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Map showing the results of the 2021 Warrington Borough Council election

The 2021 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. All 58 seats were up for election.

These elections were originally scheduled for May 2020, but were delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

The Labour Party retained overall control of Warrington Borough Council after winning 35 of the 58 seats.

Results

Warrington Borough Council election, 2021
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 35 0 10 Decrease 10 60.35 38.90 54,519 Decrease 9.90%
  Conservative 11 10 1 Increase 9 18.96 36.64 51,345 Increase 13.65%
  Liberal Democrats 9 1 3 Decrease 2 15.52 16.04 22,479 Decrease 4.59%
  Independent 3 3 0 Increase 3 5.17 6.10 8,552 Increase 4.25%
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.32 3,242 Increase 1.03%

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
45 11 2
Labour Lib Dem Con

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
35 11 9 3
Labour Conservative Lib Dem IND

Lib Dem – Liberal Democrats
Con – Conservative
IND – Independent

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). References: [2]

Appleton

Appleton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Christopher Jervis 2,024 47.5 +16.6
Conservative Ghazala Chapman 1,989 46.7 +21.1
Conservative Kenneth David Critchley 1,926 45.2 +24.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Russell Lewenz 1,628 38.2 -24.7
Liberal Democrats Sharon Alicia Harris* 1,551 36.4 -10.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Damen Browne 1,497 35.1 -23.4
Labour Denis James Thomas Matthews 529 12.4 -3.6
Labour Robin Michael David Frith 511 12.0 N/A
Labour Andrew Alexander Warnock-Smith 478 11.2 N/A
Turnout 4,278 50.59 +8.59
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bewsey and Whitecross

Bewsey and Whitecross (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sarah Edith Hall* 1,046 53.2 -13.1
Labour Co-op Steve Wright* 925 47.1 -15.6
Labour Co-op Tom Jennings* 879 44.7 -16.9
Conservative Cecilia Margaret Critchley 453 23.1 +9.5
Independent Beth Trainer 423 21.5 N/A
Conservative Anthony John Kerrigan 390 19.8 +7.6
Conservative Carl Andrew Olsen 344 17.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Timmis 340 17.3 -1.2
Turnout 1,986 22.78 +0.78
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Birchwood

Birchwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russ Bowden* 1,521 52.2 -7.4
Labour David Michael Ellis 1,389 47.7 -7.1
Conservative Nigel William Balding 1,076 37.0 +9.9
Labour Judith Mary Guthrie 1,073 36.8 -14.4
Conservative Craig Peter Allen 1,068 36.7 +15.3
Conservative Paul Adam Young 743 25.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Matt Scott 351 12.1 +1.6
Liberal Democrats David John Eccles 298 10.2 N/A
Turnout 2,928 35.05 +0.05
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Burtonwood & Winwick

Burtonwood & Winwick (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Abbey 986 54.1 -8.6
Labour Cathy Mitchell* 958 52.6 -11.1
Conservative Paul Thomas Campbell 579 31.8 +8.3
Conservative Theresa-Jane Murray 564 31.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Edgar John Davies 108 5.9 -9.7
Turnout 1,843 36.38 +2.38
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chapelford and Old Hall

Chapelford and Old Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Parish* 1,224 41.8 -1.9
Labour Co-op Paul Joseph Warburton 1,186 40.5 -15.6
Conservative Linda Margaret Butler 1,104 37.7 +15.4
Labour Co-op Rebecca Anne Knowles* 1,088 37.1 -1.0
Conservative Ian Anthony Wilson 972 33.2 +19.5
Conservative Summit Tuli 908 31.0 +18.5
Liberal Democrats Allan Keith Bird 567 19.4 -6.9
Green Sarah Louise Williamson 465 15.9 N/A
Green Michael Andrew Wass 204 7.0 -0.7
Liberal Democrats Cliff Taylor 168 5.7 -11.7
Turnout 2,965 33.68 +2.68
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft

Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carol Ruth Benson 1,942 48.7 +8.8
Conservative Valerie Margaret Allen 1,923 48.3 +11.2
Conservative Wendy Maisey 1,845 46.3 +7.6
Labour Matt Smith* 1,556 39.0 -13.5
Labour Ben Alldred 1,442 36.2 -11.1
Labour Jan Davidson* 1,154 29.0 -12.1
Green Gary Lloyd Williams 520 13.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Eddie Sloane 362 9.1 -3.6
Turnout 4,013 45.43 +5.43
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Fairfield and Howley

Fairfield and Howley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Flaherty* 1,201 60.5 +3.3
Labour Tony Higgins* 1,057 53.2 +6.5
Labour Sagheer Zaman 883 44.5 -1.7
Conservative Stephen Crawshaw 538 27.1 +11.7
Conservative Simone Samantha-Louise Davies 446 22.5 N/A
Conservative Peter John Donleavy 397 20.0 N/A
Green Denise Jane Harris 304 15.3 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Constance Merril Cummerson 178 9.0 -2.1
Green Jamie Martin 177 8.9 N/A
Turnout 1,997 23.38 -3.62
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grappenhall

