Liverpool City Council election, 2012

2012 local election results in Liverpool

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 2012, on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012, in addition to electing a mayor for the region.

Councillors who were elected in the Liverpool Council election, 2008 defended their seats in 2012 and the vote share comparisons have been worked out on this basis.

Election result in 2012

Liverpool Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27	10	0	+10	90	64.50	65502	+1.38%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	9	-9	3.33	13.15	13354	-5.00%
	Green	1	0	0	0	2.22	7.26	7376	+1.31%
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	3.33	5.39	5471	+1.26%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	4640	-1.44%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	1515	+0.31%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	1.18	1194
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	1175
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	<1	516
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	<1	410
	British Freedom	0	0	0	0	0	<1	221
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	<1	179

Ward Results

Allerton & Hunt Cross

Allerton & Hunts Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Hughes	2,465	62%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Wren	711	18%
	Conservative	Lewis Wooding-Smith	379	9%
	Green	Maggi Williams	237	6%
	Liberal	Chris Hulme	201	5%
Majority			1,754
Turnout			3,993	36%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Dowling	2,312	82%
	Green	Jean Hill	116	4%
	Liberal Democrat	Michelle Keeley	193	7%
	Liberal	James Richardson	95	3%
	Conservative	Vicky McDonald	88	3%
Majority			2,119
Turnout			2,804	30%
	Labour hold		Swing

Belle Vale

Belle Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	2,709	78%
	Liberal	Damien Daly	200	6%
	Conservative	Jade Adamowicz	159	5%
	BNP	Chris Beatson	134	4%
	TUSC	Lynne Wild	128	4%
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	127	4%
Majority			2,509
Turnout			3,457	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Banks	1164	71.45%	+1.02%
	Green	Simeon Daniel Hart	195	11.97%	+2.67%
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	145	8.90%	+0.49%
	TUSC	Daren Andrew Ireland	80	4.91%	n/a
	Liberal	James Robert Dykstra	45	2.76%	n/a
Majority			969	58.87%	-1.26%
Turnout			1646	12.44%	-1.26%
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.83%

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Hirschfield	2,153	51%
	Liberal Democrat	Edwin Clein *	1,380	33%
	UKIP	Adam Heatherington	262	6%
	Conservative	Arron Poole	188	4%
	Green	Pierre Vandervorst	148	4%
	Liberal	Liam Canning	51	1%
Majority			773
Turnout			4,182	38%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Erica Kemp	2,291	49%
	Labour	Richard Wenstone	1,696	36%
	Green	Eleanor Martin	348	7%
	Conservative	Christopher Hall	205	4%
	UKIP	Tony Hammond	163	3%
Majority			595
Turnout			4,703	44%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+7%

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Noakes	2,587	78%
	UKIP	Paul Forrest	215	6%
	Liberal	James Gaskell	124	4%
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Roderick	106	3%
	TUSC	Alison Nelson	97	3%
	Green	William Major	85	3%
	Conservative	George Powell	81	2%
	British Freedom	Andrew Harvey	26	1%
Majority			2,372
Turnout			3,321	30%
	Labour hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eryl Owen	2,360	83%
	UKIP	Tom Bodcock	169	6%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Sefton	142	5%
	Green	Tony Jones	64	2%
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	53	2%
	Conservative	John Watson	44	2%
	British Freedom	Peter Stafford	17	1%
Majority			2,191
Turnout			2,848	30%
	Labour hold		Swing

Cressington

Cressington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Aspinall	2,295	46%
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Keaveney	2,168	44%
	Green	Mark Bowman	263	5%
	Conservative	David Jeffery	216	4%
Majority			127
Turnout			4,942	43%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Cummins	1,822	65.59
	Socialist Labour	Kai Andersen	410	14.76
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Anthony Coughlin	283	10.19
	English Democrats	Lee Walton	86	3.10
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	66	2.37
	Green	Donald Ross	60	2.16
	Liberal	John McBride	51	1.84
Majority			1,539
Turnout			2,778	27%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Prendergast	2,548	87%
	Green	Raphael Levy	182	6%
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	88	3%
	Conservative	Frank Carpenter	67	2%
	British Freedom	Jaqueline Stafford	50	2%
Majority			2,366
Turnout			2,935	30%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Ashton-Armstrong	2,622	79%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Seddon	280	8%
	UKIP	Enid Lindsay	189	6%
	Conservative	Alma McGing	71	2%
	Green	Violaine See	65	2%
	British Freedom	Peter Stafford	50	2%
	Liberal	Karl Hindley	35	1%
Majority			2,342
Turnout			3,312	30%
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenbank

Greenbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Roberts	1819	59.89%	+4.01%
	Green	Lawrence Brown	581	19.13%	+6.85%
	Liberal Democrat	Mirna Juarez	364	11.99%	-10.87%
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	200	6.59%	+0.59%
	Liberal	Charles Railton Mayes	73	2.40%	+1.27%
Majority			1,238	40.37%	+7.35%
Turnout			3,067	28.21	-8.34%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	7.44%

Kensington & Fairfield

Kensington & Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Robinson	2,099	78%
	Liberal Democrat	Rebekah Lindeman	155	6%
	Green	Esther Cosslett	139	5%
	Liberal	Karen Williams	130	5%
	TUSC	Neville Jones	109	4%
	Conservative	Lucy McKinstry	64	2%
Majority			1,944
Turnout			2,696	30%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Hanson	2771	86.89%	+0.53%
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Roger Bannister	143	4.48%	-0.18
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	89	2.79%	-0.26%
	Conservative	Harry Parshall	59	1.85%	-3.15%
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Waterfield	38	1.19%	n/a
	Liberal	Lindsey Janet Mary Wood	13	0.41%	-1.46%
Majority			2628	81.77%	+0.07%
Turnout			3214	27.89%	-2.95%
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.35

