title: Prescot North (ward)
text: # Prescot North (ward)
  
  Prescot North is a Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Ward. The ward was created for the 2016 municipal election when the number of councillors on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council was reduced from 63 to 45.
  
  The ward covers both parts of the Knowsley constituency and the neighboring St Helens South and Whiston constituency.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  ### Election Timeline
  
  | Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2016 | | Mike Wynn (LD) | | Ian Smith (LD) | | Carl Cashman (LD) |
  | 2018 | | Frances Wynn (LD) | | Ian Smith (LD) | | Carl Cashman (LD) |
  
  indicates seat up for re-election.
  
  ### Councillor Details
  
  | Term | Councillor | Party | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2016–2018 | Mike Wynn | Liberal Democrat | |
  | 2016–present | Ian Smith | Liberal Democrat | |
  | 2016–present | Carl Cashman | Liberal Democrat | Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, 2016 to present |
  | 2018–present | Frances Wynn | Liberal Democrat | |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections of the 2010s
  
  **2018**
  
  Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 3 May 2018: Prescot North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Frances Wynn | 1,373 | 60.3 | 9.8 |
  | | Labour | Tony Ely | 781 | 34.3 | 0.5 |
  | | Conservative | Aaron Waters | 124 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 592 | 26.0 | 9.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.1 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.5 | |
  
  **2016**
  
  Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 5th May 2016: Prescot North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Carl Cashman | 1,254 | 50.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ian Smith | 1,196 | – |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mike Wynn | 1,105 | – |
  | | Labour | Lynn O'Keeffe | 839 | 33.8 |
  | | Labour | Mike Kearns | 816 | – |
  | | Labour | Bill Weightman | 702 | – |
  | | TUSC | Steve Whatham | 222 | 8.9 |
  | | Conservative | Robert Avery | 170 | 6.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 | 16.7 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,365 | | |
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