Warrington: 1997 local elections

24 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 1996) (60 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 48 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Conservative 1 · Other 0

After (end of 1997) (60 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 45 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Conservative 4 · Other 0

Ward results

B. Axcell	Liberal Democrats	3,541 ✓
J. Walker	Liberal Democrats	3,438 ✓
F Hancock	Liberal Democrats	3,260 ✓
S. Mason	Conservative	1,647
A. Wood	Conservative	1,638
G Pearce	Conservative	1,619
A. Harper	Labour	781
P. Callaghan	Labour	750
R. Johnson	Labour	592

Bewsey and Whitecross3 seats · turnout 54.9%

L. Clarke	Labour	3,135 ✓
M Hill	Labour	2,965 ✓
J Richards	Labour	2,885 ✓
M Darbyshire	Liberal Democrats	808
H. Lawson	Independent	577
Marlene Haworth	Conservative	516
D Gittens	Conservative	502
A Taleb	Conservative	470

Birchwood East2 seats · turnout 61.4%

P Ross	Labour	1,546 ✓
D Noble	Labour	1,398 ✓
P Hayward	Conservative	912
J. Leslie	Conservative	842
A Pester	Liberal Democrats	460
C White	Liberal Democrats	421

Birchwood West2 seats · turnout 63.5%

C Fitzsimmons	Labour	1,699 ✓
P. Nelson	Labour	1,622 ✓
A Freeman	Conservative	855
A Agarwal	Conservative	795
A Greenslade	Liberal Democrats	432
A Mee	Liberal Democrats	347

Burtonwood and Winwick2 seats · turnout 59.4%

T. O'Neill	Labour	1,977 ✓
J. Joyce	Labour	1,973 ✓
M. Elliott	Conservative	616
C Parton	Liberal Democrats	439
T Philpott	Liberal Democrats	328

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft3 seats

K. Bland	Conservative	2,922 ✓
S. Bland	Conservative	2,745 ✓
T. Hoyle	Conservative	2,546 ✓
P Caswell	Labour	2,345
A Leech	Labour	2,281
A. Haddow	Labour	2,092
E Davies	Liberal Democrats	873
C. Cummerson	Liberal Democrats	863
R. Cummerson	Liberal Democrats	800
G Gernon	Independent	475

Fairfield and Howley3 seats · turnout 58.9%

M. Hughes	Labour	3,524 ✓
J. Harpin	Labour	3,217 ✓
G. Syers	Labour	3,153 ✓
M. Davidson	Conservative	671
G Hawley	Conservative	666
P Beattie	Independent	659
Bob Timmis	Liberal Democrats	617
E. Nelson	Liberal Democrats	573
D. Thomason	Conservative	564
C Taylor	Liberal Democrats	531

Grappenhall and Thelwall3 seats · turnout 73.5%

E. Lafferty	Liberal Democrats	3,472 ✓
E. Mawer	Liberal Democrats	3,148 ✓
J. Dooley	Liberal Democrats	3,048 ✓
R Bowden	Conservative	1,336
P Stansfield	Conservative	1,208
J Dunn	Conservative	1,093
M. Bates	Labour	1,034
N Woolacott	Labour	1,001
R Fletcher	Labour	985

Great Sankey North2 seats · turnout 68.8%

A. Williams	Labour	1,574 ✓
C Drillsma	Labour	1,411 ✓
J. Pennington	Ind Lab	1,185
S Mutch	Conservative	882
G Pugh	Conservative	867
D Lafferty	Liberal Democrats	475
C. Prosser	Liberal Democrats	363

Great Sankey South3 seats · turnout 68.7%

P Black	Labour	3,571 ✓
E O'Kane	Labour	3,401 ✓
J. Davidson	Labour	3,293 ✓
H Naden	Conservative	1,227
J Convey	Conservative	1,211
F Sharkey	Conservative	1,188
S. Hewitt	Liberal Democrats	845
M Burns	Liberal Democrats	831
F Nelson	Liberal Democrats	715

Hatton, Stretton and Walton1 seat · turnout 77.4%

Phil Walker	Liberal Democrats	827 ✓
Williams B.	Conservative	483
R Taylor	Labour	203

Hulme2 seats · turnout 68.8%

P Kenny	Labour	2,789 ✓
Emmie Bromley	Labour	2,789 ✓
M Leslie	Liberal Democrats	498
J Shelley	Conservative	327
A. Bate	Liberal Democrats	308

