2012 Liverpool City Council election

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2012 Liverpool City Council election
Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
  2011 3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) 2014  

30 of 90 seats (One Third
to Liverpool City Council
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout31% (Decrease2.svg48%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Joe Anderson (crop).jpg
Cllr Richard Kempq.jpg
Cllr Tom Crone.jpg
Leader Joe Anderson Richard KempTom Crone
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Leader's seatN/A,
Mayor
Church
St Michael's
Last election62 seats,
63%
1 seat,
16.7%
1 seat,
9.7%
Seats before632
Seats won272
Seats after734
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg6Increase2.svg2
Popular vote65,51010,581
Percentage65%10.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.6%Decrease2.svg%Increase2.svg3.4%

 Fourth party
 
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Leader Steve Radford
Party Liberal
Leader's seat Tuebrook
and
Stoneycroft
Last election0 seats,
3.1%
Seats before3
Seats won1
Seats after3
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote4,450
Percentage4.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.5%

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Map of results of 2012 election

Control of Council before election

Joe Anderson
Labour

Control of Council after Election

Joe Anderson
Labour

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 2012, on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections, in addition to electing a mayor for the region.

Contents

Councillors who were elected in the 2008 Liverpool Council election defended their seats in 2012 and the vote share comparisons have been worked out on this basis.

Election result in 2012

Liverpool Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 27100+109064.5065502+1.38%
  Liberal Democrats 109-93.3313.1513354-5.00%
  Green 10002.227.267376+1.31%
  Liberal 10003.335.395471+1.26%
  Conservative 000004.574640-1.44%
  UKIP 000001.491515+0.31%
  Independent 001-101.181194
  TUSC 000001.161175
  English Democrat 00000<1516
  Socialist Labour 00000<1410
  British Freedom 00000<1221
  BNP 00000<1179

Ward results

Allerton & Hunt Cross

Allerton & Hunts Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Hughes2,46562%
Liberal Democrats Philip Wren71118%
Conservative Lewis Wooding-Smith3799%
Green Maggi Williams2376%
Liberal Chris Hulme2015%
Majority1,754
Registered electors 11,035
Turnout 3,99336%
Rejected ballots26
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Dowling2,31282%
Green Jean Hill1164%
Liberal Democrats Michelle Keeley1937%
Liberal James Richardson953%
Conservative Vicky McDonald883%
Majority2,119
Registered electors 9,340
Turnout 2,80430%
Rejected ballots31
Labour hold Swing

Belle Vale

Belle Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Wilner2,70978%
Liberal Damien Daly2006%
Conservative Jade Adamowicz1595%
BNP Chris Beatson1344%
TUSC Lynne Wild1284%
Green Julie Birch-Holt1274%
Majority2,509
Registered electors 11,010
Turnout 3,45731%
Rejected ballots28
Labour hold Swing

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Banks1,16471.45%+1.02%
Green Simeon Daniel Hart19511.97%+2.67%
Conservative Lee David Berry1458.90%+0.49%
TUSC Daren Andrew Ireland804.91%n/a
Liberal James Robert Dykstra452.76%n/a
Majority96958.87%−1.26%
Registered electors 13,091
Turnout 1,64612.44%−1.26%
Rejected ballots17
Labour hold Swing -0.83%

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Hirschfield2,15351%
Liberal Democrats Edwin Clein *1,38033%
UKIP Adam Heatherington2626%
Conservative Arron Poole1884%
Green Pierre Vandervorst1484%
Liberal Liam Canning511%
Majority773
Registered electors 11,040
Turnout 4,18238%
Rejected ballots21
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Erica Kemp2,29149%
Labour Richard Wenstone1,69636%
Green Eleanor Martin3487%
Conservative Christopher Hall2054%
UKIP Tony Hammond1633%
Majority595
Registered electors 10,659
Turnout 4,70344%
Rejected ballots15
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +7%

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Noakes2,58778%
UKIP Paul Forrest2156%
Liberal James Gaskell1244%
Liberal Democrats Francis Roderick1063%
TUSC Alison Nelson973%
Green William Major853%
Conservative George Powell812%
British Freedom Andrew Harvey261%
Majority2,372
Registered electors 10,952
Turnout 3,32130%
Rejected ballots30
Labour hold Swing

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eryl Owen2,36083%
UKIP Tom Bodcock1696%
Liberal Democrats Michael Sefton1425%
Green Tony Jones642%
Liberal Stephen Houghland532%
Conservative John Watson442%
British Freedom Peter Stafford171%
Majority2,191
Registered electors 9,538
Turnout 2,84830%
Rejected ballots21
Labour hold Swing

Cressington

Cressington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Aspinall2,29546%
Liberal Democrats Paula Keaveney2,16844%
Green Mark Bowman2635%
Conservative David Jeffery2164%
Majority127
Registered electors 11,473
Turnout 4,94243%
Rejected ballots22
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Cummins1,82265.59
Socialist Labour Kai Andersen41014.76
Liberal Democrats Mark Anthony Coughlin28310.19
English Democrat Lee Walton863.10
Conservative Brenda Coppell662.37
Green Donald Ross602.16
Liberal John McBride511.84
Majority1,539
Registered electors 10,403
Turnout 2,77827%
Rejected ballots26
Labour hold Swing

