Croxteth (Liverpool ward)

Croxteth
Croxteth ward within Liverpool
Population	6,703 (2021 census)
Registered Electors	4,344 (2023 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool West Derby
Councillors	Anthony Lavelle (Labour Party)
List of places UK England Merseyside

Croxteth ward is an electoral division of Liverpool City Council. Ward in the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency.

Background

The ward was created in 1953 where it returned three councillors. The boundaries of the ward were changed for the 1973, 1980, 2004 and 2023 elections.

1980 boundaries

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. Croxteth ward was represented by three councillors.^[1]

The report describes the boundaries as "Commencing at a point where Alder Road meets the road known as Queens Drive Stoneycroft, thence northwestwards along said Queens Drive Stoneycroft and the northeastern boundary of Tuebrook Ward to the southeastern boundary of Clubmoor Ward, thence northeastwards along said boundary and continuing northeastwards and southeastwards along the southern boundary of Gillmoss Ward to the unnamed road being a continuation northeastwards of Deysbrook Lane, thence southwestwards along said unnamed road and said Deysbrook Lane to Leyfield Road, thence southeastwards along said road to Honey's Green Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to Alder Road, thence generally southwestwards along said road to the point of commencement".^[2]

2004 boundaries

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.^[3]

Croxteth ward saw significant changes as the pre-2004 Croxteth ward was based around West Derby village, which became West Derby ward with only small parts in the new Croxteth ward as well as the Knotty Ash, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft and Yew Tree wards. The new ward was based on the Croxteth 'Council' estate and the Croxteth Country Park estate formerly coverd by Gillmoss ward.^[3]

The ward boundaries followed the East Lancashire Road, the city boundary, the southern edge of Croxteth Country Park, Croxteth Hall Lane, the western property boundary of Elwick Drive, the southern boundary of the De La Salle Academy playing fields, and Dwerryhouse Lane.^[3]

The population of the 2004 ward at the 2011 census was 14,561,^[4] and at the 2021 census of 14,432.^[5]

2023 boundaries

The ward boundary was changed in 2023 taking the northern half of the previous Croxteth ward. The new ward is represented by one councillor.^[6]

The ward bounadries follow the East Lancashire Road, the city boundary with Knowsley, the northwestern edge of Craven Wood, the northeastern edge of Dam Wood, the River Alt, Oak Lane North, Croxteth Hall Lane, the southern property line on Carr Lane East, then Worrow Road, Storrington Avenue and Lower House Lane.^[6]

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 6,703.^[7]

