Meols (ward)

Meols is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Churchtown and Crossens in the north end of the town of Southport.

Councillors

Term		Councillor[1]	Party
	1991–Present	John Dodd	Liberal Democrats
	2004–Present	David Rimmer	Liberal Democrats
	2011–Present	Nigel Roy Ashton	Liberal Democrats

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Meols[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Roy Ashton	1211	31%
	Conservative	Chris Cross	1136	29%
	Labour	Maureen Stoker	711	18%
	Independent	Margaret Brown	628	16%
	UKIP	Patricia Elaine Shanks	278	7%
Majority
Turnout			3964	41%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Meols[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Rimmer	3202	49%
	Conservative	Chris Cross	1989	30%
	Labour	Maureen Stoker	561	9%
	Independent	Margaret Brown	329	5%
	UKIP	Patricia Elaine Shanks	313	5%
	BNP	Max Blair	183	3%
Majority
Turnout			6577	68%
	Liberal Democrat 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=42&RPID=3097248
3. ^ http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=14&RPID=1471536