Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Halton Borough Council
Hale is run by Halton Borough Council, with Hale parish council for local matters. Labour has a majority on Halton Borough Council. Its MP is Derek Twigg (Labour), member for Widnes and Halewood.
£2,453
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Hale’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Halton Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Halton Borough Council: 35 of its 54 seats as elected (it held 50 before the May 2026 election). Reform UK holds 16, the Liberal Democrats 3. Who’s in charge ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Hale’s wards, Reform UK took 53%, Labour took 29.3% and the Greens took 12.6% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Reform UK had 0%. How Hale has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Hale is £2,453 for 2026–27; Halton Borough Council keeps 79% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 59% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 28 of Halton’s 54 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour35−15
- Reform UK16+16
- Liberal Democrat3no change
- Conservative0−1
Change against the council before the 7 May 2026 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Hale
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Hale’s residents · Band D precept £95
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas.
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Hale, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierHale parish council
- 2Halton Borough Council1 ward · 3 councillorsJohn AndertonMike WhartonEddie Dourley
- 3Police and crime commissionerCheshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Dan Price
- 4House of CommonsWidnes and Halewood
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
3 councillors for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- John AndertonReform UK · May 2026
- Mike WhartonLabour · May 2024
- Eddie DourleyLabour · May 2023
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank20% in Hale · 1,502 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | John AndertonMike WhartonEddie Dourley | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Halton Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Labour led each vote to 2024; Reform UK led in 2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Hale’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 12.6% |
| Labour | 87.3% | 80.2% | 79.7% | 83.4% | 29.3% |
| Conservative | 12.7% | 19.8% | 20.3% | 16.6% | 5.1% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 53% |
In 2026, Reform UK won 1 of the 1 seats up in Hale’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Halton council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Hale, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Halton elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Hale’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,742 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Hale is in Widnes and Halewood constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Hale).
38,116 votes for candidates · majority 16,425
Labour, MP since 1 May 1997.
turnout in July 2024: 38,116 votes from 70,161 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 16,425 of 38,116 votes (43.1%): wider than in 98% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Hale’s Band D council tax is £2,453 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Halton Borough Council keeps £1,938.81 of a Band D bill (79%); the rest goes to the Hale parish council, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the Cheshire police and crime commissioner and the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Halton’s Band D bill has risen 59% in ten years, from £1,486.60 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £645.75 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Hale, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Cheshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Cheshire
| Halton | Hale’s councils | Cheshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £678 | £579 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £563 | £302 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £163 | £69 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £26 | £35 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £103 | £101 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £96 | £55 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £18 | £27 | £26 |
| Public health | £114 | £64 | £78 |
| Running the council | £58 | £47 | £59 |
| Other | £40 | £6 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,858 | £1,284 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Cheshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Hale is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
www3.halton.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
www3.halton.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Hale is run
Which council runs Hale?
Hale is run by Halton Borough Council.
Does Hale have a town council?
Yes: Hale has its own parish-tier council (Hale parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £95 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Hale?
Derek Twigg (Labour) is the MP for Widnes and Halewood, which covers Hale.
How many councillors does Hale have?
3 ward councillors represent Hale’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Hale?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Hale’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Hale?
Band D council tax in Hale is £2,453 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Halton Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 35 of 54 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2026 council election in Hale?
In Hale’s wards on 7 May 2026, Reform UK 1 of the 1 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 53%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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