Speke-Garston (ward)

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Coordinates: 53°20′53″N 2°52′41″W / 53.348°N 2.878°W / 53.348; -2.878 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 and Speke areas.^[1]

The resignation of Liberal Democrat Cllr Danny Hughes led to a by election taking place on the 8 March 2007, which was subsequently won by the Labour candidate, Colin Strickland.

Councillors

The ward has returned six Councillors^[2]

	Councillor	Party
2004–2006	Frank Roderick	Liberal Democrats
2004–2007	Danny Hughes	Liberal Democrats
2004–2007	Paula Keaveny	Liberal Democrats
2006–present	Doreen Knight	Labour
2007–present	Colin Strickland	Labour
2007–present	Mary Rasmussen	Labour

Election results

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Mann
	Liberal Democrat	Rachel Oelbaum
	Green	Helen Randall
	Labour	Colin Strickland
Majority
Turnout

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Rasmussen	3,167	82.20%	+1.62%
	Liberal Democrat	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%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Speke-Garston ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Knight*	4847	80.58%	+17.22%
	Liberal Democrat	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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Speke-Garston ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Strickland*	1866	63.36%
	Liberal Democrat	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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Speke-Garston ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Rasmussen	1859	57.13%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

Speke-Garston by-election, 8th March 2007 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Strickland	1984	54.30%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Speke-Garston ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Knight	2141	59.29%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Speke-Garston ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Danny Hughes	2368
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Keaveney	2313
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	n/a

External links

Ward Profile - Speke Garston

References

↑ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
↑ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010.
↑ "Municipal Elections 2012, List of candidates". 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". Liverpool City Council.

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