Speke-Garston (ward)
53°20′53″N 2°52′41″W / 53.348°N 2.878°W Speke Garston is a Liverpool City Council Ward, within the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary constituency. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections from the former St Mary's ward and includes the Garston, Speke and Oglet areas.[1] The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 20,300.[2]
The resignation of Liberal Democrat Cllr Danny Hughes led to a by election taking place on 8 March 2007, which was subsequently won by the Labour candidate, Colin Strickland.
Councillors
[edit]The ward has returned seven councillors[3]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Frank Roderick (LD) | Paula Keaveney (LD) | Danny Hughes (LD) | |||
2006 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Paula Keaveney (LD) | Danny Hughes (LD) | |||
2007 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Colin Strickland (Lab) | |||
2008 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Colin Strickland (Lab) | |||
2010 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Colin Strickland (Lab) | |||
2011 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Colin Strickland (Lab) | |||
2012 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Colin Strickland (Lab) | |||
2014 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Colin Strickland (Lab) | |||
2015 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Colin Strickland (Lab) | |||
2016 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Leon Tootle (Lab) | |||
2018 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Leon Tootle (Lab) | |||
2019 | Doreen Knight (Lab) | Mary Rasmussen (Lab) | Leon Tootle (Lab) |
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
[edit]Elections of the 2010s
[edit]2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Rasmussen | 2,365 | 79.84% | 2.99 | |
Green | Jonathan Key | 299 | 10.09% | 4.30 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wiebke Ruterjans | 178 | 6.01 | 0.22 | |
Conservative | Michael Borman | 120 | 4.05% | 1.55 | |
Majority | 2,066 | 69.75% | 7.29 | ||
Turnout | 2,996 | 21.74% | 1.38 | ||
Registered electors | 13,781 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 34 | 1.13% | 0.85 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.64 |
2018
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Knight | 2,634 | 82.83% | 3.88 | |
Green | Rachael Joanne Blackman Stretton | 184 | 5.79% | 2.67 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Peter Tormey | 184 | 5.79% | 2.14 | |
Conservative | James Kenton Craig | 178 | 5.60% | 0.94 | |
Majority | 2,450 | 77.04% | 6.55 | ||
Turnout | 3,189 | 23.12% | 2.88 | ||
Registered electors | 13,792 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.28% | 0.95 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.28 |
2016
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leon Paul Tootle | 2,659 | 78.95 | 1.08 | |
Green | James Joseph Myles | 285 | 8.46% | 3.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Francis Dunne | 267 | 7.93% | 4.77 | |
Conservative | Patricia Anita Waddington | 157 | 4.66% | 0.52 | |
Majority | 2,374 | 70.49% | 1.88 | ||
Turnout | 3,410 | 26.00% | 35.70 | ||
Registered electors | 13,116 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 42 | 1.23% | 0.86 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.27 |
2015
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Rasmussen | 6,412 | 80.03% | 0.09 | |
UKIP | Carl Schears | 614 | 7.66% | N/A | |
Green | Lee Michael Keegan | 401 | 5.00% | 3.61 | |
Conservative | Derek Thomas Nuttall | 332 | 4.14% | 0.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy David Paul Pollard | 253 | 3.16% | 3.16 | |
Majority | 5,798 | 72.37% | 0.86 | ||
Turnout | 8,042 | 61.70% | 35.48 | ||
Registered electors | 13,034 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 30 | 0.37% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2014
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Knight | 2717 | 80.12% | −4.70% | |
Green | Pam Robinson | 292 | 8.61% | +1.89% | |
Conservative | Lewis Wooding-Smith | 165 | 4.87% | +1.84% | |
Liberal Democrats | Kris Brown | 161 | 4.75% | −0.67% | |
Liberal | Colin Edwards | 56 | 1.65% | n/a | |
Majority | 2,425 | 71.51% | −6.59% | ||
Turnout | 3391 | 26.22% | −1.30% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.30% |
2012
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Strickland | 2940 | 84.82% | +2.62% | |
Green | Helen Elizabeth Randall | 233 | 6.72% | +2.36% | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Helen Oelbaum | 188 | 5.42% | −0.91% | |
Conservative | Julian Mann | 105 | 3.03% | −0.63% | |
Majority | 2,707 | 78.10% | +2.23% | ||
Turnout | 3466 | 27.52% | −2.82% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.13% |
2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Rasmussen | 3,167 | 82.20% | +1.62% | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Wren | 244 | 6.33% | −0.85% | |
Green | Helen Randall | 168 | 4.36% | +0.89% | |
Conservative | Nigel Barber | 141 | 3.66% | −2.76% | |
Liberal | John Harold Pagan | 133 | 3.45 | +1.11% | |
Majority | 2923 | 75.87 | +2.47% | ||
Turnout | 3853 | 30.34% | −17.09% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.39% |
2010
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Knight | 4847 | 80.58% | +17.22% | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Helen Oelbaum | 432 | 7.18% | −9.08% | |
Conservative | Norman Coppell | 386 | 6.42% | +0.61% | |
Green | Helen Anne McAlister | 209 | 3.47% | +0.31% | |
Liberal | John Harold Pagan | 141 | 2.34% | −2.01% | |
Majority | 4415 | 73.40% | |||
Turnout | 6015 | 47.43% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.15% |
Elections of the 2000s
[edit]2008
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Strickland | 1866 | 63.36% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Elaine Wilson | 479 | 16.26% | ||
BNP | Jane Greenhalgh | 208 | 7.06% | ||
Conservative | Brenda Coppell | 171 | 5.81% | ||
Liberal | Irene Norah Mayes | 128 | 4.35% | ||
Green | Fiona Coyne | 93 | 3.16% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2945 | 23.19% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Rasmussen | 1859 | 57.13% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paula Keaveney | 990 | 30.42% | ||
BNP | Steven McEllenborough | 190 | 5.84% | ||
Conservative | Brenda Coppell | 81 | 2.49% | ||
Green | Cherry Fitzsimmons | 75 | 2.30% | ||
Liberal | John Harold Pagan | 59 | 1.81% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3254 | 25.58% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2007 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Strickland | 1984 | 54.30% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lynnie Marie Williams | 1218 | 33.33% | ||
BNP | Steven Greenhalgh | 281 | 7.69% | ||
Green | Cherry Fitzsimmons | 68 | 1.86% | ||
Conservative | Brenda Coppell | 54 | 1.48% | ||
UKIP | Mark Eric Bill | 49 | 1.34% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3654 | 28.71% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2006
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Knight | 2141 | 59.29% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Francis Stanley Roderick | 1138 | 31.51% | ||
Green | Cherry Fitzsimmons | 141 | 3.90% | ||
Conservative | Denise Mary Nuttall | 107 | 2.96% | ||
Liberal | Michael Alan Williams | 84 | 2.33% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3611 | 27.31% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2004
[edit]After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Danny Hughes | 2368 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paula Keaveney | 2313 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frank Roderick | 2211 | |||
Labour | Doreen Knight | 1608 | |||
Labour | Colin Strickland | 1506 | |||
Labour | Raymond Carrick | 1417 | |||
Conservative | Denise Nuttall | 169 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4433 | 33.89% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | n/a |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
- ^ "City of Liverpool Ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2019, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2018, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2016, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2015, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2014, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2012, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2011, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2010, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2008, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2007, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Speke-Garston by-election results, 8th March 2007". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2006, Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.[permanent dead link]