Warrington Council - Wards and Councillors

Unitary authority · North West · 58 seats in 22 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 4 May 2028

Labour have a majority on Warrington Council. The council has 58 councillors in 22 wards. Seats by party: Labour 40, Lib Dem 11, Other 5, Conservative 2. The next election is on 4 May 2028.

Control

Seats by party

Labour (Majority)

58 seats - 30 for a majority

Labour 40Conservative 2Lib Dem 11Other 5

Seat changes since the 2 May 2024 election Other +2 Conservative +1 Lib Dem −1 Labour −2

Vote share at the 2 May 2024 election (58 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Labour39.6%42

Conservative23.8%1

Lib Dem16.5%12

Other13.3%3

Reform3.6%0

Green3.2%0

Next election

4 May 2028

all 58 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Labour 40

majority of 22; 30 needed

Closest result

Rixton & Woolston

Labour won the last seat by 97 votes over Conservative, 2 May 2024

Latest by-election

Bewsey & Whitecross

Reform gain from Labour, 31 July 2025 (6 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

54%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourLib DemIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 22 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Appleton Laura Booth, Matt Scott, Peter Walker	2 May 2024 Lib Dem 54.3% lead 22.7 pts
Bewsey & Whitecross Tom Jennings, John Roddy, Steve Wright	2 May 2024 Labour 59.2% lead 37.9 pts
Birchwood Balbir Dhillon, Kuldeep Dhillon, Timothy Price	2 May 2024 Labour 52.4% lead 20.3 pts
Burtonwood & Winwick Kevin Burgess, Stuart Mann	2 May 2024 Labour 34.0% lead 5.2 pts
Chapelford & Old Hall Steve Parish, Barbara Pete-Echieh, Paul Warburton	2 May 2024 Labour 46.3% lead 17.8 pts
Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft Neil Johnson, Janet Seddon, Matt Smith	2 May 2024 Labour 54.8% lead 9.6 pts
Fairfield & Howley Jean Flaherty, Tony Higgins, Sagheer Zaman	2 May 2024 Labour 62.3% lead 41.6 pts
Grappenhall Mark Browne, Helen Speed	2 May 2024 Lib Dem 47.1% lead 23.9 pts
Great Sankey North & Whittle Hall Marcus Cameron, Charlotte Bond, Hitesh Patel	2 May 2024 Labour 36.9% lead 5.6 pts
Great Sankey South Leah Hussain, Mo Hussain, Laura Watson	2 May 2024 Labour 62.2% lead 40.1 pts
Latchford East Hans Mundry, Karen Mundry	2 May 2024 Labour 62.1% lead 41.3 pts
Latchford West Denis Matthews, Maureen McLaughlin	2 May 2024 Labour 53.4% lead 20.4 pts
Lymm North & Thelwall Bob Hignett, Wendy Johnson, Ian Marks	2 May 2024 Lib Dem 55.4% lead 32.9 pts
Lymm South Graham Gowland, Luke Stuttard	2 May 2024 Lib Dem 51.6% lead 22.8 pts
Orford Dave Appleton, Robin Frith, Emily Russon	2 May 2024 Labour 40.2% lead 9.0 pts
Penketh & Cuerdley Jacob Barnard, Geoff Fellows, Eunice Peters	2 May 2024 Independent 20.2% lead 0.3 pts
Poplars & Hulme John Kerr-Brown, Gemma Southern, Nathan Sudworth	2 May 2024 Labour 59.6% lead 35.7 pts
Poulton North Sue Emery, Graham Friend, Una Gillham	2 May 2024 Labour 63.9% lead 27.8 pts
Poulton South Rebecca Knowles, Stephen Rydzkowski	2 May 2024 Labour 65.2% lead 30.4 pts
Rixton & Woolston Hilary Cooksey, Lawrence Sheridan, Rob Tynan	2 May 2024 Conservative 31.5% lead 0.2 pts
Stockton Heath Sharon Harris, Judith Wheeler	2 May 2024 Lib Dem 50.8% lead 24.2 pts
Westbrook Kate Eglinton, Marc Rufus	2 May 2024 Labour 61.7% lead 23.4 pts

