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St Helens 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

17 ward races

46 seats

2 elected below the proportional quota

4.3% 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 17 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 46 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
Reform UK	53,168	39.7%	34	73.9%	19	41.3%	+15
Labour Party	37,459	28.0%	2	4.3%	14	30.4%	-12
Green Party	16,050	12.0%	0	0.0%	6	13.0%	-6
Liberal Democrats	7,223	5.4%	3	6.5%	2	4.3%	+1
Rainhill Independents	6,580	4.9%	3	6.5%	2	4.3%	+1
Conservative Party	5,365	4.0%	1	2.2%	2	4.3%	-1
Newton-le-Willows Independents	5,251	3.9%	3	6.5%	1	2.2%	+2
Independent	2,668	2.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	133,764	100.0%	46	100.0%	46	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.

Peasley Cross and Fingerpost · 1 seat · won at 48.5% · −1.5 pts below quota
Rainford · 2 seats · won at 32.3% · −1.0 pts below quota
Newton-le-Willows East · 3 seats · won at 35.9% · above quota
Newton-le-Willows West · 3 seats · won at 37.9% · above quota
Windle · 3 seats · won at 38.3% · above quota
Billinge and Seneley Green · 3 seats · won at 41.5% · above quota
Sutton South East · 2 seats · won at 50.4% · above quota
West Park · 3 seats · won at 42.9% · above quota
Haydock · 3 seats · won at 43.0% · above quota
Sutton North West · 2 seats · won at 51.5% · above quota
Thatto Heath · 3 seats · won at 44.0% · above quota
Bold and Lea Green · 3 seats · won at 44.6% · above quota
Blackbrook · 3 seats · won at 46.3% · above quota
Eccleston · 3 seats · won at 50.3% · above quota
Parr · 3 seats · won at 52.5% · above quota
Moss Bank · 3 seats · won at 52.5% · above quota
Rainhill · 3 seats · won at 56.9% · above quota

Race results

Peasley Cross and Fingerpost · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −1.5 pts Valid ballots 808

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sharon Louise Roughley	Reform UK	392	48.5%	−1.5 pts	Elected
2	Damien Patrick O'Connor	Labour Party	217	26.9%	—
3	Em Patterson	Green Party	122	15.1%	—
4	Andrew Kiang Seng Low	Independent	48	5.9%	—
5	Iris Brown	Conservative Party	29	3.6%	—

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Rainford · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 32.3% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota −1.0 pts Valid ballots 3,171.5

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Philip Corden	Reform UK	1,058	33.4%	0.0 pts	Elected
2	Linda Mussell	Conservative Party	1,025	32.3%	−1.0 pts	Elected
3	Charlotte Case	Conservative Party	933	29.4%	—
4	Anthony Devanny	Reform UK	898	28.3%	—
5	Amber Carole Johnson	Green Party	758	23.9%	—
6	Sean Davies	Green Party	739	23.3%	—
7	Richard Jacques	Labour Party	495	15.6%	—
8	Malcolm Simm	Labour Party	437	13.8%	—

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Newton-le-Willows East · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 35.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +10.9 pts Valid ballots 3,296.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Keith Anthony Laird	Labour Party	1,293	39.2%	+14.2 pts	Elected
2	George Woodward	Reform UK	1,248	37.9%	+12.9 pts	Elected
3	Ian Francis Mills	Labour Party	1,183	35.9%	+10.9 pts	Elected
4	John David Murphy	Reform UK	1,083	32.9%	—
5	Tom Middleton-Leonard	Newton-le-Willows Independents	1,055	32.0%	—
6	John Henry Owen	Reform UK	1,019	30.9%	—
7	Chris Kennedy	Green Party	1,000	30.3%	—
8	Lisa Kathleen Preston	Labour Party	993	30.1%	—
9	David Smith	Liberal Democrats	698	21.2%	—
10	John Philip Cunliffe	Conservative Party	318	9.6%	—

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Newton-le-Willows West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 37.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +12.9 pts Valid ballots 3,025.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Terry Maguire	Newton-le-Willows Independents	1,622	53.6%	+28.6 pts	Elected
2	Karl Lionel Collier	Newton-le-Willows Independents	1,426	47.1%	+22.1 pts	Elected
3	Craig Smith	Newton-le-Willows Independents	1,148	37.9%	+12.9 pts	Elected
4	Dave Banks	Labour Party	920	30.4%	—
5	Peter Thomas Blood	Labour Party	900	29.7%	—
6	Scott Steven Smulders	Labour Party	809	26.7%	—
7	Mark Bell	Reform UK	785	25.9%	—
8	Robert Hart	Reform UK	699	23.1%	—
9	Gillian Pierre-Louis Moore	Reform UK	673	22.2%	—
10	Allan Albert Dockerty	Conservative Party	94	3.1%	—

