Mossley Hill (ward)

Mossley Hill is a Liverpool City Council ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency. It was formed for the 2004 municipal elections from the former Grassendale and Aigburth wards.

Councillors

The ward has returned seven councillors.^[1]

Term		Councillor	Party
	2004–2008	David Antrobus	Liberal Democrats
	2004–2011	Ron Gould	Liberal Democrats
	2004–2014	Tina Gould	Liberal Democrats
	2008–2011	Lynnie Hinnigan	Liberal Democrats
	2011-2012		Labour Party
	2011–present	Patrick Hurley	Labour Party
	2012–present	Emily Spurrell	Labour Party
	2014–present	Andrew Foxley	Labour Party

Lynnie Hinnigan (née Williams) defected to Labour from the Liberal Democrats on 29 September 2011^[2]

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emily Elizabeth Spurrell	1876	42.59%	-3.75%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Phillip Childs	1319	29.94%	+16.31%
	Green	Ted Grant	869	19.73%	-5.55%
	Conservative	Christopher Matthew Hall	258	5.86%	-6.42%
	Liberal	David Stanley Wood	83	1.88%	=0.51%
Majority			557	12.51%	-8.91%
Turnout			4453	45.21%	-30.31%
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.03%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Hurley	3411	46.34%	+4.26%
	Green	Martin Jonathan Henshell	1834	24.92%	+6.66%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Phillip Childs	1003	13.63%	-14.67%
	Conservative	Chris Hall	904	12.28%	+2.58%
	TUSC	Chris Clayton	108	1.47%	n/a
	Liberal	David Stanley Wood	101	1.37%	-0.29%
Majority			1577	21.42%	+7.64%
Turnout			7361	75.52%	+37.41%
	Labour hold		Swing	%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Foxley	1652	42.08%	-9.89%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Childs	1111	28.30%	+6.44%
	Green	Helen Elizabeth Randall	717	18.26%	+6.21%
	Conservative	Christopher Matthew Hall	381	9.70%	-1.49%
	Liberal	David Stanley Wood	65	1.66%	-1.27%
Majority			541	13.78%	-16.04%
Turnout			3926	38.11%	-1.03%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-8.17%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emily Elizabeth Spurrell	2109	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			1222	29.82%	+13.14%
Turnout			4098	39.14%	-3.97%
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.98%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Brian Hurley	2187	48.11%	+14.26%
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Gould	1429	31.43%	-14.22%
	Conservative	Giselle MacDonald	488	10.73%	-2.36%
	Green	Heather Brown	386	8.49%	+2.47%
	Liberal	David Stanley Wood	56	1.23%	-0.17%
Majority			758	16.68%	+4.87%
Turnout			4546	43.11%	-22.00%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	14.24%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Mossley Hill [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tina Myrtle Gould	3171	45.65%
	Labour	Christopher David Helm	2351	33.85%
	Conservative	Giselle Henrietta Petra McDonald	909	13.09%
	Green	Robert Andrew Smith	418	6.02%
	Liberal	David Stanley Wood	97	1.40%
Majority			820	11.81%
Turnout			6946	65.11%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Mossley Hill [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lynnie Marie Williams	1445	45.04%
	Labour	Matthew James Garlick	650	20.26%
	Conservative	Giselle Henrietta Petra McDonald	570	17.77%
	Green	Robert Andrew Smith	403	12.56%
	Liberal	David Stanley Wood	140	4.36%
Majority
Turnout			3208	30.51%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Mossley Hill [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Gould	2056	62.47
	Labour	Tristan Taylor	543	16.50%
	Green	Sophy Hansford	348	10.57%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Morton	266	8.08%
	Liberal	David Stanley Wood	78	2.37%
Majority
Turnout			3291	31.84%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Mossley Hill [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tina Gould	1906	55.54%
	Labour	Josephine Lazzari	617	17.98%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	382	11.13%
	Green	Vicki Anderson	367	10.69%
	Liberal	Patricia Margaret Elmour	160	4.66%
Majority
Turnout			3432	32.20%
	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: Mossley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Antrobus	2685
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Gould	2468
	Liberal Democrat	Tina Gould	2413
	Labour	Daniel Hughes	783
	Labour	Stephen Bennett	646
	Labour	Benjamin Folley	646
	Green	Vicki Anderson	566
	Conservative	Michael Bunter	405
	Conservative	Kenneth Watkin	386
	Green	Adam Howarth	376
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	375
Majority
Turnout			4317	39.95%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	n/a

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

References

1. "Liverpool City Council elections - Election Results for Mossley Hill". 6 May 2011.
2. "Liverpool Liberal Democrat Lynnie Hinnigan defects to Labour at party conference". Liverpool Daily Post.
3. "Municipal Election Results 2016, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.
4. "Municipal Election Results 2015, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.
5. "Municipal Election Results 2014, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.
6. "Municipal Election Results 2012, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.
7. "Municipal Election Results 2011, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.
8. "Municipal Election Results 2010, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.
9. "Municipal Election Results 2008, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.
10. "Municipal Election Results 2007, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.
11. "Municipal Election Results 2006, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council.

External links

• Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

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