Warrington Borough Council elections

Warrington is a unitary authority in Cheshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973-1979
	No overall control	1979-1983
	Labour	1983-1998

Unitary authority

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

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

• Warrington Borough Council election, 1973
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1976
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1983
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1987
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1991 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4][5][6]

Unitary authority elections

• Warrington Borough Council election, 1997 (New ward boundaries)^[7]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 1999^[8]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2000^[9]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2001^[10]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2002^[11]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)^{[12][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^[18]
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2015
• Warrington Borough Council election, 2016

By-election results

Rixton and Woolston By-Election 7 January 1999^[19]

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^[20]

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^[21]

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. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1989. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
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. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
13. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Warrington (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
14. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
15. "Your councillors". Warrington Borough Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
16. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
17. "Warrington". * BBC Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
18. England council elections
19. "Labour candidate wins by-election". Warrington Guardian. 18 January 1999. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
20. "September 2003 By-election (Poulton North)". Warrington Borough Council. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
21. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Warrington Borough Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.

External links

• Warrington Council