Halton Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Halton Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Halton in Cheshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2020, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards. [1]
Halton was created under the Local Government Act 1972 as a non-metropolitan district, with Cheshire County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the district council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. On 1 April 1998 Halton became a unitary authority, becoming independent from Cheshire County Council. Political control of Halton since 1974 has been held by the following parties: [2] [3] [4]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1974–1998 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1998–present |
The first leader of the council, John Collins, had been the last leader of the Widnes Borough Council, one of the council's predecessors. The leaders of the council since 1974 have been: [5]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
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John Collins [6] | Labour | 1974 | 1981 | |
Ted Gleave | Labour | 1981 | May 1989 | |
Stan Hill [7] | Labour | May 1989 | May 1993 | |
Dave Cargill [8] [9] | Labour | May 1993 | 18 May 1999 | |
Tony McDermott | Labour | 18 May 1999 | 21 May 2010 | |
Rob Polhill | Labour | 21 May 2010 | 21 May 2021 | |
Mike Wharton | Labour | 21 May 2021 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 741 | 75.2 | +8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 245 | 24.8 | +7.9 | ||
Majority | 496 | 50.4 | |||
Turnout | 986 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 355 | 49.5 | +5.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 249 | 34.7 | +19.2 | ||
Conservative | 98 | 13.6 | +1.0 | ||
Independent | 15 | 2.1 | -16.3 | ||
Majority | 106 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 717 | 15.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Howard | 359 | 42.6 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Blackmore | 345 | 40.9 | +25.4 | |
Independent | Jimmy Tang | 87 | 10.3 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | Marjorie Bradshaw | 52 | 6.2 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 14 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 843 | 18.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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