Liverpool City Council elections

Liverpool City Council has existed since 1880, when Liverpool was awarded city status. Prior to this date the local authority was a town council.

Since 1973 one third of Liverpool City Council in Merseyside, England is elected each year for three years, followed by one year without election. (This gap year was the election year for Merseyside Metropolitan County Council elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981 (after which the County Council was abolished))Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 90 councillors have been elected from 30 wards.^[1] Before 1973, elections were held every year for one third of the council. The term of office for councillors was three years.

Political control

Since 1835 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]^[3]

Party in control	Years
Labour	2010–present
Liberal Democrats	1998 - 2010
Labour	1996 - 1998
No overall control	1992 - 1996
Labour	1983 - 1992
No overall control	1973 - 1983
Labour	1972 - 1973
No overall control	1971 - 1972
Conservative	1967 - 1971
Labour	1963 - 1967
Conservative	1962 - 1963
Labour	1956 - 1962
No overall control	1955 - 1956
Conservative	1895 - 1955
Liberals & Irish Nationalists	1892 - 1895
Conservative	1841 - 1892
Reformers (liberals)	1835 - 1841

Council elections

Liverpool City Council election, 2016
Liverpool City Council election, 2015
Liverpool City Council election, 2014
Liverpool City Council election, 2012 Establishment of Elected Mayor of Liverpool
Liverpool City Council election, 2011
Liverpool City Council election, 2010 Labour takes control of the Council.
Liverpool City Council election, 2008
Liverpool City Council election, 2007
Liverpool City Council election, 2006
Liverpool City Council election, 2004 Boundary changes reduce the number of seats by 9 to 90^[4]
Liverpool City Council election, 2003
Liverpool City Council election, 2002
Liverpool City Council election, 2000
Liverpool City Council election, 1999
Liverpool City Council election, 1998 Liberal Democrats take control of the Council.
Liverpool City Council election, 1996
Liverpool City Council election, 1995
Liverpool City Council election, 1994
Liverpool City Council election, 1992
Liverpool City Council election, 1991
Liverpool City Council election, 1990
Liverpool City Council election, 1988
Liverpool City Council election, 1987
Liverpool City Council election, 1986 12 March 1987 - 47 Militant Labour Councillors disbarred
Liverpool City Council election, 1984
Liverpool City Council election, 1983
Liverpool City Council election, 1982
Liverpool City Council election, 1980 Whole council elected after boundary changes
Liverpool City Council election, 1979
Liverpool City Council election, 1978
Liverpool City Council election, 1976
Liverpool City Council election, 1975
Liverpool City Council election, 1973 Boundary changes reduce the number of wards from 40 to 33, aldermen abolished.
Liverpool City Council election, 1972
Liverpool City Council election, 1971
Liverpool City Council election, 1970
Liverpool City Council election, 1969
Liverpool City Council election, 1968
Liverpool City Council election, 1967
Liverpool City Council election, 1966
Liverpool City Council election, 1965
Liverpool City Council election, 1964
Liverpool City Council election, 1963
Liverpool City Council election, 1962
Liverpool City Council election, 1961
Liverpool City Council election, 1960
Liverpool City Council election, 1959
Liverpool City Council election, 1958
Liverpool City Council election, 1957
Liverpool City Council election, 1956
Liverpool City Council election, 1955
Liverpool City Council election, 1954
Liverpool City Council election, 1953 Boundary changes, all up election
Liverpool City Council election, 1952
Liverpool City Council election, 1951
Liverpool City Council election, 1950
Liverpool City Council election, 1949
Liverpool City Council election, 1947
Liverpool City Council election, 1946
Liverpool City Council election, 1945
Liverpool City Council election, 1938
Liverpool City Council election, 1937
Liverpool City Council election, 1936
Liverpool City Council election, 1935
Liverpool City Council election, 1934
Liverpool City Council election, 1933
Liverpool City Council election, 1932
Liverpool City Council election, 1931
Liverpool City Council election, 1930
Liverpool City Council election, 1929 Catholic Party renamed Centre.
Liverpool City Council election, 1928 Third seat added for Childwall ward. Croxteth ward added.
Liverpool City Council election, 1927
Liverpool City Council election, 1926
Liverpool City Council election, 1925 Third seat added for Allerton ward. Irish Party renamed Catholic Party.
Liverpool City Council election, 1924 Second seat added for Allerton ward.
Liverpool City Council election, 1923
Liverpool City Council election, 1922
Liverpool City Council election, 1921
Liverpool City Council election, 1920 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton ward split into Allerton (1 seat); Childwall (2 seats) and Little Woolton (1 seat)
Liverpool City Council election, 1919
Liverpool City Council election, 1913 Two new wards created : Much Woolton and Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton
Liverpool City Council election, 1912
Liverpool City Council election, 1911
Liverpool City Council election, 1910
Liverpool City Council election, 1909
Liverpool City Council election, 1908
Liverpool City Council election, 1907
Liverpool City Council election, 1906
Liverpool City Council election, 1905 One seat each added for Fazakerley and Wavertree West
Liverpool City Council election, 1904
Liverpool City Council election, 1903
Liverpool City Council election, 1902
Liverpool City Council election, 1901
Liverpool City Council election, 1900
Liverpool City Council election, 1899
Liverpool City Council election, 1898
Liverpool City Council election, 1897
Liverpool City Council election, 1896
Liverpool City Council election, 1895 Number of wards increased from 16 to 28. All-up election.
Liverpool City Council election, 1894
Liverpool City Council election, 1893
Liverpool City Council election, 1892 Title of Lord Mayor awarded.
Liverpool City Council election, 1891
Liverpool City Council election, 1890
Liverpool City Council election, 1889
Liverpool City Council election, 1888
Liverpool City Council election, 1887
Liverpool City Council election, 1886
Liverpool City Council election, 1885
Liverpool City Council election, 1884
Liverpool City Council election, 1883
Liverpool City Council election, 1882
Liverpool City Council election, 1881
Liverpool City Council election, 1880 Liverpool granted City status 12 May 1880

