Anfield (Liverpool ward)
Anfield | |
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![]() Anfield ward within Liverpool | |
Population | 12,951 (2021 census) |
Registered Electors | 8,015 (2023 elections) |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
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Anfield ward is an electoral district of Liverpool City Council centred on the Anfield district of Liverpool. The ward is within the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency.
Background
[edit]The ward was created in 1900 with a single councillor elected in that year, a second was elected in 1901 and a third in 1902. The boundary of the ward has been altered in 1953, 1973, 1980, 2004, and 2023. From 2023 the ward is represented by two councillors.
1980 boundaries
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A report of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England published in November 1978 set out proposals for changes to the wards of Liverpool City Council, maintaining the number of councillors at 99 representing 33 wards. Anfield ward was represented by three councillors.[1]
The report describes the boundaries as "Commencing at a point where Rocky Lane meets Belmont Road, thence northwestwards along said road and the northeastern boundary of Breckfield Ward to the southeastern boundary of Melrose Ward, thence northeastwards along said boundary to the southern boundary of County Ward, thence northeastwards and southeastwards along said boundary and the western boundary of Clubmoor Ward to a point opposite the southeastern boundary of No 78 Vanbrugh fioad, thence southwestwards to and along said boundary, crossing Vanbrugh Road and continuing along Thombury Road to Trouville Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Westcombe Road, thence southwestwards along said road and Manningham Road to Priory Road, thence southeastwards along said road and Lower Breck Road to Rocky Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to the point of commencement".[2]
2004 boundaries
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A review by the Boundary Committee for England recommended that the council was formed of a reduced number of 90 members elected from 30 wards. The Anfield ward was largely unchanged gaining small areas of the former Breckfield and Tuebrook wards, and losing a small area to the new Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward. The ward boundaries followed the Canada Dock Branch line, Townsend Lane, between Vallance Road and Curate Road, Behind Westcombe Roadand Manningham Road, Priory Road, Lower Breck Road, around the outer boundary of St Margaret's Primary School, between Rockhouse Street and Thurnam Street, Rocky Lane, Belmont Road, Oakfield Road, Walton Breck Road and Walton Lane.[3]
The population of the 2004 ward at the 2021 census was 14,730.[4]
2023 boundaries
[edit]In 2023 the ward boundaries were changed following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which decided that the previous 30 wards each represented by three Councillors should be replaced by 64 wards represented by 85 councillors with varying representation by one, two or three councillors per ward. The ward was reformed as a two-member ward, retaining the majority of the former Anfield ward, losing the southernmost extent to the new Everton East ward, and gaining a small section of the former Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward.[5]
The current ward boundaries are Walton Lane to the west; the Canada Dock Branch Line to the north; Townsend Lane and Breck Road to the east; and Walton Breck Road and Oakfield Road to the south. The ward contains Anfield Cemetery, Stanley Park and Anfield Stadium.
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||||
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1980 | Catherine Kaufmann (Lib) | Paul Vincent Downes (Lib) | Myra Fitsimmons (Con) | ||||
1982 | Catherine Kaufmann (Lib) | Paul Vincent Downes (Lib) | Myra Fitsimmons (Con) | ||||
1983 | Catherine Kaufmann (Lib) | Paul Vincent Downes (Lib) | Myra Fitsimmons (Con) | ||||
1984 | Catherine Kaufmann (Lib) | Paul Vincent Downes (Lib) | Jacqueline Crowley (Lab) | ||||
1986 | Vera Best (Alliance) | Paul Vincent Downes (Lib) | Jacqueline Crowley (Lab) | ||||
1987 | Vera Best (Alliance) | Jacqueline Smith (Lab) | R Jump (Lib) | ||||
1988 | Vera Best (Alliance) | Jacqueline Smith (Lab) | Judith Nelson (Lab) | ||||
1990 | S.H. Oldfield (Lab) | Jacqueline Smith (Lab) | Judith Nelson (Lab) | ||||
1991 | S.H. Oldfield (Lab) | Jacqueline Smith (Anfield Lab) | Judith Nelson (Lab) | ||||
1992 | S.H. Oldfield (Lab) | Jacqueline Smith (Anfield Lab) | Paul Woodruff (LD) | ||||
1994 | R. Carrick (Lab) | Jacqueline Smith (Anfield Lab) | Paul Woodruff (LD) | ||||
1995 | R. Carrick (Lab) | G. Wilson (Lab) | Paul Woodruff (LD) | ||||
1996 | R. Carrick (Lab) | G. Wilson (Lab) | Alan Walker (Lab) | ||||
1998 | Kiron Read (LD) | G. Wilson (Lab) | Alan Walker (Lab) | ||||
