2010 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election. (30 seats)

As Liverpool Council is elected in thirds, councillors elected in the 2006 elections defend their seats this year, and the vote share changes are compared on that basis.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Labour	47	+8
Liberal Democrat	38	-8
Liberal	3	0
Green	1	-1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2010
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	9	1	9	-8	33.33%	29.80%	53,193
Labour	20	8	0	+8	66.6%	52.10%	93,004
Liberal	1	0	0	0	3.2%	5.95%	10,624
Green	0	0	1	-1	0%	4.66%	8,312
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0%	7.33%	13,092
BNP	0	0	0	0	0%	1.34%	2,394
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.13%	238
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	0.21%	370

Ward results

Changes in vote share are compared with the corresponding elections in 2006.

* - Retiring Councillor

Allerton and Hunts Cross

Allerton & Hunts Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Best *	3,148	43.95	−5.7%
	Labour	Colin McAlley	2,750	38.3	+17.3
	Conservative	Adam Marsden	1,010	14.1	−2.9
	Green	Margaret Williams	270	3.8	−2.7
Majority			398
Registered electors			11,085
Turnout			7,178	64.75	+34.8
Rejected ballots			29
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Francis	2,817	54.5%	+22.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Kendrick	1,526	29.5	−12.8
	BNP	Karen Otty	278	5.4	N/A
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	274	5.3	−11.9
	Conservative	Brenda Copell	185	3.6	−0.1
	Green	Jean Hill	88	1.7	−3.4
Majority			1,291
Registered electors			9,531
Turnout			5,168	54.2	+31.2
Rejected ballots			18
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Belle Vale

Belle Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Walton *	3,811	61.5%	+9.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Phillips	1,963	31.7	−10.6
	Conservative	Stephen Fitxsimmons	287	4.6	+2.0
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	141	2.3	N/A
Majority			1,848
Registered electors			10,642
Turnout			6,202	58.3	+26.3
Rejected ballots			34
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Small *	2,084	53.2%	−0.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marbrow	1,107	20.3	−9.0
	Conservative	Thomas Roberts	410	10.5	+2.9
	Green	Fiona Coyne	237	6.1	−1.6
	Liberal	John Gannon	81	2.1	+0.0
Majority			977	25.0	+1.0
Registered electors			12,031
Turnout			3,919	32.6	+20.6
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney	3,162	42.3%	−19.6%
	Labour	Rosemary Connell	2,900	38.8	+19.2
	Conservative	Jade Adamowicz	661	8.8	+0.1
	Liberal	Philip Daley	537	7.2	+4.6
	Green	Pierre Van Der Vorst	222	3.0	−4.2
Majority			262	3.5	−38.8
Registered electors			11,116
Turnout			7,482	67.3	+37.3
Rejected ballots			64
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Morrison	3,171	45.91%	−14.3%
	Labour	Peter Clarke	2,074	30.0	+16.9
	Conservative	James Barnaby	702	10.2	+2.6
	Liberal	James MacGregor	556	8.1	+4.9
	Green	Eleanor Martin	404	5.9	−2.8
	Independent	Jeffrey Berman	152	2.2	−5.0
Majority			1.097	15.9	+8.7
Registered electors			10,836
Turnout			7,059	65.1	+30.9
Rejected ballots			49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roz Gladden *	4,245	73.9%	+25.3%
	Liberal	David Maher	1,073	18.7	−8.0
	BNP	Peter Squire	364	6.33	N/A
	Conservative	Victoria MacDonald	281	4.9	+0.4
	Green	Mark Bacon	148	2.6	−1.4
Majority			4,425
Registered electors			11,618
Turnout			6,111	52.6	+27.6
Rejected ballots			20
	Labour hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	3,131	63.4%	+22.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Gould	1,591	32.2	−20.5
	BNP	Peter Stafford	222	4.5	N/A
	Conservative	Angela Oates	156	3.2	+0.4
	Green	Tony Jones	61	1.2	N/A
Majority			1,540
Registered electors			9,771
Turnout			5,161	52.8	+28.8
Rejected ballots			19
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cressington

