2016 Liverpool City Council election

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2016 Liverpool City Council election
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32 of 90 seats (One Third and two by-election)
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 election78 seats,
67%		1 seat,
16.7%		1 seat,
9.7%
Seats before8024
Seats won2631
Seats after8144
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote60,16416,37510,551
Percentage61%17%11%
SwingDecrease2.svg6%Increase2.svg8.55%Decrease2.svg1%
 Fourth party
 
Cllr Steve Radford.png
Leader Steve Radford
Party Liberal
Leader's seat Tuebrook
and
Stoneycroft
Last election0 seats,
3.1%
Seats before2
Seats won1
Seats after2
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote5,127
Percentage5%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.1%
Liverpool wards 2016.svg
Map of results of 2016 election
Control of Council before election

Joe Anderson
Labour

Control of Council after Election

Joe Anderson
Labour

The 2016 Liverpool City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Liverpool City Council in England. This was on the same day as the election for the Elected Mayor of Liverpool and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside.

Contents

Due to the 'in thirds' system of election, one third of the council were up for election, with direct comparisons to previous results made with the corresponding vote at the 2012 Liverpool City Council election. There were two by-elections in Belle Vale and Norris Green wards, so these wards each elected two councillors.

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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After the election the composition of the council was:

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Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2712-191%61%60,164-6%
  Liberal Democrats 3+20+29%17%16,375+8.55%
  Green 10003%11%10,551-1%
  Liberal 20003%5%5,127+2.1%
  Conservative 00000%4%4,405
  UKIP 00000%2.5%2,437
  TUSC 00000%2.3%2,292
  Old Swan Against the Cuts 00000%0.4%395
  English Democrat 00000%0.3%290
  Independent 001-10%0.24%236

Ward results

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Allerton and Hunts Cross

Allerton and Hunts Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mirna Lizzett Juarez 2,105 47%
Labour Ged Gibbons *1,62836%
Conservative Johnathan Peter Andrew3538%
Green Maggi Williams2896%
Liberal Irene Lillian Morrison892%
Majority 477
Registered electors 11,411
Turnout 4,46439%
Rejected ballots50
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

[1]

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ros Groves 1,601 75%
Liberal Jimmy Richardson1326.2%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Makinson1205.6%
Green Shaun Ingram1205.6%
Conservative Thomas Stafford Roberts894.2%
TUSC Benjamin Mark Bolton656.2%
Majority 1,469
Registered electors 8,972
Turnout 2,12724%
Rejected ballots15
Labour hold Swing

[2]

Belle Vale

Belle Vale - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Lillian Bennett 2,196 65%
Labour Helen Thompson 1,761 52%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Atkinson38411.37%
TUSC Alan David Fogg3606.5%
TUSC Roy Dixon2925.3%
Green Hilary McDonagh2173.9%
Conservative Beryl Pinnington1272.3%
Conservative Elizabeth Ann Pearson941.7%
Liberal Damien Patrick Daly921.7%
Majority 1,812
Registered electors 11,290
Turnout 3,37630%
Rejected ballots23
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

[3]

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Banks * 1,213 70%
Green Robbie Coyne28516%
Conservative Lee David Berry1005.7%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Elaine Wilson955.4%
Liberal James Robert Dykstra523%
Majority 928
Registered electors 10,515
Turnout 1,74516%
Rejected ballots17
Labour hold Swing

[4]

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Parsons2,23453%+1%
Liberal Democrats Pat Moloney1,23629%+14%
Green Lewis Coyne2746%−1%
UKIP Shimrit Manning2997%−1%
Conservative Nathan Charles Denham1965%−3%
Majority 998
Registered electors 10,885
Turnout 4,23939%
Rejected ballots55
Labour hold Swing

[5]

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Kendrick Makinson2,90356%
Labour Jan McDermott1,44128%
Green Eleanor Janet Mary Martin4268.2%
Liberal John Francis Bradley1352.6%
Conservative David Jeffery1332.5%
TUSC William Delf460.9%
Majority 1,462
Registered electors 10,593
Turnout 5,20749%
Rejected ballots49
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[6]

