2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
{{Short description|2012 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
File:Sefton UK local election 2012 map.svg in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.]]
The 2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England, as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17299200 |title=Local elections 2012 |access-date=30 April 2012 |publisher=BBC News}} 22 seats, representing one third of the total Council membership, were up for election in single-member wards. Ten – nearly half – of the members elected were newcomers to the council; five of these defeated sitting Councillors seeking re-election, whilst in the other five wards, the incumbent retired. Two incumbents stood under different labels to those they were elected under in 2008; both were defeated in their wards.
The election resulted in a landslide for the Labour Party, which won 48% of the popular vote and 15 of the seats up for election – more than double the seven it went into the election with. Labour won a clean sweep in the southern constituencies of Sefton Central and Bootle. This brought the total number of seats controlled by Labour on the Council up to 36 giving the party an overall majority of six. As a result, the Sefton Labour Group formed a majority administration for the first time since the council's creation in 1973.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17299200 |title=Labour takes control of Sefton Council in the 2012 local elections |access-date=29 June 2012 |work=Southport Visiter}} Although the party failed to make a breakthrough in the northern town of Southport, it did win more than 20% of the popular vote there, a feat it has not achieved at a general election since 1966. The party also out-polled Conservative Party in three of Southport's seven wards and out-polled a sitting Councillor (in Duke's Ward) for the first time in years.
The election representing a serious defeat for the other three parties defending seats. All incumbent Conservatives seeking re-election were defeated, including group leader Paula Parry who lost her Blundellsands ward to Labour on a swing of nearly 22%. Only one Conservative was elected; newcomer Ted Hartill successfully defended outgoing deputy leader Brenda Porter's seat of Ainsdale, though the Conservative margin of victory was cut from 45 in 2008 to just 15 points. They lost a third of the support they had attained in the 2011 borough election, falling into third place in terms of votes and being left with just eight seats on the council. Their 17% share of the vote was well below the national party's 31%.
For the Liberal Democrats, the result was slightly better but still represented a crushing defeat for a party that only two years previously had been the largest on Sefton Council. They gained two seats in Southport from the Conservatives (including one Independent Conservative) and retained all the seats they were defending there but lost all five they were defending in the south of the borough to Labour, reducing their overall strength from 23 to 20. Their share of the vote was only 19% across all of Sefton however, scarcely more than the party's national average of 16% and leaving them nearly thirty points behind Labour. In roughly a third of the seats up for election the Lib Dems won less than 100 votes.
Additionally, the UK Independence Party lost its sole seat on the council. Former Conservative Councillor and mayor Alf Doran, who had crossed the floor to join UKIP in 2011,{{cite web|url=http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/2077-another-tory-jumps-ship-to-ukip |title=Another Tory Jumps Ship to UKIP |access-date=29 June 2012 |work=UKIP Website}} was defeated in his bid to be re-elected. He finished a close third, just 77 votes behind the Conservatives and 85 behind the victorious Labour Party. No other party was able to return members to the council; only the local issues Southport Party came remotely close in Norwood, where its candidate finished a distant third behind Labour and the Lib Dems. The only independent, a former Conservative Councillor seeking re-election, was defeated.
Ward results
Asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent seeking re-election.
{{Election box begin | title= Ainsdale}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ted Hartill
|votes = 1,446
|percentage = 38
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lynne Thompson
|votes = 869
|percentage = 23
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Jowett
|votes = 653
|percentage = 17
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Jim Doyle
|votes = 624
|percentage = 17
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Barbara Dutton
|votes = 180
|percentage = 5
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 577
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,772
|percentage = 39
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = 3% Con to Lib Dem
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Birkdale}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Hands*
|votes = 1,225
|percentage = 39
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Terry Durrance
|votes = 707
|percentage = 22
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ged Wright
|votes = 688
|percentage = 22
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel Ball
|votes = 555
|percentage = 17
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 518
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,175
|percentage = 33
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing = 6.5% Con to Lib Dem
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Blundellsands}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Veronica Bennett
|votes = 2,117
|percentage = 53
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paula Parry*
|votes = 1,448
|percentage = 36
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Tony Ledgerton
|votes = 179
|percentage = 5
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Laurence Rankin
|votes = 138
|percentage = 3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kris Brown
|votes = 87
|percentage = 2
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 669
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,969
|percentage = 45
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Cambridge}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Pat Keith*
|votes = 1,459
|percentage = 42
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cath Regan
|votes = 734
|percentage = 21
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Gordon Ferguson
|votes = 720
|percentage = 21
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Muriel Langley
|votes = 566
|percentage = 16
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 725
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,479
|percentage =37
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = 11.5% Con to Lib Dem
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Church}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Cummins*
|votes = 1,930
|percentage = 73
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Joseph Hedgecock
|votes = 265
|percentage = 10
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Barber
|votes = 187
|percentage = 7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Julia Thorne
|votes = 185
|percentage = 7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sylvia Mainey
|votes = 75
|percentage = 3
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,665
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,642
|percentage = 30
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Derby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Carol Gustafson*
|votes = 1,809
|percentage = 81
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = John Rice
|votes = 302
|percentage = 14
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alex McIvor
|votes = 64
|percentage = 3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jennifer Robertson
|votes = 56
|percentage = 3
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,507
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,231
|percentage = 25
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Dukes}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Tony Dawson
|votes = 996
|percentage = 30
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Bob Ayres
|votes = 827
|percentage = 25
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Gaffney
|votes = 473
|percentage = 14
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = John Lyon-Taylor
|votes = 390
|percentage = 12
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|party = Southport Party
|candidate = Harry Forster
|votes = 359
|percentage = 11
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 288
|percentage = 9
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 169
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,387
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing = 6.5% Con to Lib Dem
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Ford}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paulette Lappin
|votes = 1,872
|percentage = 81
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Philip Wordley
|votes = 307
|percentage = 13
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Veronica Murphy
|votes = 84
|percentage = 4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Winifred Maher
|votes = 54
|percentage = 2
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,565
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,317
|percentage =26
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Harington}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Nina Killen
|votes = 1,146
|percentage = 31
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Jamieson
|votes = 1,138
|percentage = 31
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Alf Doran*Alf Doran was elected a Conservative Party candidate in 2008 but subsequently defected to UKIP. As in the case above, his seat was thus a notional Labour gain from the Conservatives rather than UKIP.
