[{"election_id":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2016-05-05","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2016-05-05","local.sefton.birkdale.2016-05-05","local.sefton.blundellsands.2016-05-05","local.sefton.cambridge.2016-05-05","local.sefton.church.2016-05-05","local.sefton.derby.2016-05-05","local.sefton.dukes.2016-05-05","local.sefton.ford.2016-05-05","local.sefton.harington.2016-05-05","local.sefton.kew.2016-05-05","local.sefton.linacre.2016-05-05","local.sefton.litherland.2016-05-05","local.sefton.manor.2016-05-05","local.sefton.meols.2016-05-05","local.sefton.molyneux.2016-05-05","local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2016-05-05","local.sefton.norwood.2016-05-05","local.sefton.park.2016-05-05","local.sefton.ravenmeols.2016-05-05","local.sefton.st-oswald.2016-05-05","local.sefton.sudell.2016-05-05","local.sefton.victoria.2016-05-05"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2017-11-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2017-11-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2017-11-02","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.dukes.by.2017-11-02"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2017-09-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2018-05-03","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2018-05-03","local.sefton.birkdale.2018-05-03","local.sefton.blundellsands.2018-05-03","local.sefton.cambridge.2018-05-03","local.sefton.church.2018-05-03","local.sefton.derby.2018-05-03","local.sefton.dukes.2018-05-03","local.sefton.ford.2018-05-03","local.sefton.harington.2018-05-03","local.sefton.kew.2018-05-03","local.sefton.linacre.2018-05-03","local.sefton.litherland.2018-05-03","local.sefton.manor.2018-05-03","local.sefton.meols.2018-05-03","local.sefton.molyneux.2018-05-03","local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2018-05-03","local.sefton.norwood.2018-05-03","local.sefton.park.2018-05-03","local.sefton.ravenmeols.2018-05-03","local.sefton.st-oswald.2018-05-03","local.sefton.sudell.2018-05-03","local.sefton.victoria.2018-05-03"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2019-05-02","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2019-05-02","local.sefton.birkdale.2019-05-02","local.sefton.blundellsands.2019-05-02","local.sefton.cambridge.2019-05-02","local.sefton.church.2019-05-02","local.sefton.derby.2019-05-02","local.sefton.dukes.2019-05-02","local.sefton.ford.2019-05-02","local.sefton.harington.2019-05-02","local.sefton.kew.2019-05-02","local.sefton.linacre.2019-05-02","local.sefton.litherland.2019-05-02","local.sefton.manor.2019-05-02","local.sefton.meols.2019-05-02","local.sefton.molyneux.2019-05-02","local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2019-05-02","local.sefton.norwood.2019-05-02","local.sefton.park.2019-05-02","local.sefton.ravenmeols.2019-05-02","local.sefton.st-oswald.2019-05-02","local.sefton.sudell.2019-05-02","local.sefton.victoria.2019-05-02"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2020-05-07","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2020-05-07","local.sefton.birkdale.2020-05-07","local.sefton.blundellsands.2020-05-07","local.sefton.cambridge.2020-05-07","local.sefton.church.2020-05-07","local.sefton.derby.2020-05-07","local.sefton.dukes.2020-05-07","local.sefton.ford.2020-05-07","local.sefton.harington.2020-05-07","local.sefton.kew.2020-05-07","local.sefton.linacre.2020-05-07","local.sefton.litherland.2020-05-07","local.sefton.manor.2020-05-07","local.sefton.meols.2020-05-07","local.sefton.molyneux.2020-05-07","local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2020-05-07","local.sefton.norwood.2020-05-07","local.sefton.park.2020-05-07","local.sefton.ravenmeols.2020-05-07","local.sefton.st-oswald.2020-05-07","local.sefton.sudell.2020-05-07","local.sefton.victoria.2020-05-07"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2021-05-06","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2021-05-06","local.sefton.birkdale.2021-05-06","local.sefton.blundellsands.2021-05-06","local.sefton.cambridge.2021-05-06","local.sefton.church.2021-05-06","local.sefton.derby.2021-05-06","local.sefton.dukes.2021-05-06","local.sefton.ford.2021-05-06","local.sefton.harington.2021-05-06","local.sefton.kew.2021-05-06","local.sefton.linacre.2021-05-06","local.sefton.litherland.2021-05-06","local.sefton.manor.2021-05-06","local.sefton.meols.2021-05-06","local.sefton.molyneux.2021-05-06","local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2021-05-06","local.sefton.norwood.2021-05-06","local.sefton.park.2021-05-06","local.sefton.ravenmeols.2021-05-06","local.sefton.st-oswald.2021-05-06","local.sefton.sudell.2021-05-06","local.sefton.victoria.2021-05-06"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2022-05-05","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2022-05-05","local.sefton.birkdale.2022-05-05","local.sefton.blundellsands.2022-05-05","local.sefton.cambridge.2022-05-05","local.sefton.church.2022-05-05","local.sefton.derby.2022-05-05","local.sefton.dukes.2022-05-05","local.sefton.ford.2022-05-05","local.sefton.harington.2022-05-05","local.sefton.kew.2022-05-05","local.sefton.linacre.2022-05-05","local.sefton.litherland.2022-05-05","local.sefton.manor.2022-05-05","local.sefton.meols.2022-05-05","local.sefton.molyneux.2022-05-05","local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2022-05-05","local.sefton.norwood.2022-05-05","local.sefton.park.2022-05-05","local.sefton.ravenmeols.2022-05-05","local.sefton.st-oswald.2022-05-05","local.sefton.sudell.2022-05-05","local.sefton.victoria.2022-05-05"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:40.844909Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2022-11-24","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2022-11-24","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2022-11-24","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.linacre.by.2022-11-24"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2022-10-20T08:05:10.351924Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2023-02-16","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2023-02-16","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2023-02-16","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.by.2023-02-16"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2023-01-17T22:09:41.904850Z","modified":"2023-03-28T15:58:24.423187Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2023-05-04","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2023-05-04","local.sefton.birkdale.2023-05-04","local.sefton.blundellsands.2023-05-04","local.sefton.cambridge.2023-05-04","local.sefton.church.2023-05-04","local.sefton.derby.2023-05-04","local.sefton.dukes.2023-05-04","local.sefton.ford.2023-05-04","local.sefton.harington.2023-05-04","local.sefton.kew.2023-05-04","local.sefton.linacre.2023-05-04","local.sefton.litherland.2023-05-04","local.sefton.manor.2023-05-04","local.sefton.meols.2023-05-04","local.sefton.molyneux.2023-05-04","local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2023-05-04","local.sefton.norwood.2023-05-04","local.sefton.park.2023-05-04","local.sefton.ravenmeols.2023-05-04","local.sefton.st-oswald.2023-05-04","local.sefton.sudell.2023-05-04","local.sefton.victoria.2023-05-04"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.218421Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2024-05-02","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2024-05-02","local.sefton.birkdale.2024-05-02","local.sefton.blundellsands.2024-05-02","local.sefton.cambridge.2024-05-02","local.sefton.church.2024-05-02","local.sefton.derby.2024-05-02","local.sefton.dukes.2024-05-02","local.sefton.ford.2024-05-02","local.sefton.harington.2024-05-02","local.sefton.kew.2024-05-02","local.sefton.linacre.2024-05-02","local.sefton.litherland.2024-05-02","local.sefton.manor.2024-05-02","local.sefton.meols.2024-05-02","local.sefton.molyneux.2024-05