Relevant Legislation

Registration of Political Parties Act 1998
Representation of the People Act 1989 - extended the time that a British citizen could have lived abroad and still vote from 5 years to 20 years.
Representation of the People Act 1985 - allowed British citizens resident overseas to vote in the constituency they were last resident for up to five years after they left the UK. Increased the deposit in Parliamentary elections from £150 to £500, and lowerered the percentage of the vote required to retain the deposit from 12.5% to 5%.
Representation of the People Act 1983 - excluded prisoners from voting in local and Parliamentary elections. The deposit for European Parliamentary elections was increased fom £600 to £700.
Representation of the People Act 1981 - excludes prisoners from being MPs.
Local Government Act 1972 - Abolished Aldermen.
Representation of the People Act 1969 - extended the franchise to over 18s.
Representation of the People Act 1948 - Changed election day from 1 November (except when it fell on a Sunday) to the first Thursday in May.
Local Government Act 1929 - abolished the system of Poor Law Unions in England and Wales and their boards of guardians, transferring their powers to local authorities.
Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 - extended the franchise to all women over 21.
Representation of the People Act 1918 (The Fourth Reform Act) extended the franchise to all adult males and women over 30 years of age if they were either a member or married to a member of the Local Government Register, a property owner, or a graduate voting in a University constituency. 5 million extra men and 8.4 million extra women were enfranchised.
Municipal Corporations Amendment Act 1910 - Restricted voting for Aldermen to Councillors only.
Representation of the People Act 1884 - All men paying an annual rental of £10 or all those holding land valued at £10 now had the vote. The British electorate then totalled over 5,500,000.
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 criminalised attempts to bribe voters and standardised the amount that could be spent on election expenses.
Municipal Corporations Act 1882 -
Municipal Franchise Act 1869 - enfranchised women ratepayers.

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 Democrat	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

↑ "Councillors". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Liverpool". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "Defection confusion in Liverpool". BBC News Online. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Liverpool council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Labour snatch seat from Lib-Dems". Liverpool Daily Post. 2007-03-09. p. 2. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Lib Democrats lose key city seat". Liverpool Echo. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Labour hold seat in Liverpool as BNP vote slumps in Fazakerley". Liverpool Daily Post. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
↑ http://liverpool.gov.uk/council/voting-and-elections/by-election-riverside-ward/

By-election results

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