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Prendergast2,54887%
Green Raphael Levy1826%
Liberal Linda Roberts883%
Conservative Frank Carpenter672%
British Freedom Jaqueline Stafford502%
Majority2,366
Registered electors 9,837
Turnout 2,93530%
Rejected ballots26
Labour hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Ashton-Armstrong2,62279%
Liberal Democrats Graham Seddon2808%
UKIP Enid Lindsay1896%
Conservative Alma McGing712%
Green Violaine See652%
British Freedom Peter Stafford502%
Liberal Karl Hindley351%
Majority2,342
Registered electors 11,086
Turnout 3,31230%
Rejected ballots20
Labour hold Swing

Greenbank

Greenbank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Roberts181959.89%+4.01%
Green Lawrence Brown58119.13%+6.85%
Liberal Democrats Mirna Juarez36411.99%−10.87%
Conservative Giselle McDonald2006.59%+0.59%
Liberal Charles Railton Mayes732.40%+1.27%
Majority1,23840.37%+7.35%
Registered electors 10,765
Turnout 3,06728.21−8.34%
Rejected ballots30
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 7.44%

Kensington & Fairfield

Kensington & Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam Robinson2,09978%
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Lindeman1556%
Green Esther Cosslett1395%
Liberal Karen Williams1305%
TUSC Neville Jones1094%
Conservative Lucy McKinstry642%
Majority1,944
Registered electors 8,878
Turnout 2,69630%
Rejected ballots20
Labour hold Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Hanson2,77186.89%+0.53%
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against CutsRoger Bannister1434.48%−0.18
Green Jonathan Clatworthy892.79%−0.26%
Conservative Harry Parshall591.85%−3.15%
Liberal Democrats Daniel Waterfield381.19%n/a
Liberal Lindsey Janet Mary Wood130.41%−1.46%
Majority2,62881.77%+0.07%
Registered electors 11,433
Turnout 3,21427.89%−2.95%
Rejected ballots25
Labour hold Swing +0.35

Knotty Ash

Knotty Ash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicholas Robert Crofts2,44371%
Liberal Democrats Norman Mills44813%
Green Tony Christian1936%
Conservative Pauline Shuttleworth1454%
Liberal Marjorie Peel973%
TUSC John Marston963%
Majority1,995
Registered electors 9,862
Turnout 3,44235%
Rejected ballots25
Labour hold Swing

Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emily Elizabeth Spurrell2,10951.97%+3.38%
Liberal Democrats Paul Philip Childs88721.86%−9.57%
Green Francis Adrian Irving48912.05%+3.56%
Conservative Christopher John Kerr45411.19%+0.46%
Liberal David Stanley Wood1192.93%+1.70%
Majority1,22229.82%+13.14%
Registered electors 10,367
Turnout 4,09839.14%−3.97%
Rejected ballots40
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +4.98%

Norris Green

Norris Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Kushner2,43986%
Liberal Lisa Gaskell1405%
British Freedom Peter Squire783%
Conservative Gillian Ferringo622%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hilditch522%
Green Theresa Larkins502%
Majority2,299
Registered electors 10,212
Turnout 2,82128%
Rejected ballots33
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Millar2,57772%
Liberal Mary-Jane Canning2677%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Wilson2216%
Green Vikki Gregorich1855%
TUSC John Ralph1233%
English Democrat Stephen Greenhalgh1113%
Conservative Norman Coppell983%
Majority2,310
Registered electors 11,113
Turnout 2,35232%
Rejected ballots23
Labour hold Swing

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nathalie Nicholas1,96075%
Liberal Democrats Palbrian Woodruff1978%
Green Jennifer Geddes1957%
UKIP Shimrit Manning1154%
Liberal Michele Harrison833%
Conservative Seth Pemberton743%
Majority1,763
Registered electors 10,493
Turnout 2,62425%
Rejected ballots37
Labour hold Swing

Princes Park

Princes Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tim Moore1,92071.19%−1.02%
Green Elspeth Ruth Anwar43716.20%+4.87%
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against CutsPaul Frederick Humphreys1615.97%+2.65%
Conservative Lucy Glover1043.86%−0.64%
Liberal Paula Joan Davidson752.78%+0.96%
Majority1,48354.36%−9.71%
Registered electors 9,344
Turnout 272828.86%−4.09%
Rejected ballots31
Labour hold Swing -2.95%

Riverside

Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Munby2,66681.43%+3.52%
Green Peter Andrew Cranie1915.83%+0.31%
Conservative Angela Oates1394.25%−1.41%
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against CutsCelia Ralph1093.33%+0.85%
English Democrat Neil Kenny1033.15%n/a%
Liberal Irene Norah Mayes662.02%+0.28%
Majority2,47574.98%+0.73%
Registered electors 11,112
Turnout 3,30129.46%−1.84%
Rejected ballots27
Labour hold Swing +2.47%