-02","local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2024-05-02","local.sefton.norwood.2024-05-02","local.sefton.park.2024-05-02","local.sefton.ravenmeols.2024-05-02","local.sefton.st-oswald.2024-05-02","local.sefton.sudell.2024-05-02","local.sefton.victoria.2024-05-02"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.315747Z","modified":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.322198Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2024-06-20","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2024-06-20","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2024-06-20","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.st-oswald.by.2024-06-20"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2024-05-29T13:42:06.235398Z","modified":"2024-05-29T13:42:06.247469Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2024-07-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2024-07-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2024-07-04","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.linacre.by.2024-07-04"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2024-06-03T07:13:49.672621Z","modified":"2024-06-03T07:13:49.688256Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2024-11-21","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2024-11-21","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2024-11-21","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.litherland.by.2024-11-21"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2024-10-21T09:06:33.575210Z","modified":"2024-10-21T09:06:33.589492Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2025-06-19","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2025-06-19","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2025-06-19","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.blundellsands.by.2025-06-19"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2025-05-15T08:35:40.909373Z","modified":"2025-05-15T08:35:40.966704Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2026-05-07","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.sefton.ainsdale.2026-05-07","local.sefton.aintree-maghull-south.2026-05-07","local.sefton.birkdale.2026-05-07","local.sefton.blundellsands.2026-05-07","local.sefton.bootle-east.2026-05-07","local.sefton.bootle-west.2026-05-07","local.sefton.cambridge.2026-05-07","local.sefton.dukes.2026-05-07","local.sefton.ford.2026-05-07","local.sefton.formby-east.2026-05-07","local.sefton.formby-west.2026-05-07","local.sefton.great-crosby.2026-05-07","local.sefton.kew.2026-05-07","local.sefton.litherland.2026-05-07","local.sefton.lydiate-maghull-west.2026-05-07","local.sefton.maghull-east.2026-05-07","local.sefton.meols.2026-05-07","local.sefton.netherton-north.2026-05-07","local.sefton.netherton-south-orrell.2026-05-07","local.sefton.norwood.2026-05-07","local.sefton.thornton-hightown.2026-05-07","local.sefton.waterloo.2026-05-07"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":true,"explanation":"This is an election for **metropolitan borough councillors**. \r\n\r\nCouncillors represent the people of their ward on the council. Councillors are elected for four-year terms. Most wards are represented by more than one councillor, which is why you may have more than one vote.\r\n\r\nMetropolitan borough councils are responsible for many different services, including:\r\n\r\n * Child and adult social care\r\n * Schools and education\r\n * Rubbish collection and recycling\r\n * Housing and planning\r\n * Libraries and museums\r\n * Roads and pavements\r\n * Sports facilities and public parks\r\n\r\nCouncils are funded by a combination of council tax, business rates, and grants from the UK government. Councillors are not paid a salary, but they do receive financial compensation and expenses to cover their time and travel commitments.\r\n\r\n[**Learn more about English local government from New Local.**](https://www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/local-government-explained-part-2-what-do-councils-do/)","metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:46.997100Z","modified":"2026-02-11T10:51:17.668728Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000932","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000932","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000932","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000932","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000932","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000932","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:40.888847Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000932","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.249408Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000932","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.339139Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ainsdale.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ainsdale","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Ainsdale","official_identifier":"SFT:ainsdale","slug":"ainsdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.275444Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.284387Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.039899Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.aintree-maghull-south.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Aintree & Maghull South","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Aintree & Maghull South","official_identifier":"SFT:aintree-and-maghull-south","slug":"aintree-maghull-south","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.292167Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.297145Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.073357Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000933","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000933","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000933","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000933","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.birkdale.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000933","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.birkdale.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000933","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:40.908322Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000933","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.270098Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"gss:E05000933","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.356970Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.birkdale.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Birkdale","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Birkdale","official_identifier":"SFT:birkdale","slug":"birkdale","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.303816Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.307824Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.107872Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":2,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:40.927449Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.291674Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.375208Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"SFT:blundellsands","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.315233Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.319664Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.142883Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.blundellsands.by.2025-06-19","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Blundellsands by-election","poll_open_date":"2025-06-19","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2025-06-19","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Blundellsands","official_identifier":"gss:E05000934","slug":"blundellsands","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"UNKNOWN","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-05-15T08:35:41.000376Z","modified":"2025-09-09T13:48:44.015169Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.bootle-east.