2014 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

2014 UK local government election March 2015 March 2015 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2014 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. The 2014 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 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 stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c06zd89x55dt St Helens BBC News Online 7 March 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 42 Conservative 3 Liberal Democrats 3Labour increases majority as UKIP fails to make major inroads - St Helens Hughes Lorna 24 May 2014 Liverpool Echo NewsBank Background After the last election in 2012 Labour controlled the council with 40 seats, compared to 5 for the Liberal Democrats and 3 for the Conservatives.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E08000013.stm Vote 2012 4 May 2012 BBC News Online 7 March 2015 Despite the large majority for Labour the leader of St Helens council, Marie Rimmer, was replaced by her deputy, Barrie Grunewald, in May 2013 after a 22 to 18 vote of the Labour group on the council.http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/10405972.Marie_Rimmer_ousted_as_St_Helens_Council_leader/?ref=rss Marie Rimmer ousted as St Helens Council leader and replaced by Barrie Grunewald Kilmurray Andrew 8 May 2013 St Helens Star 7 March 2015 At the 2014 election the leader of the Conservative group on the council, David Monk, stood down as a councillor, along with a Liberal Democrat former mayor Neil Taylor and Labour councillor Carole Gill.St Helens Conservative leader to step down ahead of election 22 April 2014 St Helens Star NewsBank However the former Labour leader of the council, Marie Rimmer did defend her seat in West Park at the election, despite being selected as the Labour candidate for St Helens South and Whiston at the 2015 general election. 16 seats were contested in 2014, with candidates from 7 political parties standing for election.Candidates published for local election 2014 29 April 2014 St Helens Star NewsBank The candidates included the Liberal Democrat group leader Stephanie Topping in Sutton, while a former Liberal Democrat mayor John Beirne stood for the UK Independence Party in Town Centre ward.It's decision day for voters 22 May 2014 St Helens Star NewsBank Election result Labour gained 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Newton and Sutton to have 42 of the 48 councillors on St Helens council. The Liberal Democrat group leader Stephanie Topping was defeated in Sutton, coming third behind the UK Independence Party in the ward, but the Liberal Democrats did hold Eccleston to have 3 councillors after the election. Most of the 13 UK Independence Party candidates came second in the wards they stood in, but the party failed to win any seats on the council, with for instance John Beirne taking 667 votes for the party in Town Centre ward, compared to 1,470 for Labour candidate Lisa Preston. Meanwhile, the Conservatives held the only seat the party had been defending in Rainford to remain with 3 councillors. St Helens local election result 2014http://moderngov.sthelens.gov.uk/mgElectionElectionAreaResults.aspx?Page=all&EID=1 Election results by wards St Helens Council 7 March 2015 Labour Party (UK) 14 2 0 +2 87.5 52.1 21,961 -10.0% Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 0 0 6.3 13.1 5,508 +0.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 2 -2 6.3 10.1 4,234 -2.4% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 18.1 7,628 +18.1% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 2,418 -2.3% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 202 -0.4% Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 168 +0.4% Ward results Billinge and Seneley Greenhttp://www.sthelens.gov.uk/newsroom/2014/05/23/election-results-2014/ Election results 2014 St Helens Council 7 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150415011326/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/newsroom/2014/05/23/election-results-2014/ 15 April 2015 dead Labour Party (UK) Sue Murphy 1,443 47.6 -15.7 UK Independence Party Peter Peers 873 28.8 +28.8 Conservative Party (UK) Wally Ashcroft 433 14.3 -4.5 Green Party of England and Wales Sue Rahman 157 5.2 +0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frederick Barrett 64 2.1 +2.1 British National Party Alan Brindle 64 2.1 +2.1 570 18.8 -25.6 3,034 34.3 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) Blackbrook Labour Party (UK) Paul McQuade 1,562 62.2 -15.4 UK Independence Party Jean Denny 626 24.9 +24.9 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Collins 179 7.1 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Bonney 145 5.8 +5.8 936 37.3 -27.9 2,512 30.4 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) Bold Labour Party (UK) Gareth Cross 1,224 56.7 -17.6 UK Independence Party Nicholas Bartlett 497 23.0 +23.0 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Woodcock 179 8.3 +1.4 Green Party of England and Wales Dave Parr 139 6.4 -2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marise Roberts 119 5.5 -5.0 727 33.7 -30.1 2,158 28.7 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Earlestown Labour Party (UK) Dave Banks 1,559 69.0 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Black 264 11.7 +2.3 Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Ward 253 11.2 +2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Astbury 183 8.1 -2.2 1,295 57.3 -4.5 2,259 27.5 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) Eccleston Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoff Pearl 1,630 47.4 -4.