2018 Halton Borough Council election

Main article: 2018 United Kingdom local elections

The 2018 Halton Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Halton Borough Council in England.^[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

2018 Halton Borough Council election

← 2016 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 2019 →
18 of 56 seats (17 regular and one by-election) to Halton Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	26.1% (0.9%)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 18 seats, 67.8% 1 seat, 8.1% 1 seat, 15.1% Seats before 52 2 2 Seats won 17 1 0 Seats after 52 2 2 Seat change Popular vote 14,544 1,706 3,704 Percentage 66.7% 7.8% 17.0% Swing 0.7% 1.3% 2.0%
Map showing the results of the 2018 Halton Borough Council election
Leader of the Council before election Rob Polhill Labour Leader of the Council after election Rob Polhill Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	52
	Liberal Democrat	2
	Conservative	2
Source: BBC[3]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2014.^{[n 1]}

Halton Borough Council election result, 2018[2][n 2]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	18	17	0	0		94.1	66.7	14,544	0.7
	Conservative	10	0	0	0		0.0	17.0	3,704	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	7	1	0	0		5.9	7.8	1,706	1.3
	Independent	3	0	0	0		0.0	4.4	963	N/A
	UKIP	7	0	0	0		0.0	3.2	701	8.5
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	106	0.3
	Socialist Labour	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	97	N/A

Notes

1. Cannot be compared with 2016 as not all seats are up for election every third.
2. % of total refers to % of wards won.