2015 Liverpool City Council election

The 2015 Liverpool City Council election took take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Liverpool City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2015 Liverpool City Council election

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31 of 90 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Liverpool City Council
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout31% (Decrease48%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Cllr Tom Crone.jpg
Cllr Richard Kempq.jpg
Leader Joe Anderson Tom Crone Richard Kemp
Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat N/A,
Mayor

St Michael's
Church
Last election 78 seats,
67%
1 seat,
9.7%
1 seat,
16.7%
Seats before 78 4 3
Seats won 29 1 1
Seats after 81 4 2
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 138,624 19,889 16,375
Percentage 67% 9.7% 8.1%
Swing Increase9% Decrease1% Decrease1.2%

  Fourth party
 
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Leader Steve Radford
Party Liberal
Leader's seat Tuebrook
and
Stoneycroft
Last election 0 seats,
3.1%
Seats before 3
Seats won 0
Seats after 2
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 4,384
Percentage 2.1%
Swing Decrease2.4%

Map of results of 2015 election

Control of Council before election

Joe Anderson
Labour

Control of Council after Election

Joe Anderson
Labour

Due to the 'in thirds' system of election, one third of the council were up for election, with direct comparisons to previous results made with the corresponding vote at the 2011 Liverpool City Council election.

Council composition

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Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

78 4 3 3 2
Lab G LD L I

After the election the composition of the council was:[2]

81 4 2 2 1
Lab G LD L I

Election result in 2015

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Liverpool Local Election Result 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 29 1 0 +1 94% 67% 138,624
  Green 1 0 0 0 3.2% 9.68% 19,889
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 3.2% 8.1% 16,661
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0% 6.67% 13,704
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0% 6.5% 13,380
  Liberal 0 0 1 -1 0% 2.1% 4,384
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0% 0.79% 1,615
  Old Swan Against the Cuts 0 0 0 0 0% 0.21% 437
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0% 0.1% 197
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0% 0.09%% 179

Ward results

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* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Allerton and Hunts Cross

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Allerton and Hunts Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Connor 4,339 54.99% −0.18%
Liberal Democrats Mirna Juarez 1,474 18.68% −8.03%
Conservative Giselle Henrietta Petra McDonald 1,106 14.02% +5.95%
Green Neil Patterson 635 8.05% +5.15%
TUSC Annie Chambers 237 3.00% N/A
Liberal Irene Morrison 100 1.27% −1.61%
Majority 2,865 36.31% +7.84%
Registered electors 11,474
Turnout 7,891 68.77% +26.23%
Rejected ballots 55
Labour hold Swing

[3]

Anfield

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Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adele Dowling * 4,276 77% %
UKIP Stephen Peter Lee 568 10% %
Liberal James Richardson 281 5% %
Green Shaun Ingram 261 4.6% %
Conservative Thomas Roberts 126 2,2% %
TUSC Fred Taylor 68 1.2% %
Majority 3,708
Registered electors 9,224
Turnout 5,880 60% %
Rejected ballots 32
Labour hold Swing

[4]

Belle Vale

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Belle Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Kent * 5,675 80% %
UKIP Carl Sullivan 656 8.8% %
Conservative Ben Smith 301 4% %
TUSC Roy Dixon 280 3.8% %
Liberal Democrats Ian Phillips 257 3.4% %
Green Joel Kenyon 224 3% %
Liberal Colin Roy Edwards 79 1% %
Majority 5,019
Registered electors 11,436
Turnout 7,472 65% %
Rejected ballots 24
Labour hold Swing

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Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharron Ann Sullivan * 3,128 * 60% %
Green Rachael Joann Blackman 1,004 19% %
Conservative Lee Berry 759 15% %
UKIP Jamie Sanderson 199 3.8% %
TUSC Priyanga Jeyanayagam 94 1.8% %
Majority 2,124
Registered electors 10,641
Turnout 5,184 49% %
Rejected ballots 26
Labour hold Swing

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Childwall

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Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Wolfson * 4,424 56% %
Liberal Democrats Pat Moloney 1,301 16% %
UKIP Shimrit Manning 715 9%
Conservative Maria Elaine Prayle 709 8.9% %
Green Josie Mullen 608 7.7% %
TUSC David EWdwards 180 2.3% %
Majority 3,123
Registered electors 10,961
Turnout 8,472 77% %
Rejected ballots 42
Labour hold Swing