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Edward Noakes *2,07273%
Green James Alexander Melia-Jones2448.6%
Liberal Democrats Paula Keaveney2047.2%
Liberal Paul Wynne Jones2007.1%
Conservative Derek Thomas Nuttall1053.7%
Majority 1,828
Registered electors 10,871
Turnout 2,82526%
Rejected ballots62
Labour hold Swing

[7]

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kay Elizabeth Davies1,81373%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Plant31713%
Green Chris Melia-Jones2399.7%
Conservative Brian James Jones883.6%
TUSC Lynne Wild200.81%
Majority 1,495
Registered electors 9,309
Turnout 2,47727%
Rejected ballots44
Labour hold Swing

[8]

Cressington

Cressington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tricia O'Brien2,16849%
Liberal Democrats Anna Clare Martin1,35830%
Green Stuart Lindsay Speeden4189.4%
Conservative Jade Marsden3688.3%
TUSC Martin Kavanagh1513.4%
Majority 810
Registered electors 11,489
Turnout 4,46339%
Rejected ballots43
Labour hold Swing

[9]

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Lavelle1,98474%
UKIP John David Sisson2619.7%
Liberal Democrats Angela Hulme1204.5%
Liberal Raymond Frank Catesby102-3.8%
Green Yasmin Gasimova883.3%
Conservative Denise Mary Nuttall792.9%
TUSC Rebecca Elizabeth McCourt521.9%
Majority 1,723
Registered electors 10,287
Turnout 2,68626%
Rejected ballots36
Labour gain from Independent Swing

[10]

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Prendergast *2,13681%
Green Ashley Pascal Scott-Griffiths2108%
Liberal Linda Marion Roberts1857%
Conservative Kirsten Ann Watson973.7%
Majority 1,926
Registered electors 10,319
Turnout 2,62825%
Labour hold Swing

[11]

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Brant *2,06873%
Liberal Democrats Graham Charles Seddon29410%
UKIP Enid Lindsay2609.1%
Green Stephen James Lang1384.9%
Conservative Christopher Andrew Roland843%
Majority 1,774
Registered electors 10,855
Turnout 2,84426%
Rejected ballots28
Labour hold Swing

[12]

Greenbank

Greenbank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Alexander Roberts1,95857.4%
Green David William Morgan1,03030.2%
Liberal Democrats Joe Harmer2216.5%
Conservative Nicholas John Leigh Basson1233.6%
TUSC Connor James Lunt782.3%
Majority 928
Registered electors 8,799
Turnout 3,41039%
Rejected ballots41
Labour hold Swing

[13]

Kensington and Fairfield

Kensington and Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam John Robinson1,74571%
UKIP Thomas Paul Kangley26011%
Green Steve Faragher1516%
Liberal Democrats Bill Barrow1405.7%
Liberal Michelle Leigh Williams813.3%
Conservative Pauline Ann Shuttleworth471.9%
TUSC Priyanga Jeyanayagam341.4%
Majority 1,485
Registered electors 8,763
Turnout 2,45828%
Rejected ballots22
Labour hold Swing

[14]

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Hanson *2,16679%
TUSC Roger Bannister27610%
Green Jonathan Richard Clatworthy1816.6%
Conservative Stuart Wood1053.9%
Majority 1,890
Registered electors 10,975
Turnout 2,72825%
Rejected ballots35
Labour hold Swing

[15]

Knotty Ash

Knotty Ash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Crofts *1,92363%
Liberal Democrats Norman Mills43614%
UKIP Adam Giles Heatherington31810%
Green Fiona Coyne1224%
Conservative Irene Stuart1193.9%
Liberal Lindsey Janet Mary Wood772.5%
TUSC Craig Foden581.9%
Majority 1,487
Registered electors 10,282
Turnout 3,05330%
Rejected ballots39
Labour hold Swing

