The 2024 Warrington Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.
Background In the 2021 Warrington Borough Council election, the Labour Party retained overall control of the council but lost 10 seats. Before the election, Labour had 36 Seats and the opposition having 22 seats. +Pre-Election Council CompositionPartySeatsLabour Party36Conservative Party10Liberal Democrats8Independents4
Councillors standing down CouncillorWardFirst electedPartyDate announcedRuss BowdenBirchwood2010Labour28 October 2023Cathy MitchellBurtonwood & Winwick2016Labour29 October 2023Amanda KingGreat Sankey South2016Independent (elected Labour)28 January 2024Kath BuckleyLymm South2015Conservative7 March 2024Wendy MaiseyCulcheth, Glazebury & Croft2021Conservative25 March 2024David EllisBirchwood2021Labour6 April 2024Sarah HallBewsey & Whitecross2016Labour Co-op6 April 2024Alex AbbeyBurtonwood & Winwick2020Labour6 April 2024Maureen CreaghanPoulton South 2014Labour6 April 2024Linda ButlerChapelford & Old Hall2021Conservative6 April 2024Bob BarrLymm North & Thelwall2006Liberal Democrats6 April 2024Claire Lloyd-FitzgeraldOrford2021Labour6 April 2024Morgan TarrOrford2016Labour6 April 2024Andrew HillRixton & Woolston2016Labour6 April 2024
There were also six Councillors who were elected in 2021 that stood in different Wards in 2024.
CouncillorPartyWard elected to in 2021Ward stood in 2024Siobhan CarrLabourWestbrookBurtonwood & WinwickHilary CookseyLabourPoplars & HulmeRixton & WoolstonBrian GallagherLabourWestbrookPenketh & CuerdleyHelen MilnerLabourOrfordLymm North & ThelwallPeter WalkerLiberal DemocratsStockton HeathAppletonJane WhalenLabourGreat Sankey North & Whittle HallAppleton
Post-election The Labour Party held control of the council, increasing their majority from 36 to 42. The Liberal Democrats became the official opposition by increasing their seats from 8 to 12. Their group leader prior to the election, Bob Barr, did not stand for re-election; after the election they chose Mark Browne to be their new group leader and therefore the leader of the opposition on the council. The Conservatives, who had been the official opposition prior to the election, lost 9 seats, including their group leader Nigel Balding, leaving only one Conservative on the council.
After the election, Labour had 42 seats and the opposition had 16 seats.
+Post-Election Council CompositionPartySeatsLabour Party42Liberal Democrats12Independents3Conservative Party1
Summary
Election result
Ward results Incumbent councillors in the Ward are denoted by an asterisk (*). Appleton
Bewsey & Whitecross
Note: In June 2025, Cllr Shireen Mohammed announced she would be stepping down, triggering a by-election
Birchwood
Burtonwood & Winwick
Note: One of the Independent candidates, Theresa-Jane Murray, stood in the 2021 election as a Conservative candidate.
Chapelford & Old Hall
Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft
Fairfield & Howley
Grappenhall
Great Sankey North & Whittle Hall
Great Sankey South
Latchford East
Latchford West
Lymm North & Thelwall
Lymm South
Orford
Note: The Independent candidate Carol Kilgannon stood in the 2021 election as a Conservative candidate.
Penketh & Cuerdley
Poplars & Hulme
Poulton North
Poulton South
Rixton & Woolston
Note: The Independent candidate Phil Eastty was elected in the 2021 election as a Conservative candidate. He then defected to Labour.
Stockton Heath
Westbrook
Changes 2024–2028 October 2024: Cllr Neil Johnson resigned from Labour over a proposed transit site; he now sits as an Independent. February 2026: Cllr John Roddy defected to the Conservatives from Reform UK.
By-elections
Great Sankey North & Whittle Hall
The seat was vacated when Labour councillor Janet Henshaw, the former deputy leader of the council, resigned at the end of March 2025, citing the need to prioritise her own health, well-being and that of her family.
Bewsey & Whitecross
The seat was vacated when Labour councillor Shireen Mohammed resigned to take up a direct employment role with Warrington Borough Council.
See also 2024 Warrington parish and town council elections
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