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Church

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Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Kemp * 3,808 47% %
Labour Liz Parsons 2,957 36% %
Green Ted Grant 710 8.7% %
Conservative Elizabeth Ann Pearson 363 4.4% %
UKIP Christopher Neil Thwaite 272 3.3% %
TUSC Jack Robert Yarlett 76 0.93% %
Majority 851
Registered electors 10,903
Turnout 8,186 % %
Rejected ballots 16
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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Clubmoor

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Clubmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Irene Rainey * 5,493 78.18% %
UKIP John Sisson 711 10.12%
Green Oba Babs-Osibodu 260 3.70% %
Liberal Paul Wynne Jones 221 3.15% %
Conservative Emilio Antonio Chiquito 184 2.62% %
Liberal Democrats Christopher Latimer 157 2.23% %
Majority 4,782 75.95
Registered electors 11,116
Rejected ballots 27
Turnout 7,026 63% %
Labour hold Swing

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County

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County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Gladden * 4,433 77% %
UKIP Robert Thompson 473 8.2%
Liberal Democrats Karen Afford 346 6% %
Green Ashley Scott-Griffiths 274 4.7% %
Conservative Brian Jones 130 2.3% %
Liberal Stephen Houghland 42 0.73%
Majority 3,960
Registered electors 9,518
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 5,781 61% %
Labour hold Swing

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Cressington

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Cressington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Jones 4,647 57%
Liberal Democrats Anna Martin 1,508 18% %
Conservative Jade Marsden 1,038 13% %
Green James Myles 870 11% %
TUSC Elise Khan 152 1.8% %
Majority 3,139
Rejected ballots 56
Registered electors 11,760
Turnout 8,215 70% %
Labour hold Swing

[11]

Croxteth

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Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joann Kushner 4,765 73%
UKIP Mark Leavesley 659 10%
Liberal Democrats Paul Twigger 352 5.4%
Conservative Beryl Pinnington 297 4.5%
Green Lewis Coyne 241 3.7%
TUSC Mary Ann Wheeler 137 2.1%
Liberal John McBride 108 1.6%
Majority 4,106
Registered electors 10,484
Rejected ballots 29
Turnout 6,559 63% %
Labour hold Swing

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Everton

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Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Corbett * 4,984 82%
UKIP Neil Lawrence Miney 510 8.4%
Conservative Angela Maria Oates 201 3.3%
Green Fiona Coyne 181 3%
Liberal Linda Roberts 117 1.9%
TUSC Roger Edwards 92 1.5%
Majority 4,474
Registered electors 10,435
Turnout 6,085 58% %
Labour hold Swing

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Fazakerley

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Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Clarke * 5,211 41%
Labour Paul Brant 4,930 38%
UKIP Enid Lindsay 961 7.4%
Liberal Democrats Graham Seddon 385 3%
Conservative Aaron Hugh Ellis 369 2.8%
Green Jennifer Brown 367 2.8%
Green Stephen James Lang 366 2.8%
Conservative Glyn Derek Nuttall 261 2.8%
Liberal Irene Mayes 138 1.1%
Majority 3,969
Registered electors 11,154
Turnout 7,150 64% %
Rejected ballots 26
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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Greenbank

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Greenbank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Robertson-Collins * 3,375 54%
Green David William Morgan 1,837 29%
Conservative Nicholas Basson 458 7.3%
Liberal Democrats Jeanete Makinson 276 4.4%
UKIP Joe Chiffers 220 3.5%
TUSC Simon Adam Worthington 85 1.4%
Majority 1,498
Registered electors 9,750
Turnout 6,210 64%
Rejected ballots 17
Labour hold Swing

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Kensington and Fairfield

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Kensington and Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Simon * 3,582 69%
UKIP Thomas Paul Kangley 570 11%
Green Steve Faragher 439 8.6%
Liberal Democrats Bill Barrow 214 4.2% %
Conservative Holly Nicole Boyd 182 3.6%
TUSC Jimmy Tyson 83 1.6%
Liberal Shelley Williams 76 1.5%
Majority 2,958
Registered electors 8,967
Turnout 5,092 57% %
Rejected ballots 25
Labour hold Swing

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Kirkdale

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Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beatrice Fraenkel * 5,280 81%
UKIP Keith Evans 442 6.7%
Green Martyn Madeley 318 4.8%
TUSC Roger Bannister 236 3.6%
Conservative David Michael John Jeffery 210 3.2%
Liberal Tommy Stalker 70 1.1%
Majority 5,044
Registered electors 11,140
Turnout 6,556 59%
Rejected ballots 25
Labour hold Swing

