2023 Halton Borough Council election

2023 local election in England

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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18 of 54 seats on Halton Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

23%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Mike Wharton	Margaret Ratcliffe	John Bradshaw
Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Seats before	48	3	3
Seats after	49	3	2
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	13,717	2,112	3,403
Percentage	64.4%	9.9%	16.0%
Swing	0.2%	0.3%	1.7%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Halton Borough Council election

Leader before election

Mike Wharton
Labour

Leader after election

Mike Wharton
Labour

The 2023 Halton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect 18 members (one-third) of Halton Borough Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Labour retained its majority on the council.

Results

The results were as follows:

Halton Borough Council Election Result 2023
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	17	1	94.4	32	49	90.7	13,717	64.4	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	1		5.6	2	3	5.6	2,112	9.9	+0.3
	Conservative	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.7	3,403	16.0	–1.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,755	8.2	+3.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	212	1.0	–2.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	100	0.5	N/A

Ward Results

Appleton

Appleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Philbin	805	80.4	–4.2
	Green	Vanessa Lillian Shaw	106	10.6	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Richard Valentine	90	9.0	–6.4
Majority			699	69.8
Turnout			1,001
	Labour hold

Bankfield

Bankfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Margaret Goodall	799	81.8	–5.0
	Conservative	Ray Roberts	178	18.2	+13.0
Majority			621	63.6
Turnout			977
	Labour hold		Swing	9.0

Beechwood & Heath

Beechwood & Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Rowe	966	51.5	+3.6
	Labour	Louise Jane Whitley	603	32.1	+2.1
	Conservative	Danny Clarke	308	16.4	–1.1
Majority			363	19.4
Turnout			1,877
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.8

Birchfield

Birchfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Woolfall	912	61.5	+11.6
	Conservative	Ann Elizabeth Dawson	357	24.1	–13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Peter Teebay	215	14.5	+7.8
Majority			555	37.4
Turnout			1,484
	Labour hold		Swing	12.5

Bridgewater

Bridgewater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Patricia Plumpton Walsh	843	69.8	–4.8
	Conservative	Shaun Peter Kelly	151	12.5	–2.2
	Green	Christopher Neil Sankey	116	9.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Nicola Howard	97	8.0	–2.7
Majority			692	57.3
Turnout			1,207
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Central & West Bank

Central & West Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Hill	431	59.9	–25.8
	Green	Anthony Thomas McMullin	189	26.3	N/A
	Reform UK	Jake Peter Fraser	100	13.9	N/A
Majority			242	33.6
Turnout			720
	Labour hold

Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor

Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Ryan	531	41.5	+7.4
	Green	Andrew Dyer	343	26.8	–5.0
	Conservative	Marjorie Bradshaw	336	26.2	–7.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Segrue Secker	71	5.5	N/A
Majority			188	14.7
Turnout			1,281
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.2

Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank

Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Dourley	819	79.7	–0.5
	Conservative	Phil Harper	208	20.3	+0.5
Majority			611	59.4
Turnout			1,027
	Labour hold		Swing	0.5

Farnworth

Farnworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aimee Skinner	1,044	70.4	+5.6
	Conservative	Colleen Mary Harper	439	29.6	–5.6
Majority			605	40.8
Turnout			1,483
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Grange

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bernard Abbott	696	67.5	–10.7
	Conservative	Thomas Peter Moss	130	12.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Neil Howard	103	10.0	–11.8
	Independent	Daniel Baker	102	9.9	N/A
Majority			566	54.9
Turnout			1,031
	Labour hold

Halton Castle

Halton Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Loftus	691	66.6	+3.6
	Green	Iain James Ferguson	125	12.1	–5.3
	Independent	Darrin David Whyte	110	10.6	–1.2
	Conservative	Dylan Anthony Eaton	70	6.8	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Haddock	41	4.0	N/A
Majority			566	54.5
Turnout			1,037
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

Halton Lea

Halton Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Thompson	761	75.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Sandra Margarett Davidson	116	11.6	±0.0
	Green	Michael James O'Day	83	8.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	David John Woods	43	4.3	–0.7
Majority			645	64.3
Turnout			1,003
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

Halton View

Halton View
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom McInerney	850	71.9	–8.2
	Green	Derek William Mellor	170	14.4	N/A
	Conservative	Matthew Paul Roth	162	13.7	–6.2
Majority			680	57.5
Turnout			1,182
	Labour hold

Highfield

Highfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Christopher Nolan	948	77.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Austin Clarke	146	11.9	–1.9
	Green	Ashlee Brown	133	10.8	N/A
Majority			802	65.4
Turnout			1,227
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

Hough Green

Hough Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Peter Wainwright	761	70.2	–2.3
	Conservative	David James Dorian	199	18.4	+1.1
	Green	Philip John Beale	124	11.4	+1.3
Majority			562	51.8
Turnout			1,084
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

Mersey & Weston

Mersey & Weston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Leck	720	59.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Allison Rowe	252	20.9	–4.0
	Conservative	Claire Louise Roth	134	11.1	–0.5
	Green	Sariel Arjona	100	8.3	N/A
Majority			468	38.8
Turnout			1,206
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

Norton North

Norton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Lloyd Jones	786	54.8	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Marie Inch	261	18.2	+2.1
	Conservative	Adam Robert Burnett	197	13.7	+2.8
	Green	Matthew Thomas Healey	191	13.3	–5.7
Majority			525	36.6
Turnout			1,435
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Norton South & Preston Brook

Norton South & Preston Brook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Stretch	717	69.1	–1.9
	Conservative	Peter Davidson	182	17.6	+2.4
	Green	Tracy Claire Miller	75	7.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Miriam Lorraine Hodge	63	6.1	–0.8
Majority			535	51.5
Turnout			1,037
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

References

Kemp, Ellie (4 May 2023). "Halton local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
"Local elections 2023: Labour retains control in Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton and Sefton". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
"Election results". Halton Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

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Halton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Warrington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Cheshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Chester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
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Macclesfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
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