Grappenhall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ryan Stephen Robert Bate* 1,335 49.1 -3.3
Liberal Democrats Michael John Biggin* 1,136 41.8 -19.4
Conservative Simon Christopher Brookes 1,052 38.7 +12.2
Conservative Joanne Shanthi Freeman 803 29.5 +9.8
Labour David Cundy 261 9.6 -8.2
Labour Stephen James Price 258 9.5 N/A
Green Kenneth Robin Wilson 194 7.1 N/A
Turnout 2,741 49.40 +14.40
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Whalen 1,184 40.4 -13.8
Labour Hitesh Patel 1,143 39.0 -12.9
Labour Janet Henshaw 1,007 34.3 -15.7
Conservative Pete Pinnington 824 28.1 -0.6
Conservative Oliver James Paterson 766 26.1 -1.3
Independent Nigel John Catlow 722 24.6 N/A
Conservative Theo Jairaj Mirfin 644 22.0 -5.1
Independent Dave Clark 542 18.5 N/A
Green Stephanie Davies 432 14.7 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony James Tobin 277 9.4 -4.1
Turnout 2,953 37.34 +2.34
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Great Sankey South

Great Sankey South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amanda Marie King* 1,512 60.5 -2.4
Labour Laura Watson 1,415 56.6 +4.2
Labour Mo Hussain 1,363 54.6 +3.9
Conservative Adam Thomas Patrick Wilson 916 36.7 +12.7
Conservative Christopher Goldie 855 34.2 +12.5
Conservative Ash Prakash 803 32.1 +14.4
Liberal Democrats Roy Alfred Smith 379 15.2 +5.2
Turnout 2,530 30.10 +3.40
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Latchford East

Latchford East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Hans Josef Mundry* 922 59.9 -6.9
Labour Co-op Karen Elizabeth Mundry* 917 59.6 +0.5
Conservative Heather Winifred Allan 377 24.5 +10.7
Conservative Tobias Sebastian Fox 375 24.4 +14.0
Liberal Democrats Denis Patrick McAllister 149 9.7 -0.4
Turnout 1,558 24.05 +1.05
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Latchford West

Latchford West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Penelope McLaughlin* 909 43.1 -10.6
Labour Les Morgan* 859 40.7 -17.2
Conservative Amanda Louise Bowles 793 37.6 +20.2
Conservative Stephen Howard Taylor 787 37.3 +20.1
Liberal Democrats Sally Jane Chisholm 207 9.8 -5.5
Liberal Democrats Julia Kate Stansfield 169 8.0 -6.7
Turnout 2,128 36.07 +4.07
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lymm North and Thelwall

Lymm North and Thelwall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Barr* 2,129 52.2 -2.7
Liberal Democrats Ian George Marks* 2,103 51.6 -1.0
Liberal Democrats Wendy Johnson* 1,735 42.6 -3.0
Conservative Stephen Philip Chadwick 1,211 29.7 +6.5
Conservative Julia Frances Leigh 1,210 29.7 +9.8
Conservative Roger Nicholas Longton 1,100 27.0 +8.6
Labour Chris Brownhill 900 22.1 -2.1
Labour Ken Wormald 657 16.1 N/A
Labour Marc Victor Rufus 601 14.7 N/A
Turnout 4,095 45.10 +4.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lymm South

Lymm South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kath Buckley* 1,119 44.4 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Farrington Gowland 1,019 40.4 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Tim Martland 895 35.5 +0.4
Conservative Ian Pemberton 859 34.0 -7.7
Labour Trish Cockayne 382 15.1 -5.9
Labour Cheryl Marie Anderson 296 11.7 N/A
Independent Joe Griffiths 239 9.5 N/A
Turnout 2,529 49.67 +5.67
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Orford

Orford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Charlotte Milner 1,036 45.0 -23.1
Labour Claire Ellen Lloyd-Fitzgerald 984 42.7 -20.0
Labour Morgan Alan William Tarr* 856 37.2 -19.1
Conservative Carol Anne Kilgannon 772 33.5 +26.5
Conservative Stephen Murphy 742 32.2 N/A
Conservative Nicholas Forshaw 651 28.3 N/A
Independent Trevor Nicholls 349 15.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Celia Elizabeth Jordan 170 7.4 +1.1
Turnout 2,322 26.18 +1.18
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penketh and Cuerdley

Penketh and Cuerdley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andy Heaver 1,473 42.1 N/A
Independent Geoffrey Fellows 1,391 39.8 N/A
Independent Craig Joseph Lenihan 1,361 38.9 N/A
Labour Linda Susan Dirir* 1,038 29.7 -19.9
Labour Amy Charlotte Brookes 1,021 29.2 -24.0
Conservative Michael Andrew Potts 943 27.0 -16.2
Labour Kenny Watson 827 23.6 -25.1
Conservative Lucy Gemma Davies 795 22.7 -13.0
Conservative Matthew Marshall 678 19.4 -14.4
Liberal Democrats Pam Todd 143 4.1 -4.2
Turnout 3,530 42.74 +5.74
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Poplars and Hulme