1999 | Kiron Read (LD) | Joe Kenny (LD) | Alan Walker (Lab) | ||||
2000 | Kiron Read (LD) | Joe Kenny (LD) | Jeremy Chowings (LD) | ||||
2002 | Kiron Read (LD) | Joe Kenny (LD) | Jeremy Chowings (LD) | ||||
2003 | Kiron Read (LD) | Robert Quinn (LD) | Jeremy Chowings (LD) | ||||
WARD REFORMED
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2004 | Kiron Reid (LD) | Robert Quinn (LD) | Jeremy Chowings (LD) | ||||
2006 | Kiron Reid (LD) | Robert Quinn (LD) | Andrew Tremarco (LD) | ||||
2007 | Jimmy Kendrick (LD) | Robert Quinn (LD) | Andrew Tremarco (LD) | ||||
2008 | Jimmy Kendrick (LD) | Brian Dowling (Lab) | Andrew Tremarco (LD) | ||||
2010 | Jimmy Kendrick (LD) | Brian Dowling (Lab) | Ian Francis (Lab) | ||||
2011 | Adele Dowling (Lab) | Brian Dowling (Lab) | Ian Francis (Lab) | ||||
2012 | Adele Dowling (Lab) | Brian Dowling (Lab) | Ian Francis (Lab) | ||||
2014 | Adele Dowling (Lab) | Brian Dowling (Lab) | Ian Francis (Lab) | ||||
2015 | Adele Dowling (Lab) | Brian Dowling (Lab) | Ian Francis (Lab) | ||||
2016 | Adele Dowling (Lab) | Ros Groves (Lab) | Ian Francis (Lab) | ||||
2018 | Adele Dowling (Lab) | Ros Groves (Lab) | Billy Marrat (Lab) | ||||
2019 | Lena Simic (Lab) | Ros Groves (Lab) | Billy Marrat (Lab) | ||||
2021 | Lena Simic (Lab) | Ros Groves (Lab) | Billy Marrat (Lab) | ||||
Tricia O'Brien (Lab) | |||||||
WARD REFORMED
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2023 | Billy Marrat (Lab) | Lena Simic (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
[edit]Elections of the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Billy Marrat[Note 1] | 1,194 | 39.10 | ||
Labour | Lena Simic[Note 2] | 868 | 28.42 | ||
Liberal | Jimmy Richardson | 330 | 10.81 | ||
Liberal | Shelley Williams | 251 | 8.22 | ||
Green | Craig Robert Dobbin | 228 | 7.47 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Wiebke Angela Hidegard Ruterjans | 115 | 3.77 | ||
Conservative | David Michael John Jeffrey | 68 | 2.23 | ||
Majority | 864 | 28.29 | |||
Registered electors | 8,015 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
Total ballots | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
A by-election was held on 18 November 2021 following the death of Cllr Ros Groves who had successfully defended her seat at the May 2021 elections.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tricia O'Brien | 604 | 55.87 | ![]() | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 281 | 25.99 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Wiebke Angela Hildegard Ruterjans | 73 | 6.75 | ![]() | |
Green | Daryl Hodge | 72 | 6.66 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Alma Gavine McGing | 42 | 3.89 | ![]() | |
Adam Heatherington | 9 | 0.83 | ![]() | ||
Majority | 323 | 29.88 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,089 | 11.96 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,106 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.73 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ros Groves | 1,520 | 67.38 | ![]() | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 247 | 10.95 | ![]() | |
Green | Philip Adam Williamson | 171 | 7.58 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Muniandy Logasuriyan Subramaniam | 120 | 5.32 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Wiebke Angela Hildeguard Ruterjans | 104 | 4.61 | ![]() | |
Independent | Dylan Thomas Cresswell | 94 | 4.17 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,273 | 56.43 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,304 | 24.74 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,314 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 48 | 2.08 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.86 |
Elections of the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lena Simic | 1,448 | 73.28 | ![]() | |
Green | Harry Glen Gallimore-King | 193 | 9.77 | ![]() | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 141 | 7.14 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | James Liam Madine | 97 | 4.91 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Irene Stuart | 97 | 4.91 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,255 | 63.51 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,000 | 21.81 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,172 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 24 | 1.20 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.68 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Billy Marrat | 1,777 | 80.01 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Christopher Edward Smith | 140 | 6.30 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Wiebke Ruterjans | 134 | 6.03 | ![]() | |
Green | Rachel Burcher | 114 | 5.13 | ![]() | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 56 | 2.52 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,637 | 73.71 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,228 | 24.19 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 9,212 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.31 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ros Groves | 1,601 | 75.27 | ![]() | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 132 | 6.21 | ![]() | |
