I doubt many people in Sefton itself could name these two.

How many people know the councillors from their neighbouring wards unless they are a council bigwig? Personally, I didn’t know one of them but I voted the other one in.

The significance is that this is coming on the back of other councillors stepping down last week and a slow trickle of resignations over the last few months. Individually, it might not be a big deal but it is part of a larger trend that is worth reporting on.