2022 Halton Borough Council election

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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 Steady 88.9 32 48 88.9 14,973 64.2
  Conservative 1 Increase 1 5.6 2 3 5.6 4,125 17.7
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 5.6 2 3 5.6 2,245 9.6
  Green 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,211 5.2
  Independent 0 Steady 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.