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sarah Isabel Jennings1,82854.05+3.57%
Labour Patricia O'Brien1,14833.94%−0.29%
Liberal Democrats Anne Clare Martin1664.91%−3.41%
Conservative David Walter Patmore1654.88%−1.23%
English Democrat Paul Duane Rimmer752.22%+1.48%
Majority68019.99%+3.73%
Registered electors 9,764
Turnout 3,40234.64%−5.58%
Rejected ballots20
Green hold Swing +1.93%

Speke-Garston

Speke-Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Strickland2,94085%
Green Helen Randall2337%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Oelbaum1885%
Conservative Julian Mann1053%
Majority2,707
Registered electors 12,727
Turnout 3,46627%
Rejected ballots36
Labour hold Swing

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stephen Radford 2,72173%
Labour Jacqui Taylor88024%
Green Natalie Clark872%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Maddison351%
Conservative Gabby Saul18
Majority1,841
Registered electors 10,433
Turnout 3,74136%
Rejected ballots23
Liberal hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard McLinden2,72478%
Liberal Democrats Richard Roberts3129%
English Democrat Steven McEllenborough2166%
Green Ellie Pontin1183%
Liberal George Roberts752%
Conservative Ken Watkin672%
Majority2,412
Registered electors 11,258
Turnout 3,51231%
Rejected ballots35
Labour hold Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Casstles1,87448%
Independent Warren Bradley1,11829%
Liberal Democrats Kevin White3589%
Green Elizabeth Pascoe2537%
UKIP Neil Miney1223%
Conservative Sabrina Bigby1113%
BNP Mike Whitby451%
Majority756
Registered electors 10,030
Turnout 3,88139%
Rejected ballots21
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

West Derby

West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lana Orr2,37861%
Liberal Democrats Graham Hulme66717%
Liberal Ann Hines46712%
Conservative Diane Watson1755%
Green Martin Randall1744%
Majority1,701
Registered electors 10,959
Turnout 3,87135%
Rejected ballots21
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Norris1,54137%
Liberal Democrats Kat Dadswell1,43134%
Conservative Adam Marsden73218%
UKIP Joseph Chiffers2055%
Green Fiona Coyne1474%
Liberal Maria Langley1073%
Majority110
Registered electors 10,395
Turnout 4.16340%
Rejected ballots39
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Yew Tree

Yew Tree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Prince2,48977%
Liberal Democrats Peter Allan2718%
Conservative Patricia Waddington1595%
TUSC Charley Cosgrove1294%
Green William Ward973%
Liberal Sam Hawksford953%
Majority2,218
Registered electors 11,149
Turnout 3,24029%
Rejected ballots48
Labour hold Swing

[1]

By-Elections

Allerton and Hunts Cross, 5 July 2012

Caused by the death of Councillor Vera Best (Liberal Democrat, elected 6 May 2010)

Allerton & Hunts Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachael O'Byrne1,45057%
Liberal Democrats Mirna Lizzett Juarez56422%
Conservative Christopher Matthew Hall2409.5%
Liberal Chris Hulme1656.5%
Green Maggi Williams773%
TUSC Lynne Wild311.2%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout 2,527
Rejected ballots9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

[2]

Riverside, 5 July 2012

Caused by the resignation of Joe Anderson on his being elected as Mayor of Liverpool.

Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hetty Wood1,42477%
Green Peter Cranie1638.8%
TUSC Chris McDermott1156.2%
Liberal Democrats Nicola Jane Beckett1985.6−4.8
Conservative Alma McGing814.4%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout 1,853
Rejected ballots6
Labour hold Swing

[3]

Knotty Ash, 15 November 2012

Caused by the resignation of Jacqui Nasuh (Labour, elected 6 May 2010).

Knotty Ash by-election, 15 November 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ged Taylor1,21369%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Maddison1498.4%
Liberal Ann Hines1317.4%
UKIP Adam Heatherington1017.4%
English Democrat Derek Francis Grue502.8%
TUSC Charley Cosgrove482.7%
Conservative Jack Stallworthy402.3%
Green Jonathan Michael Deamer362%
Majority61.26%
Registered electors
Turnout 1,768
Rejected ballots27
Labour hold Swing

[4]

Riverside, 5 December 2013

Caused by the resignation of Paul Brant ( Labour, elected 5 May 2011).

Riverside by-election, 5 December 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michelle Corrigan1,05571%
Green Martin Sydney Dobson1449.7%
UKIP Adam Heatherington1198.0%
Liberal Democrats Kevin White644.0%
TUSC John Gary Marston493.3%
Conservative Christopher Matthew Hall392.62%
English Democrat Steven McEllenborough90.60%
Independent Peter Anthony Cooney70.47%
Independent Alison Louise Nelson10.06%
Majority91161.26%
Registered electors 12,817
Turnout 1,48711.63%
Rejected ballots3
Labour hold Swing

[5]

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