Liverpool City Council is the local authority for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside,England. Liverpool has had a local authority since 1207,which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority since 2014.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held every four years from 2023 onwards,having previously been held three years out of every four for a third of the council at a time. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,generally known as Wirral Council,is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wirral in Merseyside,England.
Princes Park ward is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.
Steven Philip Rotheram is a British politician serving as Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017. A member of the Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 2010 to 2017.
Wavertree ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council centred on the Wavertree,Liverpool district of Liverpool.
Old Swan ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council,centred on the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
Clubmoor ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council in the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency.
From 2012 to 2023,the mayor of Liverpool was the executive mayor of the city of Liverpool in England. The office was abolished in 2023 and its functions were replaced with the leader of Liverpool City Council.
The 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
The 2019 Liverpool City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Liverpool City Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.
The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held in May 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region,alongside other local elections across England and Wales,to elect councillors,the mayor of Liverpool,and police and crime commissioners across the city region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020,but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ian Robert Byrne is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby since 2019.
Wendy Simon is a Labour Party politician who exercised the powers and duties of the office of Mayor of Liverpool from 2020 to 2021. Mayor Joe Anderson temporarily stepped aside in December 2020. Although Anderson formally remained as Mayor until the end of his term,Simon performed Anderson’s duties. She also served as Deputy Mayor of Liverpool from 2018 to 2021.
Joanne Marie Anderson is a British Labour Party politician who served as the second and final directly elected Mayor of Liverpool from 2021 to 2023. She previously served as the Liverpool City Councillor for the Princes Park ward from October 2019 to May 2021. She was the first woman to be Mayor of the city and the first black woman to be a directly elected mayor in the UK. Anderson left office in May 2023 at the end of her term.
Emily Elizabeth Spurrell is a British politician serving as Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside since 2021. A member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party,she served as a member of Liverpool City Council from 2012 to 2021.
The 2022 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors —15 out of 45 —on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of West Lancashire was held on 9 February 2023,following the resignation of incumbent member of Parliament Rosie Cooper. She announced her resignation in order to take up the job as chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. Ashley Dalton held the seat for Labour.
Petrona Lashley was a British Labour politician and community activist. She was Liverpool's first black Deputy Lord Mayor,and one of its earliest black councillors.
The 2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024,alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. No seats changed party at the election,and so Labour retained its majority on the council.
The Liverpool Community Independents are a British political party based in Liverpool,formed in 2022 by former Labour councillors.
