Sefton’s Local elections will take place this May, with local residents invited to cast your votes for your preferred candidates.
The elections take place on Thursday 2nd May 2024 with seats in 22 Wards – a third of Sefton’s total of 66 – being contested.
There are a total of 95 candidates standing in Southport, Bootle, Formby, Crosby, Maghull and across Sefton, with the full list of candidates in each Ward below.
If you are on the electoral register and eligible to vote, you will receive a poll card before the election. This will detail when and where to vote. If the poll card is lost, you can still vote.
On the day of the election you will need to go in person to a polling station to vote and will be asked your name and address, you will also have to show photographic ID to the polling station staff.
Following new requirements introduced by the Elections Act in May 2023, people attending polling stations to vote in-person will need to show photo ID. A new form of free ID, the Voter Authority Certificate, will be available for those who do not have another type of accepted ID. People will also be able to use expired photo ID if they are still recognisable from the photo.
Accepted forms of ID include:
- A passport issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory, an EEA state, or a Commonwealth country
- A photo card driving licence issued by the UK, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or an EEA state
- Some concessionary travel passes, such as an Older Person’s Bus Pass
- Merseytravel bus passes are only accepted if they include “funded by HM Government”.
Polling stations are normally open from 7am to 10pm and the full list of candidates is below.
Ainsdale Ward
Ryan Abbott – Conservatives
Frank Hanley – Labour Party
Laurence George Rankin – Greens
Lynne Thompson – Liberal Democrats
Birkdale Ward
Jeff Bee – Greens
Sam Harris – Conservatives
Erin Harvey – Liberal Democrats
Sonya Ann Kelly – Labour Party
Blundellsands Ward
Katie Burgess – Conservatives
Kieran Dams – Independent
Brian Dunning – Liberal Democrats
Diane Roscoe – Labour Party
Cambridge Ward
Gary Haran Doyle – Conservatives
Stephen Hesketh – Greens
Callum Naylor – Labour Party
Mike Sammon – Liberal Democrats
Church Ward
Dorothy Brown – Conservatives
Paul Paschal – Labour and Co-Operative
Neil Anthony Doolin The Green Party Candidate Church
Derby Ward
Iain Beckett – Conservatives
Rowenna Gibson – Liberal Democrats
Maria Porter – Labour Party
Kate Robinson – Greens
Leighton Sealeaf – Reform UK
Dean Young – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Dukes Ward
Damian Bond – Liberal Democrats
Helen Duerden – Labour Party
David Newman – Greens
Mike Prendergast – Conservatives
Ford Ward
Lyndsey Doolin – Independent
Paulette Lappin – Labour Party
Adarsh Makdani – Liberal Democrats
Michael Shaw – Conservatives
Harington Ward
Karen Cavanagh – Labour Party
Annie Gorski – Liberal Democrats
Dave Irving – Formby Residents Action Group
Joe Riley – Conservatives
Michael Walsh – Greens
Kew Ward
Jen Corcoran – Labour Party
Daniel Lewis – Liberal Democrats
Owen Phillips – Conservatives
Rob Wesley – Greens
Linacre Ward
John Campbell – Conservatives
Joanne Williams – Labour Party
David Mellalieu – Liberal Democrats
Litherland Ward
Colin Appleton – Conservatives
Roy Connell – Liberal Democrats
Amber-Page Moss – Greens
Paula Murphy – Labour Party
Ian Smith – Independent
Manor Ward
Martyn Barber – Conservatives
John Gibson – Liberal Democrats
Dominic McNabb Labour Party
James O`Keeffe – Independent
Meols Ward
John Dodd – Liberal Democrats
Pauline Hesketh – Greens
Steve Jowett – Labour Party
Bob Teesdale – Conservatives
Molyneux Ward
Marcus Bleasdale – Conservatives
David Collins – Independent
Sam Hinde – Labour Party
Paul Young – Liberal Democrats
Netherton and Orrell Ward
Simon Baron – Greens
Owen Croft – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Vic Fouldsy – Liberal Democrats
Adam Marsden – Conservatives
Tom Spring – Labour Party
Maria Walsh – Freedom Alliance
Norwood Ward
Lesley Delves – Liberal Democrats
David McIntosh – Greens
Margaret Middleton – Conservatives
Dave Neary – Labour Party
Park Ward
Chloe Parker – Labour Party
Keith Cawdron – Liberal Democrats
Roy Greason – Greens
Paul McCord – Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents
Craig Titherington – Conservatives
Ravenmeols Ward
Maria Bennett – Formby Residents Action Group
Alison Gibbon – Greens
Lisa Nicolson-Smith – Liberal Democrats
Catie Page – Labour Party
Angelica Sadrieva – Conservatives
St Oswald Ward
Henry Bliss – Conservatives
Joe Johnson – Labour Party
Conor O`Neill – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Rupert Shoebridge – Greens
Sudell Ward
Marie Blease – Independent
Paul Dunbar – Independent
James Hansen – Labour Party
Daniel Kirk – Conservatives
Joanne McCall – Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents
James Tattersall – Liberal Democrats
Victoria Ward
Paul Barber – Conservatives
Samantha Cook – Independent
Hannah Gee – Liberal Democrats
Michael Roche – Labour Party
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