Dukes (ward)
Coordinates: 53°38′38.2″N 3°0′43.8″W / 53.643944°N 3.012167°W
Dukes is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the western part of the localities of Birkdale and Hillside in the town of Southport. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 13,333.[1]
Councillors[]
Term | Councillor[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2014–Present | Ron Watson | Conservative Party | |
2012–Present | Tony Dawson | Liberal Democrats | |
2017–Present | John Pugh | Liberal Democrats |
Election results[]
Elections of the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Pugh | 1680 | 56.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ann Blanche Pearmain | 790 | 26.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Frank Hanley | 417 | 13.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Terry Durrance | 69 | 2.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Nick Senior | 45 | 1.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 890 | ||||
Turnout | 3001 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pat Ball | 1475 | 38% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Dawson | 1152 | 30% | ||
Labour | Catherine Emily Cookson | 581 | 15% | ||
Independent | Harry Forster | 376 | 10% | ||
UKIP | John Charles Lyon-Taylor | 296 | 8% | ||
Majority | 323 | ||||
Turnout | 3880 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Watson | 2589 | 43% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Joan Shavaksha | 2137 | 35% | ||
Labour | Catherine Emily Cookson | 687 | 11% | ||
Independent | Harry Forster | 635 | 10% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6048 | 62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0
- ^ http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=196[dead link]
- ^ http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=35&RPID=2996922
- ^ http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=7&RPID=1472870
Categories:
- Wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
- Southport
- Merseyside geography stubs