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IMPRESS.
THE build-up to the 2023 Local Elections in Sefton (Southport Area) being declared and the results being read out.
This is live footage taken at the Sefton Council Count for the following wards:- Ainsdale, Birkdale, Cambridge, Norwood, Meols, Kew, and Dukes Wards.
Results read out are as follows:-
Ainsdale Ward:-
Elected - Janet Catherine Harrison - The Labour Party - won with 1497 votes - 36% of votes.
Lesley Delves - Not Elected - Liberal Democrats - 1481 votes - 35% of votes.
Nigel Ball - Not Elected - The Conservative Party - 1046 votes - 25% of votes.
Laurence George Rankin - Not Elected - The Green Party - 187 votes - 4% of votes.
Birkdale Ward:-
Elected - Simon Shaw - Liberal Democrats - won with 1431 votes - 40% of votes.
Ged Wright - Not Elected - The Labour Party - 1356 votes - 38% of votes.
Samuel (Sam) Harris - Not Elected - The Conservative Party - 504 votes - 14% of votes.
David William Collins - Not Elected - The Green Party - 134 votes - 4% of votes.
Andrew Norman Lynn - Not Elected - Reform UK - 110 votes - 3% of votes.
Cambridge Ward:-
Elected - Leo Evans - Liberal Democrats - won with 1468 votes - 43% - of votes.
Gary Robert Owen Haran Doyle - Not Elected - The Conservative Party - 1175 votes - 34% of votes.
Joanne Faulkner - Not Elected - The Labour Party - 658 votes - 19% of votes.
Carla Fox - Not Elected - The Green Party - 140 votes - 4% of votes.
Norwood Ward:-
Elected - Greg Myers - Not Elected - The Labour Party - won with 1754 votes - 59% of votes.
Jo Barton - Liberal Democrats - Not Elected - 551 votes - 19% of votes.
Pamela (Pam) Teesdale - Not Elected - The Conservative Party - 465 votes - 16% of votes.
David McIntosh - Not Elected - he Green Party - 188 votes - 6% of votes.
Meols Ward:-
Elected - Lauren Davidson - Liberal Democrats - won with 1502 votes - 45% of votes. Robert (Bob) Innes Teesdale -
Not Elected - The Conservative Party - 879 votes - 26% of votes.
Stephen James Jowett - Not Elected - The Labour Party - 791 votes - 24% of votes.
Pauline Ann Hesketh - Not Elected - The Green Party - 189 votes - 6% of votes.
Kew Ward:-
Elected - Sean Halsall - The Labour Party - won with 1599 votes - 53% of votes.
Victor (Vic) Foulds - Liberal Democrats - 622 votes - 20% of votes.
Margaret Eileen Middleton - The Conservative Party - 595 votes - 20% of votes.
Gerald George (Will) White - The Green Party - 228 votes - 7% of votes.
Dukes Ward:-
Elected - John Pugh - Liberal Democrats - won with 1496 votes - 42% of votes.
Laura Nutall - Not Elected - The Conservative Party - 1214 votes - 34% of votes.
Trevor James Vaughan - Not Elected - The Labour Party - 676 votes - 19% of votes.
Alwynne Ann Cartmell - Not Elected - The Green Party - 165 votes - 5% of votes.
The overall Sefton Council Election Seats Won:-
The Labour Party - 17 newly won seats.
Liberal Democrats - 4 newly won seats.
Big thanks to Sefton Council and all the staff at Dunes Leisure Canter for helping us. also a big thanks to all the Local Election Staff who did an amazing job. We would also like to thank all the candidates and agents, as well as their helpers for their continued help us show our democratic system in action and helping us to preserve a public record of what took place.
