Knotty Ash (ward)

Knotty Ash is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections from the former Broadgreen ward taking small parts from Childwall, Croxteth and Dovecot.

Councillors

The ward has returned eight councillors.^[1]

Term		Councillor	Party
	2004–2007	Christopher Newby	Liberal Democrats
	2004–2010	Josephine Mullen	Liberal Democrats
	2007–2011	Paul Twigger	Liberal Democrats
	2004–2012	David Irving	Liberal Democrats
	2010–2012	Jacqui Nasuh	Labour
	2011–present	Hayley Todd	Labour
	2012–present	Nick Crofts	Labour
	2012–present	Ged Taylor	Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Taylor	1,964	61.55%	-7.06%
	UKIP	John David Sisson	578	18.11%	+12.40%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Mills	251	7.87%	-0.56%
	Conservative	Emilio Chiquito	149	4.67%	+2.41%
	Green	Jade Kuhlke	148	4.64%	+2.60%
	English Democrats	Derek Francis Grue	57	1.79%	-1.04%
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	44	1.38%	-6.03%
Majority			1,386	43.44%	-16.74%
Turnout			3,191	31.76%	+13.83%
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.73%

In September 2012, Jacqui Nasuh resigned from the council. A by-election was held on 15 November 2012 (the same date as the elections for the first Police and Crime Commissioner).^[3]

Knotty Ash By-election, 15th November, 2012 [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Taylor	1,213	68.61%	-3.32%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Maddison	149	8.43%	-4.66%
	Liberal	Patricia Elmour	131	7.41%	+4.58%
	UKIP	Adam Heatherington	101	5.71%	n/a
	English Democrats	Derek Grue	50	2.83%	n/a
	TUSC	Charlie Cosgrove	48	2.71%	-0.10%
	Conservative	Jack Alexander Stallworthy	40	2.26%	-1.98%
	Green	Jon Deamer	38	2.04%	-3.6%
Majority			1064	60.18%	+1.88%
Turnout			1768	17.93%	-16.77%
	Labour hold		Swing	0.67%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Robert Crofts	2443	71.39%	+12.84%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Mills	448	13.09%	-21.41%
	Green	Anthony John Christian	193	5.64%	+3.51%
	Conservative	Pauline Ann Shuttleworth	145	4.24%	+0.79%
	Liberal	Majorie Peel	97	2.83%	+1.46%
	TUSC	John Gary Marston	96	2.81%	n/a
Majority			1995	58.30%	+34.25%
Turnout			3422	34.70%	-7.74%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+17.13%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hayley Todd	2442	58.55%	+7.14%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Twigger	1439	34.50%	-4.40%
	Conservative	James Robert Ellis	144	3.45%	+0.02%
	Green	Theresa Anne Larkins	89	2.13%	+0.04%
	Liberal	Majorie Peel	57	1.37%	-2.80%
Majority			1003	24.05%	+11.54%
Turnout			4171	42.44%	-17.35%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	5.77%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Knotty Ash [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Nasuh	3044	51.41%
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Frances Parr	2303	38.90%
	Liberal	Patricia Margaret Elmour	247	4.17%
	Conservative	June Hilda Brandwood	203	3.43%
	Green	Eveline Johanna Van Der Steen	124	2.09%
Majority
Turnout			5921	59.79%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Knotty Ash [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Irving	1642	46.10%
	Labour	Anthony Conception	1607	45.12%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Elsmore Brandwood	185	5.19%
	Green	James Edward Munro	128	3.59%
Majority
Turnout			3562	35.33%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Knotty Ash [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Twigger	1794	51.15%
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	1405	40.06%
	Conservative	Michael Lind	144	3.25%
	Liberal	Terry Formby	106	3.02%
	Green	Helen Rawlinson	88	2.51%
Majority
Turnout			3507	34.65%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Knotty Ash [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Josie Mullen	1275	44.13%
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	1175	40.67%
	Liberal	Andrew Charles Donaldson	240	8.31%
	Conservative	Michael Lind	199	6.89%
Majority
Turnout			2889	27.77%
	Liberal Democrat 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: Knotty Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Irving	1907
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Newby	1880
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Mullen	1732
	Labour	Brenda McGrath	1179
	Labour	Peter Killeen	1156
	Labour	Peter Davidson	1095
	Liberal	Andrew Donaldson	310
	Conservative	Duncan Phillips	225
	Liberal	Elain Tyler	216
Majority
Turnout			3799	36.24%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	n/a

Italics - Denotes sitting Councillor.
Bold - Denotes the winning candidate.

External links

• Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

References

1. "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010.
2. "Municipal Election Results 2014, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council.
3. http://blogs.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/dalestreetblues/2012/09/liverpool-labour-councillor-ja.html
4. "Knotty Ash By-Election results". Liverpool City Council.
5. "Municipal Election Results 2012, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council.
6. "Municipal Election Results 2011, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council.
7. "Municipal Election Results 2010, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council.
8. "Municipal Election Results 2008, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council.
9. "Municipal Election Results 2007, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council.
10. "Municipal Election Results 2006, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council.

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