[16]

Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emily Elizabeth Spurrell *1,87643%
Liberal Democrats Paul Philip Childs1,31930%
Green Ted Grant86920%
Conservative Christopher Matthew Hall2585.9%
Liberal David Stanley Wood831.9%
Majority 557
Registered electors 9,849
Turnout 4,40545%
Rejected ballots48
Labour hold Swing

[17]

Norris Green

Norris Green - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Ross1,73340%
Labour Barry Simon Kushner *1,70139%
UKIP Jamie Sanderson3006.9%
Green Martyn Paul Madeley2275.2%
TUSC Ann Barbara Walsh1974.5%
Conservative Gillian Michelle Ferrigno821.9%
Green Elke Weissmann731.7%
Conservative Alma Gavine McGing611.4%
Majority 1,433
Registered electors 11,022
Turnout 2,53923%
Rejected ballots12
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

[18]

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Millar *2,26069%
End Austerity - Old Swan Against the Cuts Martin Ralph39512%
Liberal Democrats Huw Poston Kentish Dawson2788.5%
Green Noreen Maguinness1614.9%
Conservative George Powell1093.3%
Liberal Marjorie Peel862.6%
Majority 1,865
Registered electors 10,875
Turnout 3,28930%
Rejected ballots66
Labour hold Swing

[19]

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nathalie Elizabeth Nicholas *1,89273%
Green Paul Woodruff26110%
Liberal Democrats Kevin White2108.1%
TUSC Frank Bowen1345.2%
Conservative Laura Elizabeth Watson953.7%
Majority 1,631
Registered electors 9,592
Turnout 2,59227%
Rejected ballots43
Labour hold Swing

[20]

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Timothy Francis Moore *1,97668%
Green Stephanie Louise Pitchers56519%
Liberal Democrats Leo Francis Evans1465%
TUSC Daren Andrew Ireland1384.7%
Conservative Alice Margaret Day1003.4%
Majority 1,411
Registered electors 9,851
Turnout 2,92530%
Rejected ballots51
Labour hold Swing

[21]

Riverside

Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Munby *2,60677%
Green Hannah Walkom36511%
Liberal Democrats Anna McCracken2005.9%
Conservative Giselle McDonald1213.6%
English Democrat Michael John Lane1103.2%
Majority 2,606
Registered electors 12,557
Turnout 3,40227%
Rejected ballots41
Labour hold Swing

[22]

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sarah Isabel Jennings *2,18762%
Labour Steve Fitzsimmons 1,02329%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Sebire1393.9%
Conservative Dave Patmore742.1%
English Democrat Paul Duane Rimmer531.5%
TUSC Elsie Kathryn Khan501.4%
Majority 1,164
Registered electors 9,399
Turnout 3,52638%
Rejected ballots32
Green hold Swing

[23]

Speke-Garston

Speke-Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leon Paul Tootle2,65979%
Green James Joseph Myles2858.5%
Liberal Democrats Michael Francis Dunne2677.9%
Conservative Patricia Anita Waddington1574.7%
Majority 2,374
Registered electors 13,166
Turnout 3,36826%
Rejected ballots42
Labour hold Swing

[24]

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft

Tuebrook and Stoneycroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steve Radford *2,87178%
Labour Don Porter60416%
UKIP Enid Monkcom701.9%
Green Martin Sydney Dobson551.5%
Liberal Democrats Jerry Lonsdale541.5%
Conservative Angela Maria Oates150.41%
Majority 2,267
Registered electors 10,042
Turnout 3,66937%
Rejected ballots10
Liberal hold Swing

[25]

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Michael McLinden *2,16670%
Liberal Democrats Richard John Roberts43514%
Green Jean Hill1976.4%
English Democrat Steven McEllenborough1274.1%
Conservative David Lowe812.6%
Liberal George Blacklock Roberts742.4%
Majority 1,731
Registered electors 10,975
Turnout 3,08028%
Rejected ballots31
Labour hold Swing

