Central (Liverpool ward)
Central is a Liverpool City Council ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency. The population at the 2011 census was 20,340.[1] It was formed for the 2004 municipal elections from the former Abercromby, Everton and Smithdown wards. It contains the majority of the city centre but also includes Kensington Fields in Kensington to the east and the Marybone/Holy Cross community in Vauxhall. The ward includes the longstanding city centre community around the Bullring, as well as many new city centre apartments. Furthermore, the ward contains the Pier Head and the two larger universities; the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
In 2004 Central was the city's most marginal ward, largely due to the intervention of the hard left Liverpool Labour Community Party. In more recent elections has become safer for Labour. The May 2008 local elections saw Labour take 62% of the vote.
The 2011 vote was effect by the controversy involving the Lib Dem candidate, Daniel Bradley the son of Lib Dem councillor Warren Bradley, when Daniel disclosed that he had not signed the candidate paper, his father had witnessed.[2][3]
Councillors
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard White (Lab) |
2006 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard White (Lab) |
2007 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard White (Lab) |
2008 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
2010 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
2011 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
2012 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
2014 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
2015 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
2016 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
2018 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sharon Sullivan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
2019 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Nick Small (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Maria Toolan (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Christine Banks (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.
indicates seat up for re-election.
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indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.
Election results
Elections of the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maria Toolan | 914 | 60.13% | 7.81 | |
Green | Jayne Louise Stephanie Clough | 340 | 22.37% | 10.77 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Buist | 144 | 9.47% | 1.89 | |
Conservative | Lee David Berry | 101 | 6.64% | 0.88 | |
Liberal | Bethan Hazel Williams | 21 | 1.38% | n/a | |
Majority | 574 | 37.76% | 18.58 | ||
Turnout | 1,536 | 16.03% | 0.07 | ||
Registered electors | 9,585 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 16 | 1.04% | 0.85 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.29% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Small | 1,066 | 67.94% | 1.57 | |
Green | Jayne Louise Stephanie Clough | 182 | 11.60% | 4.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Howard | 119 | 7.58% | 2.14 | |
Conservative | Lee David Berry | 118 | 7.52% | 1.79 | |
Independent | James Leadbeater | 84 | 5.35% | N/A | |
Majority | 884 | 56.34% | 8.35 | ||
Turnout | 1,572 | 16.10% | 8.46 | ||
Registered electors | 9,766 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.19% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.58% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine Banks | 1,213 | 69.51% | +9.17% | |
Green | Robbie Coyne | 285 | 16.33% | −3.04% | |
Conservative | Lee David Berry | 100 | 5.73% | −8.91% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Elaine Wilson | 95 | 5.44% | n/a | |
Liberal | James Robert Dykstra | 52 | 2.98% | n/a | |
Majority | 928 | 53.18% | +12.21% | ||
Turnout | 1,762 | 16.76% | −32.20% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.11% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sharon Sullivan | 3,128 | 60.34% | −2.77% | |
Green | Rachael Joanne Blackman | 1,004 | 19.37% | +0.30% | |
Conservative | Lee Berry | 759 | 14.64% | +6.75% | |
UKIP | Jamie Sanderson | 199 | 3.84% | −3.94% | |
TUSC | Priyanga Jeyanayagam | 94 | 1.81% | n/a% | |
Majority | 2,124 | 40.97% | −3.07% | ||
Turnout | 5,181 | 48.96% | +35.1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Small | 1,208 | 63.11% | −8.34% | |
Green | Hannah Ellen Clare | 365 | 19.07% | +7.10% | |
Conservative | Lee Berry | 151 | 7.89% | −1.01% | |
UKIP | Tony Power | 149 | 7.78% | n/a | |
Liberal | Michele Leigh Williams | 41 | 2.14% | −0.62% | |
Majority | 843 | 44.04% | −14.83% | ||
Turnout | 1,914 | 13.86% | +1.42% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.72% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine Banks | 1164 | 71.45% | +1.02% | |
Green | Simeon Daniel Hart | 195 | 11.97% | +2.67% | |
Conservative | Lee David Berry | 145 | 8.90% | +0.49% | |
TUSC | Daren Andrew Ireland | 80 | 4.91% | n/a | |
Liberal | James Robert Dykstra | 45 | 2.76% | n/a | |
Majority | 969 | 58.87% | −1.26% | ||
Turnout | 1646 | 12.44% | −1.26% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.83% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Sullivan | 1348 | 70.43% | +17.61% | |
Green | Fiona Margaret McGill Coyne | 178 | 9.30% | +3.21% | |
Conservative | Lee David Berry | 161 | 8.41% | −2.13% | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Bradley | 144 | 7.52% | −20.94% | |
English Democrat | Steven Greenhalgh | 83 | 4.34% | n/a | |
Majority | 1170 | 60.13% | +35.78% | ||
Turnout | 1914 | 15.43% | −16.89% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 19.28% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nick Small | 2054 | 52.82% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Marbrow | 1107 | 28.46% | ||
Conservative | Thomas Roberts | 410 | 10.54% | ||
Green | Fiona Coyne | 237 | 6.09% | ||
Liberal | John Aaron Gannon | 81 | 2.08% | ||
Majority | 947 | 24.35% | |||
Turnout | 3889 | 32.32% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine Banks | 722 | 61.45% | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Peter Murray | 157 | 13.36% | ||
Green | Michael Sean Cotgreave | 134 | 11.40% | ||
Conservative | Gregg Andrew Watson | 118 | 10.04% | ||
Liberal | Lisa Gaskell | 44 | 3.74% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1175 | 9.59% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sharon Sullivan | 713 | 50.21% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gary Millar | 432 | 30.42% | ||
Green | Robert Smith | 125 | 8.80% | ||
Conservative | Mark Andrew Cotterell | 120 | 8.45% | ||
Liberal | Lisa Gaskell | 30 | 2.11% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1420 | 11.80% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Small | 719 | 53.30% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Twigger | 395 | 29.28% | ||
Green | Peter Andrew Edward Cranie | 104 | 7.71% | ||
Conservative | Mark Andrew Cottrell | 102 | 7.56% | ||
Liberal | Karl Justin Prescott | 29 | 2.15% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1349 | 12.00% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard White | 580 | |||
Labour | Sharon Sullivan | 577 | |||
Labour | Nick Small | 515 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Campbell | 497 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Roscoe | 479 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Curry | 459 | |||
Liverpool Labour | George Knibb | 324 | |||
Liverpool Labour | Marie Whitty | 278 | |||
Green | Faye Griffiths | 223 | |||
Green | Peter Cranie | 191 | |||
Green | Alexander Rodkin | 141 | |||
Conservative | Diane Watson | 74 | |||
Liberal | Stephen Houghland | 28 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1649 | 16.13% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
• italics denotes the sitting Councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References
- ^ "City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ David Bartlett (19 April 2011). "Liberal Democrats suspend Warren Bradley and police poised to launch investigation". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ Ben Rossington (18 April 2011). "Former Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley facing probe on son's election papers". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2012, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2011, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2010, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2008, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2007, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2006, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.[permanent dead link]