Councillors

Election
1953	J.G. Hughes (Con)	T.H. Thompson (Con)	N.A. Williams (Con)
1954	J.G. Hughes (Con)	T.H. Thompson (Con)	N.A. Williams (Con)
1955	J.G. Hughes (Con)	T.H. Thompson (Con)	N.A. Williams (Con)
1956	J.G. Hughes (Con)	T.H. Thompson (Con)	F Bidston (Con)
1957	J.E. Thompson (Con)	T.H. Thompson (Con)	F Bidston (Con)
1958	J.E. Thompson (Con)	T.H. Thompson (Con)	F Bidston (Con)
1959	J.E. Thompson (Con)	T.H. Thompson (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1960	J.E. Thompson (Con)	T.H. Thompson (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1961	J.E. Thompson (Con)	A. Morrow (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1962	J.E. Thompson (Con)	A. Morrow (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1963	Alexander Audley (Con)	A. Morrow (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1964	Alexander Audley (Con)	A. Morrow (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1965	Alexander Audley (Con)	A. Morrow (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1966	Alexander Audley (Con)	A. Morrow (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1967	Alexander Audley (Con)	George Prince (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1968	Alexander Audley (Con)	George Prince (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1969	Alexander Audley (Con)	George Prince (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1970	Alexander Audley (Con)	George Prince (Con)	C Dickinson (Con)
1971	Alexander Audley (Con)	George Prince (Con)	T Larty (Con)
1972	K.W. Hart (Lib)	George Prince (Con)	T Larty (Con)
WARD REFORMED
1973	W.T. Brodie (Lib)	T. Blyde (Lib)	J. Holmes (Lib)
1975	Ivan Clews (Lib)	T. Blyde (Lib)	J. Holmes (Lib)
1976	Ivan Clews (Lib)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)	J. Holmes (Lib)
1978	Ivan Clews (Lib)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)	Ernest Fitzpatrick (Con)
1979	Frederick Butler (Con)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)	Ernest Fitzpatrick (Con)
WARD REFORMED
1980	Ernest Fitzpatrick (Con)	Frederick Butler (Con)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)
1982	Ernest Fitzpatrick (Con)	Frederick Butler (Con)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)
1983	Ernest Fitzpatrick (Con)	Frederick Butler (Con)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)
1984	Ernest Fitzpatrick (Con)	Frederick Butler (Con)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)
1986	Gillian Bundred (Lib)	Frederick Butler (Con)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)
1987	Gillian Bundred (Lib)	JJ Cunningham (SDP)	Geoffrey Brandwood (Con)
1988	Gillian Bundred (Lib)	JJ Cunningham (SDP)	Elaine Kinahan (SLD)
1990	Gillian Bundred (LD)	JJ Cunningham (SDP)	Elaine Kinahan (LD)
1991	Gillian Bundred (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Elaine Kinahan (LD)
1992	Gillian Bundred (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Elaine Kinahan (LD)
1994	Ann Hines (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Elaine Kinahan (LD)
1995	Ann Hines (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Elaine Kinahan (LD)
1996	Ann Hines (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Elaine Kinahan (LD)
1998	Ann Hines (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Elaine Kinahan (LD)
1999	Ann Hines (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Elaine Kinahan (LD)
2000	Ann Hines (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Stuart Monkcom (LD)
2002	Ann Hines (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Stuart Monkcom (LD)
2003	Ann Hines (LD)	Norman Mills (LD)	Stuart Monkcom (LD)
WARD REFORMED
2004	Nadia Stewart (Lab)	Alan Fearehough (Lab)	Rose Bailey (Lab)
2006	Nadia Stewart (Lab)	Alan Fearehough (Lab)	Rose Bailey (Lab)
2007	Nadia Stewart (Lab)	Phil Moffatt (LD)	Rose Bailey (Lab)
2008	Nadia Stewart (LD)	Phil Moffatt (LD)	Rose Bailey (Lab)
2010	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Phil Moffatt (LD)	Rose Bailey (Lab)
2010	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Steph Till (Lab)	Martin Cummins (Lab)
2011	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Steph Till (Lab)	Martin Cummins (Lab)
2012	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Steph Till (Lab)	Martin Cummins (Lab)
2014	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Steph Till (Lab)	Martin Cummins (Ind)
2015	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Joann Kushner (Lab)	Martin Cummins (Ind)
2016	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Joann Kushner (Lab)	Anthony Lavelle (Lab)
2018	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Joann Kushner (Lab)	Anthony Lavelle (Lab)
2019	Peter Mitchell (Lab)	Joann Kushner (Lab)	Anthony Lavelle (Lab)
2021	Peter Mitchell (Ind)	Carol Sung (Lab)	Anthony Lavelle (Lab)
WARD REFORMED
2023	Anthony Lavelle (Lab)

Nadia Stewart (elected as Labour) sat as an Independent member of the council for part of 2007 before defecting to the Liberal Democrats on the evening of the 2008 elections allowing the Liberal Democrat administration to retain a slender majority on the council.^[8]^[9]
Martin Cummins (elected as Labour) sat as an Independent member of the council from 2014 to 2016 after the Leader of the Labour Party was photographed holding the Sun newspaper.^[10]
Peter Mitchell (elected as Labour) sat as an Independent member of the council from 2021 after "allowing his membership [of the Labour Party] to lapse".^[11]