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Knotty Ash

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Knotty Ash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqui Taylor (PARTY) 4,512 68%
UKIP James Swarbrick 714 11%
Liberal Democrats Norman Mills 444 6.7%
Conservative Irene Stuart 440 6.6%
Green Jack Couts 283 4.3%
Liberal Marjorie Peel 111 1.7%
TUSC Alan David Fogg 100 1.5%
English Democrat Derek Francis Grue 16 0.24%
Majority 3,798
Registered electors 10,204
Turnout 6,620 65%
Rejected ballots 28
Labour hold Swing

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Mossley Hill

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Mossley Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Brian Hurley * 3,411 46%
Green Martin Jonathan Henshell 1,834 25%
Liberal Democrats Paul Childs 1,003 14%
Conservative Chris Hall 904 12%
TUSC Chris Clayton 108 1.5%
Liberal David Stanley Wood 101 1.4%
Majority 2,408
Registered electors 9,791
Turnout 7,361 75%
Rejected ballots 33
Labour hold Swing

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Norris Green

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Norris Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Walker * 5,297 81%
UKIP Neil Martin Kenny 582 9%
Conservative Gillian Ferrigno 202 3.1%
Green Richard Peter Walsh 196 3%
TUSC Ann Barbara Walsh 161 2.4%
Liberal Brenda Jean Edwards 122 1.9%
Majority 4,715
Registered electors 10,943
Turnout 6,399 58%
Rejected ballots 23
Labour hold Swing

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Old Swan

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Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Amthony Brennan 5,244 72%
UKIP Leanne Nichola Sheelan 628 8.7%
Old Swan Against the Cuts Ralph Martin 437 6%
Green Gina Shaw 282 3.9%
Conservative George Powell 263 3.6%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Wilson 210 2.9%
Liberal Sheila Ann Fairclough 186 2.6%
Majority 4,616
Registered electors 11,234
Turnout 7,250 65%
Rejected ballots 38
Labour hold Swing

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Picton

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Picton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul-Basit Qadir * 3,849 69%
UKIP Adam Giles Heatherington 362 6.5%
Liberal Democrats Kevin White 275 5%
Conservative Alma McGing 225 4%
TUSC Frank Bowen 159 2.9%
Majority 3,487
Registered electors 10,240
Turnout 5,552 54% %
Rejected ballots 32
Labour hold Swing

[22]

Prince's Park

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Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Dean * 3,974 68%
Green Dee Coombes 1,214 21%
Conservative Alice Margaret Day 242 4.2%
UKIP Louis Donnellan 208 3.6%
TUSC Daren Andrew Ireland 167 2.9%
English Democrat Steven Greenhalgh 19 0.33%
Majority 2,760
Registered electors 9,822
Turnout 5,824 59%
Rejected ballots 38
Labour hold Swing

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Riverside

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Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Corrigan 5,181 72%
Green Hannah Walkom 888 12%
Conservative Laura Watson 506 7%
Liberal Democrats Michael Francis Dunne 308 4.3%
TUSC John Gary Marston 222 3.1%
English Democrat Michael John Lane 110 1.5%
Majority 5,181
Registered electors 12,184
Turnout 7,215 59%
Rejected ballots 46
Labour hold Swing

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St. Michael's

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St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Anna Maria Key 3,266 50%
Labour Steve Fitzsimmons 2,384 36%
Conservative David Patmore 315 4.8%
Liberal Democrats Kris Brown 236 3.6%
UKIP Shashwat Singh 222 3.4%
TUSC Giorgo Moulas 111 1.7%
English Democrat Paul Duane Rimmer 9 0.14%
Majority 882
Registered electors 9,648
Turnout 6,543 68% %
Rejected ballots 20
Green hold Swing

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Speke-Garston

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Speke-Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Rasmussen * 6,412 80%
UKIP Carl Schears 614 7.7%
Green Lee Michael Keegan 401 5%
Conservative Derek Thomas Nuttall 332 4.1%
Liberal Democrats Timothy David Paul Pollard 253 3.2%
Majority 6,011
Registered electors 13,034
Turnout 8,012 61%
Rejected ballots 30
Labour hold Swing

