Ainsdale (ward)

Ainsdale is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Ainsdale and Woodvale in the town of Southport. At the 2011 census it had a population of 12,102.[1]

Councillors

Term		Councillor[2]	Party
	2007–present	Terry Jones	Conservative Party
	2010–present	Haydn Clive Preece	Liberal Democrats
	2016–present	Lynne Thompson	Liberal Democrats

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Sefton Council Election 2019: Ainsdale[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Jones	1,257	33.0
	Labour	Kevin Donnellon	944	25.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Leslie Corbishley	907	24.0
	UKIP	Derek Samuel Tasker	431	11
	Green	Barbara Ann Dutton	246	6
Majority			313	8.0
Turnout			3,785	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Council Election 2018: Ainsdale[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Brough	1,891	46.0
	Labour	Frank Hanley	1,084	26.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jude Storer	935	23.0
	Green	Barbara Ann Dutton	118	3
	UKIP	Peter Forder	95	2
Majority			807	20.0
Turnout			4,123	40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Council Election 2016: Ainsdale[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Thompson	1,713	41.6	+13.4
	Conservative	Jamie Halsall	1,149	27.9	-4.1
	Labour	Mhairi McLeod Johnstone Doyle	729	17.7	-1.3
	UKIP	Duncan Browne	394	9.6	-7.0
	Green	Barbara Ann Dutton	133	3.2	-0.9
Majority			564	13.7	+9.9
Turnout			4,118	42.6	-29.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.8

Sefton Council Election 2015: Ainsdale[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Jones	2,247	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Thompson	1,978	28.2
	Labour	Lesley Delves	1,332	19.0
	UKIP	Terry Durrance	1,165	16.6
	Green	Barbara Ann Dutton	289	4.1
Majority			269	3.8
Turnout			7,011	71.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cllr Haydn Preece	1187	30%
	Conservative	Jamie Halsall	1159	29%
	UKIP	Terry Durrance	990	25%
	Labour	Stephen Jowett	444	11%
	Green	Barbara Ann Dutton	207	5%
Majority
Turnout			3987
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cllr Ted Hartill	2030	44%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Thompson	869	23%
	Labour	Stephen James Jowett	653	17%
	UKIP	Bryan Leech	624	17%
	Green	Barbara Ann Dutton	180	5%
Majority
Turnout			3772
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cllr Terry Jones	2030	44%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Thompson	1194	26%
	Labour	Stephen James Jowett	799	17%
	UKIP	Bryan Leech	318	7%
	Green	Lisa Morgan Clague	167	4%
	BNP	John Raymond Bankes	67	1%
Majority
Turnout			4575	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Haydn Clive Preece	2936	43%
	Conservative	Mark Bigley	2703	40%
	Labour	Stephen James Jowett	668	10%
	UKIP	John Bryan Leech	335	5%
	BNP	John Bankes	141	2%
Majority
Turnout			6783	71%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
2. "Your Councillors by Ward". Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
3. Ainsdale 2019 Sefton Council Results
4. Ainsdale 2018 Sefton Council Results
7. http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=101
8. http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=69
9. http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=29&RPID=2995591
10. http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=1&RPID=1468043&TPID=1468054