Sandhills (Liverpool ward)
Former ward in Liverpool
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Sandhills ward was a former electoral division of Liverpool, England. It was first established in 1895, and it covered part of the city’s dockside and nearby residential areas. The ward was abolished in 1973, re-established in 2004, and finally dissolved again in 2023 following boundary changes.[3][4]
| Sandhills Ward | |
|---|---|
| Former ward | |
Location within Merseyside | |
| OS grid reference | SJ342930 |
| • London | 178 mi (286 km) SE |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode district | L5 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Overview
Sandhills ward was originally established in 1895. the ward was formed from parts of the Everton and Kirkdale wards as part of boundary changes to accommodate the city's growing population.[5][4] Named after the Sandhills area in north Liverpool, the ward served as a residential and industrial district close to the city’s docklands.[6] It was abolished in 1973 following a city-wide reorganisation of electoral boundaries but was later re-established in 2004 with revised borders. The ward continued until it was again dissolved in 2023 as part of a comprehensive review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[7] The area takes its name from natural sand deposits along the Mersey’s edge and the Sandsills railway station is located within its vicinity.[8][9]
Elections
Sandhills ward was a continuous feature of Liverpool politics through the early to mid‑20th century, with councillors elected annually, including elections in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.[10] From 1953 to 1973, Sandhills was one of Liverpool’s 20 three-seat wards until the 1973 reorganisation, which abolished aldermanic seats and reduced ward numbers.[11] It was later reinstated under new boundaries in 2004, remaining as a single‑member ward until its second dissolution in 2023, following a Local Government Boundary Commission review.
1919
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas Wafer Byrne | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
1920
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | James William Baker | 2,780 | 55% | ||
| Liberal | Alfred Gates * | 2,243 | 45% | ||
| Majority | 537 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,321 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,092 | 60% | |||
| Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
1921
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | John Cunningham * | 2,181 | 78% | ||
| Liberal | Joseph Edward Freeman | 600 | 22% | ||
| Majority | 1,581 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,603 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,781 | 32% | |||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
1922
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas Wafer Byrne * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
1923
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | James William Baker * | 2,680 | 84% | ||
| Labour | Patrick Roy | 353 | 11% | ||
| Unemployed | Daniel Williams | 161 | 5% | ||
| Majority | 2,327 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,711 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,194 | 37% | |||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
1924
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Dakin | 2,120 | 53% | ||
| Irish Nationalist | William Henry McGuiness | 1,855 | 47% | ||
| Majority | 265 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,803 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,975 | 45% | |||
| Labour gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing | ||||
1925
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Wafer Byrne * | 2,829 | 63% | ||
| Catholic | William Henry McGuiness | 1,695 | 37% | ||
| Majority | 1,134 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,995 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,524 | 50% | |||
| Labour gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing | ||||
1926
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | James William Baker * | 1,790 | 51% | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Henry.Dunford | 1,737 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 53 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,996 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,527 | 39% | |||
| Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing | ||||
1927
1928
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Wafer Byrne * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1929
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James William Baker * | 3,695 | 81% | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Edward Freeman | 868 | 19% | ||
| Majority | 2,737 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,565 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,473 | 47% | |||
| Labour gain from Catholic | Swing | ||||
1930
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Wolfe Tone Morrissey * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1931
1932
1933
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Wolfe Tone Morrissey * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1934
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 9,194 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1935
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stanley Part | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1936
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Wolfe Tone Morrissey * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1937
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1938
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stanley Part * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1945
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Aldritt | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 7,277 | ||||
1946
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford | 2,076 | 74% | ||
| Conservative | John Edward Molloy | 715 | 26% | ||
| Majority | 1,361 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,904 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,791 | 35% | |||
1947
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stanley Part | 2,421 | 73% | ||
| Conservative | Frederick Charles Hitches | 891 | 27% | ||
| Majority | 1,530 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,047 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,312 | 41% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1949
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter McKernan | 3,110 | 75% | ||
| Labour | Henry Alldritt * | 2,873 | 70% | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Norton | 1,011 | 25% | ||
| Conservative | Frederick Charles Hitches | 949 | 23% | ||
| Majority | 2,099 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,024 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,121 | 51% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1950
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Alldritt | 2,408 | 79% | +6% | |
| Conservative | Frederick C. Hitches | 645 | 21% | −6% | |
| Majority | 1,763 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,961 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,053 | 38% | −3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1951
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stanley Part * | 2,332 | 75% | +2% | |
| Conservative | Leonard James Carr | 790 | 25% | −2% | |
| Majority | 1,542 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,160 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,122 | 38% | −3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2% | |||
1952
1953
1954
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Alldritt * | 2,926 | 85% | +13% | |
| Conservative | G. J. McQuade | 518 | 15% | −5% | |
| Majority | 2,408 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,862 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,444 | 35% | −3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1955
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S. Parr * | 2,918 | 88% | ||
| Conservative | W. H. Beavan | 387 | 12% | ||
| Majority | 2,531 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,888 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,305 | 33% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1956
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Rowlands (PARTY) | 2,746 | 92% | ||
| Independent | A. P. Cooney | 223 | 8% | ||
| Majority | 2,746 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,863 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,969 | 30% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Scully | 2,177 | 93% | ||
| Conservative | A. E. Dailey | 153 | 7% | ||
| Majority | 2,024 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,818 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,330 | 24% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1958
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. H. Aldritt (PARTY) | 2,491 | 94% | ||
| Conservative | A. E. Dailey | 163 | 6% | ||
| Majority | 2,328 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,417 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,654 | 28% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1959
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | V. Burke (PARTY) | 2,281 | 88% | ||
| Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 308 | 12% | ||
| Majority | 1,973 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,101 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,589 | 28% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1960
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Scully * | 1,592 | 90% | −3% | |
| Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 173 | 10% | +3% | |
| Majority | 1,419 | 20% | −4% | ||
| Registered electors | 9,041 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,765 | 20% | −4% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1961
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. H. Aldritt * | 1,842 | 86% | −8% | |
| Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 207 | 10% | +4% | |
| Communist | B.Campbell | 103 | 5% | +5% | |
| Majority | 1,635 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,758 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,152 | 25% | −3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | V. Burke * | 1,878 | 89% | ||
| Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 146 | 7% | ||
| Communist | B. Campbell | 95 | 4% | ||
| Majority | 1,732 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,440 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,119 | 25% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1963
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Scully * | 2,372 | 91% | +1% | |
| Communist | B. Campbell | 133 | 5% | +5% | |
| Conservative | N. Heywood | 100 | 4% | −6% | |
| Majority | 2,239 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,829 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,605 | 33% | +13% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1964
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. H. Aldritt * | 1,954 | 85% | −1% | |
| Conservative | P. H. Williams | 245 | 11% | +1% | |
| Communist | B. Campbell | 102 | 4% | −1% | |
| Majority | 1,709 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,494 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,301 | 31% | +6% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||