Croxteth (ward)

Croxteth is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 14,561.^[1] The ward boundary was changed in 2004 when the number of councillors was reduced.^[2] 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

	Councillor ^[3]	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^[4]	Martin Cummins	Independent
2010–present	Stephanie Till	Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[5]
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 ^[6]
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 ^[7]
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 ^[8] and the resignation of Cllr Phil Moffat a dual by-election was held on 18 November 2010.^[9] Two candidates were returned:

Croxteth By-Election 18 November 2010^[10]
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 ^[11]
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 ^[12]
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 ^[13]
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 ^[14]
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

↑ "City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
↑ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
↑ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010.
↑ "Liverpool Labour councillor resigns in protest at Ed Miliband's support for The Sun newspaper". Liverpool Echo.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Liverpool Councillor Rose Bailey dies". Liverpool Echo. 13 July 2010.
↑ "Low turn-out at Croxteth by-election". Liverpool Echo. 19 November 2010.
↑ "Municipal Election results for Croxteth, 18 November 2010" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.

External links

Ward Profile - Croxteth

Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool

Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Old Swan Orrell Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton

Wards	Allerton and Hunt's Cross Anfield Belle Vale Central Childwall Church Clubmoor County Cressington Croxteth Everton Fazakerley Greenbank Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Norris Green Old Swan Picton Princes Park Riverside Speke-Garston St Michael's Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Woolton Yew Tree

Coordinates: 53°27′19″N 2°53′55″W / 53.4552°N 2.8985°W / 53.4552; -2.8985

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