Halton Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time.
Halton Borough Council
Halton Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Halton, incorporating the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Moore and Preston Brook. It is a constituent council of Liverpool City Region Combined Aut ...
is the local authority for the
unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
of
Halton in
Cheshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2020, 54
councillor
A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries.
Canada
Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
s have been elected from 18
wards.
Political control
Halton was created under the
Local Government Act 1972 as a
non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shi ...
, with
Cheshire County Council
Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities; Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East.
...
providing county-level services. The first election to the district council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. On 1 April 1998 Halton became a unitary authority, becoming independent from Cheshire County Council. Political control of Halton since 1974 has been held by the following parties:
Non-metropolitan district
Unitary authority
Leadership
The first leader of the council, John Collins, had been the last leader of the
Widnes Borough Council, one of the council's predecessors. The
leaders of the council since 1974 have been:
Council elections
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1973 Halton Borough Council election
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1976 Halton Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1979 Halton Borough Council election
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1980 Halton Borough Council election
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1982 Halton Borough Council election
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1983 Halton Borough Council election
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1984 Halton Borough Council election
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1986 Halton Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1987 Halton Borough Council election
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1988 Halton Borough Council election
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1990 Halton Borough Council election
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1991 Halton Borough Council election
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1992 Halton Borough Council election
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1994 Halton Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
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1995 Halton Borough Council election
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1996 Halton Borough Council election
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1997 Halton Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1999 Halton Borough Council election
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2000 Halton Borough Council election
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2001 Halton Borough Council election
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2002 Halton Borough Council election
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2004 Halton Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
[legislation.gov.uk ]
The Borough of Halton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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2006 Halton Borough Council election
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2007 Halton Borough Council election
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2008 Halton Borough Council election
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2010 Halton Borough Council election
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2011 Halton Borough Council election
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2012 Halton Borough Council election
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2014 Halton Borough Council election
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2015 Halton Borough Council election
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2016 Halton Borough Council election
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2018 Halton Borough Council election
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2019 Halton Borough Council election
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2021 Halton Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
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* 2022 Halton Borough Council election
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By-election results
References
External links
Halton Council
{{Unitary authorities of England
Borough of Halton
Council elections in Cheshire
Unitary authority elections in England
District council elections in England