West Derby (ward)

This article is about the Liverpool City Council ward. For the UK parliament constituency, see Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency). For the district of Liverpool, see West Derby, Liverpool.

West Derby
West Derby ward (2004) within Liverpool
Area	3.557 km2 (1.373 sq mi)
Population	13,837 (2021 census)
•  Density	3,890/km2 (10,100/sq mi)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool West Derby
List of places UK England Merseyside

West Derby ward was an electoral district of Liverpool City Council from 1835 to 1953 and again from 2004 to 2023.

Background

1835 ward boundaries

The ward was created in 1835 as an original ward of Liverpool Town Council under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The ward was dissolved following the boundary changes ahead of the 1953 Liverpool City Council election.

2004 boundaries

The ward was re-created for the 2004 Liverpool City Council election. Where it replaced most of the pre-2004 Croxteth ward, incorporating small parts of Gilmoss and Broadgreen wards. ^[1]

The ward was centred on West Derby village. Its boundaries followed Croxteth Hall Lane, Deysbrook Lane, Melwood Drive, Crown Road, Deysbrook Lane, Leyfield Road, Honey's Green Lane, Eaton Road, Mill Lane, Queens Drive, Muirhead Avenue, Dwerryhouse Lane, the southern boundary of De La Salle School, and Elwick Drive. It contained Croxteth Park, Blackmoor Park Junior school, St. Paul's primary school, St. Mary's primary school and Holly Lodge secondary school.

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 13,837. ^[2]

