Liverpool City Council election, 2007

2007 local election results in Liverpool

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 27.5%

After the election, the composition of the council was

	Seats	±
Liberal Democrat	56	??
Labour	30	??
Liberal Party	3	??
Green	1	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	15	1	5	-4	50.0	42.14
	Labour	13	5	1	4	43.3	36.26
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	3.3	6.11
	Green	1	0	0	0	3.3	6.06
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	6.21
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.85
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.56
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.56
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.12
	United Socialist	0	0	0	0	0	0.09

Ward results

Allerton and Hunts Cross

Allerton and Hunts Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Clucas *	1,700	52.3%	-2%
	Labour	Patrick John Devaney	661	20.4%	+5%
	Conservative	Adam Ernest Marsden	587	18.1%	+6%
	Green	Margaret Williams	165	5.1%
	Liberal	Christopher Hulme	135	4.2%	-2%
Majority			1,039
Registered electors			10,878
Turnout			3,248	29.86%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Kendrick ^(PARTY)	1,324	49.6%	+6%
	Labour	Brian Dowling	935	35%	+14%
	Liberal	Dennis Gaskell	237	8.9%	-6%
	Green	Kelly Rice	96	3.6%
	Conservative	Anthony Beilin	76	3.6%
Majority			389
Registered electors			10,300
Turnout			2,668	25.9%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Belle Vale

Belle Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Kent	1,639	46.42%	+7%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Phillips *	1,505	42.62%	-4%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	118	3.34%	-1%
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	109	3.09%
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	82	2.32%
	Green	Andrea Pennington	78	2.21%
Majority			134	3.80%
Registered electors			11,003
Turnout			3,531	32.09%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan *	713	50.12%	+9%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Millar	432	30.42%	-4%
	Green	Robert Smith	125	8.80%	-7%
	Conservative	Mark Cottrell	120	8.45%	+3%
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	30	2.11%	0%
Majority			281	19.79%
Registered electors			12,032
Turnout			1,420	11.80%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pamela Clein ^(PARTY)	1,928	53.69%	-24%
	Labour	David Shepherd	635	17.68%	+3%
	Conservative	Chris Lighten	445	12.39%
	Green	Faye Griffiths	186	5.18%
	Liberal	Philip Daley	125	3.48%
Majority			1,293	36.01%
Registered electors			11,097
Turnout			3,591	32.36%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Kemp *	2,790	69.77%	-1%
	Labour	Stephen Bennett	461	11.53%	0%
	Green	Eleanor Martin	329	8.23%	-6%
	Conservative	Graham Jones	332	8.30%
	Liberal	James MacGregor	87	2.18%
Majority			2,329	58.14%
Registered electors			10,721
Turnout			3,999	37.30%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Rainey *	1,366	48%	+6%
	Liberal	David Maher	999	35%	+24%
	BNP	Peter Squire	210	7.44%
	Conservative	Gwynneth Hicklin	147	5.21%
	Green	Jonathan Mercer	99	3.51%
Majority			367	13.01%
Registered electors			11,278
Turnout			2'821	25.01%
	Labour hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Afford *	1,541	58.46%	+7%
	Labour	Colin McAlley	859	32.59%	-8%
	UKIP	Colin Windever	121	4.59%
	Conservative	Jennifer Kelly	62	2.35%
Majority			682	25.87%
Registered electors			10,325
Turnout			2,636	25.53%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cressington

Cressington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Millea *	2,065	56.44%	+6%
	Labour	Anna Briggs	643	17.57%	+2%
	Conservative	Richard Michael Downey	383	10.47%	+2%
	Independent	Alex Corina	316	8.64%
	Green	Richard De Pesando	166	4.54%	-6%
	Liberal	John Moore	86	2.35%	-5%
Majority			1,422
Registered electors			11,057
Turnout			3,659	25%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Moffatt	1,246	46%	+10%
	Labour	Jim Noakes ^(PARTY)	1,236	45%	+7%
	Green	Anne Graham	121	4%	0%
	Conservative	Diane Westwell	90	3%	-2%
	Liberal	Susan O'Brian	39	1%	-2%
Majority			10
Registered electors			10,365
Turnout			2,732	26%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Corbett *	1,675	76%	+11%
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Crennell	233	11%	-5%
	BNP	Jackie Stafford	154	7%
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	108	5%	-2%
	Conservative	Matthew Sephton	104	5%
	Green	Adam Howarth	76	3%	-7%
Majority			1,442
Registered electors			10,237
Turnout			2,350	23%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Rotheram *	1,814	57%	+10%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Seddon	1,159	37%	+2%
	BNP	Peter Stafford	324	10%
	Conservative	Nigel Barber	77	2%	-6%
	Green	Kim Graham	65	2%
	Liberal	Jane Canning	57	2%	-3%
Majority			655
Registered electors			11,402
Turnout			3,496	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenbank

Greenbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Clein *	1,345	50.1%	-7%
	Labour	Christopher Helm	635	23.6%	+5%
	Green	Peter Cranie	458	17%	+3%
	Conservative	Alma McGing	188	7%	0%
	Liberal	Karen Williams	61	2.3%
Majority			710
Registered electors			10,425
Turnout			2,687	25.8%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kensington and Fairfield