Green | Shaun Ingram | 120 | 5.64 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeanete Makinson | 120 | 5.64 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Thomas Roberts | 89 | 4.18 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Benjamin Mark Bolton | 65 | 3.06 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,469 | 69.06 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2142 | 23.87 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.27 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adele Dowling | 4,276 | 76.63% | +2.12% | |
UKIP | Stephen Peter Lee | 568 | 10.18% | n/a | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 281 | 5.04% | −0.84% | |
Green | Shaun Ingram | 261 | 4.68% | −1.16% | |
Conservative | Thomas Roberts | 126 | 2.26% | 1.65% | |
TUSC | Fred Taylor | 68 | 1.22% | n/a | |
Majority | 3,708 | 66.45% | +1.81% | ||
Turnout | 5,612 | 60.84% | +33.66% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.06% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Francis | 1,850 | 74.51% | −7.94% | |
NHA | Louise Boothroyd | 245 | 9.87% | n/a | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 146 | 5.88% | +2.49% | |
Green | Jean Hill | 145 | 5.84% | +1.70% | |
Conservative | Thomas Roberts | 97 | 3.91% | +0.77% | |
Majority | 1,605 | 64.64% | −10.93% | ||
Turnout | 2,483 | 27.18% | −3.17% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.97% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Dowling | 2,312 | 82.45% | +12.94% | |
Liberal Democrats | Michelle Keeley | 193 | 6.88% | −13.23% | |
Green | Jean Hill | 116 | 4.14% | +2.58% | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 95 | 3.39% | +0.79% | |
Conservative | Victoria McDonald | 88 | 3.14% | +0.20% | |
Majority | 2,119 | 75.57% | +26.16% | ||
Turnout | 2,804 | 30.35% | −3.96% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.89% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adele Dowling | 2223 | 69.51% | +15.00% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jimmy Kendrick | 643 | 20.11% | −9.42% | |
BNP | Karen Gillian Otty | 105 | 3.28% | −2.10% | |
Conservative | Victoria McDonald | 94 | 2.94% | −0.64% | |
Liberal | James “Jimmy” Richardson | 83 | 2.60% | −2.70% | |
Green | Jean Hartrick Hill | 50 | 1.56% | −0.14 | |
Majority | 1580 | 49.41% | +24.43% | ||
Turnout | 3198 | 34.31% | −19.91% | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 12.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Francis | 2817 | 54.51% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Kendrick | 1526 | 29.53% | ||
BNP | Karen Gillian Otty | 278 | 5.38% | ||
Liberal | Stephen Houghland | 274 | 5.30% | ||
Conservative | Brenda Coppell | 185 | 3.58% | ||
Green | Jean Hill | 88 | 1.70% | ||
Majority | 1291 | 24.98% | |||
Turnout | 5168 | 54.22% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Elections of the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Dowling | 1521 | 51.54% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robbie Quinn | 1077 | 36.50% | ||
Liberal | Stephen Houghland | 133 | 4.51% | ||
Conservative | Francis Victor Stevens | 97 | 3.29% | ||
Green | Jean Hill | 96 | 3.25% | ||
Independent | Michael McDonough | 27 | 0.91% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2951 | 29.07% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jimmy Kendrick | 1324 | 49.63% | ||
Labour | Brian Dowling | 935 | 35.04% | ||
Liberal | Dennis Gaskell | 237 | 8.88% | ||
Green | Kelly Rice | 96 | 3.60% | ||
Conservative | Anthony Beilin | 76 | 2.85% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2668 | 25.90% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tremarco | 1101 | 42.33% | ||
Labour | Brian Dowling | 824 | 31.68% | ||
Liberal | Michael Martin Butler | 448 | 17.22% | ||
Green | Shane Thomas Paul Delaney | 133 | 5.11% | ||
Conservative | Allen Ian Epsley | 95 | 3.65% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2601 | 23.29% | |||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Quinn | 1586 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kiron Reid | 1500 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Chowings | 1328 | |||
Labour | Thomas Carter | 836 | |||
Labour | Brian Dowling | 719 | |||
Liberal | Michael Butler | 688 | |||
Labour | Janet Kent | 680 | |||
Liberal | Linda Roberts | 519 | |||
Independent | Joseph Kenny | 335 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Lesley Mahmood | 108 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Ernest Nattrass | 55 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3357 | 28.95% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Robert Quinn | 1,162 | 47.03 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Michael Butler | 666 | 26.95 | ![]() | |
Labour | Sheila Murphy | 416 | 16.84 | ![]() | |