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Bootle East","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Bootle East","official_identifier":"SFT:bootle-east","slug":"bootle-east","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.325518Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.328890Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.176994Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.bootle-west.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Bootle West","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Bootle West","official_identifier":"SFT:bootle-west","slug":"bootle-west","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.334386Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.338337Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.208428Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"gss:E05000935","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"gss:E05000935","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"gss:E05000935","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"gss:E05000935","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.cambridge.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"gss:E05000935","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.cambridge.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"gss:E05000935","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:40.949714Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"gss:E05000935","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.312103Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"gss:E05000935","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.392936Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.cambridge.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Cambridge","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Cambridge","official_identifier":"SFT:cambridge","slug":"cambridge","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.344640Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.348597Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.240578Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.church.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Church","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Church","official_identifier":"gss:E05000936","slug":"church","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.church.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Church","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Church","official_identifier":"gss:E05000936","slug":"church","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.church.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Church","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Church","official_identifier":"gss:E05000936","slug":"church","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.church.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Church","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Church","official_identifier":"gss:E05000936","slug":"church","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.church.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.church.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Church","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Church","official_identifier":"gss:E05000936","slug":"church","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.church.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.church.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Church","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Church","official_identifier":"gss:E05000936","slug":"church","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:40.973147Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.church.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Church","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Church","official_identifier":"gss:E05000936","slug":"church","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.331838Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.church.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Church","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Church","official_identifier":"gss:E05000936","slug":"church","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.408678Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.derby.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Derby","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Derby","official_identifier":"gss:E05000937","slug":"derby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.derby.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Derby","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Derby","official_identifier":"gss:E05000937","slug":"derby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.derby.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Derby","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Derby","official_identifier":"gss:E05000937","slug":"derby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.derby.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Derby","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Derby","official_identifier":"gss:E05000937","slug":"derby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.derby.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.derby.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Derby","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":2,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Derby","official_identifier":"gss:E05000937","slug":"derby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.derby.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.derby.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Derby","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Derby","official_identifier":"gss:E05000937","slug":"derby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.012558Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.derby.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Derby","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Derby","official_identifier":"gss:E05000937","slug":"derby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.351384Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.derby.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Derby","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Derby","official_identifier":"gss:E05000937","slug":"derby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.425878Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.dukes.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.dukes.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.036899Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.371498Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.445412Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"SFT:dukes","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.355544Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.360131Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.273377Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.dukes.by.2017-11-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Duke's by-election","poll_open_date":"2017-11-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2017-11-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Duke's","official_identifier":"gss:E05000938","slug":"dukes","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"UNKNOWN","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2017-09-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-09-09T13:48:44.015169Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"gss:E05000939","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":2,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"gss:E05000939","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"gss:E05000939","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"gss:E05000939","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.ford.