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Roberts 762 22.2 -7.6 UK Independence Party Laurence Allen 520 15.1 +15.1 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Reynolds 340 9.9 +0.2 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Brownlow 186 5.4 -3.2 868 25.2 +3.0 3,438 37.1 -3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Haydock Labour Party (UK) Bill Anderton 1,542 60.0 -18.6 UK Independence Party Philip Wrigley 592 23.0 +23.0 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Collins 259 10.1 -1.3 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Finnigan 128 5.0 -5.0 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Sean Marsh 51 2.0 +2.0 950 36.9 -30.3 2,572 28.6 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) Moss Bank Labour Party (UK) Jeffrey Fletcher 1,445 51.5 -2.4 UK Independence Party Pat Shannon 680 24.2 +24.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Kent 263 9.4 +9.4 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Harvey 234 8.3 +4.5 Green Party of England and Wales Brian Hart 184 6.6 +1.8 765 27.3 +11.0 2,806 33.4 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) Newton Labour Party (UK) Jeanie Bell 1,237 44.9 -1.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Smith 978 35.5 -7.9 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Honey 322 11.7 +6.3 Green Party of England and Wales Ann Shacklady-Smith 216 7.8 +3.4 259 9.4 +6.1 2,753 31.8 -4.3 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) ParrLive: Election results Mather Stephen 23 May 2014 St Helens Star NewsBank Labour Party (UK) Terry Shields 1,444 70.9 -13.3 UK Independence Party Mark Hitchen 497 24.4 +24.4 Conservative Party (UK) Pat Wilcock 95 4.7 +0.7 947 46.5 -31.4 2,036 23.8 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) Rainford Conservative Party (UK) Linda Mussell 1,312 53.5 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) Keith Aspinall 836 34.1 -4.0 Green Party of England and Wales Ian Fraser 188 7.7 -0.5 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Tracy Heaton 117 4.8 +4.8 476 19.4 +3.8 2,453 37.5 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Rainhill Labour Party (UK) Stephen Glover 1,612 52.3 -14.8 Conservative Party (UK) Katie Smith 700 22.7 +0.7 UK Independence Party Daniel Guest 560 18.2 +18.2 Green Party of England and Wales Ian Donnelly 211 6.8 -4.2 912 29.6 -15.5 3,083 34.4 -0.6 Labour Party (UK) Sutton Labour Party (UK) Pat Jackson 1,418 50.8 -8.9 UK Independence Party John Fairhurst 607 21.7 +21.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steph Topping 545 19.5 -11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel Whitehouse 145 5.2 +3.1 Green Party of England and Wales Alexander Brodie 78 2.8 -0.8 811 29.0 -0.2 2,793 31.6 -0.9 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Thatto Heath Labour Party (UK) Richard McCauley 1,510 61.3 -13.5 UK Independence Party Alan Dutton 483 19.6 +19.6 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Rigby 194 7.9 +0.7 Green Party of England and Wales Karen Atherton 140 5.7 -1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Pearl 85 3.5 -1.5 British National Party Paul Telford 51 2.1 -3.4 1,027 41.7 -25.6 2,463 25.8 +0.1 Labour Party (UK) Town Centre Labour Party (UK) Lisa Preston 1,470 59.7 -10.6 UK Independence Party John Beirne 667 27.1 +27.1 Conservative Party (UK) Nancy Ashcroft 131 5.3 +0.5 Green Party of England and Wales Freda Brodie 107 4.3 -0.2 British National Party Peter Clayton 87 3.5 -2.6 803 32.6 -26.5 2,462 31.3 +5.4 Labour Party (UK) West Park Labour Party (UK) Marie Rimmer 1,693 61.7 -11.8 UK Independence Party Paul Bosworth 528 19.2 +19.2 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Spriggs 220 8.0 -1.1 Green Party of England and Wales Alison Donnelly 192 7.0 -3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ruth Watmough 113 4.1 -2.7 1,165 42.4 -20.5 2,746 31.9 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) Windle Labour Party (UK) Lynn Glover 1,204 47.2 -9.7 Conservative Party (UK) John Cunliffe 501 19.6 -8.0 UK Independence Party Maria Parr 498 19.5 +19.5 Green Party of England and Wales Francis Williams 239 9.4 -6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Noreen Knowles 109 4.3 +4.3 703 27.6 -1.7 2,551 31.8 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) References Saint Helens 2014 Category:2010s in Merseyside