Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside,England. It consists of 85 councillors,for the city's 64 wards. Following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission the number of wards increased to 64 at the elections on Thursday 4th May 2023. Three wards elect 3 councillors each,fifteen wards elect 2 councillors each and the remaining 46 wards each elect a single councillor,which brought down the total number of councillors to 85.
Stephen Twigg is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since August 2020. He served as Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005,and for Liverpool West Derby from 2010 to 2019.
Liam Dominic Byrne,is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004. A member of the Labour Party,he served in Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Cabinet from 2008 to 2010.
Liverpool,West Derby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ian Byrne of the Labour Party.
Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British health official and former politician. Cooper was a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat member of the Liverpool City Council from 1973 until 1999,when she joined the Labour Party. After leaving the council the following year,she was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire from 2005 until her resignation in 2022,when she was named chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Alan Albert Gibbons is an English writer of children's books and campaigner known for his advocacy of libraries.
Steven Philip Rotheram is a British Labour politician who has served as the Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017.
Wavertree ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council centred on the Wavertree,Liverpool district of Liverpool.
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.
Marie Elizabeth Rimmer,is a British Labour Party politician. She has previously been a local councillor for St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside,England,and has served as Labour leader of the council three times between 1978 and 2014. She has recently been the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens South and Whiston since 2015.
The 2021 West Midlands Mayoral Election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of the West Midlands,on the same day as other local elections across England and Wales,including councillors in six of its seven boroughs and the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands city region. This was the second election for the post,which had its first election in 2017 due to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. The mayor was elected using the supplementary vote system. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020,but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Daniel Joseph Carden is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton since 2017. He was reelected in 2019.
Damien Moore is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southport and a former Councillor on Preston City Council. He was elected in the 2017 general election with a majority of 2,914 votes,taking a seat previously held by Liberal Democrat John Pugh until his retirement. He served as Assistant Government Whip from September to October 2022.
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.
Anna Rothery is a British politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Liverpool from September 2019 to May 2021.
Fans Supporting Foodbanks is a joint initiative between rival Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C. supporters,founded in 2015 to tackle food poverty in Liverpool. It provides a quarter of all food donations to north Liverpool food banks and has helped to develop a network of fan-driven food banks across the UK. It is an example of progressive football fan activism.
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.
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.