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Windle · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 38.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +13.3 pts Valid ballots 3,229.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Clayton Ede	Reform UK	1,287	39.9%	+14.9 pts	Elected
2	Anthony Michael Keogh	Reform UK	1,262	39.1%	+14.1 pts	Elected
3	Alex Callum Twist	Reform UK	1,237	38.3%	+13.3 pts	Elected
4	Lynn Clarke	Labour Party	1,205	37.3%	—
5	George Andrew McCulley	Labour Party	1,042	32.3%	—
6	Robbie Young	Labour Party	993	30.7%	—
7	Andrew William Donnelly	Green Party	880	27.3%	—
8	Terence Stephen Price	Green Party	731	22.6%	—
9	Sue Rahman	Green Party	725	22.5%	—
10	Leighton James Frawley	Conservative Party	326	10.1%	—

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Billinge and Seneley Green · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 41.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +16.5 pts Valid ballots 3,299.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jennifer Anne Gerrard	Reform UK	1,465	44.4%	+19.4 pts	Elected
2	John Terence Porter	Reform UK	1,421	43.1%	+18.1 pts	Elected
3	Matthew Kent	Reform UK	1,370	41.5%	+16.5 pts	Elected
4	Steve Owen	Labour Party	958	29.0%	—
5	Peter Peers	Independent	947	28.7%	—
6	Colin Richard Betts	Independent	816	24.7%	—
7	Rod Bell	Labour Party	777	23.6%	—
8	Phil Gwilliam	Labour Party	727	22.0%	—
9	Sarah Isabel Jennings	Green Party	552	16.7%	—
10	Stephen William Gaskell	Green Party	546	16.5%	—
11	Denise Anne Gibney	Conservative Party	319	9.7%	—

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Sutton South East · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 50.4% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +17.1 pts Valid ballots 1,695

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	John Leonard Pinnington	Reform UK	895	52.8%	+19.5 pts	Elected
2	Brendan Moss	Reform UK	854	50.4%	+17.1 pts	Elected
3	Charlie Preston	Labour Party	755	44.5%	—
4	John Patrick Riley	Labour Party	734	43.3%	—
5	Dawn Smith	Conservative Party	152	9.0%	—

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West Park · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 42.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +17.9 pts Valid ballots 3,197

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Stephen Little	Reform UK	1,391	43.5%	+18.5 pts	Elected
2	Michael James Gibson	Reform UK	1,381	43.2%	+18.2 pts	Elected
3	Mark Anthony King	Reform UK	1,370	42.9%	+17.9 pts	Elected
4	Patrick Alcantara	Labour Party	1,188	37.2%	—
5	Julie Gwendoline Hand	Labour Party	1,123	35.1%	—
6	Matthew Peter Butterworth	Labour Party	1,102	34.5%	—
7	Tom Armstrong	Green Party	630	19.7%	—
8	Sarah Whelan	Green Party	598	18.7%	—
9	Anthony Aster	Green Party	559	17.5%	—
10	Richard William Barton	Conservative Party	249	7.8%	—

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Haydock · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 43.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +18.0 pts Valid ballots 2,882

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Stephen David Mousdell	Reform UK	1,331	46.2%	+21.2 pts	Elected
2	Michael John Chesworth	Reform UK	1,282	44.5%	+19.5 pts	Elected
3	Stephen Philip Claybrook	Reform UK	1,240	43.0%	+18.0 pts	Elected
4	Paul Robert Hooton	Green Party	938	32.5%	—
5	Emma Carolyn Van der Burg	Green Party	771	26.8%	—
6	Oliver Eddleston	Green Party	692	24.0%	—
7	Caleb Burns	Labour Party	607	21.1%	—
8	Rachael Harrison	Labour Party	577	20.0%	—
9	Owen Thomas Farnworth	Labour Party	561	19.5%	—
10	Andrea Marie Blake	Independent	237	8.2%	—
11	Ian Samuel Sutton	Independent	229	7.9%	—
12	Melanie Ann Marie Lee	Conservative Party	181	6.3%	—

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Sutton North West · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 51.5% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +18.2 pts Valid ballots 1,765.5

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Anthony Albert Johnson	Reform UK	909	51.5%	+18.2 pts	Elected
2	Mark Barry Johnson	Reform UK	909	51.5%	+18.2 pts	Elected
3	Niall Peter Andrew Campbell	Labour Party	757	42.9%	—
4	John William Hodkinson	Labour Party	737	41.7%	—
5	Anne Marie Spanner	Conservative Party	219	12.4%	—

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Thatto Heath · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 44.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +19.0 pts Valid ballots 2,848.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Emma Victoria Beck	Reform UK	1,364	47.9%	+22.9 pts	Elected
2	Jack Joseph Benyon	Reform UK	1,329	46.7%	+21.7 pts	Elected
3	James William Long	Reform UK	1,252	44.0%	+19.0 pts	Elected
4	Nova Louise Charlton	Labour Party	1,185	41.6%	—
5	Robyn Hattersley	Labour Party	1,105	38.8%	—
6	Richard McCauley	Labour Party	998	35.0%	—
7	Sue Bishop	Green Party	651	22.9%	—
8	Alexandru-Emilian Adamovici	Liberal Democrats	390	13.7%	—
9	Elizabeth Black	Conservative Party	271	9.5%	—