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"gss:E05000939","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.ford.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"gss:E05000939","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.055265Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"gss:E05000939","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.391165Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"gss:E05000939","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.463697Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ford.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ford","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Ford","official_identifier":"SFT:ford","slug":"ford","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.365956Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.369505Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.307972Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.formby-east.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Formby East","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Formby East","official_identifier":"SFT:formby-east","slug":"formby-east","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.376604Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.380275Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.345682Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.formby-west.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Formby West","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Formby West","official_identifier":"SFT:formby-west","slug":"formby-west","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.386442Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.390444Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.379948Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.great-crosby.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Great Crosby","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Great Crosby","official_identifier":"SFT:great-crosby","slug":"great-crosby","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.396378Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.399716Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.412538Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.harington.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Harington","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Harington","official_identifier":"gss:E05000940","slug":"harington","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.harington.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Harington","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Harington","official_identifier":"gss:E05000940","slug":"harington","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.harington.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Harington","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Harington","official_identifier":"gss:E05000940","slug":"harington","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.harington.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Harington","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Harington","official_identifier":"gss:E05000940","slug":"harington","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.harington.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.harington.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Harington","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Harington","official_identifier":"gss:E05000940","slug":"harington","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.harington.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.harington.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Harington","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Harington","official_identifier":"gss:E05000940","slug":"harington","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.076350Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.harington.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Harington","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Harington","official_identifier":"gss:E05000940","slug":"harington","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.414238Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.harington.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Harington","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Harington","official_identifier":"gss:E05000940","slug":"harington","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.486216Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"gss:E05000941","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"gss:E05000941","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"gss:E05000941","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"gss:E05000941","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.kew.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"gss:E05000941","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.kew.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"gss:E05000941","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.095841Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"gss:E05000941","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.434135Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"gss:E05000941","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.505382Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.kew.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Kew","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Kew","official_identifier":"SFT:kew","slug":"kew","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.405169Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.408363Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.446112Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.linacre.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.linacre.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.114590Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.455704Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.522175Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.by.2022-11-24","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre by-election","poll_open_date":"2022-11-24","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-11-24","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"UNKNOWN","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-10-20T08:05:10.430702Z","modified":"2025-09-09T13:48:44.015169Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.linacre.by.2024-07-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Linacre by-election","poll_open_date":"2024-07-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-07-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Linacre","official_identifier":"gss:E05000942","slug":"linacre","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"UNKNOWN","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2024-06-03T07:13:49.712579Z","modified":"2025-09-09T13:48:44.015169Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.litherland.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.litherland.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.133429Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.476461Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.541118Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"SFT:litherland","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.414323Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.417763Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.478612Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.litherland.by.2024-11-21","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Litherland by-election","poll_open_date":"2024-11-21","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-11-21","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Litherland","official_identifier":"gss:E05000943","slug":"litherland","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"UNKNOWN","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2024-10-21T09:06:33.619873Z","modified":"2025-09-09T13:48:44.015169Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.lydiate-maghull-west.