2010 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
{{Short description|2010 local election in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
File:St Helens UK local election 2010 map.svg in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.]]
The 2010 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3749.stm|title=St Helens|date=19 May 2010|publisher=BBC News Online|access-date=1 March 2015}}
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Background
Before the election Labour were the largest party with 23 councillors, but the council was run by an alliance between the Liberal Democrats with 19 seats and the Conservatives with 6 seats.{{cite news|title=Candidates for St Helens local elections published|date=9 April 2010|work=St Helens Star|publisher=NewsBank}} Seats were contested in all 16 of the wards at the 2010 election, with Labour needing a 2-seat swing to win a majority on the council.{{cite news|title=Local election: Labour 'confident' of reclaiming St Helens Council|date=7 May 2010|work=St Helens Star|publisher=NewsBank}}
Election result
Labour gained 5 seats to take control of the council,{{cite news|title=Lib-Dem losses reflect party's national nosedive|date=10 May 2010|work=Liverpool Daily Post|publisher=NewsBank}} with 28 councillors. This gave them an 8-seat majority over the Liberal Democrats with 15 seats and the Conservatives with 5 seats.{{cite news|title=Labour's Dream St Helens night|date=8 May 2010|work=Liverpool Echo|publisher=NewsBank}} Labour took Bold, Haydock, Moss Bank and Town Centre from the Liberal Democrats, including defeating the Liberal Democrat cabinet member Richard Ferry in Moss Bank. Meanwhile, Labour also gained Windle from the Conservatives.
Following the election Labour's Marie Rimmer became leader of the council for a third time.{{cite news|title=Rimmer: 'Labour council will be 'transparent and accountable'|date=27 May 2010|work=St Helens Star|publisher=NewsBank}}
{{Election summary begin|title = St Helens local election result 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134448/local_election_6_may_2010.pdf|title=Declaration of Result of Poll|publisher=St Helens Council|access-date=1 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303182728/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134448/local_election_6_may_2010.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2015|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 12
|gain = 5
|loss = 0
|net = +5
|seats % = 75.0
|votes % = 48.2
|votes = 39,095
|plus/minus = +11.2%
}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 3
|gain = 0
|loss = 4
|net = -4
|seats % = 18.8
|votes % = 30.4
|votes = 24,628
|plus/minus = -7.3%
}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 1
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = -1
|seats % = 6.3
|votes % = 18.3
|votes = 14,827
|plus/minus = -1.4%
}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = British National Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0
|votes % = 2.9
|votes = 2,373
|plus/minus = -2.7%
}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0
|votes % = 0.2
|votes = 158
|plus/minus = +0.2%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
{{Election box begin | title=Billinge and Seneley Green}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Susan Murphy
|votes = 2,964
|percentage = 49.6
|change = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Hodgson
|votes = 1,795
|percentage = 30.0
|change = -10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Gadsden
|votes = 1,216
|percentage = 20.4
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,169
|percentage = 19.6
|change = +18.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,975
|percentage = 67.1
|change = +31.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Blackbrook}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul McQuade
|votes = 2,881
|percentage = 57.7
|change = +11.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Brian Bonney
|votes = 1,276
|percentage = 25.6
|change = -13.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Judith Collins
|votes = 547
|percentage = 11.0
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Gail Lawley
|votes = 290
|percentage = 5.8
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,605
|percentage = 32.1
|change = +24.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,994
|percentage = 59.2
|change = +27.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Bold}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Cross
|votes = 2,074
|percentage = 48.3
|change = +6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Matthew Dunn
|votes = 1,503
|percentage = 35.0
|change = -6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charmian Pyke
|votes = 426
|percentage = 9.9
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Marie Oakes
|votes = 294
|percentage = 6.8
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 571
|percentage = 13.3
|change = +12.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,297
|percentage = 57.4
|change = +25.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Earlestown}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Banks
|votes = 2,533
|percentage = 57.5
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Smith
|votes = 1,146
|percentage = 26.0
|change = -13.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Harvey
|votes = 726
|percentage = 16.5
|change = +8.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,387
|percentage = 31.5
|change = +19.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,405
|percentage = 54.3
|change = +22.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Eccleston}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Pearl
|votes = 2,949
|percentage = 45.3
|change = -23.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Almond
|votes = 1,940
|percentage = 29.8
|change = +18.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kathleen Barton
|votes = 1,411
|percentage = 21.7
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = David Cleverley
|votes = 205
|percentage = 3.2
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,009
|percentage = 15.5
|change = -39.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,505
|percentage = 70.0
|change = +29.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Haydock}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Anderton
|votes = 2,802
|percentage = 51.5
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Eric Sheldon
|votes = 2,015
|percentage = 37.0
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Rigby
|votes = 623
|percentage = 11.5
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 787
|percentage = 14.5
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,440
|percentage = 60.1
|change = +26.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Moss Bank}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeffrey Fletcher
|votes = 2,417
|percentage = 46.3
|change = +18.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Ferry
|votes = 2,111
|percentage = 40.5
|change = -22.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Black
|votes = 689
|percentage = 13.2
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 306
|percentage = 5.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,217
|percentage = 60.9
|change = +25.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Newton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Neil Taylor
|votes = 2,441
|percentage = 48.3
|change = -21.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Perry
|votes = 1,785
|percentage = 35.3
|change = +14.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian Honey
|votes = 829
|percentage = 16.4
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 656
|percentage = 13.0
|change = -35.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,055
|percentage = 59.7
|change = +24.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Parr}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Terence Shields
|votes = 2,779
|percentage = 71.5
|change = +8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Round
|votes = 741
|percentage = 19.1
|change = -6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Madeleine Wilcock
