Warrington local elections
Encyclopedia
One third of Warrington
Unitary
Council in England
is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 57 councillor
s have been elected from 22 wards
.
Current councillor party composition as of May 2011:
Warrington Council election, 2000
Warrington Council election, 2001
Warrington Council election, 2002
Warrington Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 3)
Warrington Council election, 2006
Warrington Council election, 2007
Warrington Council election, 2008
Warrington Council election, 2010
Warrington Council election, 2011
Warrington
Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...
Unitary
Unitary authorities of England
Unitary authorities of England are areas where a single local authority is responsible for a variety of services for a district that elsewhere are administered separately by two councils...
Council in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 57 councillor
Councillor
A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...
s have been elected from 22 wards
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
.
Political control
| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
1997 - 2006 |
| No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
2006 - 2011 |
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
2011 - present |
Current councillor party composition as of May 2011:
| Party | Councillors | |
| Liberal Democrat | 17 | |
| Labour | 34 | |
| Conservative | 6 | |
Council elections
Warrington Council election, 1999Warrington Council election, 2000
Warrington Council election, 2001
Warrington Council election, 2002
Warrington Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 3)
Warrington Council election, 2006
Warrington Council election, 2007
Warrington Council election, 2008
Warrington Council election, 2010
Warrington Council election, 2011
Warrington Council election, 2011
Elections to Warrington Council were held on 5 May 2011. Twenty seats out of the total of fifty-seven were up for election. The Labour Party gained control of the council which was previously run by a Liberal-Democrat / Conservative coalition. -Election result:...