The ward was again dissolved in 2023 where it was split into the new Sandfield Park, West Derby Deysbrook, West Derby Leyfield, and West Derby Muirhead wards. ^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1835		Joseph Sanders (Con)		George Holt (Reformer)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1836		John Smith (Con)		George Holt (Reformer)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1837		John Smith (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1838		John Smith (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1839		John Smith (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1840		John Smith (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1841		John Smith (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1842		James Plumpton (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1843		James Plumpton (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1844		James Plumpton (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1845		James Plumpton (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1846		James Plumpton (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		John Shaw Leigh (Con)
1847		James Plumpton (Con)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		Josias Booker (Con)
1848		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Whig)		George Hall Lawrence (Con)		Josias Booker (Con)
1849		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Whig)		Arthur Henderson (Whig)		Josias Booker (Con)
1850		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Whig)		Arthur Henderson (Whig)		James Marks Wood (Con)
1851		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		Arthur Henderson (Whig)		James Marks Wood (Con)
1852		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		Arthur Henderson (Con)		James Marks Wood (Con)
1853		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		Arthur Henderson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Whig)
1854		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		Arthur Henderson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Whig)
1855		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		John Aikin (Whig)		Francis Anderson Clint (Whig)
1856		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		John Aikin (Whig)		Francis Anderson Clint (Whig)
1857		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		John Aikin (Whig)		Francis Anderson Clint (Whig)
1858		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		John Aikin (Lib)		Francis Anderson Clint (Whig)
1859		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		John Aikin (Lib)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1860		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		John Aikin (Lib)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1861		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		Peter George Heyworth (Lib)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1862		Richard Mitchell Beckwith (Con)		Peter George Heyworth (Lib)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1863		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Peter George Heyworth (Lib)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1864		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1865		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1866		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1867		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1868		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1869		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1870		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1871		John Birch Melladew (Con)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1872		William Durning Holt (Lib)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1873		William Durning Holt (Lib)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1874		William Durning Holt (Lib)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		Francis Anderson Clint (Lib)
1875		William Durning Holt (Lib)		Edward Samuelson (Con)		William Samuel Graves (Con)
1876		William Durning Holt (Lib)		William Leyland (Con)		William Samuel Graves (Con)
				John Nicol (Con)
1877		William Durning Holt (Lib)		John Nichol (Con)		William Samuel Graves (Con)
1878		William John Lunt (Con)		John Nichol (Con)		William Samuel Graves (Con)
1879		William John Lunt (Con)		William Simpson (Ind)		William Samuel Graves (Con)
1880		William John Lunt (Con)		Samuel Leigh Gregson (Con)		William Samuel Graves (Con)
1881		William John Lunt (Con)		Samuel Leigh Gregson (Con)		William Samuel Graves (Con)
1882		William John Lunt (Con)		Samuel Leigh Gregson (Con)		William Samuel Graves (Con)
1883		William John Lunt (Con)		Samuel Leigh Gregson (Con)		James Poole (Con)
1884		William John Lunt (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		James Poole (Con)
1885		William John Lunt (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		James Poole (Con)
1886		William John Lunt (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		James Poole (Con)
1887		William John Lunt (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		James Poole (Con)
1888		William John Lunt (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		James Poole (Con)
1889		George Barrell Rodway (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		Ephraim Walker (Con)
1890		George Barrell Rodway (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		Ephraim Walker (Con)
1891		George Barrell Rodway (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		Ephraim Walker (Con)
1892		George Barrell Rodway (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		Ephraim Walker (Con)
1893		Thomas Clarke (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		Ephraim Walker (Con)
1894		Thomas Clarke (Con)		Edward Hatton Cookson (Con)		Ephraim Walker (Con)
WARD BOUNDARY CHANGE
1895		William Craigie Williams (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)		James Lister (Con)
1896		William Craigie Williams (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)		James Lister (Con)
1897		William Craigie Williams (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)		James Lister (Con)
1898		William Craigie Williams (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)		James Lister (Con)
1899		Thomas Utley (Lib)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)		James Lister (Con)
1900		Thomas Utley (Lib)		William Ramsden (Lib)		James Lister (Con)
1901		Thomas Utley (Lib)		William Ramsden (Lib)		James Lister (Con)
1902		Thomas Utley (Lib)		William Ramsden (Lib)		James Lister (Con)
1903		Samuel Skelton (Lib)		Thomas Shaw (Lib)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)
1904		Samuel Skelton (Lib)		Thomas Shaw (Lib)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)
1905		Samuel Skelton (Lib)		Thomas Shaw (Lib)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)
1906		Samuel Skelton (Lib)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)
1907		Samuel Skelton (Lib)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)
1908		William James Bailes (Con)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)
1909		William James Bailes (Con)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)
1910		William James Bailes (Con)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Con)
1911		William James Bailes (Con)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Thomas Ithell (Con)
1912		William James Bailes (Con)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Thomas Ithell (Con)
1913		William James Bailes (Con)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Edward Henry Cooke (Con)
1914		William James Bailes (Con)		William Henry Parkinson (Con)		Edward Henry Cooke (Con)
1918		William James Bailes (Con)		John Ellis (Con)		Edward Henry Cooke (Con)
1919		William James Bailes (Con)		Walter Percy Helm (Con)		Edward Henry Cooke (Con)
1920		William James Bailes (Con)		Walter Percy Helm (Con)		Frederick William Riley (Con)
1921		William James Bailes (Con)		Walter Percy Helm (Con)		Frederick William Riley (Con)
1922		William John Lunt Cross (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Frederick William Riley (Con)
1923		William John Lunt Cross (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Frederick William Riley (Con)
1924		John Hickman Dovener (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Frederick William Riley (Con)
1925		John Hickman Dovener (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Frederick William Riley (Con)
1926		John Hickman Dovener (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		? (?)
						William Henry Young (Con)
1927		John Hickman Dovener (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Frederick William Riley (Con)
1928		John Hickman Dovener (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Frederick William Riley (Con)
1929		John Reginald Dovener (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1930		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1931		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1932		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1933		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1934		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1935		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1936		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1937		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Robert Duncan French (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1938		Ernest Ash Cookson (Con)		Charles William Wingrove (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1943		Robert Beattie (Con)		Charles William Wingrove (Con)		Albert Morrow (Con)
1945		Robert Beattie (Con)		Charles William Wingrove (Con)		Hedley Williams (Con)
1946		Robert Beattie (Con)		Charles William Wingrove (Con)		Hedley Williams (Con)
1947		Robert Beattie (Con)		Charles William Wingrove (Con)		Hedley Williams (Con)
1949		Robert Beattie (Con)		Charles William Wingrove (Con)		Hedley Williams (Con)
1950		Robert Beattie (Con)		Alec James Garnock-Jones (Con)		Hedley Williams (Con)
1951		Robert Beattie (Con)		Alec James Garnock-Jones (Con)		Hedley Williams (Con)
1952		John Gwilym Hughes (Con)		Alec James Garnock-Jones (Con)		Hedley Williams (Con)
1953-2003 WARD DISESTABLISHED
2004		Stuart Monkcom (LD)		Norman Mills (LD)		Ann Hines (LD)
2006		Stuart Monkcom (LD)		Norman Mills (LD)		Ann Hines (LD)
2007		Stuart Monkcom (LD)		Norman Mills (LD)		Ann Hines (LD)
2008		Stuart Monkcom (LD)		Norman Mills (LD)		Graham Hulme (LD)
2010		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Norman Mills (LD)		Graham Hulme (LD)
2011		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Daniel Barrington (Lab)		Graham Hulme (LD)
2012		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Daniel Barrington (Lab)		Lana Orr (Lab)
2014		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Daniel Barrington (Lab)		Lana Orr (Lab)
2015		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Daniel Barrington (Lab)		Lana Orr (Lab)
2016		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Daniel Barrington (Lab)		Lana Orr (Lab)
2018		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Daniel Barrington (Lab)		Lana Orr (Lab)
2019		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Daniel Barrington (Lab)		Lana Orr (Lab)
2021		Pamela Thomas (Lab)		Daniel Barrington (Lab)		Lila Bennett (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.