|votes = 364
|percentage = 9.4
|change = -1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,038
|percentage = 52.5
|change = +14.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,884
|percentage = 45.2
|change = +22.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Rainford}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Monk
|votes = 2,356
|percentage = 49.3
|change = -17.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Aspinall
|votes = 1,634
|percentage = 34.2
|change = +14.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Hackett
|votes = 792
|percentage = 16.6
|change = +10.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 722
|percentage = 15.1
|change = -32.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,782
|percentage = 71.4
|change = +28.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Rainhill}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Glover
|votes = 2,789
|percentage = 46.3
|change = -5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Denise Aspinall
|votes = 1,800
|percentage = 29.9
|change = +16.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Bligh
|votes = 1,160
|percentage = 19.3
|change = -6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Leila Bentham
|votes = 273
|percentage = 4.5
|change = -4.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 989
|percentage = 16.4
|change = -9.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,022
|percentage = 66.3
|change = +28.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Sutton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Stephanie Topping
|votes = 2,327
|percentage = 44.9
|change = -17.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alison Bacon
|votes = 2,075
|percentage = 40.1
|change = +16.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Barbara Woodcock
|votes = 445
|percentage = 8.6
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Peter Clayton
|votes = 333
|percentage = 6.4
|change = -2.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 252
|percentage = 4.9
|change = -33.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,180
|percentage = 57.0
|change = +25.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Thatto Heath}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard McCauley
|votes = 2,995
|percentage = 58.7
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Julie Ollerhead
|votes = 1,071
|percentage = 21.0
|change = -2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Barton
|votes = 684
|percentage = 13.4
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Paul Telford
|votes = 349
|percentage = 6.8
|change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,924
|percentage = 37.7
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,099
|percentage = 54.7
|change = +26.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Town Centre}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Carole Gill
|votes = 2,176
|percentage = 54.0
|change = +18.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Crowther
|votes = 1,163
|percentage = 28.9
|change = -20.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Smith
|votes = 351
|percentage = 8.7
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = James Winstanley
|votes = 341
|percentage = 8.5
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,013
|percentage = 25.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,031
|percentage = 48.9
|change = -19.2
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=West Park}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Marie Rimmer
|votes = 3,063
|percentage = 58.7
|change = +8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin Johnson
|votes = 1,070
|percentage = 20.5
|change = -6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Oliver Kretay
|votes = 639
|percentage = 12.2
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Terence Oakes
|votes = 288
|percentage = 5.5
|change = -5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Patricia Robinson
|votes = 158
|percentage = 3.0
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,993
|percentage = 38.2
|change = +15.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,218
|percentage = 58.2
|change = +25.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Windle}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ellen Glover
|votes = 2,188
|percentage = 44.0
|change = +16.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Roughley
|votes = 1,782
|percentage = 35.8
|change = -17.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Noreen Knowles
|votes = 1,007
|percentage = 20.2
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 406
|percentage = 8.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,977
|percentage = 62.1
|change = +27.2
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
By-elections between 2010 and 2011
=Billinge and Seneley Green=
A by-election was held in Billinge and Seneley Green on 14 October 2010 after the death of Labour councillor Richard Ward.{{cite news|url=http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/8454704.Labour_retains_by_election_seat_as_Lib_Dems_trail_in_third/|title=Labour retains by-election seat as Lib Dems trail in third|date=15 October 2010|work=St Helens Star|access-date=3 March 2015}} The seat was held for Labour by Alison Bacon with a majority of 664 votes over Conservative Elizabeth Black.
{{Election box begin | title=Billinge and Seneley Green by-election 14 October 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134422/by-election_billinge___s_-_141010.pdf|title=Declaration of Result of Poll|publisher=St Helens Council|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303182830/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134422/by-election_billinge___s_-_141010.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2015|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alison Bacon
|votes = 1,288
|percentage = 56.4
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Black
|votes = 624
|percentage = 27.3
|change = -2.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Gadsden
|votes = 229
|percentage = 10.0
|change = -10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = James Winstanley
|votes = 141
|percentage = 6.2
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 664
|percentage = 29.1
|change = +9.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,282
|percentage = 24.8
|change = -42.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Haydock=
A by-election was held in Haydock on 2 December 2010 after the death of the longest serving Labour councillor in the country, Jim Caunce.{{cite news|url=http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/8718333.display/|title=Labour retain Haydock seat|date=3 December 2010|work=St Helens Star|access-date=3 March 2015}} The seat was held for Labour by Anthony Burns with a majority of 694 votes over Liberal Democrat Eric Sheldon.
{{Election box begin | title=Haydock by-election 2 December 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134383/by-election_haydock_ward_2_december_2010_-_results.pdf|title=Declaration of Result of Poll|publisher=St Helens Council|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830201947/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134383/by-election_haydock_ward_2_december_2010_-_results.pdf|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Burns
|votes = 1,234
|percentage = 62.7
|change = +11.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Eric Sheldon
|votes = 540
|percentage = 27.4
|change = -9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Cunliffe
|votes = 112
|percentage = 5.7
|change = -5.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = James Winstanley
|votes = 82
|percentage = 4.2
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 694
|percentage = 35.3
|change = +20.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,968
|percentage = 20.4
|change = -39.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Merseyside elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2010}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2010 Saint Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election}}