|votes = 1,061
|percentage = 29
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dru Haydon
|votes = 321
|percentage = 9
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,666
|percentage = 38
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = UK Independence Party
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Kew}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Maureen Fearn*
|votes = 1,028
|percentage = 37
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Janet Harrison
|votes = 800
|percentage = 29
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Michael Lewtas
|votes = 578
|percentage = 21
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Chris Cross
|votes = 390
|percentage = 14
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 228
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,796
|percentage = 30
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Linacre}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Doreen Kerrigan*
|votes = 1,682
|percentage = 92
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Murray
|votes = 74
|percentage = 4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marika Jenkins
|votes = 73
|percentage = 4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,608
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,829
|percentage = 23
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Litherland}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patricia Hardy*
|votes = 1,705
|percentage = 80
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Sheila Grace
|votes = 174
|percentage = 8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jessamine Hounslea
|votes = 159
|percentage = 7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Lewis
|votes = 95
|percentage = 4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,531
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,133
|percentage = 26
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Manor}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Kelly
|votes = 1,908
|percentage = 59
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sharon Hutchinson
|votes = 749
|percentage = 23
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Craig Hughes
|votes = 362
|percentage = 11
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Carol Tonkiss
|votes = 235
|percentage = 7
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,159
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,254
|percentage = 33
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Meols}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Dodd*
|votes = 1,327
|percentage = 40
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Jackson
|votes = 600
|percentage = 18
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Maureen Stoker
|votes = 560
|percentage = 17
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|party = Southport Party
|candidate = Margaret Brown
|votes = 489
|percentage = 15
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Patricia Shanks
|votes = 372
|percentage = 11
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 727
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,348
|percentage = 35
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing = 10% Con to Lib Dem
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Molyneux}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paula Murphy
|votes = 1,888
|percentage = 59
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Gill
|votes = 659
|percentage = 20
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Peter Harper
|votes = 405
|percentage = 13
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel Barber
|votes = 201
|percentage = 6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tony Christian
|votes = 69
|percentage = 2
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,229
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,222
|percentage =33
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Netherton & Orrell}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Brennan*
|votes = 1,804
|percentage = 74
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Pat Gaskell
|votes = 241
|percentage = 10
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Peter Glover
|votes = 227
|percentage = 9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Viv Becker
|votes = 108
|percentage = 4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Carol Hill
|votes = 59
|percentage = 2
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,503
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,439
|percentage = 28
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Norwood}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ronnie Fearn*
|votes = 1,215
|percentage = 39
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lesley Delves
|votes = 820
|percentage = 27
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|party = Southport Party
|candidate = Jacqueline Barlow
|votes = 555
|percentage = 18
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Campbell
|votes = 343
|percentage = 11
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Neville Grundy
|votes = 147
|percentage = 5
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 395
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,080
|percentage = 31
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Park}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Kermode
|votes = 2,027
|percentage = 53
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robbie Fenton*
|votes = 1,145
|percentage = 30
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Peter Gannon
|votes = 304
|percentage = 8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Martyn Barber
|votes = 295
|percentage = 8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Roy Greason
|votes = 81
|percentage = 2
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 882
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,852
|percentage = 40
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Ravenmeols}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Maguire
|votes = 2,163
|percentage = 54
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Griffiths
|votes = 1,260
|percentage = 32
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Nicola Ledgerton
|votes = 380
|percentage = 10
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Richard Willis
|votes = 172
|percentage = 4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 903
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,975
|percentage = 43
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= St. Oswald}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Mahon*
|votes = 2,035
|percentage = 91
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Dandy
|votes = 112
|percentage = 5
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Ludley
|votes = 79
|percentage = 4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,923
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,226
|percentage = 27
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Sudell}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lynn Gatherer
|votes = 2,124
|percentage = 59
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Clifford Mainey*
|votes = 820
|percentage = 23
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Gordon Kinread
|votes = 286
|percentage = 8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Wendy Moore
|votes = 285
|percentage = 8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andrew Rossall
|votes = 86
|percentage = 2
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,304
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,601
|percentage = 36
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= Victoria}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Roche
|votes = 2,114
|percentage = 59
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jack Colbert
|votes = 889
|percentage = 25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Barber
|votes = 329
|percentage = 9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mike Kelly
|votes = 267
|percentage = 7
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,225
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,599
|percentage = 36
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Merseyside elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2012}}