The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside,in North West England. It has a population of 322,453 (2022),and encompasses 62 square miles (161 km2) of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead,Wallasey,Bebington,Heswall,Hoylake and West Kirby. Wirral is England's westernmost metropolitan borough,faced by the city of Liverpool to the northeast over the River Mersey.
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.
Merseytravel is the passenger transport executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the Liverpool City Region in North West England. It was established on 1 December 1969 as the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive. From 1 April 2014,with the creation of the Liverpool City Region,Merseytravel expanded its area of operation from the metropolitan county of Merseyside to also include the Borough of Halton.
Central was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council 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.
Joseph Anderson,is a British politician who served as the first directly elected Mayor of Liverpool from 2012 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party until his suspension in November 2020,he also served as Leader of Liverpool City Council from 2010 to 2012.
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 Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA),officially the Halton,Knowsley,Liverpool,St Helens,Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority,is the combined authority of the Liverpool City Region in England. Its area includes the City of Liverpool local authority area,the Metropolitan Boroughs of Knowsley,St Helens,Sefton,and Wirral,and the Borough of Halton. It was established on 1 April 2014 by statutory instrument under the provisions of the Local Democracy,Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. Composition of the combined authority is made up of the leaders of the six principal membership authorities,plus several non-voting members with various vested interests in the activities of the combined authority.
The 2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and won by Steve Rotheram. Subsequent elections were planned for May 2020 but were postponed until May 2021 due to the covid pandemic with subsequent elections due every four years. The metro mayor will have control over the whole Liverpool City Region combined authority area which consists of the following local authorities:
The Mayor of the Liverpool City Region,is the directly elected mayor of the Liverpool City Region,who is responsible for regional governance over a number of issues,the Mayor has powers devolved to them from the Central Government,as well as this the mayor chairs the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
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 2021 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.
Anna Rothery is a British politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Liverpool from September 2019 to May 2021.
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.
The 2023 Liverpool City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Liverpool City Council. Following a Boundary Review by The Local Government Boundary Commission for England,the size of the council was reduced from 90 to 85 seats with a change from three-member seats,elected in thirds,three years out of every four,following the British Government instigated Best Value Inspection Report which led to the appointment by the government of Commissioners and the subsequent boundary review for Council Wards in Liverpool which the government initiated with the proviso that the number of councillors be reduced and the predominant number of wards be reduced to single members with all-up elections every four years. The election also marked the end of Liverpool's directly-elected mayoralty. After the election the council reverted to having a leader of the council chosen from amongst the councillors instead. Labour retained control of the council and their group leader Liam Robinson became leader of the council after the election.
The 2024 Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region,with results declared on 4 May. The election was part of the 2024 United Kingdom local elections across England and Wales.
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.
