	1,073	16.3%	−8.7 pts	Elected
3	Carla Thomas	Labour Party	1,021	15.5%	−9.5 pts	Elected
4	David Peter Thomas Ashcroft	Reform UK	700	10.7%	—
5	David Watson	Reform UK	690	10.5%	—
6	Ian David Wales	Reform UK	679	10.3%	—
7	Benjamin James Crawford	Green Party	314	4.8%	—
8	Emily Penman	Green Party	286	4.4%	—
9	Joseph Irvine Walsh	Green Party	263	4.0%	—
10	Gina Campbell	Conservative Party	109	1.7%	—
11	Mary Kenny	Liberal Democrats	103	1.6%	—
12	Conor Anthony O'Neill	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	84	1.3%	—
13	Anthony Robertson	Liberal Democrats	77	1.2%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 6,579 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.sefton.netherton-north.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index