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

Elections of the 2020s

4th May 2023^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Lavelle^[Note 1]	740	82.50
	Independent	Maurice Sherman	89	9.92
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Barrow	68	7.58
Majority			651	72.58
Turnout			897	20.65
Rejected ballots			4	0.44
Total ballots			901	20.74
Registered electors			4,344
	Labour win (new seat)

A by-election was held alongside the ordinary election on 6 May 2023 following the resignation of Cllr Joanne Kushner (elected 2019, Labour).^[11]

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021:6th May 2021 ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	*Anthony Lavelle*	1,643
	Labour	Carol Sung	1,230
	Liberal	Ray Catesby	382
	Liberal	Tom Doolan	378
	Green	Nicola Jane Stewart	243
	Green	Nicola Jane Stewart	236
	Conservative	Johnathan Andrew	196
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Clein	170
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Davies	169
	Conservative	Johnathan Andrew	154
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors			10,601
Rejected ballots			37
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Joann Kushner*	1,670	73.12	9.76
	Green	Rachael Joanne Blackman-Stretton	215	9.41	5.54
	Conservative	Alice Margaret Day	146	6.39	0.33
	Liberal	Ray Catesby	128	5.60	2.63
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Barrow	125	5.47	1.91
Majority			1,455	63.70	12.45
Turnout			2,318	22.01	2.30
Registered electors			10,532
Rejected ballots			34	1.47	1.12
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.65

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Peter Mitchell*	2,120	82.88	9.02
	Conservative	Alice Margaret Day	172	6.72	3.78
	Green	Martin Trevor Randall	99	3.87	0.59
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pendril Bentall	91	3.56	0.91
	Liberal	Raymond Frank Catesby	76	2.97	0.83
Majority			1,948	76.15	12.01
Turnout			2,567	24.31	2.15
Registered electors			10,558
Rejected ballots			9	0.35
	Labour hold		Swing	2.62

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Lavelle	1,984	73.86	1.21
	UKIP	John David Sisson	261	9.72	0.33
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Hulme	120	4.47	0.90
	Liberal	John James McBridge	102	3.80	2.15
	Green	Yasmin Gasimova	88	3.28	0.39
	Conservative	Denise Mary Nuttall	79	2.94	1.59
	TUSC	Rebecca Elizabeth McCourt	52	1.94	0.15
Majority			1,723	64.14	1.54
Registered electors			10,287
Turnout			2,722	26.46	36.38
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	n/a

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joann Kushner	4,765	72.65%	+6.32%
	UKIP	Mark Andrew Leavesley	659	10.05%	-11.92%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Twigger	352	5.37%	n/a
	Conservative	Beryl Pinnington	297	4.53%	+0.59%
	Green	Lewis Coyne	241	3.67%	-0.79%
	TUSC	Mary Ann Wheeler	137	2.09%	n/a
	Liberal	John James McBridge	108	1.65%	-1.65%
Majority			4,106	62.60%	-18.24%
Turnout			6,588	62.84%	+35.57%
	Labour hold		Swing	9.12%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Mitchell	1,887	66.33%	+0.74%
	UKIP	Mark Leavesley	625	21.97%	n/a
	Green	Don Ross	127	4.46%	+2.30%
	Conservative	Giselle Henrietta McDonald	112	3.94%	+1.56%
	Liberal	John James McBridge	94	3.30%	+1.46%
Majority			1,262	44.36%	-6.47%
Turnout			2845	27.27%	+0.32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Cummins	1,822	65.59%	-2.97%
	Socialist Labour	Kai Andersen	410	14.76%	+9.79%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Coughlin	283	10.19%	-7.10%
	English Democrat	Lee Alan Walton	86	3.10%	n/a%
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	66	2.38%	-1.55%
	Green	Don Ross	60	2.16%	+0.37%
	Liberal	John James McBride	51	1.84%	-0.23%
Majority			1,412	50.83%	-0.44%
Turnout			2,778	26.95%	-3.44%
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.38%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephanie Till	2181	68.56%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Anthony Coughlin	550	17.29%
	Socialist Labour	Kai Andersen	158	4.97%
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	125	3.93%
	Liberal	John James McBride	66	2.07%
	Green	Donald Ross	57	1.79%
	BNP	Peter Tierney	44	1.38
Majority			1631	51.27%
Turnout			3181	30.39%

