Halton Borough Council elections

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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]

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Political control

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 controlYears
Labour 1974–1998

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Labour 1998–present

Leadership

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]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
John Collins [6] Labour 19741981
Ted Gleave Labour 1981May 1989
Stan Hill [7] Labour May 1989May 1993
Dave Cargill [8] [9] Labour May 199318 May 1999
Tony McDermott Labour 18 May 199921 May 2010
Rob Polhill Labour 21 May 201021 May 2021
Mike Wharton Labour 21 May 2021

Council elections

By-election results

Hough Green By-Election 7 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 74175.2+8.5
Liberal Democrats 24524.8+7.9
Majority49650.4
Turnout 986
Labour hold Swing
Castlefields By-Election 7 July 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 35549.5+5.7
Liberal Democrats 24934.7+19.2
Conservative 9813.6+1.0
Independent 152.1-16.3
Majority10614.8
Turnout 71715.2
Labour hold Swing
Castlefields By-Election 6 July 2006 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Howard35942.6-1.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Blackmore34540.9+25.4
Independent Jimmy Tang8710.3-8.1
Conservative Marjorie Bradshaw526.2-6.4
Majority141.7
Turnout 84318.4
Labour hold Swing

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