Farnworth

Halton · polled Thursday 25 June

Labour defending

Labour won the ward's last contest in May 2026 with 36 per cent. Earlier contests were won by Labour in 2024 and 2023. 5 candidates are standing.

Result

Labour hold

Party	Share
Labour	51.0%
Reform UK	36.4%
Conservative	7.7%
Green	4.7%
LBT	0.2%

How this ward has voted

Result	Conservative	Labour	Green	Reform UK
May 2026	13%	36%	14%	36%
May 2024	26%	74%	-	-
May 2023	30%	70%	-	-

Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.

On the ballot

Louise Elizabeth Nolan (Labour)
51% of the vote, elected
Christopher Charlton-Kingsley (Reform UK)
36% of the vote
Phil Harper (Conservative)
8% of the vote
Kiel Joseph Oldfield (Green)
5% of the vote
Dan Clarke (Libertarian Party)
0% of the vote

The council

Halton is a unitary authority: it runs every local service, from schools to bins. Current control: Labour.

Current composition of 54 seats

Labour 30Liberal Democrats 3Reform UK 16Independents and others 5

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Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.

Ward profile

Degree-educated34%

Owner-occupied82%

Social renting8%

Upper tier

There is no county council above Halton. Transport and some strategic functions sit with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

In Westminster

The ward is part of the Widnes and Halewood constituency. Labour MP Derek Twigg won it at the 2024 general election with 62 per cent of the vote.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.