Politics
The existence of Sefton has been an ongoing local controversy, especially in Southport, where local Members of Parliament and councillors have campaigned for separation from Bootle, and the possible inclusion of the town as a district in the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire.
The council consists of 66 councillors, three for each of the borough's 22 wards:
Ainsdale · Birkdale · Blundellsands · Cambridge · Church · Derby · Dukes · Ford · Harington · Kew · Linacre · Litherland · Manor · Meols · Molyneux · Netherton and Orrell · Norwood · Park · Ravenmeols · St. Oswald · Sudell · Victoria
Since the elections on 3 May 2012, the council has been composed of 36 Labour councillors, 20 Liberal Democrats, eight Conservatives and two others.
Read more about this topic: Metropolitan Borough Of Sefton
Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.”
—Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)
“I believe you to be a brave and a skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)