Liverpool City Council elections
Local elections in England
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Since 2023, Liverpool City Council elections have held every four years.[1] Between 1973 and 2021 elections were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. The first election for the city council was held in 1835, and from then until 1973, elections were held every year for one third of the council, with the exceptions of boundary changes and World Wars 1 and 2. Liverpool City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 85 councillors have been elected from 64 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.[2][3]
Summary of Council composition
| Year | Labour | Lib Dems | Liberal | Green | Other | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | [4] | ||||
| 2021 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 2019 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 2018 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 75 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 76 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 79 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2016 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 4 | – | |||||
| 2015 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | [5] | ||||
| 2014 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | [6] | ||||
| 2012 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [7] | ||||
| 2011 | 62 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [8] | ||||
| 2010 | 48 | 37 | 3 | 2 | – | [9] | ||||
| 2008 | 39 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [10] | ||||
| 2007 | 35 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | [11] | ||||
| 2006 | 30 | 56 | 3 | 1 | – | [12] | ||||
| 2004 | 27 | 60 | 3 | 0 | – | [13] | ||||
| 2003 | 31 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 2 | [14] | ||||
| 2002 | 26 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 4 | [15] | ||||
| 2000 | 21 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 3 | [16] | ||||
| 1999 | 28 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 6 | [17] | ||||
| 1998 | 39 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 4 | [18] | ||||
Council elections
Elections following the grant of city status to Liverpool on 12 May 1880:
Municipal Borough
County Borough
- 1889
- 1890
- 1891
- 1892
- 1893
- 1894
- 1895
- 1896
- 1897
- 1898
- 1899
- 1900
- 1901
- 1902
- 1903
- 1904
- 1905
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908
- 1909
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1914
- 1918
- 1919
- 1920
- 1921
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1930
- 1931
- 1932
- 1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
Metropolitan Borough
- 1973 Boundary changes reduce the number of wards from 40 to 33, aldermen abolished.[19]
- 1975
- 1976
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980 Whole council elected after boundary changes[20]
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004 Boundary changes reduce the number of seats by 9 to 90[21][22]
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2018
- 2019
- 2021 (postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2023 Abolition of Elected Mayor. Boundary changes establish 3 three member ward, 15 two member wards and 46 single member wards, reducing the number of councillors from 90 to 85 with all-up elections every four years.
Former wards
Between 1953 and 1973 the wards of Liverpool City Council were: Abercromby, Aigburth, Allerton, Anfield, Arundel, Breckfield, Broadgreen, Central, Childwall, Church, Clubmoor, County, Croxteth, Dingle, Dovecot, Everton, Fairfield, Fazakerley, Gillmoss, Granby, Kensington, Low Hill, Melrose, Netherfield, Old Swan, Picton, Pirrie, Princes Park, St Domingo, St James, St Mary's, St Michael's, Smithdown, Speke, Sandhills, Tuebrook, Vauxhall, Warbreck, Westminster, Woolton. Each ward returned three councillors and was represented by an Alderman, bringing to the total number of representatives on the City Council to 120.
In 1973, the whole council was reconstituted and the number of wards was reduced to 33. Each ward elected three councillors, and the aldermanic system was abolished.
Between 2004 and 2022 the wards of Liverpool City Council were Allerton & Hunts Cross, Anfield, Belle Vale, Central, Childwall, Church, Clubmoor, County, Cressington, Croxteth, Everton, Fazakerley, Greenbank, Kensington & Fairfield, Kirkdale, Knotty Ash, Mossley Hill, Norris Green, Old Swan, Picton, Princes Park, Riverside, Speke-Garston, St Michaels, Tuebrook & Stoneycroft, Warbreck, Wavertree, West Derby, Woolton, Yew Tree.[23]
See also
- Liverpool
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool School Board elections 1870–1900
- Directly elected mayor of Liverpool - 2012–2023
- Merseyside County Council 1974–1986
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- List of electoral wards in Merseyside
- Liverpool Liberal Democrats