Belle Vale (ward)

Belle Vale is a Liverpool City Council ward in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary constituency. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 15,004.^[1] It was formed for the 2004 municipal elections from the former Valley and Netherley wards.

Councillors

Term		Councillor[2]	Party
	2004–2007	Ian Phillips	Liberal Democrats
	2004–2008	Tom Marshall	Liberal Democrats
	2004–present	Pauline Walton	Labour
	2007–present	Janet Kent	Labour
	2008–present	Claire Louise Wilner	Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	2,307	67.16%	-14.98%
	UKIP	Carl Sullivan	611	17.79%	n/a
	TUSC	Roy Dixon	176	5.12%	+1.24%
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	141	4.10%	+0.25%
	Conservative	Maria Prayle	125	3.64%	n/a
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	75	2.18%	-3.88%
Majority			1,696	49.37%	-26.71%
Turnout			3,435	30.76%	+0.55%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	2,709	82.14%	+0.63%
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	200	6.06%	-3.26%
	BNP	Christopher Beatson	134	4.06%	n/a
	TUSC	Lynne Wild	128	3.88%	n/a
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	127	3.85%	-0.60%
Majority			2,209	76.08%	+3.90%
Turnout			3,298	30.21%	-5.45%
	Labour hold		Swing	1.95%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Irene Kent	3147	81.51%	+20.06%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Marner	360	9.32%	-22.33%
	Conservative	Paul Barber	182	4.71%	+0.08%
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	172	4.45%	+2.18%
Majority			2787	72.18%	+61.47%
Turnout			3861	35.66%	-22.62%
	Labour hold		Swing	21.20%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Belle Vale [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	3811	61.45%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Philips	1963	31.65%
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	287	4.63%
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	141	2.27%
Majority			664	10.71%
Turnout			6202	58.28%
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Belle Vale [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Louise Wilner	1673	45.86%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Marshall	1383	37.91%
	BNP	Peter Michael Molloy	336	9.21%
	Conservative	Jack Stallworthy	111	3.04%
	Green	Mark Kendal Bowman	78	2.14%
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	67	1.84%
Majority
Turnout			3648	33.09%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Belle Vale [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Kent	1639	46.42%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Phillips	1505	42.62%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	118	3.34%
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	109	3.09%
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	82	2.32%
	Green	Andrea Pennington	78	2.21%
Majority
Turnout			3531	32.09%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Belle Vale [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	1903	42.24%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Joseph Rainford	1556	42.24%
	Liberal	Deborah Ann Mayes	131	3.56%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	94	2.55%
Majority
Turnout			3684	32.36%
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Belle Vale [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Marshall	2082
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Phillips	2911
	Labour	Pauline Walton	1859
	Liberal Democrat	Francis O'Donoghue	1796
	Labour	Oliver Martins	1626
	Labour	Timothy Moore	1537
	Conservative	Joyce Larrosa	181
Majority
Turnout			4303	37.40%

• italics denotes the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

References

1. "Liverpool City Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
2. "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010.
3. "Municipal Election Results 2014, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
4. "Municipal Election Results 2012, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
5. "Municipal Election results 2011, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
6. "Municipal Election results 2010, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
7. "Municipal Election results 2008, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
8. "Municipal Election results 2007, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
9. "Municipal Election results 2006, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
10. "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.

External links

• Liverpool City Council: Ward Profile

Coordinates: 53°23′27″N 2°51′39″W / 53.3909°N 2.8609°W