title: Molyneux (ward)
text: # Molyneux (ward)
  
  Molyneux is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Sefton Central Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Aintree, Melling, Waddicar and the southern part of Maghull. The population of the ward as at the 2011 census was 12,763.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  | Term | Councillor | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2010–Present | Anthony Carr | Labour Party |
  | 2011–Present | Marion Lauren Atkinson | Labour Party |
  | 2012–Present | Paula Murphy | Labour Party |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections of the 2010s
  
  Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Molyneux :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Marion Lauren Atkinson | 2494 | 58% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jack Colbert | 1004 | 23% |
  | | Conservative | John Jarvis | 416 | 10% |
  | | UKIP | Peter Johnston Harper | 404 | 9% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4318 | 44% |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  
  Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Molyneux :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Anthony Carr | 2983 | 43% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jack Colbert | 2297 | 33% |
  | | Conservative | Thomas James Moylan | 937 | 14% |
  | | UKIP | Peter Johnston Harper | 659 | 10% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6876 | 69% |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  