Liverpool City Council elections
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One third of Liverpool City Council in Merseyside, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 90 councillors have been elected from 30 wards.[1]
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[edit] Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| No overall control | 1973 - 1983 |
| Labour | 1983 - 1992 |
| No overall control | 1992 - 1996 |
| Labour | 1996 - 1998 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1998 - 2010 |
| Labour | 2010 - present |
[edit] Council elections
- Liverpool Council election, 1998
- Liverpool Council election, 1999
- Liverpool Council election, 2000
- Liverpool Council election, 2002
- Liverpool Council election, 2003
- Liverpool Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 9)[4]
- Liverpool Council election, 2006
- Liverpool Council election, 2007
- Liverpool Council election, 2008
- Liverpool Council election, 2010
- Liverpool Council election, 2011
[edit] By-election results
| Melrose By-Election 11 December 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Melrose Ward Labour | Alfie Hincks | 272 | 38.6 | +38.6 | |
| Labour | 217 | 30.4 | -40.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 180 | 25.6 | +25.6 | ||
| Socialist | 35 | 5.0 | +5.0 | ||
| Majority | 55 | 8.2 | |||
| Turnout | 704 | 5.9 | |||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Speke-Garston By-Election 8 March 2007[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Colin Strickland | 1,984 | 54.3 | -5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Lynnie Williams | 1,218 | 33.3 | +1.8 | |
| BNP | Steven Greenhalgh | 281 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
| Green | Cherry Fitzsimmons | 68 | 1.9 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | Brenda Coppell | 54 | 1.5 | -1.5 | |
| UKIP | Mark Bill | 49 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 766 | 21.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,654 | 28.7 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Warbreck By-Election 13 September 2007[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Richard McLinden | 1,796 | 55.2 | +10.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ritchie Roberts | 1,024 | 31.4 | -13.8 | |
| BNP | Peter Stafford | 136 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
| Independent | Michael Langen | 131 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
| UKIP | Joseph Moran | 52 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Green | Kim Graham | 45 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Mark Rea | 40 | 1.2 | -3.2 | |
| Liverpool Labour Community Party | Alfie Hincks | 32 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 772 | 23.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,256 | 29.4 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Fazakerley By-Election 18 February 2010[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Louise Ashton-Armstrong | 1,525 | 57.5 | +0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Seddon | 807 | 30.5 | +11.1 | |
| BNP | Peter Stafford | 234 | 8.8 | -5.2 | |
| Green | Alex Rudkin | 84 | 3.2 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 718 | 27.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,650 | 23.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Councillors". Liverpool City Council. http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Council_government_and_democracy/How_the_council_is_governed/Full_council/Councillors/index.asp. Retrieved 2010-02-17.[dead link]
- ^ "Liverpool". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3714.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ "Defection confusion in Liverpool". BBC News Online. 2008-05-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7379008.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "Liverpool council". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3714.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "Labour snatch seat from Lib-Dems". Liverpool Daily Post. 2007-03-09. p. 2.
- ^ "Lib Democrats lose key city seat". Liverpool Echo. 2007-09-14. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/09/14/lib-democrats-lose-key-city-seat-100252-19790186/. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "Labour hold seat in Liverpool as BNP vote slumps in Fazakerley". Liverpool Daily Post. 2010-02-19. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2010/02/19/labour-hold-seat-in-liverpool-as-bnp-vote-slumps-in-fazakerley-92534-25868680/. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
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