Following the death of Cllr Rose Bailey ^[22] and the resignation of Cllr Phil Moffat a dual by-election was held on 18 November 2010.^[23] Two candidates were returned:

Croxteth By-Election 18 November 2010^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Cummins	1447	31.85%
	Labour	Stephanie Till	1424	31.34%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Coughlin	611	13.45%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Marner	479	10.54%
	Socialist Labour	Kai Andersen	135	2.97%
	BNP	Peter Tierney	117	2.58%
	Socialist Labour	Barbara Bryan	70	1.54%
	Green	Eleanor Pontin	63	1.39%
	UKIP	Tony Hammond	50	1.10%
	English Democrat	Paul Rimmer	35	0.77%
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	33	0.73%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	31	0.68%
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	29	0.64%
	UKIP	Michael Lane	19	0.42%
Majority
Turnout			4543	21.42%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Croxteth ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Mitchell	3307	57.10%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Coughlin	1711	29.54%
	Conservative	Grace Charlotte Tyldsley	271	4.68%
	Socialist Labour	Kai Andersen	244	4.21%
	Liberal	Michael Morgan	181	3.13%
	Green	Don Ross	78	1.35%
Majority
Turnout			5792	54.62%
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Croxteth ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rose Bailey	1810	51.71%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Geoghegan	1245	35.57%
	Independent	Ken Stewart	171	4.89%
	BNP	George Muse	109	3.11%
	Conservative	Diane Joyce Westwell	88	2.51%
	Green	Don Ross	77	2.20%
Majority
Turnout			3500	33.35%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Croxteth ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Moffatt	1246	45.61%
	Labour	Jim Noakes	1236	45.24%
	Green	Anne Graham	121	4.43%
	Conservative	Diane Joyce Westwell	90	3.29%
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	39	1.43%
Majority
Turnout			2732	26.36%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Croxteth ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nadia Stewart	1804	61.49%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Moloney	902	30.74%
	Green	Anne Graham	151	5.15%
	Liberal	Mary Jane Canning	77	2.62%
Majority
Turnout			2934	27.78%
	Labour hold		Swing

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosemary Bailey	1749
	Labour	Alan Fearehough	1426
	Labour	Nadia Stewart	1379
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Clein	1350
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Moloney	1326
	Liberal Democrats	James Gaskell	1248
	Liverpool Labour	Anthony Jennings	324
	Liverpool Labour	John Jones	315
	Liverpool Labour	Henry Bennett	303
	Conservative	Audrey Bowness	170
	Green	Anne Graham	165
	Liberal	Beryl Ackers	127
	Liberal	Francis Porter	91
	Socialist Labour	Violet Shaw	90
	Liberal	Jean Worrall	82
Majority
Turnout			3791	35.67%
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

• italics – Denotes sitting Councillor.

• bold – Denotes the winning candidate

Notes

^ Anthony Lavelle was a re-standing councillor for the former Croxteth ward.

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
^ "City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ "Croxteth (Ward, United Kindgom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ "Ward Profiles". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Nadia Stewart's dramatic election night defection". Liverpool Echo.
^ Turner, Ben. "Ex-Labour councillor Nadia Stewart defends defection". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ Taylor, Joshua. "Liverpool Labour councillor resigns in protest at Ed Miliband's support for The Sun newspaper". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b Thorp, Liam. "Liverpool Labour councillor quits and another leaves the party". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - All wards". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "Election Results for Croxteth, 4 May 2023". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2021, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Liverpool Councillor Rose Bailey dies". Liverpool Echo. 13 July 2010.
^ "Low turn-out at Croxteth by-election". Liverpool Echo. 19 November 2010.
^ "Municipal Election results for Croxteth, 18 November 2010" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Croxteth". Liverpool City Council.

External links

Ward Profile – Croxteth

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