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Bold and Lea Green · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 44.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +19.6 pts Valid ballots 3,002.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	David Edward Hawley	Reform UK	1,456	48.5%	+23.5 pts	Elected
2	Mark Joseph Hitchen	Reform UK	1,434	47.8%	+22.8 pts	Elected
3	Samson Chika Egbike	Reform UK	1,340	44.6%	+19.6 pts	Elected
4	Sam Harding	Green Party	744	24.8%	—
5	Fae Sophia Morgan Oakley	Green Party	728	24.2%	—
6	Angela McCauley	Labour Party	700	23.3%	—
7	Graeme Thomas John Knapper	Green Party	695	23.1%	—
8	Alan Langley	Labour Party	677	22.5%	—
9	Paul Joseph Pritchard	Labour Party	610	20.3%	—
10	John Lee	Liberal Democrats	346	11.5%	—
11	Barbara Evelyn Woodcock	Conservative Party	278	9.3%	—

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Blackbrook · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 46.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +21.3 pts Valid ballots 2,765

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Nigel Brown	Reform UK	1,364	49.3%	+24.3 pts	Elected
2	Eileen Fleming	Reform UK	1,345	48.6%	+23.6 pts	Elected
3	Victor Floyd	Reform UK	1,281	46.3%	+21.3 pts	Elected
4	Anthony James Burns	Labour Party	965	34.9%	—
5	Paul McQuade	Labour Party	886	32.0%	—
6	Gareth William Cross	Labour Party	792	28.6%	—
7	Lorraine Vivienne Clarke	Green Party	590	21.3%	—
8	Jack Eiddon Davies	Green Party	454	16.4%	—
9	Daniel John Thomas	Green Party	442	16.0%	—
10	David Michael Titmuss	Conservative Party	176	6.4%	—

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Eccleston · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 50.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +25.3 pts Valid ballots 3,494.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Michael Haw	Liberal Democrats	2,224	63.6%	+38.6 pts	Elected
2	Philip Jonathan Cass	Liberal Democrats	1,809	51.8%	+26.8 pts	Elected
3	Geoff Pearl	Liberal Democrats	1,756	50.3%	+25.3 pts	Elected
4	David Lawrenson	Reform UK	979	28.0%	—
5	Billy Jones	Reform UK	943	27.0%	—
6	Steve Townsend	Reform UK	897	25.7%	—
7	Joy Akinkuade	Labour Party	566	16.2%	—
8	Sally Dodgson	Green Party	536	15.3%	—
9	Joe Quinn	Labour Party	511	14.6%	—
10	Elizabeth Ann Appleton	Conservative Party	262	7.5%	—

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Parr · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 52.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +27.5 pts Valid ballots 2,103.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Dan Axworthy	Reform UK	1,173	55.8%	+30.8 pts	Elected
2	Janet Rowlands	Reform UK	1,161	55.2%	+30.2 pts	Elected
3	Mal Webster	Reform UK	1,104	52.5%	+27.5 pts	Elected
4	Cath Brooks	Labour Party	713	33.9%	—
5	Andy Bowden	Labour Party	708	33.7%	—
6	Bisi Osundeko	Labour Party	593	28.2%	—
7	Lizzie O'Dell	Green Party	364	17.3%	—
8	Teri George	Independent	204	9.7%	—
9	Jeff Williams	Independent	187	8.9%	—
10	Mackenzie Jacob France	Conservative Party	104	4.9%	—

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Moss Bank · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 52.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +27.5 pts Valid ballots 3,071.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Gary Edgerton	Reform UK	1,664	54.2%	+29.2 pts	Elected
2	David Kent	Reform UK	1,638	53.3%	+28.3 pts	Elected
3	Jack Thomas Styles	Reform UK	1,613	52.5%	+27.5 pts	Elected
4	Jeanette Susan Banks	Labour Party	1,172	38.2%	—
5	Tracy Dickinson	Labour Party	1,126	36.7%	—
6	Shana Begum	Labour Party	1,116	36.3%	—
7	Allan John Kayll	Green Party	605	19.7%	—
8	Lisa Cunliffe	Conservative Party	280	9.1%	—

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Rainhill · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 56.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +31.9 pts Valid ballots 3,682.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	James Tasker	Rainhill Independents	2,372	64.4%	+39.4 pts	Elected
2	Donna Greaves	Rainhill Independents	2,113	57.4%	+32.4 pts	Elected
3	James Dunn	Rainhill Independents	2,095	56.9%	+31.9 pts	Elected
4	Neil Peter Conway	Reform UK	806	21.9%	—
5	Jo Woodhouse	Reform UK	788	21.4%	—
6	Mark Gilgannon	Reform UK	778	21.1%	—
7	Elaine Hodkinson	Labour Party	765	20.8%	—
8	Tabinda Iftikhar	Labour Party	612	16.6%	—
9	Masooma Zaki	Labour Party	569	15.5%	—
10	Henry John Spriggs	Conservative Party	149	4.0%	—

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