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Lydiate & Maghull West","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Lydiate & Maghull West","official_identifier":"SFT:lydiate-and-maghull-west","slug":"lydiate-maghull-west","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.423237Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.426847Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.511826Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.maghull-east.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Maghull East","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Maghull East","official_identifier":"SFT:maghull-east","slug":"maghull-east","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.433285Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.437074Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.545031Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.manor.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Manor","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Manor","official_identifier":"gss:E05000944","slug":"manor","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.manor.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Manor","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Manor","official_identifier":"gss:E05000944","slug":"manor","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.manor.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Manor","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Manor","official_identifier":"gss:E05000944","slug":"manor","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.manor.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Manor","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Manor","official_identifier":"gss:E05000944","slug":"manor","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.manor.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.manor.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Manor","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Manor","official_identifier":"gss:E05000944","slug":"manor","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.manor.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.manor.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Manor","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Manor","official_identifier":"gss:E05000944","slug":"manor","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.155184Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.manor.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Manor","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Manor","official_identifier":"gss:E05000944","slug":"manor","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.498000Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.manor.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Manor","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Manor","official_identifier":"gss:E05000944","slug":"manor","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.559775Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000945","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000945","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000945","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000945","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.meols.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000945","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.meols.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000945","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.173868Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000945","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.518388Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000945","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.577386Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.meols.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Meols","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Meols","official_identifier":"SFT:meols","slug":"meols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.443733Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.447791Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.574787Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.molyneux.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Molyneux","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Molyneux","official_identifier":"gss:E05000946","slug":"molyneux","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.molyneux.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Molyneux","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Molyneux","official_identifier":"gss:E05000946","slug":"molyneux","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.molyneux.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Molyneux","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Molyneux","official_identifier":"gss:E05000946","slug":"molyneux","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.molyneux.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Molyneux","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Molyneux","official_identifier":"gss:E05000946","slug":"molyneux","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.molyneux.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.molyneux.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Molyneux","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Molyneux","official_identifier":"gss:E05000946","slug":"molyneux","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.molyneux.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.molyneux.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Molyneux","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Molyneux","official_identifier":"gss:E05000946","slug":"molyneux","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.193738Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.molyneux.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Molyneux","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Molyneux","official_identifier":"gss:E05000946","slug":"molyneux","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.538238Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.molyneux.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Molyneux","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Molyneux","official_identifier":"gss:E05000946","slug":"molyneux","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.595745Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.212706Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.558170Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.620887Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-and-orrell.by.2023-02-16","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton and Orrell by-election","poll_open_date":"2023-02-16","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-02-16","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Netherton and Orrell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000947","slug":"netherton-and-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"UNKNOWN","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-17T22:09:41.936370Z","modified":"2025-09-09T13:48:44.015169Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-north.