Following the local elections on May 3, Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council is now made up of 24 Labour, 17 Conservative and 2 Liberal Democrat councillors (43 in total.
The Conservatives gained three seats. The overall turnout was 30.33% - a drop on last year's turnout of 33.3%.
Here are the full results by ward, with elected councillors' names in bold:
Maurice Frederick Brookes English Democrats 156
Catherine Sherlock Labour 307
Jonathan Starkey Conservative 265
3 spoiled papers
Electoral turnout: 25.69%
LABOUR HOLD
Anne Sandbach Hughes Conservative 264
Tony Sherlock Labour 669
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Turnout: 23.19%
LABOUR HOLD
Brian Anderson Conservative 509
Colin Cooper Labour 329
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Turnout: 30.71%
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Alan Huddart Conservative 888
Sue Pugh Labour 597
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Turnout: 32.07%
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Henry Frederick Crocker UK Independence 134
Louise Clare Gittins Labour 488
Scott Mealor Conservative 519
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Turnout: 41.85%
CONSERVATIVE GAIN
Chris Bale Conservative 436
Andy Williams Labour 546
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Turnout: 41.54%
LABOUR HOLD
Susan Elizabeth Craggs Labour 282
Brenda Dowding Conservative 1,090
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Turnout: 47.3%
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Tracy Hardwick Conservative 269
Peter Robson Labour 469
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Turnout: 25.21%
LABOUR HOLD
Angela Claydon Labour 394
Gordon Meldrum Conservative 286
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Turnout: 23.03%
LABOUR HOLD
Michael English Conservative 601
Ivor Jones Labour 845
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Turnout: 31.5%
LABOUR HOLD
Tommy Griffiths Labour 606
Simon Harris Conservative 324
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Turnout: 22.5%
LABOUR HOLD
Hilary Ann Chrusciezl Liberal Democrat 250
Graham Handley Liberal Democrat 216
Nic Hebson Conservative 407
Cherie Hill Labour 381
Abdul Kadir Jilani Labour 357
Kathy Lord Conservative 440
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Turnout: 41.54%
1 CONSERVATIVE GAIN
1 CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Karl Hardwick Conservative 587
Brian Jones Labour 679
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Turnout: 29.17%
LABOUR HOLD
Thomas Edward Hughes Conservative 217
Jimmy Murphy Labour 472
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Turnout: 25.9%
LABOUR HOLD
Linda Cooper Conservative 746
Elizabeth Jewkes Liberal Democrats 220
Kurt Frederick Jewkes Liberal Democrats 167
Mike McKusker Labour 618
Susie McMillan Conservative 717
Tony Walsh Labour 600
Turnout: 34.8%
1 CONSERVATIVE GAIN
1 CONSERVATIVE HOLD
The following two councillors did not seek re-election this year:
- Councillor Reg Chrimes (Labour) (Little Neston Ward)
- Councillor Sue Davies (Labour) (Neston Ward)
The following councillors were not re-elected:
- Councillor Cherie Hill (Labour) (Strawberry Fields Ward)
- Councillor Jonathan Starkey (Conservative) (Ledsham Ward) (sought election in Central Ward)
- Councillor Tony Walsh (Labour) (Whitby Ward)
The eight* new borough councillors are as follows:-
(*there are eight because three vacancies were filled, in Pooltown, Strawberry Fields and Whitby Wards)
Councillor Linda Cooper (Conservative) (Whitby Ward)
Councillor Nic Hebson (Conservative) (Strawberry Fields Ward) (elected until 2010)
Councillor Alan Huddart (Conservative) (Ledsham Ward)
Councillor Kathy Lord (Conservative) (Strawberry Fields Ward)
Councillor Scott Mealor (Conservative) (Little Neston Ward)
Councillor Susie McMillan (Conservative) (Whitby Ward) (elected until May 2008)
Councillor Peter Robson (Labour) (Pooltown Ward)
Councillor Andy Williams (Labour) (Neston Ward)
