Liverpool City Council elections
Liverpool City Council elections are held every four years.[1] Between 1973 and 2021 elections were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Liverpool City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 85 councillors have been elected from 64 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.[2][3]
Summary of results[edit]
| Year | Labour | Lib Dems | Liberal | Green | Other | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | [4] | ||||
| 2021 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 2019 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 2018 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 75 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 76 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 79 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2016 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 4 | – | |||||
| 2015 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | [5] | ||||
| 2014 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | [6] | ||||
| 2012 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [7] | ||||
| 2011 | 62 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [8] | ||||
| 2010 | 48 | 37 | 3 | 2 | – | [9] | ||||
| 2008 | 39 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [10] | ||||
| 2007 | 35 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | [11] | ||||
| 2006 | 30 | 56 | 3 | 1 | – | [12] | ||||
| 2004 | 27 | 60 | 3 | 0 | – | [13] | ||||
| 2003 | 31 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 2 | [14] | ||||
Council elections[edit]
Elections following the grant of city status to Liverpool on 12 May 1880:
Municipal Borough
County Borough
- 1889
- 1890
- 1891
- 1892
- 1893
- 1894
- 1895
- 1896
- 1897
- 1898
- 1899
- 1900
- 1901
- 1902
- 1903
- 1904
- 1905
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908
- 1909
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1914
- 1918
- 1919
- 1920
- 1921
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1930
- 1931
- 1932
- 1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
Metropolitan Borough
- 1973 Boundary changes reduce the number of wards from 40 to 33, aldermen abolished.[15]
- 1975
- 1976
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980 Whole council elected after boundary changes[16]
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004 Boundary changes reduce the number of seats by 9 to 90[17][18]
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2018
- 2019
- 2021 (postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2023 Abolition of Elected Mayor. Boundary changes establish 3 three member ward, 15 two member wards and 46 single member wards, reducing the number of councillors from 90 to 85 with all-up elections every four years.
Former wards[edit]
Between 1953 and 1973 the wards of Liverpool City Council were: Abercromby, Aigburth, Allerton, Anfield, Arundel, Breckfield, Broadgreen, Central, Childwall, Church, Clubmoor, County, Croxteth, Dingle, Dovecot, Everton, Fairfield, Fazakerley, Gillmoss, Granby, Kensington, Low Hill, Melrose, Netherfield, Old Swan, Picton, Pirrie, Princes Park, St Domingo, St James, St Mary's, St Michael's, Smithdown, Speke, Sandhills, Tuebrook, Vauxhall, Warbreck, Westminster, Woolton. Each ward returned three councillors and was represented by an Alderman, bringing to the total number of representatives on the City Council to 120.
In 1973, the whole council was reconstituted and the number of wards was reduced to 33. Each ward elected three councillors, and the aldermanic system was abolished.
Between 2004 and 2022 the wards of Liverpool City Council were Allerton & Hunts Cross, Anfield, Belle Vale, Central, Childwall, Church, Clubmoor, County, Cressington, Croxteth, Everton, Fazakerley, Greenbank, Kensington & Fairfield, Kirkdale, Knotty Ash, Mossley Hill, Norris Green, Old Swan, Picton, Princes Park, Riverside, Speke-Garston, St Michaels, Tuebrook & Stoneycroft, Warbreck, Wavertree, West Derby, Woolton, Yew Tree.[19]
See also[edit]
- Liverpool
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool School Board elections 1870–1900
- Directly elected mayor of Liverpool - 2012–2023
- Merseyside County Council 1974–1986
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- List of electoral wards in Merseyside
References[edit]
- ^ "The City of Liverpool (Scheme of Elections and Elections of Elected Mayor) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/1089, retrieved 29 August 2022
- ^ "Liverpool Electoral Review". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "The Liverpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1365, retrieved 7 June 2024
- ^ "Municipal Elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2023". 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Political Composition – 2014/2015". Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Political Composition – 2014/2015". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Liverpool Local elections 2012". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Liverpool Local elections 2011". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Liverpool Local elections 2010". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Liverpool Local elections 2008". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Liverpool Local elections 2007". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Liverpool Local elections 2006". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Liverpool Local elections 2004". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Liverpool Local elections 2003". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Jeffery, David (1 August 2017). "The strange death of Tory Liverpool: Conservative electoral decline in Liverpool, 1945–1996". British Politics. 12 (3): 386–407. doi:10.1057/s41293-016-0032-6. ISSN 1746-9198.
- ^ The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979, SI 1979/1411
- ^ "Liverpool council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "The City of Liverpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2505, retrieved 29 August 2022
- ^ The Boundary Committee For England (March 2003). "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Liverpool City" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.
