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St Helens

7th May 2026

Council

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Results2026

1	Ref	Peter Anthony Clarke	572	15.0%
2	Ind	Andy Batsford	544	14.3%
3	Grn	Shaun Dowling	490	12.9%	▼ 4.7
4	Grn	Jessica Townsend	462	12.2%	▼ 5.4
5	Ref	Hazel Edith Vanbergen	460	12.1%
6	Lab	Barney Green	320	8.4%	▼ 22.5
7	Lab	Helen Martin	311	8.2%
8	Con	Howard Martin	249	6.6%	▼ 21.4
9	Con	Stephen Butterton	229	6.0%	▼ 22.0
10	LD	Bob Lloyd	164	4.3%	▼ 1.3

How is this scored?

Up to 15 points per contest:

1 point for each candidate that finishes in the top 3 (regardless of where you placed them)
5 / 3 / 1 bonus for getting 1st / 2nd / 3rd exactly right
1 point for each pair you got the order of (e.g. you said A above B, and A finished above B)

Previous Results

2 May 2024

Lab	David Edgar Whitehill ★	503	30.9%
Con	Peter William Pragnell	456	28.0%
Ind	Jackie Patton	293	18.0%
Grn	Ollie Hunter	287	17.6%
LD	Bob Lloyd	91	5.6%

5 May 2022

Lab	Andy Batsford ★	941	49.7%
Con	Laurie Loe	746	39.4%
Grn	Lucy Mary Brennan	130	6.9%
LD	Bob Lloyd	75	4.0%

6 May 2021

Con	Peter William Pragnell ★	889	49.7%
Lab	Antonia Marie Berelson	600	33.5%
Grn	Lucy Brennan Shiel	199	11.1%
LD	Bob Lloyd	102	5.7%

3 May 2018

Lab	Andy Batsford ★	957	27.5%
Lab	Antonia Marie Berelson ★	738	21.2%
Con	Martin Hugh Clarke	729	20.9%
Con	Matt Lynch	596	17.1%
LD	Bob Lloyd	154	4.4%
Grn	Lucy Brennan Shiel	133	3.8%
LD	Emlyn Jones	109	3.1%
Grn	Carol Prior	68	2.0%

How is this scored?

Up to 15 points per contest:

1 point for each candidate that finishes in the top 3 (regardless of where you placed them)
5 / 3 / 1 bonus for getting 1st / 2nd / 3rd exactly right
1 point for each pair you got the order of (e.g. you said A above B, and A finished above B)