Cressington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Oglethorpe *	3,127	44.3%	−8.2%
	Labour	Anna Briggs	2,635	37.3	+15.3
	Conservative	Paul Athans	952	13.5	+2.7
	Green	Mark Bowman	294	4.2	−4.1
	Liberal	Michael Williams	50	0.7	−5.7
Majority			492
Registered electors			11,240
Turnout			7,058	62.8	+31.8
Rejected ballots			37
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Mitchell	3,307	59.6%	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Coughlin	1,711	30.8	+0.1
	Conservative	G Tyldsley	271	4.9	−0.2
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	244	4.4	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Morgan	181	3.3	+0.7
	Green	Don Ross	78	1.4	−3.7
Majority			1,596
Registered electors			10,604
Turnout			5,792	54.6	+26.6
Rejected ballots			73
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McIntosh *	3,623	79.3%	+10.5%
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	532	11.7	+6.4
	BNP	Jackie Stafford	281	6.15	N/A
	Conservative	James Rogers	278	11.7	+5.4
	Green	Raphael Levy	134	2.9	−3.3
Majority			3,623	66.7	+11.3
Registered electors			9,908
Turnout			4,848	48.93	+28.9
Rejected ballots			23
	Labour hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Hanratty *	4,250	68.0%	−19.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Seddon	1,415	22.6	−21.6
	Conservative	Paul Barber	324	5.2	+1.5
	BNP	Peter Stafford	292	4.7	N/A
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	187	3.0	−1.0
	Green	Edward Gommon	75	1.2	N/A
Majority			2,835	45.4
Registered electors			11,363
Turnout			6,534	57.6	+31.6
Rejected ballots			30
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenbank

Greenbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Allen	2,530	41.8%	+1.0%
	Labour	Laura Robertson-Collins	2,039	33.7	+8.7
	Green	Peter Cranie	800	13.2	−6.1
	Conservative	Christopher Hall	562	9.3	−0.5
	Liberal	Terence Formby	119	2.0	−3.2
Majority			491	8.1	−7.7
Registered electors			10,728
Turnout			6,050	56.4	+33.4
Rejected ballots			22
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kensington & Fairfield

Kensington & Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Baldock *	2,949	62.1%	+17.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Doran	1,379	29.0%	−9.2%
	Green	Michael Ryan	179	3.8%	−2.3%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	139	2.9%	−0.6%
	Liberal	Shelly Harrison	107	2.3%	−4.9%
Majority			1,570	33.0%	+26.2%
Registered electors			8,891
Turnout			4,753	53.5%	+29.5%
Rejected ballots			15
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy	4,284	85.7%	+7.5%
	BNP	Steven Greenhalgh	403	8.1%	N/A
	Liberal	George Roberts	336	6.7%	N/A
	Conservative	Nigel Barber	246	4.9%	+2.1%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	133	2.7%	+0.1%
	Independent	Will Thomson	86	1.7%	N/A
Majority			4,284
Registered electors			11,358
Turnout			5,488	48.3%
Rejected ballots			35
	Labour hold		Swing

Knotty Ash

Knotty Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Nasuh	3,044	51.4%	+10.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Parr	2,303	38.9%	−5.2%
	Liberal	Patricia Elmour	247	4.2%	−4.1%
	Conservative	June Brandwood	203	3.4%	−3.5%
	Green	Eveline Van der Steen	124	2.1%	N/A
Majority			741
Registered electors			9,903
Turnout			5,921	59.8%	+31.8%
Rejected ballots			16
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Gould *	3,171	46.7%	−8.8%
	Labour	Christopher Helm	2,351	33.9%	+15.9%
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	909	13.1%	+2.0%
	Green	Robert Smith	418	6.02%	−4.7%
	Liberal	David Wood	97	1.4%	−3.3%
Majority			820
Registered electors			10,668
Turnout			6,946	65.1%	+33.1%
Rejected ballots			35
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Norris Green

Norris Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vi Bebb *	3,948	80.6%	+21.4%
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	550	11.2%	+7.0%
	BNP	John Edgar	312	6.4%	−11.4%
	Conservative	George Powell	308	6.3%	+0.01%
	Green	Elspeth Anwar	93	1.9%	+2.2%
	Socialist Labour	Kim Singleton	40	0.8%	N/A
Majority			3,948
Registered electors			10,224
Turnout			5,251	51.4%	+30.4%
Rejected ballots			24
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Anderson	3,557	55.4%	+26.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Turner	2,341	36.5%	−11.9%
	BNP	Steven McEllenborough	242	3.78%	N/A
	Conservative	Gwynneth Hicklin	231	3.6%	−1.4%
	Green	Vikki Gregorich	194	3.0%	−1.5%
	Liberal	Elaine Tyrer	100	1.6%	−4.2%
Majority			1,216
Registered electors			11,283
Turnout			6,423	56.9%	+32.9%
Rejected ballots			48
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	2,937	54.4%	+19.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Sidorczuk *	1,786	33.1%	−16.6%
	Green	Ian Harvey	198	3.7%	−3.4%
	Liberal	Griffith Parry	251	4.7%	−3.9%
	Conservative	Pauline Shuttleworth	225	4.2%	N/A
Majority			1,151
Registered electors			10,832
Turnout			5,397	49.8%	+28.8%
Rejected ballots			35
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Princes Park

