Croxteth (ward)

Croxteth is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. The ward boundary was changed in 2004 when the number of councillors was reduced.[1] The pre 2004 Croxteth ward was essentially West Derby village, whereas the post 2004 ward was based on the Croxteth 'Council' estate and the Croxteth Country Park estate.

Councillors

TermCouncillor [2]Party
2004–2007 Alan Fearehough Labour
2004–2010 Nadia Stewart Labour
2004–2010 Rose Bailey Labour
2007–2010 Phil Moffatt Liberal Democrat
2010–present Peter Mitchell Labour
2010–2014 Martin Cummins Labour
2014-present[3] Independent
2010–present Stephanie Till Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Mitchell 1,887 66.33% +0.74%
UKIP Mark Leavesley 625 21.97% n/a
Green Don Ross 127 4.46% +2.30%
Conservative Giselle Henrietta McDonald 112 3.94% +1.56%
Liberal John James McBridge 94 3.30% +1.46%
Majority 1,262 44.36% -6.47%
Turnout 2845 27.27% +0.32%
Labour hold Swing
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Cummins 1,822 65.59% -2.97%
Socialist Labour Kai Andersen 410 14.76% +9.79%
Liberal Democrat Mark Coughlin 283 10.19% -7.10%
English Democrats Lee Alan Walton 86 3.10% n/a%
Conservative Brenda Coppell 66 2.38% -1.55%
Green Don Ross 60 2.16% +0.37%
Liberal John James McBride 51 1.84% -0.23%
Majority 1,412 50.83% -0.44%
Turnout 2,778 26.95% -3.44%
Labour hold Swing -6.38%
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephanie Till 2181 68.56%
Liberal Democrat Mark Anthony Coughlin 550 17.29%
Socialist Labour Kai Andersen 158 4.97%
Conservative Brenda Coppell 125 3.93%
Liberal John James McBride 66 2.07%
Green Donald Ross 57 1.79%
BNP Peter Tierney 44 1.38
Majority 1631 51.27%
Turnout 3181 30.39%

Following the death of Cllr Rose Bailey [7] and the resignation of Cllr Phil Moffat a dual by-election was held on 18 November 2010.[8] Two candidates were returned:

Croxteth By-Election 18 November 2010[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Cummins 1447 31.85%
Labour Stephanie Till 1424 31.34%
Liberal Democrat Mark Coughlin 611 13.45%
Liberal Democrat Michael Marner 479 10.54%
Socialist Labour Kai Andersen 135 2.97%
BNP Peter Tierney 117 2.58%
Socialist Labour Barbara Bryan 70 1.54%
Green Eleanor Pontin 63 1.39%
UKIP Tony Hammond 50 1.10%
English Democrats Paul Rimmer 35 0.77%
English Democrats Steven McEllenborough 33 0.73%
Conservative Norman Coppell 31 0.68%
Conservative Brenda Coppell 29 0.64%
UKIP Michael Lane 19 0.42%
Majority
Turnout 4543 21.42%
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Croxteth [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Mitchell 3307 57.10%
Liberal Democrat Mark Coughlin 1711 29.54%
Conservative Grace Charlotte Tyldsley 271 4.68%
Socialist Labour Kai Andersen 244 4.21%
Liberal Michael Morgan 181 3.13%
Green Don Ross 78 1.35%
Majority
Turnout 5792 54.62%
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Croxteth [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rose Bailey 1810 51.71%
Liberal Democrat Stephen Geoghegan 1245 35.57%
Independent Ken Stewart 171 4.89%
BNP George Muse 109 3.11%
Conservative Diane Joyce Westwell 88 2.51%
Green Don Ross 77 2.20%
Majority
Turnout 3500 33.35%
Labour hold Swing
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Croxteth [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Philip Moffatt 1246 45.61%
Labour Jim Noakes 1236 45.24%
Green Anne Graham 121 4.43%
Conservative Diane Joyce Westwell 90 3.29%
Liberal Susan O'Brien 39 1.43%
Majority
Turnout 2732 26.36%
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Croxteth [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nadia Stewart 1804 61.49%
Liberal Democrat Patrick Moloney 902 30.74%
Green Anne Graham 151 5.15%
Liberal Mary Jane Canning 77 2.62%
Majority
Turnout 2934 27.78%
Labour hold Swing

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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Bailey 1749
Labour Alan Fearehough 1426
Labour Nadia Stewart 1379
Liberal Democrat Pamela Clein 1350
Liberal Democrat Patrick Moloney 1326
Liberal Democrat James Gaskell 1248
Liverpool Labour Anthony Jennings 324
Liverpool Labour John Jones 315
Liverpool Labour Henry Bennett 303
Conservative Audrey Bowness 170
Green Anne Graham 165
Liberal Beryl Ackers 127
Liberal Francis Porter 91
Socialist Labour Violet Shaw 90
Liberal Jean Worrall 82
Majority
Turnout 3791 35.67%
Labour hold Swing n/a

• italics - Denotes sitting Councillor.

• bold - Denotes the winning candidate

References

  1. ↑ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool Labour councillor resigns in protest at Ed Miliband's support for The Sun newspaper". Liverpool Echo.
  4. ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
  5. ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
  6. ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
  7. ↑ "Liverpool Councillor Rose Bailey dies". Liverpool Echo. 13 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "Low turn-out at Croxteth by-election". Liverpool Echo. 19 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "Municipal Election results for Croxteth, 18 November 2010". Liverpool City Council.
  10. ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
  11. ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
  12. ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
  13. ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.

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