Appleton

Laura Booth Lib DemMatt Scott Lib DemPeter Walker Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Lib Dem54.3%

Conservative31.6%

Labour14.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Laura Booth Elected	Lib Dem	1,999
Peter John Walker Elected	Lib Dem	1,906
Matt Scott Elected	Lib Dem	1,440
Mark Christopher Jervis	Conservative	1,165
Ghazala Chapman	Conservative	1,040
Kenneth Critchley	Conservative	997
Jane Whalen	Labour	518

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bewsey & Whitecross

John Roddy ConservativeSteve Wright LabourTom Jennings Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour59.2%

Lib Dem21.3%

Conservative19.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steve Wright Elected	Labour	1,151
Tom Jennings Elected	Labour	1,133
Shireen Saeed Mohammed Elected	Labour	1,015
David Crowther	Lib Dem	414
Cecilia Margaret Critchley	Conservative	378
Lisa Thompson	Conservative	365
Barbara May Price	Conservative	359

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 31 July 2025

Reform43.7%

Labour36.6%

Lib Dem13.0%

Conservative6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Roddy Elected	Reform	752	43.7%
Maitane Akpan	Labour	631	36.6%
David Crowther	Lib Dem	223	13.0%
Stephen Howard Taylor	Conservative	116	6.7%

Birchwood

Balbir Dhillon LabourKuldeep Dhillon LabourTimothy Price Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour52.4%

Conservative32.1%

Reform15.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kuldeep Singh Dhillon Elected	Labour	1,454
Balbir Kaur Dhillon Elected	Labour	1,448
Tim Price Elected	Labour	1,436
Nigel Balding	Conservative	891
Craig Peter Allen	Conservative	626
Neil Murphy	Conservative	536
Dion Challinor	Reform	428

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Burtonwood & Winwick

Kevin Burgess LabourStuart Mann Independent

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour34.0%

Independent28.8%

Independent22.3%

Green8.0%

Conservative6.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kevin Burgess Elected	Labour	841
Stuart Mann Elected	Independent	714
Siobhan Maureen Carr	Labour	614
Theresa Murray	Independent	553
Maddison Stacey Wheeldon	Green	198
Stewart Anthony Gardiner	Conservative	169

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Chapelford & Old Hall

Barbara Pete-Echieh LabourPaul Warburton LabourSteve Parish Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour46.3%

Conservative28.5%

Lib Dem13.6%

Green11.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steve Parish Elected	Labour	1,521
Paul Warburton Elected	Labour	1,394
Barbara Pete Elected	Labour	1,163
Blake Cooper	Conservative	935
Gavin Hepherd-Hall	Conservative	737
Nisha Jethalal Shah	Conservative	692
Allan Bird	Lib Dem	446
Bec Hutton-Riedijk	Green	381

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft

Janet Seddon LabourMatt Smith LabourNeil Johnson Independent

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour54.8%

Conservative45.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Matt Smith Elected	Labour	1,763
Neil Johnson Elected	Labour	1,694
Janet Seddon Elected	Labour	1,691
Carol Ruth Benson	Conservative	1,457
Valerie Margaret Allen	Conservative	1,374
Alicia Edwards	Conservative	1,256

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Fairfield & Howley

Jean Flaherty LabourSagheer Zaman LabourTony Higgins Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour62.3%

Reform20.7%

Conservative16.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jean Flaherty Elected	Labour	1,271
Tony Higgins Elected	Labour	1,167
Sagheer Zaman Elected	Labour	1,049
Dave Fowler	Reform	423
Daniel Thompson	Conservative	345

