No change in Southport in local elections

3.20.29am BST (GMT +0100) Fri 2nd May 2008

No seats changed hands in Southport.

No council seats changed hands in Southport in the local elections on 1st May 2008, with all seven wards re-electing their sitting councillors. The Liberal Democrats won four seats to three for the Conservatives. Overall, Southport continues to have fourteen Lib Dem councillors to seven Conservatives, with no other parties having representation. The Liberal Democrats will continue to have control of the Southport Area Committee.

Elsewhere in Sefton the Liberal Democrats had a dramatic victory in Manor Ward, gaining a seat from the Conservatives by 68 votes after a recount. Sefton Council remains in 'No Overall Control' with the Liberal Democrats remaining the largest Party. The Lib Dems now have 27 councillors, Labour 21, and the Conservatives 18.

The full local election results for Southport on May 1st 2008 are:

AINSDALE WARD

Brenda Porter (Conservative) 2,903 (67.8%)

Pauline Collier (Liberal Democrats) 986 (23.0%)

Frank Warner (Labour) 223 (5.2%)

Bryan Leech (UKIP) 168 (3.9%)

BIRKDALE WARD

Richard Hands (Liberal Democrats) 1,702 (49.9%)

Cath Regan (Conservative) 1,105 (32.4%)

Terry Durrance (UKIP) 394 (11.5%)

Frank Robinson (Labour) 213 (6.2%)

CAMBRIDGE WARD

Tom Glover (Conservative) 2,076 (49.5%)

Aidan McGuire (Liberal Democrats) 1,889 (45.0%)

Muriel Langley (Labour) 229 (5.5%)

DUKES WARD

David Pearson (Conservative) 1,979 (55.5%)

Joan Shavaksha (Liberal Democrats) 790 (22.2%)

Harry Forster (Southport Party) 497 (13.9%)

Catherine Cookson (Labour) 297 (8.3%)

KEW WARD

Maureen Fearn (Liberal Democrats) 1,404 (47.3%)

Anthony White (Conservative) 809 (27.2%)

John Lee (Southport Party) 455 (15.3%)

Steve Jowett (Labour) 203 (6.8%)

Val Pollard (Conservative) 100 (3.4%)

MEOLS WARD

John Dodd (Liberal Democrats) 1,714 (48.9%)

Mike Swift (Conservatives) 1,134 (32.4%)

Margaret Brown (Southport Party) 277 (7.9%)

Nigel Cecil (UKIP) 209 (6.0%)

Maureen Stoker (Labour) 168 (4.8%)

NORWOOD WARD

Ronnie Fearn (Liberal Democrats) 1,735 (54.3%)

Tony Crabtree (Conservative) 744 (23.3%)

Michael Nolan (Labour) 290 (9.1%)

Graham Taylor (UKIP) 243 (7.6%)

Margaret McEllenborough (BNP) 184 (5.8%)