Church (Liverpool ward)
53°23′13″N 2°55′12″W / 53.387°N 2.920°W Church is a Liverpool City Council Ward. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 13,974.[1] It contains part of the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool. It includes the road Penny Lane, famous for the Beatles song of the same name. The ward boundary was changed at the 2004 municipal elections to encompass parts of the former Grassendale and Allerton wards and losing part to the new Wavertree ward.[2]
Councillors
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Colin Eldridge (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2006 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Colin Eldridge (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2007 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Colin Eldridge (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2008 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Colin Eldridge (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2010 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Tom Morrison (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2011 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Tom Morrison (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2012 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Tom Morrison (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2014 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Wenstone (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2015 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Wenstone (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Erica Kemp (LD) |
2016 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Wenstone (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Andrew Makinson (LD) |
2018 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Liz Makinson (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Andrew Makinson (LD) |
2019 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Liz Makinson (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Richard Kemp (LD) | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Andrew Makinson (LD) |
indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.
indicates seat up for re-election.
indicates change in affiliation.
indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 2,859 | 60.32% | ![]() | |
Labour | Nat Griffin | 1,313 | 27.70% | ![]() | |
Green | Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt | 486 | 10.25% | ![]() | |
Conservative | James Kenton Craig | 82 | 1.73% | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,546 | 32.62% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 10,490 | ||||
Turnout | 4,770 | 45.47% | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 30 | 0.63% | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.11% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Liz Makinson | 2,706 | 57.98% | +2.23% | |
Labour | Nigel David James Parsons | 1,474 | 31.58% | +3.91% | |
Green | Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt | 321 | 6.88% | −1.3% | |
Conservative | Thomas Lewis Burton | 166 | 3.56% | +1.01% | |
Majority | 1,232 | 26.40% | −1.68% | ||
Registered electors | 10,594 | ||||
Turnout | 4,667 | 44.05% | −5.57% | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.11% | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -0.84% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Kendrick Makinson | 2,903 | 55.75% | +9.23% | |
Labour | Jan McDermott | 1,441 | 27.67% | −8.45% | |
Green | Eleanor Janet Mary Martin | 426 | 8.18% | −0.49% | |
Liberal | John Bradley | 135 | 2.59% | n/a | |
Conservative | David Jeffery | 133 | 2.55% | −1.88% | |
UKIP | Noah Aubrey Linus Sorensen | 123 | 2.36% | −0.93% | |
TUSC | William Delf | 46 | 0.88% | −0.05% | |
Majority | 1,462 | 28.08% | +17.68% | ||
Registered electors | 10,593 | ||||
Turnout | 5,256 | 49.62% | −25.61% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.84% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 3,808 | 46.52% | +8.19% | |
Labour | Liz Parsons | 2,957 | 36.12% | −4.36% | |
Green | Ted Grant | 710 | 8.67% | −2.42% | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Ann Pearson | 363 | 4.43% | −1.64% | |
UKIP | Christopher Neil Thwaite | 272 | 3.32% | n/a | |
TUSC | Jack Robert Yarlett | 76 | 0.93% | n/a | |
Majority | 851 | 10.40% | +12.55% | ||
Registered electors | 10,903 | ||||
Turnout | 8,202 | 75.23% | +31.37% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.28% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dr Richard Wenstone | 1,906 | 40.48% | +4.42% | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Makinson | 1805 | 38.33% | −10.38% | |
Green | Eleanor Janet Mary Martin | 522 | 11.09% | +3.69% | |
Conservative | James Pearson | 286 | 6.07% | +1.71% | |
Majority | 101 | 2.15% | −10.50% | ||
Turnout | 4,709 | 43.86% | −0.26% | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +7.40% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Erica Kemp | 2291 | 48.71% | +6.8% | |
Labour | Richard Wenstone | 1696 | 36.06% | −1.06% | |
Green | Eleanor Janet Mary Martin | 348 | 7.40% | −3.64% | |
Conservative | Christopher Matthew Hall | 205 | 4.36% | −5.68% | |
UKIP | Tony Hammond | 163 | 3.47% | n/a | |
Majority | 595 | 12.65% | +7.86% | ||
Turnout | 4703 | 44.12% | −2.8% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.93% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 2091 | 41.91% | −3.07% | |
Labour | Nathalie Nicholas | 1852 | 37.12% | +7.77% | |
Conservative | Tom Roberts | 501 | 10.04% | +0.11% | |
Green | Eleanor Janet Mary Martin | 399 | 8.00% | +2.88% | |
Independent | Jeff Berman | 146 | 2.93% | +0.78% | |
Majority | 239 | 4.79% | −10.85% | ||
Turnout | 4989 | 46.92 | −18.30% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -5.42% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Thomas William Morrison | 3179 | 44.98% | ||
Labour | Peter Clarke | 2074 | 29.35% | ||
Conservative | James Barnaby | 702 | 9.93% | ||
Liberal | James Robert MacGregor | 556 | 7.87% | ||
Green | Eleanor Janet Mary Martin | 404 | 5.72% | ||
Independent | Jeffrey Berman | 152 | 2.15% | ||
Majority | 1105 | 15.64% | |||
Turnout | 7067 | 65.22% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Erica Kemp | 2330 | 60.19% | ||
Labour | David Shepherd | 522 | 13.48% | ||
Conservative | Norman Coppell | 360 | 9.30% | ||
Green | Eleanor Janet Mary Martin | 286 | 7.39% | ||
Independent | Jeffrey Berman | 273 | 7.05% | ||
Liberal | James Robert MacGregor | 100 | 2.58% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3871 | 36.18% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 2790 | 69.77% | ||
Labour | Stephen Laurence Bennett | 461 | 11.53% | ||
Conservative | Graham Kenneth Jones | 332 | 8.30% | ||
Green | Eleanor Janet Mary Martin | 329 | 8.23% | ||
Liberal | James Robert MacGregor | 87 | 2.18% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3999 | 37.30% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Eldridge | 2306 | 60.22% | ||
Labour | Timothy Martin Beaumont | 501 | 13.08% | ||
Green | Eleanor Janet Mary Martin | 335 | 8.75% | ||
Conservative | Graham Kenneth Jones | 291 | 7.60% | ||
Independent | Jeffrey Berman | 274 | 7.16% | ||
Liberal | James Robert MacGregor | 122 | 3.19% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3829 | 34.35% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Erica Kemp | 3870 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kemp | 3771 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Eldridge | 3465 | |||
Green | Eleanor Martin | 736 | |||
Labour | Wendy Simon | 733 | |||
Labour | Neville Jones | 601 | |||
Labour | David Holt | 531 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5060 | 44.91% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | n/a |
∗ italics denotes the sitting Councillor. * bold denotes the winning candidate.
External links
References
- ^ "Liverpool City Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Church". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Church". Liverpool City Council.