Warrington Borough Council elections

One third of Warrington Borough Council in England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 57 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour	1997–2006
No overall control	2006–2011
Labour	2011 – present

Current councillor party composition as of May 2014:^[2]

Party		Councillors
	Liberal Democrat	11
	Labour	43
	Conservative	3

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

• Warrington Borough Council election, 1973
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1976
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1983
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1987
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1991 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5][6][7]

Unitary authority elections

• Warrington Borough Council election, 1997 (New ward boundaries)^[8]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1999^[9]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2000^[10]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2001^[11]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2002^[12]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)^[13][14][15]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2006^[16]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2007^[17]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2008
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2010
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2011
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2012
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2014
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

Rixton and Woolston By-Election 7 January 1999[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edmund Coop	762	59.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Alan Freeman	381	29.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	George Hill	145	11.3	-1.2
Majority			381	29.6
Turnout			1,288	16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Poulton North By-Election 18 September 2003[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		698	51.6	+28.2
	Labour		498	37.0	-18.9
	Conservative		151	11.2	-9.6
Majority			200	14.6
Turnout			1,347	19.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Poulton North By-Election 7 September 2006[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Wilson	1,358	64.2	+19.8
	Labour	Kevin Bennett	505	23.9	-13.4
	Conservative	Francine Leslie	209	9.9	-8.4
	Green	Michael Jackson	43	2.0	+2.0
Majority			853	40.3
Turnout			2,115	27.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "Your councillors". Warrington Borough Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
2. England council elections
3. The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1989. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
9. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
10. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
11. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
12. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
13. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
14. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
15. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
16. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
17. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
18. "Labour candidate wins by-election". Warrington Guardian. 18 January 1999. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
19. "September 2003 By-election (Poulton North)". Warrington Borough Council. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
20. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Warrington Borough Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.

External links

• Warrington Council