Birkdale (ward)

Birkdale is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the eastern part of the localities of Birkdale and Hillside in the town of Southport, England. The population as at the 2011 census was 13,161.[1]

Councillors

Term		Councillor[2]	Party
	1986–Present	Richard Hands	Liberal Democrats
	2002–Present	Iain Brodie - Browne	Liberal Democrats
	2004–Present	Simon Shaw	Liberal Democrats

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Changes in vote share are since the seat was previously contested (i.e. 4 years prior), not since the previous local election.

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2019: Birkdale[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Shaw	1,710	48	+15
	Labour	Daniel John Burns	900	25	+5
	Conservative	Thomas Andrew de Freitas	370	10	-11
	UKIP	Linda Julia Ann Gunn-Russo	311	9	-12
	Green	David William Collins	288	8	+3
Majority			810	23	+11
Turnout			3,579	35	-32.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2018: Birkdale[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brodie Browne	1,249	38	-3
	Labour	Daniel John Burns	982	30	+16
	Conservative	Jacky Bliss	806	25	+11
	UKIP	Derek Samuel Tasker	101	3	-11
	Green	David William Collins	121	4	+1
Majority			267	8	-7
Turnout			3,259	31.8	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2016: Birkdale[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ronald Hands	1,443	46	+7
	Labour	Ged Wright	717	23	+1
	UKIP	Linda Julia Ann Gunn-Russo	439	14	-8
	Conservative	John Charles Lyon-Taylor	428	14	-3
	Green	Bernhard Frank	107	3	New
Majority			726	23	+6
Turnout			3,134	32.4	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2015: Birkdale[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cllr Simon Shaw	2216	33	-1
	Conservative	Poppy Elise Jones	1374	21	-2
	UKIP	Allen Ferguson	1360	21	+8
	Labour	Ged Wright	1351	20	-1
	Green	Tony Young	318	5	New
Majority			842	12	+1
Turnout			6619	67.2	+26.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2014: Birkdale[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cllr Iain Brodie - Browne	1484	41	-14
	UKIP	Tom McKenzie	945	26	+19
	Labour	Ged Wright	521	14	+7
	Conservative	Jamie Halsall	489	14	-11
	Green	Tony Young	178	5	New
Majority			539	15	-15
Turnout			3617	37.2	-29.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2012: Birkdale[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cllr Richard Ronald Hands	1225	39
	UKIP	Terry John Durrance	707	22
	Labour	Ged Wright	688	22
	Conservative	Nigel David Clifford Ball	555	17
Majority			518	17
Turnout			3175	32.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Birkdale[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cllr Simon Shaw	1361	34
	Conservative	Alastair James McNair	934	23
	Labour	Frank Michael Robinson	830	21
	UKIP	Terry John Durrance	520	13
	Independent	Denise Katherine Roney	324	8
	BNP	Robert Smith	56	1
Majority			427	11
Turnout			4025	40.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Birkdale[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brodie - Browne	3626	55
	Conservative	Cath Regan	1626	25
	Labour	Frank Michael Robinson	466	7
	UKIP	Terry John Durrance	437	7
	Independent	Jimmy Henney	234	4
	BNP	Jane Leary	177	3
Majority			2000	30
Turnout			6389	67
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
2. Sefton Council Councillors list
3. Birkdale 2019 Sefton Council Results
4. Birkdale 2018 Sefton Council Results
5. Birkdale 2016 Sefton Council Results
6. Birkdale 2015 Sefton Council Results
7. Birkdale 2014 Sefton Council Results
8. Birkdale 2012 Sefton Council Results
9. Birkdale 2011 Sefton Council Results
10. Birkdale 2010 Sefton Council Results