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Tuebrook & Stoneycroft

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Tuebrook and Stoneycroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Sung 3,470 53%
Liberal Berni Turner (PARTY) 2,284 35%
UKIP Enid Monkcom 316 4.8%
Green Joan Margaret Evans 190 2.9%
Conservative Robert Leslie Albert Poynton 103 1.6%
Liberal Democrats Jerry Lonsdale 98 1.5%
TUSC Craig Thomas Pearson 77 1.2%
Majority 1,186
Registered electors 10,227
Turnout 6,538 64%
Rejected ballots 16
Labour hold Swing

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Warbreck

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Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann O'Byrne * 5,379 75%
UKIP Joe Gallagher 627 8.8%
Liberal Democrats Richard John Roberts 494 6.9%
Green Jean Hill 310 4.3%
Conservative John Ainsley Watson 202 2.8%
TUSC India Francesca Taylor 87 1.2%
Liberal George Blacklock Roberts 38 0.53%
English Democrat Steven McEllenborough 25 0.35%
Majority 4,752
Registered electors 11,226
Turnout 7,162 64%
Rejected ballots 31
Labour hold Swing

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Wavertree

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Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Cummings 4,280 60%
Green Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt 821 11%
Liberal Democrats Leo Francis Evans 758 11%
Conservative Diane Isobel Watson 496 6.9%
UKIP Vincent Patrick McDermott 484 6.8%
TUSC Angela Grant 181 2.5%
Independent Stephen McNally 127 1.8%
Majority 3,796
Registered electors 10,522
Turnout 7,020 67%
Rejected ballots 30
Labour hold Swing

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West Derby

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West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Barrington * 5,479 72%
UKIP Stuart Monkcom 655 8.6%
Conservative Pauline Shuttleworth 516 6.8%
Liberal Democrats Graham Hulme 341 4.5%
Liberal Ann Hines 309 4%
Green Simeon Hart 236 3.1%
TUSC David Jones 103 1.4%
Majority 4,824
Registered electors 11,120
Turnout 7,639 69%
Rejected ballots 22
Labour hold Swing

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Woolton

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Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Bennett 2,836 38%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Robert Kelly 1,878 25%
Conservative Adam Ernest Marsden 1,547 21%
UKIP Vivienne Beckett 653 8.8%
Green Frances Gina Muscatelli 448 6%
TUSC Harry Smith 83 1.1%
Majority 958
Registered electors 10,618
Turnout 7,445 70%
Rejected ballots 29
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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Yew Tree

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Yew Tree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Ann Murray * 5,511 75%
UKIP Ian Joseph Hanmer 683 9.3%
Conservative Patricia Anita Waddington 403 5.5%
Liberal Democrats Angela Hulme 286 3.9%
Green Russ Thornton 244 3.3%
TUSC Charley Cosgrove 124 1.7%
Liberal Sam Hawksford 71 0.97%
Majority 5,267
Registered electors 11,734
Turnout 7,322 62%
Rejected ballots 38
Labour hold Swing

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References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Council composition". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 Election results Allerton and Hunts Cross". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ^ "2015 Election results Anfield". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. ^ "2015 Election results Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 Election results Central". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 Election results Childwall". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. ^ "2015 Election results Church". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  9. ^ "2015 Election results Clubmoor". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  10. ^ "2015 Election results County". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  11. ^ "2015 Election results Cressington". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  12. ^ "2015 Election results Croxteth". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  13. ^ "2015 Election results Everton". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  14. ^ "2015 Election results Fazakerley". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  15. ^ "2015 Election results Greenbank". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  16. ^ "2015 Election results Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  17. ^ "2015 Election results Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  18. ^ "2015 Election results Knotty ASh". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  19. ^ "2015 Election results Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  20. ^ "2015 Election results Norris Green". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  21. ^ "2015 Election results Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  22. ^ "2015 Election results Picton". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  23. ^ "2015 Election results Prince's Park". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  24. ^ "2015 Election results Riverside". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  25. ^ "2015 Election results St. Michael's". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  26. ^ "2015 Election results Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  27. ^ "2015 Election results Tuebrook and Stoneycroft". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  28. ^ "2015 Election results Warbreck". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  29. ^ "2015 Election results Wavertree". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  30. ^ "2015 Election results West Derby". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  31. ^ "2015 Election results Woolton". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  32. ^ "2015 Election results Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  33. ^ "Statement of nominated persons". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 20 April 2015.[permanent dead link]