BNP | Joseph Owens | 150 | 6.07 | ![]() | |
Socialist Alliance | Lesley Mahmood | 47 | 1.90 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Alistair Furze | 30 | 1.21 | ![]() | |
Majority | 496 | 20.07 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,471 | 24.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -17.72 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kiron Reid | 1,633 | 55.51 | ![]() | |
Labour | Kevin Doran | 733 | 24.92 | ![]() | |
Independent | Michael Butler | 521 | 17.71 | ![]() | |
Socialist Alliance | Lesley Mahmood | 55 | 1.87 | ![]() | |
Majority | 900 | 30.59 | |||
Turnout | 2,942 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Chowings | 986 | 50.75 | ![]() | |
Labour | Ben Williams | 440 | 22.65 | ![]() | |
Liberal | J. Cumberland | 395 | 20.33 | ![]() | |
Conservative | M. Cotterell | 70 | 3.60 | ![]() | |
Socialist Alliance | P. Filby | 52 | 2.68 | ![]() | |
Majority | 546 | 28.10 | |||
Turnout | 1,943 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -1.61 |
Elections of the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Joe Kenny | 1,597 | 57.38 | ![]() | |
Labour | G. Wilson | 725 | 26.05 | ![]() | |
Liberal | J. Richardson | 179 | 6.43 | ![]() | |
Conservative | B.A. Nash | 42 | 1.51 | ![]() | |
Socialist Alliance | P. Filby | 60 | 2.16 | ![]() | |
Independent | C. Hulme | 180 | 6.47 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,897 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kiron Reid | 1,739 | 60.09 | ![]() | |
Labour | A. Keenan | 655 | 22.63 | ![]() | |
Liberal | S. Brooks | 305 | 10.54 | ![]() | |
Socialist | P. Filby | 61 | 2.11 | ![]() | |
Conservative | E.A. Jones | 57 | 1.97 | ![]() | |
Official Labour | G. Casey | 45 | 1.55 | ![]() | |
Independent | H. Jones | 32 | 1.11 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,084 | 37.46 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,894 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 22.64 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Walker | 1,427 | 46.97 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Marbrow | 1,189 | 39.14 | ![]() | |
Liberal | S. Brooks | 315 | 10.37 | ![]() | |
Militant Labour | P. Filby | 107 | 3.52 | ![]() | |
Majority | 238 | 7.83 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,038 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 0.70 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Wilson | 1,558 | 47.49 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Allen | 1,347 | 41.05 | ![]() | |
Liberal | J. Kehoe | 266 | 8.11 | ![]() | |
Conservative | C. Coffey | 110 | 3.35 | ![]() | |
Majority | 211 | 6.43 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,281 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.64 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Carrick | 1,712 | 43.84 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Cunningham | 1,667 | 42.69 | ![]() | |
Liberal | J. Kehoe | 252 | 6.45 | ![]() | |
Conservative | C. Cross | 161 | 4.12 | ![]() | |
Independent | R. Fallows | 113 | 2.89 | ![]() | |
Majority | 45 | 1.15 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,905 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Woodruff | 1,513 | 39.16 | ![]() | |
Labour | J. Rutledge | 1,320 | 34.16 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Myra Fitzsimmons | 408 | 10.56 | ![]() | |
Anfield Labour | Judith Nelson | 389 | 10.07 | ![]() | |
Liberal | T. Newall | 234 | 6.06 | ![]() | |
Majority | 193 | 4.76 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,864 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 1.34 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anfield Labour | J. Smith | 1,624 | 30.15 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Cunningham | 1,357 | 25.19 | ![]() | |
Labour | M. Tottey | 1,232 | 22.87 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Myra Fitzsimmons | 566 | 10.51 | ![]() | |
Liberal | T. Newall | 608 | 11.29 | ![]() | |
Majority | 267 | 4.96 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,387 | ||||
Anfield Labour gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. H. Oldfield | 3,365 | 56.81 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Veronica Best | 2,319 | 39.15 | ![]() | |
Conservative | J. Mass | 240 | 4.05 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,047 | 17.68 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,923 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 2.26 |
Elections of the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Judith Nelson | 2,890 | 51.06 | ![]() | |
SLD | R. Jump | 2,147 | 37.93 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Myra Fitzsimmons | 518 | 9.15 | ![]() | |
SDP | J. Prince | 105 | 2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 743 | 13.13 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,660 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
A by-election was held on 7 May 1987 alongside an ordinary election to fill a vacancy left by Cllr Paul Downes.