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Grappenhall

Helen Speed Lib DemMark Browne Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Lib Dem47.1%

Conservative23.2%

Labour18.4%

Green11.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mark Damen Browne Elected	Lib Dem	1,184
Helen Speed Elected	Lib Dem	1,160
Andrew Freeman	Conservative	583
Joanne Freeman	Conservative	573
Dave Cundy	Labour	463
Michael Caldow	Green	282

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Great Sankey North & Whittle Hall

Charlotte Bond LabourHitesh Patel LabourMarcus Cameron Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour36.9%

Independent31.3%

Conservative16.4%

Green15.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Janet Henshaw Elected	Labour	1,365
Hitesh Patel Elected	Labour	1,319
Marcus Cameron Elected	Labour	1,285
Nigel John Catlow	Independent	1,159
Julie Groom	Conservative	606
Chi Kuong-Kwan	Conservative	592
Stephanie Davies	Green	568
Brodie Mitchell	Conservative	477

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Labour27.8%

Reform26.7%

Independent22.8%

Lib Dem13.7%

Conservative8.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charlotte Bond Elected	Labour	775	27.8%
Carl Knapper	Reform	745	26.7%
Nigel John Catlow	Independent	636	22.8%
Allan Bird	Lib Dem	383	13.7%
Chuck Eriobuna	Conservative	248	8.9%

Great Sankey South

Laura Watson LabourLeah Hussain LabourMo Hussain Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour62.2%

Conservative22.1%

Lib Dem15.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Laura Watson Elected	Labour	1,378
Mo Hussain Elected	Labour	1,256
Leah Hussain Elected	Labour	1,243
Andrew David Pennington	Conservative	490
Moria Dolan	Conservative	422
Caleb Michael Lovegrove	Conservative	389
Anthony James Tobin	Lib Dem	346
Roy Alfred Smith	Lib Dem	319

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Latchford East

Hans Mundry LabourKaren Mundry Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour62.1%

Conservative20.8%

Lib Dem17.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karen Mundry Elected	Labour	880
Hans Josef Mundry Elected	Labour	847
Heather Winifred Allan	Conservative	294
Carl Andrew Olsen	Conservative	256
Vicki Duncan	Lib Dem	242

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Latchford West

Denis Matthews LabourMaureen McLaughlin Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour53.4%

Conservative33.0%

Lib Dem13.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Maureen McLaughlin Elected	Labour	915
Denis James Thomas Matthews Elected	Labour	875
Stephen Howard Taylor	Conservative	565
Marc Turner	Conservative	504
Tim Jordan	Lib Dem	232

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Lymm North & Thelwall

Bob Hignett Lib DemIan Marks Lib DemWendy Johnson Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Lib Dem55.4%

Labour22.5%

Conservative22.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ian George Marks Elected	Lib Dem	2,014
Bob Hignett Elected	Lib Dem	1,848
Wendy Johnson Elected	Lib Dem	1,817
Helen Charlotte Milner	Labour	819
Carole Margaret Pemberton	Conservative	802
Sue Farrington	Conservative	687
Calum Higginson	Conservative	616

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Lymm South

Graham Gowland IndependentLuke Stuttard Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Lib Dem51.6%

Conservative28.8%

Labour19.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Graham Gowland Elected	Lib Dem	1,144
Luke William Stuttard Elected	Lib Dem	816
Ian Pemberton	Conservative	639
Phillip Martin Ford	Conservative	532
Sara Frith	Labour	432

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Orford

Dave Appleton LabourEmily Russon LabourRobin Frith Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour40.2%

Independent31.2%

Reform18.4%

Conservative10.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dave Appleton Elected	Labour	1,039
Emily Russon Elected	Labour	981
Robin Michael David Frith Elected	Labour	948
Carol Kilgannon	Independent	806
Trevor Nicholls	Reform	476
David Bent	Conservative	262

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Penketh & Cuerdley

Eunice Peters IndependentGeoff Fellows IndependentJacob Barnard Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Independent20.2%