Kensington and Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Simon	1,289	46%	+13%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Marbrow *	1,237	44%	+3%
	BNP	Jane Greehaigh	128	5%
	Green	Paula Rice	106	4%
	Conservative	John Watson	62	2%	-2%
Majority			52
Registered electors			9,348
Turnout			2,882	30%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Holleran *	1,927	85%	+11%
	BNP	Steven Greenhaigh	169	7%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Morrison	147	7%	-1%
	Green	Natalie Awdry	84	3%	-1%
	Conservative	Nichola Munro	66	3%
	Independent	Will Tomson	47	2%
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	37	2%	-2%
Majority			1,758
Registered electors			11,357
Turnout			2,477	22%
	Labour hold		Swing

Knotty Ash

Knotty Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Twigger ^(PARTY)	1,794	51%	-2%
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	1,405	40%	+7%
	Conservative	Michael Lind	114	3%	-3%
	Liberal	Terry Formby	106	3%	-6%
	Green	Helen Rawlinson	88	3%
Majority			389
Registered electors			10,120
Turnout			3,507	35%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Gould *	2,056	62%	+6%
	Labour	Tristan Taylor	543	16%	-1%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Morton	266	8%	-1%
	Green	Sophy Hansford	348	11%	-2%
	Liberal	David Wood	78	2%
Majority			1,513
Registered electors			10,335
Turnout			3,291	32%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Norris Green

Norris Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Walker *	1,152	56%	-8%
	BNP	John Edgar	205	10%	-1%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Doyle	173	8%	-5%
	Independent	Paul Breen	141	7%
	Conservative	Mark Rea	116	6%
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	111	5%
	Liberal	Vera Phillips	86	4%	-6%
	Green	Eric Cartmel	56	3%
Majority			97
Registered electors			10,557
Turnout			2,040	19%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bernie Turner *	2,248	65%	+4%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	814	23%	-6%
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	161	5%	0%
	Green	Paul Grimes	132	4%
	Conservative	Neil Wilson	127	4%
Majority			1,434
Registered electors			11,876
Turnout			3,482	29%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jobling *	1,316	53.41%	-4%
	Labour	Denis Dunphy	721	29.26%	-7%
	Liberal	Griffith Parry	236	9.58%
	Green	Jean Hill	118	4.76%
	Conservative	Ann Temple	73	2.96%
Majority			595
Registered electors			10,720
Turnout			2,464	23%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Princes Park

Princes Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dean *	1,193	53%	+13%
	Liberal Democrat	Mohamed Ali	575	26%	-11%
	Green	Thomas Crone	327	15%	0%
	Liberal	Neil King	110	5%
	Conservative	Audrey Hirst	36	2%	-4%
Majority			618
Registered electors			10,359
Turnout			2,241	22%
	Labour hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant *	1,678	69%	+10%
	Liberal Democrat	Conor McDonald	252	10%	-16%
	Conservative	Emlyn Williams	241	10%	+3%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	184	8%	+1%
	Liberal	David O'Brien	63	3%
Majority			1,426
Turnout			2,418	23%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Coyne *	1,232	38.0%	+24%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Curry	947	29.2%	-22%
	Labour	Jack Johnson	839	25.9%	+2%
	Conservative	David Patmore	149	4.6%	-3%
	Liberal	George Roberts	75	2.3%
Majority			285
Registered electors			9,662
Turnout			3,242	34%
	Green gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Speke-Garston

Speke-Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Rasmussen	1,859	57%	+19%
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Keaveney *	990	30%	-28%
	BNP	Steven McEllenborough	190	6%
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	81	3%
	Green	Cherry Fitzsimmons	75	2%
	Liberal	John Pagan	59	2%
Majority			869
Registered electors			12,722
Turnout			3,254	26%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Tuebrook and Stoneycroft

Tuebrook and Stoneycroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hazel Williams *	1,805	64%	+1%
	Labour	Allen Hammond	564	21%	+4%
	Liberal Democrat	Anton Minion	165	6%	-2%
	BNP	Sharon Broadfoot	109	4%
	Green	Jennifer Brown	96	3%
	Conservative	Lauren Graham	76	3%
Majority			1,241
Registered electors			10,874
Turnout			2,815	26%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann O'Bryne	1,837	49%	+18%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Roberts *	1,643	44%	-17%
	BNP	Carol Kilkelly	178	5%
	Conservative	Paul Barber	66	2%
	Green	Don Ross	50	1%
Majority			194
Registered electors			11,070
Turnout			3,774	34%
	Labour hold		Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Storey *	2,350	70.0	-12%
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	559	16.7%	+2%
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	219	6.5%	0%
	Conservative	David Grundy	137	4.1%
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	90	2.7%
Majority			1,791
Registered electors			10,451
Turnout			3,355	32.1%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West Derby

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Mills *	1,751	55%	-7%
	Labour	Ged Taylor	758	24%	+4%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	261	8%	-2%
	Liberal	Patricia Elmour	209	7%
	Green	Ian Graham	181	6%
Majority			993
Registered electors			11,157
Turnout			3,160	28%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Mace *	2,019	57%	-14%
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	742	21%	+8%
	Labour	Laurence Freeman	491	14%	+1%
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	149	4%
	Liberal	Maria Langley	121	3%
Majority			1,528
Registered electors			10,446
Turnout			3,522	34%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Yew Tree

Yew Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	1,426	49%	+14%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	1,101	38%	-9%
	Conservative	June Brandwood	160	5%	-2%
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	156	5%	-2%
	Green	Stephen Clatworthy	91	3.1%
Majority			325
Registered electors			11,159
Turnout			2,934	26.3%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

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References

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See also: Wards Boundary changes