Latchford3 seats · turnout 65.8%

J. Taylor	Labour	2,756 ✓
D Smith	Labour	2,643 ✓
R. Humphreys	Labour	2,624 ✓
F. Duke	Liberal Democrats	894
J Caldwell	Conservative	880
Wendy Johnson	Liberal Democrats	869
A Day	Conservative	842
F. Prosser	Liberal Democrats	767
W Woodyatt	Conservative	693

Lymm3 seats · turnout 73.2%

S. Woodyatt	Conservative	3,292 ✓
R. Cochrane	Liberal Democrats	2,757 ✓
I. Marks	Liberal Democrats	2,646 ✓
S.	Conservative	2,277
D Ashington	Conservative	2,174
A. Fish	Liberal Democrats	2,163
A. James	Labour	1,079
Susan Williams	Labour	1,043
W. Natale	Labour	940

Orford3 seats · turnout 56.5%

M. Hannon	Labour	3,141 ✓
K. Hannon	Labour	2,867 ✓
T Whelan	Labour	2,632 ✓
R Fisher	Liberal Democrats	586
J Heyes	Liberal Democrats	544
J. Ellison	Conservative	452
S. Watts	Liberal Democrats	392
M. Pinder	Conservative	389

Penketh and Cuerdley3 seats · turnout 70.7%

G. Warburton	Labour	2,888 ✓
P. Langford	Labour	2,867 ✓
H. Shaw	Labour	2,866 ✓
Teresa Aldred	Conservative	1,577
J Usher	Conservative	1,380
J Yarwood	Conservative	1,349
J. Traynor	Liberal Democrats	924
D Goulden	Liberal Democrats	897
A Cox	Liberal Democrats	775

Poplars2 seats · turnout 56.0%

B. Maher	Labour	1,934 ✓
D Pilling	Labour	1,861 ✓
M. Selway	Conservative	458
W Jackson	Independent	408
J Verdon	Independent	388
P. Edwards	Liberal Democrats	363
R Towers	Liberal Democrats	245

Poulton North3 seats · turnout 52.4%

A. Clemow	Labour	2,917 ✓
J. Gartside	Labour	2,529 ✓
J. Kerr-Brown	Labour	2,468 ✓
C Dean-Young	Liberal Democrats	1,325
L. Pester	Liberal Democrats	1,004
M. Finnegan	Liberal Democrats	1,001

Poulton South3 seats · turnout 62.3%

C. Froggatt	Labour	2,989 ✓
M. Greenslade	Labour	2,761 ✓
E. Parkinson	Labour	2,543 ✓
B Rostron	Conservative	1,265
Don Williams	Conservative	1,042
P. Lafferty	Liberal Democrats	833
C. White	Liberal Democrats	750
G Ridley	Liberal Democrats	702

Rixton and Woolston3 seats · turnout 64.8%

A. Froggatt	Labour	3,209 ✓
T. Swift	Labour	2,758 ✓
G. Orange	Labour	2,605 ✓
L. Atherton	Conservative	1,558
B Roach	Conservative	1,457
P Johnson	Conservative	1,417
S. Ault	Liberal Democrats	677
G Hill	Liberal Democrats	635
S Kennedy	Liberal Democrats	615

Stockton Heath2 seats · turnout 73.1%

Carl Jordan	Liberal Democrats	2,002 ✓
J. Daynes	Liberal Democrats	1,968 ✓
Sonia Wendy Boggan	Conservative	1,011
J Park	Labour	971
J. Park	Labour	880
H. Brown	Conservative	808

Westbrook2 seats · turnout 65.1%

Cross G.	Labour	1,655 ✓
P Hamel	Labour	1,544 ✓
N Dodd	Conservative	1,049
P. Rowan	Conservative	916
D Earl	Liberal Democrats	827
D. Parton	Liberal Democrats	808

Westy2 seats · turnout 66.6%

A Maher	Labour	1,785 ✓
H. Mundry	Labour	1,694 ✓
G Myles	Ind Lab	822
R Arnold	Ind Lab	775
W. Day	Conservative	323
Johnson B.	Liberal Democrats	281
E Finnegan	Liberal Democrats	259
W Woodyatt	Conservative	254

Whittle Hall2 seats · turnout 67.1%

J Morris	Labour	1,453 ✓
L Street	Labour	1,336 ✓
M Latham	Conservative	889
D. Walker	Conservative	848
H Dyer	Liberal Democrats	582
R. Smith	Liberal Democrats	462