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Knowsley 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

15 ward races

15 seats

1 elected below the proportional quota

6.7% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 15 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 15 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Labour Party	16,273	63.1%	12	80.0%	11	73.3%	+1
Green Party	5,388	20.9%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	-2
Independent	2,496	9.7%	1	6.7%	1	6.7%	0
Liberal Democrats	971	3.8%	1	6.7%	0	0.0%	+1
Conservative and Unionist Party	325	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	224	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Reform UK	116	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	25,793	100.0%	15	100.0%	15	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Prescot North · 1 seat · won at 49.7% · +0.3 pts below quota
Halewood South · 1 seat · won at 50.6% · above quota
Whiston and Cronton · 1 seat · won at 51.9% · above quota
St Gabriels · 1 seat · won at 52.0% · above quota
Whitefield · 1 seat · won at 55.3% · above quota
Roby · 1 seat · won at 59.2% · above quota
Prescot South · 1 seat · won at 60.0% · above quota
Page Moss · 1 seat · won at 67.0% · above quota
Halewood North · 1 seat · won at 71.8% · above quota
Northwood · 1 seat · won at 73.1% · above quota
Shevington · 1 seat · won at 80.4% · above quota
Swanside · 1 seat · won at 82.3% · above quota
Stockbridge · 1 seat · won at 83.1% · above quota
St Michaels · 1 seat · won at 83.4% · above quota
Cherryfield · 1 seat · won at 84.1% · above quota

Race results

Prescot North · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,953

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Smith, I.	Liberal Democrats	971	49.7%	Elected
2	Grierson, T.	Labour Party	891	45.6%
3	Leadbeater, P.	Conservative and Unionist Party	91	4.7%

Electorate 9,045 · Ballots cast 1,953 · EC ward code E05010940 · Back to ward index

Halewood South · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.6 pts Valid ballots 1,933

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Finneran, E.	Labour Party	978	50.6%	Elected
2	Harvey, S.	Independent	955	49.4%

Electorate 8,427 · Ballots cast 1,933 · EC ward code E05010937 · Back to ward index

Whiston and Cronton · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.9 pts Valid ballots 1,976

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Byron, T.	Labour Party	1,026	51.9%	Elected
2	Rutland, M.	Green Party	761	38.5%
3	Heatherington, A.	Reform UK	116	5.9%
4	Arosanyin, O.	Conservative and Unionist Party	73	3.7%

Electorate 7,641 · Ballots cast 1,976 · EC ward code E05010948 · Back to ward index

St Gabriels · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.0 pts Valid ballots 1,775

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Lunt, C.	Labour Party	923	52.0%	Elected
2	Evans, C.	Green Party	852	48.0%

Electorate 7,255 · Ballots cast 1,775 · EC ward code E05010944 · Back to ward index

Whitefield · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.3 pts Valid ballots 1,863

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Smith, S.	Independent	1,030	55.3%	Elected
2	Harbour, L.	Labour Party	833	44.7%

Electorate 8,114 · Ballots cast 1,863 · EC ward code E05010949 · Back to ward index

Roby · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.2 pts Valid ballots 2,336

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Dever, M.	Labour Party	1,383	59.2%	Elected
2	Escalante-Callejo, C.	Green Party	953	40.8%

Electorate 7,800 · Ballots cast 2,336 · EC ward code E05010942 · Back to ward index

Prescot South · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.0 pts Valid ballots 1,715

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Wickens, G.	Green Party	1,029	60.0%	Elected
2	Sedman, D.	Labour Party	686	40.0%

Electorate 7,437 · Ballots cast 1,715 · EC ward code E05010941 · Back to ward index

Page Moss · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.0 pts Valid ballots 1,507

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	McGlashan, K.	Labour Party	1,010	67.0%	Elected
2	Carine, J.	Green Party	419	27.8%
3	Lee, R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	78	5.2%

Electorate 8,925 · Ballots cast 1,507 · EC ward code E05010939 · Back to ward index

Halewood North · single-seat

Marginal winner 71.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −21.8 pts Valid ballots 1,811

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Flute, A.	Labour Party	1,300	71.8%	Elected
2	Berry, L.	Independent	511	28.2%

Electorate 8,203 · Ballots cast 1,811 · EC ward code E05010936 · Back to ward index

Northwood · single-seat

Marginal winner 73.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −23.1 pts Valid ballots 1,374

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Rawlinson, M.	Labour Party	1,004	73.1%	Elected
2	Dunne, N.	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	224	16.3%
3	Greenway, R.	Green Party	146	10.6%

Electorate 8,963 · Ballots cast 1,374 · EC ward code E05010938 · Back to ward index

Shevington · single-seat

Marginal winner 80.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −30.4 pts Valid ballots 1,431

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Wright, A.	Labour Party	1,150	80.4%	Elected
2	Connolly, C.	Green Party	281	19.6%

Electorate 8,225 · Ballots cast 1,431 · EC ward code E05010943 · Back to ward index

Swanside · single-seat

Marginal winner 82.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −32.3 pts Valid ballots 1,937

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Morgan, G.	Labour Party	1,595	82.3%	Elected
2	Escalante-Callejo, J.	Green Party	259	13.4%
3	Finnan, W.	Conservative and Unionist Party	83	4.3%

Electorate 7,532 · Ballots cast 1,937 · EC ward code E05010947 · Back to ward index

Stockbridge · single-seat

Marginal winner 83.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −33.1 pts Valid ballots 1,307

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	O'Keeffe, L.	Labour Party	1,086	83.1%	Elected
2	Ryan, P.	Green Party	221	16.9%

Electorate 8,636 · Ballots cast 1,307 · EC ward code E05010946 · Back to ward index

St Michaels · single-seat

Marginal winner 83.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −33.4 pts Valid ballots 1,384

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Lilly, J.	Labour Party	1,154	83.4%	Elected
2	Taylor, J.	Green Party	230	16.6%

Electorate 7,050 · Ballots cast 1,384 · EC ward code E05010945 · Back to ward index

Cherryfield · single-seat

Marginal winner 84.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −34.1 pts Valid ballots 1,491

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Donnelly, S.	Labour Party	1,254	84.1%	Elected
2	Gilmore, P.	Green Party	237	15.9%

Electorate 8,047 · Ballots cast 1,491 · EC ward code E05010935 · Back to ward index