Local Election results 2026

Article date: Friday 8th May

Today, Friday 8th May, the votes will be counted for the St Helens Borough Council Local Elections 2026 with 46 seats being decided today. The process sees ballot papers verified first before the count takes place. The turnout figure for the election is 38.5 per cent with 51,751 votes cast yesterday at the polls.

The final results:

Reform: 34 - Overall control of the council

Liberal Democrats: 3

Newton-le-Willow Independents: 3

Rainhill Independents: 3

Labour: 2

Conservative: 1

Peasley Cross and Fingerpost ward

Roughley (Ref) wins, 392 votes.

Brown (Con) 29 votes; Low (Ind) 48 votes; O`Connor (Lab) 217 votes; Patterson (Grn) 122 votes.

Sutton South East ward

Moss (Ref) wins, 854 votes; Pinnington (Ref) wins, 895 votes.

Preston (Lab) 755 votes; Riley (Lab) 734 votes; Smith (Con) 152 votes.

Sutton North West ward

A Johnson (Ref) wins, 909 votes; M Johnson (Ref) wins 909 votes.

Campbell (Lab) 757 votes; Hodkinson (Lab) 737 votes; Spanner (Con) 219 votes.

Newton-le-Willows West ward

Collier (N-L-W Ind) wins, 1,426 votes; Maguire (N-L-W Ind) wins, 1,622 votes; Smith (N-L-W Ind) wins, 1,148 votes.

Banks (Lab) 920 votes; Bell (Ref) 785 votes; Blood (Lab) 900 votes; Dockerty (Con) 94 votes; Hart (Ref) 699 votes; Pierre-Louis Moore (Ref) 673;  Smulders (Lab) 809 votes.

Rainford Ward

Corden (Ref) wins, 1,058 votes; Mussell (Con) wins, 1,025 votes.

Case (Con) 933 votes; Davies (Grn) 739 votes; Devanny (Ref) 898 votes; Jacques (Lab) 495 votes; Johnson (Grn) 758 votes; Simm (Lab) 437 votes.

Windle ward

Ede (Ref) wins, 1,287 votes; Keogh (Ref) wins, 1,262 votes; Twist (Ref) wins, 1,237 votes.

Clarke (Lab) 1,205 votes; Donnelly (Grn) 880 votes; Frawley (Con) 326 votes; Mcculley (Lab) 1,042 votes; Price (Grn) 731 votes; Rahman (Grn) 725 votes; Young (Lab) 993 votes.

Thatto Heath ward

Beck (Ref) wins, 1,364 votes; Benyon (Ref) wins, 1,329 votes; Long (Ref) wins, 1,252 votes.

Adamovici (Lib) 390 votes; Bishop (Grn) 651 votes; Black (Con) 271 votes; Charlton (Lab) 1,185 votes; Hattersley (Lab) 1,105 votes; Mccauley (Lab) 998 votes.

West Park ward

Gibson (Ref) wins, 1,381 votes; King (Ref) wins, 1,370 votes; Little (Ref) wins, 1,391 votes.

Patrick Alcantara (Lab) 1,188 votes; Armstrong (Grn) 630 votes; Aster (Grn) 559 votes; Barton (Con) 249 votes; Butterworth (Lab) 1,102 votes; Hand (Lab) 1,123 votes; Whelan (Grn) 598 votes.

Rainhill ward

Dunn (Rainhill Ind) wins, 2,095 votes; Greaves (Rainhill Ind) wins, 2, 113 votes; Tasker (Rainhill Ind) wins, 2,372 votes.

Conway (Ref) 806 votes; Gilgannon (Ref) 778 votes; Hodkinson (Lab) 765 votes; Iftikhar (Lab) 612 votes; Spriggs (Con) 149 votes; Woodhouse (Ref) 788 votes; Zaki (Lab) 569 votes.

Blackbrook ward

Brown (Ref) wins, 1,364 votes; Fleming (Ref) wins, 1,345 votes; Floyd (Ref) wins, 1,281 votes.

Burns (Lab) 965 votes; Clarke (Grn) 590 votes; Cross (Lab) 792 votes; Davies (Grn) 454 votes; McQuade (Lab) 886 votes; Thomas (Grn) 442 votes; Titmuss (Con) 176 votes.

Haydock ward

Chesworth (Ref) wins, 1,282 votes; Claybrook (Ref) wins, 1,240 votes; Mousdell (Ref) wins, 1,331 votes.

Blake (Ind) 237 votes; Burns (Lab) 607 votes, Eddleston (Grn) 692 votes; Farnworth (Lab) 561 votes, Harrison (Lab) 577; Hooton (Grn) 938 votes; Lee (Con) 181 votes; Sutton (Ind) 229 votes; Van Der Burg (Grn) 771 votes.

Eccleston

Cass (Lib) wins, 1,809 votes; Haw (Lib) wins, 2,224 votes; Pearl (Lib) wins, 1,756 votes.

Akinkuade (Lab) 566 votes; Appleton (Con) 262 votes; Dodgson (Grn) 536 votes; Jones (Ref) 943 votes; Lawrenson (Ref) 979 votes; Quinn (Lab) 511 votes; Townsend (Ref) 897 votes.

Moss Bank ward

Edgerton (Ref) wins, 1,664 votes; Kent (Ref) wins, 1,638 votes; Styles (Ref) wins, 1,613 votes.

Banks (Lab) 1,172 votes; Begum (Lab) 1,116 votes; Cunliffe (Con) 280 votes; Dickinson (Lab) 1,126 votes; Kayll (Grn) 605 votes.

Bold and Lea Green ward

Egbike (Ref) wins, 1,340 votes; Hawley (Ref) wins, 1,456 votes; Hitchen (Ref) wins, 1,434 votes.

Harding (Grn) 744 votes; Knapper (Grn) 695 votes; Langley (Lab) 677 votes; Lee (Lib) 346 votes; McCauley (Lab) 700 votes; Morgan Oakley (Grn) 728 votes; Pritchard (Lab) 610 votes; Woodcock (Con) 278 votes.

Parr ward

Axworthy (Ref) wins, 1,173 votes; Rowlands (Ref) wins, 1,161 votes; Webster (Ref) wins, 1,104 votes.

Bowden (Lab) 708 votes; Brooks (Lab) 713 votes; France (Con) 104 votes; George (Ind) 204 votes; O`Dell (Grn) 364 votes; Osundeko (Lab) 593 votes; Williams (Ind) 187 votes.

Billinge and Seneley Green ward

Gerrard (Ref) wins, 1,465 votes; Kent (Ref) wins, 1,370 votes; Porter (Ref) wins, 1,421 votes.

Bell (Lab) 777 votes; Betts (Ind) 816 votes; Gaskell (Grn) 546 votes; Gibney (Con) 319 votes; Gwilliam (Lab) 727 votes; Jennings (Grn) 552 votes; Kent (Ref) 1,370 votes; Owen (Lab) 958 votes; Peers (Ind) 947 votes; Porter (Ref) 1,421 votes

Newton-le-Willows East ward

Laird (Lab) wins, 1,293 votes; Mills (Lab) wins, 1,183 votes; Woodward (Ref) wins, 1,248 votes.

Cunliffe (Con) 318 votes; Kennedy (Grn) 1,000 votes; Middleton (N-L-W Ind) 1,055 votes; Murphy (Ref) 1,083 votes; Owen (Ref) 1,019 votes; Preston (Lab) 993 votes; Smith  (Lib) 698 votes.