Knotty Ash

Knotty Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Croft	2,443	71%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Mills	448	13%
	Green	Tony Christian	193	6%
	Conservative	Pauline Shuttleworth	145	4%
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	97	3%
	TUSC	John Marston	96	3%
Majority			1,995
Turnout			3,442	35%
	Labour hold		Swing

Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emily Elizabeth Spurrell	2,109	51.97%	+3.38%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Philip Childs	887	21.86%	-9.57%
	Green	Francis Adrian Irving	489	12.05%	+3.56%
	Conservative	Christopher John Kerr	454	11.19%	+0.46%
	Liberal	David Stanley Wood	119	2.93%	+1.70%
Majority			1,222	29.82%	+13.14%
Turnout			4,098	39.14%	-3.97%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+4.98%

Norris Green

Norris Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Kushner	2,439	86%
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	140	5%
	British Freedom	Peter Squire	78	3%
	Conservative	Gillian Ferringo	62	2%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Hilditch	52	2%
	Green	Theresa Larkins	50	2%
Majority			2,299
Turnout			2,821	28%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Millar	2,577	72%
	Liberal	Mary-Jane Canning	267	7%
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Wilson	221	6%
	Green	Vikki Gregorich	185	5%
	TUSC	John Ralph	123	3%
	English Democrats	Stephen Greenhalgh	111	3%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	98	3%
Majority			2,310
Turnout			2,352	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nathalie Nicholas	1,960	75%
	Liberal Democrat	Palbrian Woodruff	197	8%
	Green	Jennifer Geddes	195	7%
	UKIP	Shimrit Manning	115	4%
	Liberal	Michele Harrison	83	3%
	Conservative	Seth Pemberton	74	3%
Majority			1,763
Turnout			2,624	25%
	Labour hold		Swing

Princes Park

Princes Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Moore	1920	71.19%	-1.02%
	Green	Elspeth Ruth Anwar	437	16.20%	+4.87%
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Paul Frederick Humphreys	161	5.97%	+2.65%
	Conservative	Lucy Glover	104	3.86%	-0.64%
	Liberal	Paula Joan Davidson	75	2.78%	+0.96%
Majority			1483	54.36%	-9.71%
Turnout			2728	28.86%	-4.09%
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.95%

Riverside

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Munby	2,666	81.43%	+3.52%
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	191	5.83%	+0.31%
	Conservative	Angela Oates	139	4.25%	-1.41%
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Celia Ralph	109	3.33%	+0.85%
	English Democrats	Neil Kenny	103	3.15%	n/a%
	Liberal	Irene Norah Mayes	66	2.02%	+0.28%
Majority			2,475	74.98%	+0.73%
Turnout			3,301	29.46%	-1.84%
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.47%

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah Isabel Jennings	1,828	54.05	+3.57%
	Labour	Patricia O'Brien	1,148	33.94%	-0.29%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Clare Martin	166	4.91%	-3.41%
	Conservative	David Walter Patmore	165	4.88%	-1.23%
	English Democrats	Paul Duane Rimmer	75	2.22%	+1.48%
Majority			680	19.99%	+3.73%
Turnout			3,402	34.64%	-5.58%
	Green hold		Swing	+1.93%

Speke-Garston

Speke-Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Strickland	2,940	85%
	Green	Helen Randall	233	7%
	Liberal Democrat	Rachel Oelbaum	188	5%
	Conservative	Julian Mann	105	3%
Majority			2,707
Turnout			3,466	27%
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen Radford	2,721	73%
	Labour	Jacqui Taylor	880	24%
	Green	Natalie Clark	87	2%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Maddison	35	1%
	Conservative	Gabby Saul	18
Majority			1,841
Turnout			3,741	36%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard McLinden	2,724	78%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Roberts	312	9%
	English Democrats	Steven McEllenborough	216	6%
	Green	Ellie Pontin	118	3%
	Liberal	George Roberts	75	2%
	Conservative	Ken Watkin	67	2%
Majority			2,412
Turnout			3,512	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Casstles	1,874	48%
	Independent	Warren Bradley	1,118	29%
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin White	358	9%
	Green	Elizabeth Pascoe	253	7%
	UKIP	Neil Miney	122	3%
	Conservative	Sabrina Bigby	111	3%
	BNP	Mike Whitby	45	1%
Majority			756
Turnout			3,881	39%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

West Derby

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lana Orr	2,378	61%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	667	17%
	Liberal	Ann Hines	467	12%
	Conservative	Diane Watson	175	5%
	Green	Martin Randall	174	4%
Majority			1,701
Turnout			3,871	35%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Norris	1,541	37%
	Liberal Democrat	Kat Dadswell	1,431	34%
	Conservative	Adam Marsden	732	18%
	UKIP	Joseph Chiffers	205	5%
	Green	Fiona Coyne	147	4%
	Liberal	Maria Langley	107	3%
Majority			110
Turnout			4.163	40%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Yew Tree

Yew Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Prince	2,489	77%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Allan	271	8%
	Conservative	Patricia Waddington	159	5%
	TUSC	Charley Cosgrove	129	4%
	Green	William Ward	97	3%
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	95	3%
Majority			2,218
Turnout			3,240	29%
	Labour hold		Swing

By-Elections

In July two wards, Riverside and Allerton & Hunts Cross, held by-elections caused by Joe Anderson stepping down to take up the role of mayor and the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Vera Best. Both wards were won by Labour Party candidates.^[1]

References

↑ Labour takes both seats in Liverpool by-election

Council elections in Merseyside

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