Dukes (ward)

Dukes is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the western part of the localities of Birkdale and Hillside in the town of Southport.

Councillors

Term		Councillor[1]	Party
	1991–Present	David Pearson	Conservative Party
	1992–Present	Ron Watson	Conservative Party
	2011–Present	Pat Ball	Conservative Party

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Dukes[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Ball	1475	38%
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Dawson	1152	30%
	Labour	Catherine Emily Cookson	581	15%
	Independent	Harry Forster	376	10%
	UKIP	John Charles Lyon-Taylor	296	8%
Majority
Turnout			3880	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Dukes[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Watson	2589	43%
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Joan Shavaksha	2137	35%
	Labour	Catherine Emily Cookson	687	11%
	Independent	Harry Forster	635	10%
Majority
Turnout			6048	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. ^ http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0
2. ^ http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=35&RPID=2996922
3. ^ http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=7&RPID=1472870