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

2022 Halton Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

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

Appleton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ ^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.
^ "Halton: Tory wins envelope tie-break to pip Labour to seat". BBC. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

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