Liverpool City Council elections
One third of Liverpool City Council in Merseyside, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 90 councillors have been elected from 30 wards.[1]
Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Council elections
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1945
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1946
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1947
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1948
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1949
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1950
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1951
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1952
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1953
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1954
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1955
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1956
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1957
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1958
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1959
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1960
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1961
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1962
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1963
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1964
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1965
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1966
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1967
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1968
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1969
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1970
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1971
- Liverpool Borough Council election, 1972
- Liverpool City Council election, 1973
- Liverpool City Council election, 1975
- Liverpool City Council election, 1976
- Liverpool City Council election, 1978
- Liverpool City Council election, 1979
- Liverpool City Council election, 1980
- Liverpool City Council election, 1982
- Liverpool City Council election, 1983
- Liverpool City Council election, 1984
- Liverpool City Council election, 1986
- Liverpool City Council election, 1987
- Liverpool City Council election, 1988
- Liverpool City Council election, 1990
- Liverpool City Council election, 1991
- Liverpool City Council election, 1992
- Liverpool City Council election, 1994
- Liverpool City Council election, 1995
- Liverpool City Council election, 1996
- Liverpool City Council election, 1998 Liberal Democrats take control of the Council.
- Liverpool City Council election, 1999
- Liverpool City Council election, 2000
- Liverpool City Council election, 2002
- Liverpool City Council election, 2003
- Liverpool City Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 9)[4]
- Liverpool City Council election, 2006
- Liverpool City Council election, 2007
- Liverpool City Council election, 2008
- Liverpool City Council election, 2010 Labour takes control of the Council.
- Liverpool City Council election, 2011
- Liverpool City Council election, 2012
- Liverpool City Council election, 2014
- Liverpool City Council election, 2015
By-election results
Melrose By-Election 11 December 1997 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Melrose Ward Labour |
Alfie Hincks |
272 |
38.6 |
+38.6 |
|
Labour |
|
217 |
30.4 |
-40.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
|
180 |
25.6 |
+25.6 |
|
Socialist |
|
35 |
5.0 |
+5.0 |
Majority |
55 |
8.2 |
|
Turnout |
704 |
5.9 |
|
|
Independent gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Speke-Garston By-Election 8 March 2007[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Colin Strickland |
1,984 |
54.3 |
-5.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Lynnie Williams |
1,218 |
33.3 |
+1.8 |
|
BNP |
Steven Greenhalgh |
281 |
7.7 |
+7.7 |
|
Green |
Cherry Fitzsimmons |
68 |
1.9 |
-2.0 |
|
Conservative |
Brenda Coppell |
54 |
1.5 |
-1.5 |
|
UKIP |
Mark Bill |
49 |
1.3 |
+1.3 |
Majority |
766 |
21.0 |
|
Turnout |
3,654 |
28.7 |
|
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
Warbreck By-Election 13 September 2007[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Richard McLinden |
1,796 |
55.2 |
+10.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ritchie Roberts |
1,024 |
31.4 |
-13.8 |
|
BNP |
Peter Stafford |
136 |
4.2 |
+4.2 |
|
Independent |
Michael Langen |
131 |
4.0 |
+4.0 |
|
UKIP |
Joseph Moran |
52 |
1.6 |
+1.6 |
|
Green |
Kim Graham |
45 |
1.4 |
+1.4 |
|
Conservative |
Mark Rea |
40 |
1.2 |
-3.2 |
|
Liverpool Labour Community Party |
Alfie Hincks |
32 |
1.0 |
+1.0 |
Majority |
772 |
23.8 |
|
Turnout |
3,256 |
29.4 |
|
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
Fazakerley By-Election 18 February 2010[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Louise Ashton-Armstrong |
1,525 |
57.5 |
+0.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Graham Seddon |
807 |
30.5 |
+11.1 |
|
BNP |
Peter Stafford |
234 |
8.8 |
-5.2 |
|
Green |
Alex Rudkin |
84 |
3.2 |
+1.1 |
Majority |
718 |
27.0 |
|
Turnout |
2,650 |
23.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Riverside Ward by-election, 5 December 2013[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Michelle Corrigan |
1,055 |
70.94 |
|
|
Green |
Martin Sydney Dobson |
144 |
9.68 |
|
|
UKIP |
Adam Heatherington |
119 |
8.00 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kevin White |
64 |
4.03 |
|
|
TUSC |
John Gary Marston |
49 |
3.29 |
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Matthew Hall |
39 |
2.62 |
|
|
English Democrats |
Steven McEllenborough |
9 |
0.60 |
|
|
Independent |
Peter Anthony Cooney |
7 |
0.47 |
|
|
Independent |
Alison Louise Nelson |
1 |
0.06 |
|
Majority |
911 |
61.26 |
|
Turnout |
1,487 |
11.63 |
|
References
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