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton North","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Netherton North","official_identifier":"SFT:netherton-north","slug":"netherton-north","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.454624Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.458855Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.604677Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.netherton-south-orrell.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Netherton South & Orrell","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Netherton South & Orrell","official_identifier":"SFT:netherton-south-and-orrell","slug":"netherton-south-orrell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.465517Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.469843Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.636179Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"gss:E05000948","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"gss:E05000948","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":2,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"gss:E05000948","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"gss:E05000948","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.norwood.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"gss:E05000948","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.norwood.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"gss:E05000948","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.233180Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"gss:E05000948","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.580532Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"gss:E05000948","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.654976Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.norwood.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Norwood","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Norwood","official_identifier":"SFT:norwood","slug":"norwood","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.475372Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.479051Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.667418Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.park.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Park","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Park","official_identifier":"gss:E05000949","slug":"park","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.park.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Park","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Park","official_identifier":"gss:E05000949","slug":"park","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.park.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Park","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Park","official_identifier":"gss:E05000949","slug":"park","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.park.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Park","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Park","official_identifier":"gss:E05000949","slug":"park","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.park.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.park.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Park","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Park","official_identifier":"gss:E05000949","slug":"park","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.park.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.park.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Park","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Park","official_identifier":"gss:E05000949","slug":"park","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.252346Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.park.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Park","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Park","official_identifier":"gss:E05000949","slug":"park","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.602787Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.park.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Park","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Park","official_identifier":"gss:E05000949","slug":"park","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.685864Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ravenmeols","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ravenmeols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000950","slug":"ravenmeols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ravenmeols","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ravenmeols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000950","slug":"ravenmeols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ravenmeols","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ravenmeols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000950","slug":"ravenmeols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ravenmeols","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ravenmeols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000950","slug":"ravenmeols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ravenmeols","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ravenmeols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000950","slug":"ravenmeols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ravenmeols","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ravenmeols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000950","slug":"ravenmeols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.273134Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ravenmeols","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ravenmeols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000950","slug":"ravenmeols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.625273Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.ravenmeols.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Ravenmeols","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Ravenmeols","official_identifier":"gss:E05000950","slug":"ravenmeols","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.712729Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":2,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":"EQUAL_CANDIDATES","replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.292887Z","modified":"2023-11-02T16:23:15.702068Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.646567Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.749228Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.st-oswald.by.2024-06-20","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election St Oswald by-election","poll_open_date":"2024-06-20","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-06-20","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"St Oswald","official_identifier":"gss:E05000951","slug":"st-oswald","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"UNKNOWN","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2024-05-29T13:42:06.265843Z","modified":"2025-09-09T13:48:44.015169Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.sudell.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Sudell","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Sudell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000952","slug":"sudell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.sudell.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Sudell","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Sudell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000952","slug":"sudell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.sudell.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Sudell","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Sudell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000952","slug":"sudell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.sudell.