Poplars and Hulme (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nathan James John Sudworth 1,047 58.2 +2.0
Labour John Sidney Kerr-Brown* 942 52.4 -9.2
Labour Hilary Cooksey* 887 49.3 -7.6
Conservative Chloe Demi Birchall 578 32.1 +20.7
Conservative Rowland Blackstock 382 21.2 N/A
Conservative Charles Basil Mitchell 360 20.0 N/A
Independent Mal Lingley 241 13.4 -9.3
Liberal Democrats Mike Anderson 125 6.9 -0.4
Turnout 1,812 20.53 -2.47
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Poulton North

Poulton North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Friend* 1,172 43.2 -13.5
Labour Graham Jeffrey Friend* 1,126 41.5 -15.2
Labour Sue Emery 956 35.3 -13.8
Conservative William David Gibson 804 29.7 +1.7
Conservative Ben Anthony Duncanson 799 29.5 N/A
Green Geoff Settle 727 26.8 N/A
Conservative Isaac Tweedale 709 26.2 N/A
Independent Jon Parr 544 20.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Scott Wilson 203 7.5 -21.7
Liberal Democrats Tim Harwood 152 5.6 N/A
Turnout 2,724 33.97 +1.97
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Poulton South

Poulton South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Ann Creaghan* 788 48.3 +0.8
Labour Stephen John Rydzkowski 745 45.6 -16.3
Conservative Howard Martin Klein 594 36.4 +13.7
Conservative Steven William Stewart 540 33.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Crowther 144 8.8 -2.9
Liberal Democrats Daniel Gregory Warren 136 8.3 N/A
Turnout 1,650 34.21 +4.21
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rixton and Woolston

Rixton and Woolston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Thomas Dixon 1,250 42.2 +20.4
Labour Andrew John Hill* 1,157 39.1 -8.1
Conservative Phil Eastty 1,120 37.9 +20.0
Labour Pat Wright* 1,069 36.1 -2.0
Conservative Rob Tynan 1,064 36.0 +20.0
Labour Faisal Rashid 970 32.8 -18.3
Independent Paul Andrew Bray 412 13.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Helen Speed 295 10.0 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Brian Alistair Meichen 294 9.9 N/A
Turnout 2,978 38.90 +4.90
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Stockton Heath

Stockton Heath (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Carol Wheeler 1,012 38.9 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Peter John Walker* 999 38.4 -8.9
Conservative Bill Kidley 885 34.0 +4.7
Conservative Lyndsey Jane Olsen 837 32.2 +7.0
Labour Laurence James Murphy 504 19.4 -7.3
Labour Gary Leonard Slater 444 17.1 -5.6
Green Lyndsay McAteer 219 8.4 +2.0
Turnout 2,620 46.27 +5.27
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Westbrook

Westbrook (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Siobhan Maureen Carr 659 34.5 -4.6
Labour Brian Gallagher 619 32.4 +1.6
Conservative Marta Anna Paszkowska 610 31.9 +13.1
Conservative Nisha Jethalal Shah 507 26.5 N/A
Independent Debra Laura Duddle 428 22.4 N/A
Independent Jason Ian Webb 427 22.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Judith Mary Walker 114 6.0 -47.4
Liberal Democrats Brian Michael Davies 110 5.8 -23.9
Turnout 1,916 36.93 +4.93
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections

Grappenhall

Grappenhall (2 seats): 29 September 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Speed 1,073 42.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Browne 1,047 41.8 N/A
Conservative Moira Dolan 524 20.9 N/A
Conservative Philip Ford 462 18.5 N/A
Labour Denis Matthews 193 7.7 N/A
Green Denise Harris 135 5.4 N/A
Turnout 2,502 44.3
Registered electors 5,645
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Rixton & Woolston

Rixton & Woolston: 24 November 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rob Tynan 648 42.9 +2.8
Labour Trish Cockayne 645 42.7 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Brian Meichen 219 14.5 +5.0
Majority 3 0.2
Turnout 1,512 20.5
Registered electors 7,366
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.4

Latchford West

Latchford West: 20 April 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis Matthews 662 40.8 –6.8
Conservative Stephen Taylor 488 30.1 –11.4
Liberal Democrats Sharon Harris 274 16.9 +6.1
Independent Amanda Bowles 199 12.3 N/A
Majority 174 10.7
Turnout 1,628 28.3
Registered electors 5,752
Labour hold Swing Increase2.3

Poulton North

Poulton North: 27 July 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Una Gillham 999 56.3 +22.3
Conservative Howard Klein 606 34.2 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Timothy Harwood 168 9.5 +3.6
Majority 393 22.1
Turnout 1,788 23.1
Registered electors 7,758
Labour hold Swing Increase5.9

References

  1. ^ Skentelbery, Gary (13 March 2020). "Local Elections postponed for one year due to Coronavirus". Warrington Worldwide. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Declaration of the Result of Poll Election of Councillors for the Appleton Ward" (PDF). warrington.gov.uk. 6 May 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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