[26]

Wavertree

Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Casstles *1,92954%
Liberal Democrats Donald Macfarlane Turner69019%
Green Peter Andrew Cranie41512%
Liberal Pamela Ann Bradley2747.6%
Conservative Diane Isobel Watson1664.6%
TUSC Angela Grant1263.5%
Majority 1,239
Registered electors 10,266
Turnout 3,60035%
Rejected ballots48
Labour hold Swing

[27]

West Derby

West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lana Orr *1,99759%
Liberal Ann Hines46314%
Liberal Democrats Graham Hulme33210%
UKIP Stuart John Monkcom3269.7%
Green Ellie Pontin1323.9%
Conservative John Ainsley Warson1283.8%
Majority 1,534
Registered electors 10,904
Turnout 3,37831%
Rejected ballots32
Labour hold Swing

[28]

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Robert Kelly2,20647%
Labour Mark Steven Norris *1,39329%
Conservative Adam Ernest Marsden4549.6%
Independent Alan Hutchinson2365%
UKIP Vivienne Rosalind Beckett2204.6%
Green Jennifer Mary Brown1853.9%
TUSC Henry Smith440.93%
Majority 813
Registered electors 10,337
Turnout 4,73846%
Rejected ballots52
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

[29]

Yew Tree

Yew Tree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Philip Prince *2,24274%
Conservative Robert Leslie Albert Poynton1976.5%
TUSC Charley Cosgrove1715.6%
Liberal Democrats David Newman1665.4%
Green William Ward1424.7%
Liberal Sam Hawksford1314.3%
Majority 2,045
Registered electors 11,599
Turnout 3,04926%
Rejected ballots48
Labour hold Swing

[30] [31]

Changes between 2016 and 2018

The resignation of Labour councillor Helen Casstles (Wavertree, elected 5 May 2016) in March 2017 triggered a by-election: [32] [33]

Wavertree by-election, 4 May 2017 (term ends 2020)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare Agnes McIntyre2,63261.8%
Liberal Democrats Joseph Benjamin Harmer96122.6%
Conservative Stuart Wood2866.7%
Green Paul Woodruff2706.3%
TUSC Angela Grant831.9%
Majority 1,671
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots27
Labour hold Swing

The resignation of Labour councillor Beatrice Fraenkel (Kirkdale, elected 7 May 2015) in March 2017 triggered a by-election: [34] [35] [36] [37]

Kirkdale by-election, 8 June 2017 (term ends 2019)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lisa Gaughan6,41690%
Conservative Chris Hall3464.9%
Green Martyn Paul Madeley1772.5%
Liberal Democrats Rob McAllister-Bell1542.2%
Majority 6,070
Registered electors 11,783
Turnout 7,11360%
Rejected ballots20
Labour hold Swing

Councillor Frank Prendergast (Everton, elected 2016) resigned the Labour whip in March 2018. [38]

Labour councillor Jacqui Taylor (Knotty Ash, elected 2015) resigned from the council in March 2018. A by-election will be held for the seat, term ending 2019, along with the ordinary election for the seat in the ward whose term is up, on 3 May 2018. [39]

The death of veteran Labour councillor John McIntosh (Everton, elected 2014) was announced on 29 March 2018. [40] His term would have ended on 3 May 2018 and will be filled at the ordinary election.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Anfield". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Central". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Childwall". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Church". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Clubmoor". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "County". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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  16. ↑ "Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Norris Green". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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  20. ↑ "Picton". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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  22. ↑ "Riverside". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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  36. ↑ "Liverpool City Council Kirkdale By-election 8 June 2017 Statement of Persons Nominated" . Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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  38. ↑ Houghton, Alistair (6 March 2018). "Veteran councillor quits Labour group in row over football car park". liverpoolecho. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  39. ↑ "They break ties in Ockendon | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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