← Thursday 29 October 2026

Beechwood & Heath

Halton · polled Thursday 29 October
Liberal Democrats defending

The Liberal Democrats won the ward's last contest in May 2026 with 45 per cent. Earlier contests were won by the Liberal Democrats in 2024 and 2023. 6 candidates stood.

The council

Halton

Every ward and councillor, who runs the council, and each by-election since May.

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Result
Reform UK gain from Liberal Democrat
Party Share
Reform UK35.3%
Liberal Democrats26.3%
Labour25.2%
Restore Britain6.3%
Independent4.2%
Conservative2.6%

Projection published before polls closed
77 in 100
simulated outcomes
Liberal Democrats: Favourite
Liberal Democrats77 in 100

Reform UK, Labour, Independent, Conservative: fewer than 9 wins in 100 each.

Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: Restore Britain.

How often each candidate wins the seat across 10,000 simulations of this contest - chances of winning, not vote shares.

How this ward has voted
May 2023
May 2024
May 2026
ResultConservativeLabourLiberal DemocratsGreenReform UKIndependents and others
May 2026--45%13%40%3%
May 2024-34%44%5%11%6%
May 202316%32%51%---

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. The independents-and-others share includes Libertarian Party (3% in May 2026) and The Liberal Party (6% in May 2024).

On the ballot
  • Owen Ashworth (Labour)
  • Dan Clarke (Independent)
    Stood here 2026 (3%)
    Has stood in this ward five times since 2021, as a Conservative, a Liberal and a Libertarian (69 votes in May 2026).
  • Ash Corcoran (Restore Britain)
  • Luke Jon Hanson (Conservative)
    Stood in Halton Lea 2026 (4%)
    Conservative candidate in Halton Lea in May 2026.
  • Diane Marie Inch (Liberal Democrats)
    Stood in Norton North 2026 (12%)
    Liberal Democrat candidate in Norton North at every Halton election from 2016 to 2026.
  • Neil Eric Thornton (Reform UK)
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 2Reform UK 17Independents 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-educated28%
Owner-occupied90%
Social renting2%
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 Runcorn and Helsby constituency. Labour MP Mike Amesbury won it at the 2024 general election with 53 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.