Princes Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Rothery	2,740	53.4%	+8.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Mumin Khan	1,293	25.2	+1.0
	Green	Abdullahi Mahmoud	634	12.4	−4.5
	Conservative	Dianne Watson	294	5.8	+2.2
	Liberal	Thomas Peel	166	3.2	−4.5
Majority			1,447
Registered electors			10,008
Turnout			5,127	51.2%	+27.2%
Rejected ballots			48
	Labour hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Anderson *	3,978	67.5%	+1.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Reg Standish	1,022	17.3%	+6.0%
	Conservative	Alma McGing	420	7.1%	−1.6%
	Green	Lewis Coyne	281	4.8%
	Liberal	Maria Langley	193	3.27%	−2.8%
Majority			2,956
Registered electors			11,598
Turnout			5,896	50.8%	+23.3
Rejected ballots			25
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Green	2,002	34.0%	−7.5%
	Green	Tom Crone	1,790	30.4%	+5.2%
	Labour	Matthew Garlick	1,710	29.0%	+4.0%
	Conservative	David Patmore	394	6.7%	−1.7%
Majority			292
Registered electors			10,054
Turnout			5,896	58.6%	+32.6%
Rejected ballots			39
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Speke-Garston

Speke-Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Knight *	4,847	80.6%	+21.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Oelbaum	432	7.2%	−24.3%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	386	6.42%	+3.4%
	Liberal	John Pagan	141	2.3%	+0.0%
	Green	Helen McAlister	209	3.5%	−0.4%
Majority			4,415
Registered electors			12,683
Turnout			6,015	47.4%	+20.4%
Rejected ballots			66
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Lenton *	3,523	59.3%	−1.3%
	Labour	Dan Barrington	2,041	34.3%	+10.3%
	Green	Natalie Clark	190	3.2%	N/A
	Conservative	Prashant Singh	190	3.2%	−0.5%
Majority			1,482
Registered electors			10,474
Turnout			5,944	56.8%	+34.8%
Rejected ballots			18
	Liberal hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria McEvoy	3,761	58.7%	+14.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Roberts	2,238	34.9%	−10.3%
	Conservative	David Jeffrey	248	3.9%	−0.5%
	Green	Eleanor Pontin	161	2.5%	N/A
Majority			1.523
Registered electors			11,278
Turnout			6,408	56.8%	+29.8%
Rejected ballots			46
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosie Jolly	3,118	46.9%	−17.6%
	Labour	Tony Murphy	2,454	36.9%	+18.4%
	Green	Elizabeth Pascoe	350	5.3%	−3.4%
	Conservative	Christopher Clinton	338	5.1%	+0.4%
	Liberal	Mary Jane Canning	383	5.8%	+2.2%
Majority			664
Registered electors			10,452
Turnout			6,643	63.6%	+35.6%
Rejected ballots			4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West Derby

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Thomas	3,391	48.1%	+25.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Monkcom *	2,326	33.0%	−16.5%
	Liberal	Ann Hines	674	9.6%	+1.8%
	Conservative	Andrew Desborough	567	8.0%	−2.8%
	Green	Martin Randall	91	1.3%	−5.8%
Majority			1,065	15.1%
Registered electors			10,960
Turnout			7,049	64.3%	+39.3%
Rejected ballots			10
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Kelly *	3,543	50.6%	−5.7%
	Labour	John Fulham	1,728	24.8%	+11.6
	Conservative	Richard Downey	1,500	21.5%	−0.1%
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	197	2.8%	−2.6%
Majority			1.815	26.05%
Registered electors			10,467
Turnout			6,968	66.6%	+33.3%
Rejected ballots			26
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yew Tree

Yew Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Conception	3,618	58.3%	+16.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Airey	1,788	28.8%	−13.6%
	Conservative	Matthew Taylor	415	6.7%	−1.2%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	266	4.3%	−3.4%
	Green	Will Ward	118	1.9%	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Barbara Bryan	131	2.1%	N/A
Majority			1,830	29.5%
Registered electors			11,344
Turnout
Rejected ballots			36
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

By-elections

Croxteth, 18 November 2010

Following the death of Cllr Rose Bailey ^[3] and the resignation of Cllr Phil Moffat a dual by-election was held on 18 November 2010.^[4] Two candidates were returned:

Croxteth By-Election 18 November 2010^[5]
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

^[6]

References

^ Liverpool Daily Post 7 May 2010
^ "Municipal Elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2010". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ "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]}
^ "Croxteth By Election 18 November 2010". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[1] Liverpool Daily Post 7 May 2010

[2] "Municipal Elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2010". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[3] "Liverpool Councillor Rose Bailey dies". Liverpool Echo. 13 July 2010.

[4] "Low turn-out at Croxteth by-election". Liverpool Echo. 19 November 2010.

[key-5] "Municipal Election results for Croxteth, 18 November 2010" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "Croxteth By Election 18 November 2010". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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