[22]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jacqueline Smith | 2,931 | 44.02 | ![]() | |
Liberal | R. Jump | 2,884 | 43.32 | ![]() | |
Liberal | T. S. Newall | 2,772 | 41.63 | ||
Labour | Robert Malcolm Kennedy | 2,739 | 41.14 | ||
Conservative | Myra Fitzsimmons | 712 | 10.69 | ![]() | |
Conservative | J. H. Brash | 557 | 8.37 | ||
Green | W. Winn | 131 | 1.97 | ![]() | |
Majority | 47 | 0.71 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 6,658 | 54.23 | |||
Registered electors | 12,278 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.71 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Vera Best | 3,184 | 50.94 | ![]() | |
Labour | C. Williams | 2,514 | 40.22 | ![]() | |
Conservative | J. Brash | 553 | 8.85 | ![]() | |
Majority | 670 | 10.72 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 6,251 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,532 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | 7.71 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jacqueline Crowley | 2,870 | 42.64 | ![]() | |
Liberal | R. Johnston | 2,553 | 37.93 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Myra Fitzsimmons | 1,308 | 19.43 | ![]() | |
Majority | 317 | 4.71 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 6,731 | 53.68 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,540 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.57 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | P. V. Downes | 2,322 | 42.23 | ![]() | |
Labour | J. E. Roberts | 2,188 | 39.80 | ![]() | |
Conservative | A. Nugent | 988 | 17.97 | ![]() | |
Majority | 134 | 2.44 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,498 | 43.39 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,672 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.59 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Catherine Kaufman | 2,449 | 48.24 | ![]() | |
Labour | J. Roberts | 1,453 | 28.62 | ![]() | |
Conservative | T. P. Pink | 1,175 | 23.14 | ![]() | |
Majority | 996 | 19.62 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,675 | ||||
Turnout | 5,077 | 40.06 | ![]() | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | 7.46 |
After the boundary change of 1980 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Myra Fitsimmons | 1,660 | 35.9 | ||
Liberal | Paul Vincent Downes | 1,587 | 34.4 | ||
Liberal | Catherine Kaufmann | 1,570 | |||
Liberal | Helen Powell | 1,559 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Philip Pink | 1,500 | |||
Conservative | James Hugh Brash | 1,465 | |||
Labour | David Cowley | 1,373 | 29.7 | ||
Labour | Thomas McManus | 1,302 | |||
Labour | Andrew Williams | 1,286 | |||
Majority | 73 | 1.5 | |||
Registered electors | 12,809 | ||||
Turnout | 36.1 |
• italics denotes the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
See also
[edit]- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
Notes
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
- ^ "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
- ^ "Anfield (Ward, United Kingdom)". citypopulation.de.
- ^ "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Election Results for Anfield, 4 May 2023". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ >Thorp, Liam (9 September 2021). "Labour racing to find Liverpool council candidates with multiple by-elections expected". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Anfield By-election - Thursday, 18th November, 2021". Liverpool City Council. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2021, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2011, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2010, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2008, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2007, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2006, Anfield". Liverpool City Council. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Liverpool City Council elections 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 16 May 2018.