  indicates seat up for re-election.

  indicates change in affiliation.

  indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

6 May 2021 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lila Bennett	1,662	47.62	20.55
	Liberal	Ann Hines	776	22.23	14.17
	Liberal Democrats	Paul John Twigger Parr	463	13.27	4.41
	Green	Elke Weissmann	303	8.68	0.42
	Conservative	Joshua Murphy	286	8.19	1.54
Majority			886	25.39	33.92
Turnout			3,560	32.39	5.05
Registered electors			10,990
Rejected ballots			70	1.97	0.87
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.36

Elections of the 2010s

2 May 2019 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Barrington	2,039	68.17	1.71
	Liberal Democrats	Paul John Twigger Parr	265	8.86	0.76
	Green	Elke Weissmann	247	8.26	4.96
	Liberal	Ann Hines	241	8.06	0.48
	Conservative	Pauline Shuttleworth	199	6.65	2.01
Majority			1,774	59.31	1.90
Turnout			2,991	27.34	2.01
Registered electors			10,939
Rejected ballots			33	1.10	0.91
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.23

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Thomas	2,243	69.88	10.76
	Conservative	Pauline Shuttleworth	278	8.66	4.87
	Liberal	Ann Hines	274	8.54	5.17
	Liberal Democrats	Paul John Twigger Parr	260	8.10	1.73
	Green	Ellie Pontin	107	3.33	0.58
	TUSC	Ann Barbara Walsh	48	1.50	N/A
Majority			1,965	61.21	15.80
Turnout			3,216	29.35	1.92
Registered electors			10,958
Rejected ballots			6	0.19
	Labour hold		Swing	2.94

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 5th May 2016 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lana Orr	1,997	59.12	12.60
	Liberal	Ann Hines	463	13.71	9.66
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	332	9.83	5.37
	UKIP	Stuart Monkcom	326	9.65	1.08
	Green	Ellie Pontin	132	3.91	0.82
	Conservative	John Ainsley Watson	128	3.79	2.96
Majority			1,534	45.41	17.74
Turnout			3,410	31.27	37.63
Registered electors			10,904
Rejected ballots			32	0.94
	Labour hold		Swing	11.13

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Barrington	5,479	71.72	16.14
	UKIP	Stuart Monkcom	655	8.57	13.01
	Conservative	Pauline Ann Shuttleworth	516	6.75	2.57
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	341	4.46	1.31
	Liberal	Ann Hines	309	4.05	2.59
	Green	Simeon Hart	236	3.09	1.26
	TUSC	David Jones	103	1.35	0.55
Majority			4,824	63.15	29.15
Turnout			7,639	68.9	36.47
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.43

