Central (Liverpool ward)

Coordinates: 53°24′36″N 2°58′48″W / 53.410°N 2.980°W / 53.410; -2.980 Central is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency. The population at the 2011 census was 20,340.^[1] It was formed for the 2004 municipal elections from the former Abercromby, Everton and Smithdown wards. It contains the majority of the city centre but also includes Kensington Fields in Kensington to the east and the Marybone/Holy Cross community in Vauxhall. The ward includes the longstanding city centre community around the Bullring, as well as many new city centre apartments. Furthermore, the ward contains the Pier Head and the two larger universities; the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.

In 2004 Central was the city's most marginal ward, largely due to the intervention of the hard left Liverpool Labour Community Party. In more recent elections has become safer for Labour. The May 2008 local elections saw Labour take 62% of the vote.

The 2011 vote was effect by the controversy involving the Lib Dem candidate, Daniel Bradley the son of Lib Dem councillor Warren Bradley, when Daniel disclosed that he had not signed the candidate paper, his father had witnessed.^[2]^[3]

Councillors

	Councillor^[4]	Party
2004 - 2008	Richard White	Labour
2004–present	Sharon Sullivan	Labour
2004–present	Nick Small	Labour
2008–present	Christine Banks	Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Christine Banks	1,213	69.51%	+9.17%
	Green	Robbie Coyne	285	16.33%	-3.04%
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	100	5.73%	-8.91%
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Elaine Wilson	95	5.44%	n/a
	Liberal	James Robert Dykstra	52	2.98%	n/a
Majority			928	53.18%	+12.21%
Turnout			1,762	16.76%	-32.20%
	Labour hold		Swing	6.11%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	3,128	60.34%	-2.77%
	Green	Rachael Joanne Blackman	1,004	19.37%	+0.30%
	Conservative	Lee Berry	759	14.64%	+6.75%
	UKIP	Jamie Sanderson	199	3.84%	-3.94%
	TUSC	Priyanga Jeyanayagam	94	1.81%	n/a%
Majority			2,124	40.97%	-3.07%
Turnout			5,181	48.96%	+35.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Nick Small	1,208	63.11%	-8.34%
	Green	Hannah Ellen Clare	365	19.07%	+7.10%
	Conservative	Lee Berry	151	7.89%	-1.01%
	UKIP	Tony Power	149	7.78%	n/a
	Liberal	Michele Leigh Williams	41	2.14%	-0.62%
Majority			843	44.04%	-14.83%
Turnout			1,914	13.86%	+1.42%
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.72%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Christine Banks	1164	71.45%	+1.02%
	Green	Simeon Daniel Hart	195	11.97%	+2.67%
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	145	8.90%	+0.49%
	TUSC	Daren Andrew Ireland	80	4.91%	n/a
	Liberal	James Robert Dykstra	45	2.76%	n/a
Majority			969	58.87%	-1.26%
Turnout			1646	12.44%	-1.26%
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.83%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	1348	70.43%	+17.61%
	Green	Fiona Margaret McGill Coyne	178	9.30%	+3.21%
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	161	8.41%	-2.13%
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Bradley	144	7.52%	-20.94%
	English Democrat	Steven Greenhalgh	83	4.34%	n/a
Majority			1170	60.13%	+35.78%
Turnout			1914	15.43%	-16.89%
	Labour hold		Swing	19.28%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Central ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nick Small	2054	52.82%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Marbrow	1107	28.46%
	Conservative	Thomas Roberts	410	10.54%
	Green	Fiona Coyne	237	6.09%
	Liberal	John Aaron Gannon	81	2.08%
Majority			947	24.35%
Turnout			3889	32.32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Central ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Banks	722	61.45%
	Liberal Democrat	James Peter Murray	157	13.36%
	Green	Michael Sean Cotgreave	134	11.40%
	Conservative	Gregg Andrew Watson	118	10.04%
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	44	3.74%
Majority
Turnout			1175	9.59%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Central ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	713	50.21%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Millar	432	30.42%
	Green	Robert Smith	125	8.80%
	Conservative	Mark Andrew Cotterell	120	8.45%
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	30	2.11%
Majority
Turnout			1420	11.80%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Central ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nick Small	719	53.30%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Twigger	395	29.28%
	Green	Peter Andrew Edward Cranie	104	7.71%
	Conservative	Mark Andrew Cottrell	102	7.56%
	Liberal	Karl Justin Prescott	29	2.15%
Majority
Turnout			1349	12.00%
	Labour hold		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: Central ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard White	580
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	577
	Labour	Nick Small	515
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Campbell	497
	Liberal Democrat	David Roscoe	479
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Curry	459
	Liverpool Labour	George Knibb	324
	Liverpool Labour	Marie Whitty	278
	Green	Faye Griffiths	223
	Green	Peter Cranie	191
	Green	Alexander Rodkin	141
	Conservative	Diane Watson	74
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	28
Majority
Turnout			1649	16.13%
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

• italics denotes the sitting Councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

References

↑ "City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
↑ David Bartlett (19 April 2011). "Liberal Democrats suspend Warren Bradley and police poised to launch investigation". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
↑ Ben Rossington (18 April 2011). "Former Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley facing probe on son’s election papers". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
↑ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Elections 2012, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Elections 2011, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Elections 2010, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election results 2008, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election results 2007, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election results 2006, Central". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.

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