Labour19.9%

Independent17.4%

Independent12.1%

Independent10.9%

Independent8.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Eunice Peters Elected	Independent	1,144
Jacob Barnard Elected	Labour	1,130
Geoff Fellows Elected	Independent	986
Brian Gallagher	Labour	888
Martin Paul McManus	Labour	841
Craig Lenihan	Independent	685
Andy Heaver	Independent	620
Christine Wych	Independent	484
Joanne Ellen Baxter	Conservative	468
Chuck Eriobuna	Conservative	390
Paula Wilkinson	Conservative	316
Katie Barr	Lib Dem	150

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Poplars & Hulme

Gemma Southern LabourJohn Kerr-Brown LabourNathan Sudworth Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour59.6%

Reform23.9%

Conservative16.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nathan Sudworth Elected	Labour	1,004
John Kerr-Brown Elected	Labour	894
Gemma Southern Elected	Labour	825
Dennis James Cornwell	Reform	402
Anthony Douglas Muir	Conservative	278

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Poulton North

Graham Friend LabourSue Emery LabourUna Gillham Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour63.9%

Conservative36.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Graham Jeffrey Friend Elected	Labour	1,259
Sue Emery Elected	Labour	1,172
Una Bernadette Gillham Elected	Labour	1,166
Michael Millington	Conservative	711

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Poulton South

Rebecca Knowles LabourStephen Rydzkowski Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour65.2%

Conservative34.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rebecca Knowles Elected	Labour	841
Stephen John Rydzkowski Elected	Labour	825
Andrew David Jones	Conservative	448

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rixton & Woolston

Hilary Cooksey LabourLawrence Sheridan LabourRob Tynan Conservative

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Conservative31.5%

Labour31.3%

Independent14.4%

Green12.7%

Reform10.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rob Tynan Elected	Conservative	977
Hilary Cooksey Elected	Labour	973
Lawrence Sheridan Elected	Labour	879
Gary Rushby	Conservative	782
Sheejo Varghese	Labour	738
Howard Klein	Conservative	730
Phil Eastty	Independent	447
Karen Wild	Green	393
Geoffrey Siddall	Reform	316

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stockton Heath

Judith Wheeler Lib DemSharon Harris Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Lib Dem50.8%

Labour26.6%

Conservative22.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Judith Wheeler Elected	Lib Dem	1,210
Sharon Harris Elected	Lib Dem	1,018
Laurence James Murphy	Labour	634
Seb Sheldon	Conservative	537
Lyndsey Jane Olsen	Conservative	440

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Westbrook

Kate Eglinton LabourMarc Rufus Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour61.7%

Conservative38.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Marc Victor Rufus Elected	Labour	925
Kate Eglinton Elected	Labour	846
Gavin Ruben	Conservative	573

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

3 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Bewsey & Whitecross	John Roddy	Reform 2025	Conservative
Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft	Neil Johnson	Labour 2024	Independent
Lymm South	Graham Gowland	Lib Dem 2024	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

6 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
31 July 2025	Bewsey & Whitecross	Reform gain from Labour	44.0%
1 May 2025	Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall	Labour hold	27.8%
29 July 2023	Poulton North	Labour hold
20 April 2023	Latchford West	Labour hold
24 November 2022	Rixton and Woolston	Conservative hold
20 October 2022	Grappenhall	Lib Dem hold

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Warrington South	48%	Labour	Labour 38%
Warrington North	47%	Labour	Labour 44%
Tatton	5%	Conservative	Conservative 38%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Warrington

210,982 residents in 90,529 households

Voted Leave in 2016

54% 2 above GB

Degree or higher

33% 1 below GB

No qualifications

16% 2 below GB

Own their home

69% 8 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

15% 2 below GB

Rent privately

15% 5 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

27% 4 below GB

Aged 65 and over

23% 1 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.