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Thomas	1,993	55.58	5.85
	UKIP	Stuart Monkcom	774	21.58	n/a
	Liberal	Ann Hines	238	6.64	5.42
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	207	5.77	11.72
	Green	Mark Coleman	156	4.35	0.14
	Conservative	Pauline Ann Shuttleworth	150	4.18	0.34
	TUSC	Ann Barbara Walsh	68	1.90%	n/a
Majority			1,219	34.00	9.94
Turnout			3586	32.43	2.89
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.72

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lana Orr	2,378	61.43	1.67
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	677	17.49	9.72
	Liberal	Ann Hines	467	12.06	7.55
	Conservative	Diane Isabel Watson	175	4.52	0.01
	Green	Martin Trevor Randall	174	4.49	2.29
Majority			1,701	43.94	11.38
Turnout			3,871	35.32	6.83
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-4.03

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Barrington	2770	59.76%	+11.65%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	1261	27.21%	-5.79%
	Conservative	Diane Isobel Watson	232	5.01%	-3.04%
	Liberal	Ann Hines	209	4.51%	-5.05%
	Green	Martin Trevor Randall	102	2.20%	+0.91%
	Socialist Labour	Kim Singleton	61	1.32%	n/a
Majority			1509	32.56%	+17.46%
Turnout			4635	42.15%	-22.17%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+8.72%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Thomas	3391	48.11%	+22.24%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Monkcom	2326	33.00%	-4.29
	Liberal	Ann Hines	674	9.56%	-12.35
	Conservative	Andrew Desborough	567	8.05%	-2.08%
	Green	Martin Trevor Randall	91	1.29%	-3.51%
Majority			1,065	15.10%
Turnout			7049	64.32%	+34.38%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+13.27%

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	1244	37.29%
	Labour	Brenda McGrath	863	25.87%
	Liberal	Ann Hines	731	21.91%
	Conservative	Neil Wilson	338	10.13%
	Green	Kim Graham	160	4.80%
Majority			381	11.4%
Turnout			3336	29.94
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	1751	55.41%
	Labour	Ged Taylor	758	23.99%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Elsmore Brandwood	261	8.26%
	Liberal	Patricia Margaret Elmour	209	6.61%
	Green	Ian Graham	181	5.73%
Majority			993	31.4%
Turnout			3160	28.32
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Monkcom	1416	49.49%
	Labour	Ronald James Foy	652	22.79
	Conservative	Geoffrey Elsmore Brandwood	308	10.77%
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	222	7.76%
	Green	Ian Graham	204	7.13%
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Hill	59	2.06%
Majority			764	26.7%
Turnout			2861	25.22%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Hines	2436
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	2202
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Monkcom	2058
	Labour	Joseph Foy	782
	Labour	Lilian Foy	764
	Labour	Ronald Foy	718
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	378
	Green	Ian Graham	305
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	302
	Liberal	Patricia Elmour	282
	UKIP	Kenneth Crick	266
	Liberal	Barbara Pickstock	265
	Socialist Labour	Patrick Goodwin	95
Majority
Turnout			4151	36.36
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	n/a

See also

• Liverpool City Council
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879

References

1. "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Liverpool City" (PDF). The Boundary Committee for England. March 2003. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018.
2. "United Kingdom: North West England (Local Authority Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map" . Retrieved 25 June 2023.
3. "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
4. "Municipal Elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Election results for West Derby. Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
5. "Municipal Elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Election results for West Derby. Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
6. "Municipal Election Results 2018, West Derby". Liverpool City Council. 29 July 2021.
7. "Municipal Election Results 2016, West Derby". Liverpool City Council. 29 July 2021.
8. "Municipal Election Results 2015, West Derby". Liverpool City Council. 29 July 2021.
9. "Municipal Election Results 2014, West Derby". Liverpool City Council. 29 July 2021.
10. "Municipal Election Results 2012, West Derby". Liverpool City Council. 29 July 2021.
11. "Municipal Election results 2011, West Derby". Liverpool City Council. 29 July 2021.

External links

• Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

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