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Sudell","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Sudell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000952","slug":"sudell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.sudell.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.sudell.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Sudell","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Sudell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000952","slug":"sudell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.sudell.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.sudell.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Sudell","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Sudell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000952","slug":"sudell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.311565Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.sudell.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Sudell","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Sudell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000952","slug":"sudell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.668078Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.sudell.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Sudell","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Sudell","official_identifier":"gss:E05000952","slug":"sudell","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.773213Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.thornton-hightown.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Thornton & Hightown","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Thornton & Hightown","official_identifier":"SFT:thornton-and-hightown","slug":"thornton-hightown","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.485284Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.488671Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.700369Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.victoria.2016-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Victoria","poll_open_date":"2016-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2016-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Victoria","official_identifier":"gss:E05000953","slug":"victoria","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2016-03-10T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-07-22T13:56:58.024978Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.victoria.2018-05-03","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Victoria","poll_open_date":"2018-05-03","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2018-05-03","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Victoria","official_identifier":"gss:E05000953","slug":"victoria","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2018-03-08T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.victoria.2019-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Victoria","poll_open_date":"2019-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2019-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Victoria","official_identifier":"gss:E05000953","slug":"victoria","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2019-03-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.victoria.2020-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Victoria","poll_open_date":"2020-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2020-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Victoria","official_identifier":"gss:E05000953","slug":"victoria","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":{"cancelled_election":{"url":null,"title":"Cancelled Election","detail":"The UK Government has postponed the elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak."}},"deleted":false,"cancelled":true,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":"local.sefton.victoria.2021-05-06","by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2020-03-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.victoria.2021-05-06","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Victoria","poll_open_date":"2021-05-06","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2021-05-06","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Victoria","official_identifier":"gss:E05000953","slug":"victoria","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":"local.sefton.victoria.2020-05-07","replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2021-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.victoria.2022-05-05","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Victoria","poll_open_date":"2022-05-05","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2022-05-05","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Victoria","official_identifier":"gss:E05000953","slug":"victoria","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2022-01-06T11:36:41.330356Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.victoria.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Victoria","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2023-05-04","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Victoria","official_identifier":"gss:E05000953","slug":"victoria","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-01-11T11:21:15.688237Z","modified":"2023-04-05T10:54:05.673079Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.victoria.2024-05-02","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Victoria","poll_open_date":"2024-05-02","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2024-05-02","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":1,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2004-12-02","end_date":"2026-05-06","legislation_url":null,"consultation_url":null,"short_title":"2004 Boundaries","notes":"Auto imported from http://mapit.mysociety.org"},"name":"Victoria","official_identifier":"gss:E05000953","slug":"victoria","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"Metropolitan district ward","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2004-12-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.641536Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2023-11-21T10:25:31.795201Z","modified":"2024-05-23T07:03:59.720510Z"},{"election_id":"local.sefton.waterloo.2026-05-07","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Sefton local election Waterloo","poll_open_date":"2026-05-07","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/SFT/1974-04-01/?format=json","official_identifier":"SFT","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"MD","official_name":"Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council","common_name":"Sefton","slug":"sefton","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Sefton local election","start_date":"1974-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1974-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.sefton.2026-05-07","group_type":null,"identifier_type":"ballot","children":[],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":3,"division":{"divisionset":{"start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":null,"legislation_url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1178/made","consultation_url":"http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/sefton","short_title":"The Sefton (Electoral Changes) Order 2024","notes":""},"name":"Waterloo","official_identifier":"SFT:waterloo","slug":"waterloo","division_type":"MTW","division_subtype":"","division_election_sub_type":"","seats_total":3,"territory_code":"ENG","created":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.494426Z","modified":"2025-07-14T12:20:49.499252Z"},"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":"EA-2022","current":true,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{"NUTS1":{"key":"UKD","value":"North West (England)"}},"created":"2025-11-11T15:40:47.734127Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:21:15.384857Z"}]