The 2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Sefton is divided into 22 wards, each electing 3 councillors, totalling up to 66 seats. Note, only 22 seats were up for election.
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Labour retained their majority control of the council despite seeing it reduced, achieving 38 seats in total and 12 seats that were up for election. They won 48% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats swept the board in Southport winning every seat up for election.
Ward Results
Birkdale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Richard Hands | 1,443 | 46.04 | ||
| Labour | Ged Wright | 717 | |||
| UKIP | Linda Gunn-Russo | 439 | |||
| Conservative | John Lyon-Taylor | 428 | |||
| Green | Bernhard Frank | 107 | |||
| Majority | 726 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,134 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Changes between 2016 and 2018
Councillor Tony Dawson (Dukes ward) was suspended from the Liberal Democrats in July 2017 but rejoined in January 2018.[2]
Husband and wife councillors Bill Welsh and Marianne Welsh (both Norwood) left the Liberal Democrats in August 2017 and joined the Labour Party in September.[3]
Conservative councillor Pat Ball (Dukes) resigned in September 2017 due to ill health.[4] In the by-election on 2 November the Liberal Democrats gained the seat. New councillor John Pugh's term ends 2019.[5]
Labour councillor Andy Dams (Blundellsands) resigned his seat in December 2017. The seat was filled in the election due on 3 May 2018.[6]
Conservative councillor Kevin Cluskey (Ford) resigned his seat in March 2018.[7] The seat's term ends in 2019,[8] and will be filled along with the one ending on 3 May 2018 in a double vacancy election.[9]