2018 Halton Borough Council election

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3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)

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18 of 56 seats (17 regular and one by-election)
to Halton Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

26.1% (

0.9%)^[1]

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab	LD	Con
Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Last election	18 seats, 67.8%	1 seat, 8.1%	1 seat, 15.1%
Seats before	52	2	2
Seats won	17	1	0
Seats after	52	2	2
Seat change
Popular vote	14,544	1,706	3,704
Percentage	66.7%	7.8%	17.0%
Swing	0.7%	1.3%	2.0%

Map showing the results of the 2018 Halton Borough Council election

Leader of the Council before election

Rob Polhill
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Rob Polhill
Labour

The 2018 Halton Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Halton Borough Council in England.^[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats
	Labour	52
	Liberal Democrat	2
	Conservative	2
Source: BBC^[3]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2014.^[n 1]

Halton Borough Council election result, 2018^[2]^[n 2]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	18	17	0	0		94.1	66.7	14,544	0.7
	Conservative	10	0	0	0		0.0	17.0	3,704	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	7	1	0	0		5.9	7.8	1,706	1.3
	Independent	3	0	0	0		0.0	4.4	963	N/A
	UKIP	7	0	0	0		0.0	3.2	701	8.5
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	106	0.3
	Socialist Labour	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	97	N/A

Notes

^ Cannot be compared with 2016 as not all seats are up for election every third.
^ % of total refers to % of wards won.

References

^ Brown, Faye (4 May 2018). "Halton local election results 2018 - Mersey Gateway not an issue for Labour". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Local - Local Elections 2018 - Thursday, 3rd May, 2018". Halton Borough Council. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
^ "Halton Borough Council Election 2018 Results". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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2018 Halton Borough Council election

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Election results

Overall election result

Notes

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