Find every result from the Sefton Council elections as they happen
Local elections are taking place in Sefton(Image: David Marsden / Getty Images)
Voters across Sefton are going to the polls for a huge set of crucial local elections. This year, the council is holding what are known as ‘all out elections’, where every single seat on the council is up for grabs.
Sefton is made up of 22 wards, with three councillors per ward, so a total of 66 seats will be up for grabs with various different parties battling for those seats.
The council is currently dominated by the Labour Party, which holds 51 of the 66 seats.
There will be 310 candidates standing in the election across the borough’s 66 seats, with each of Sefton’s 22 wards electing three councillors.
The candidate who receives the most votes will be elected to serve a four-year term until May 2030, while the candidate in second place will serve a two-year term until May 2028. The candidate who records the third highest number of votes will serve for one year until May 2027.
The ECHO will be keeping you up-to-date with all the results as they come in through our special election results tool below, which will update as the results are announced.
