Riverside (Liverpool ward)

Coordinates: 53°22′48″N 2°57′18″W / 53.380°N 2.955°W / 53.380; -2.955 Riverside is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency. It contains a part of Toxteth, the Dingle and the southern part of the city centre. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 18,422.^[1]It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections from the former Abercromby and Dingle wards.^[2]

Councillors

The ward has returned five Councillors^[3]

	Councillor	Party
2004 - 2012	Joe Anderson	Labour
2004 - 2013	Paul Brant	Labour
2004 - present	Steve Munby	Labour
2012 - present	Hetty Wood	Labour Co-op
2013 - present	Michelle Corrigan	Labour

Joe Anderson was elected as Mayor of Liverpool on 3rd May 2012 and thereby resigned his council seat.

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Munby	2606	76.60%	+4.79%
	Green	Hannah Walkom	365	10.73%	-1.58%
	Liberal Democrat	Anna McCracken	200	5.88%	+1.61%
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	121	3.56%	-3.45%
	English Democrats	Michael John Lane	110	3.23%	0.00%
Majority			2,241	65.87%	+6.37%
Turnout			3,443	27.42%	-32.17%
	Labour hold		Swing	3.19%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Corrigan	5181	71.81%	+4.50%
	Green	Hannah Walkom	888	12.31%	+3.37%
	Conservative	Laura Watson	506	7.01%	+3.22%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Francis Dunne	308	4.27%	0.90%
	TUSC	John Gary Marston	222	3.08%	+0.46%
	English Democrats	Michael John Lane	110	1.52%	n/a
Majority			4293	59.50%	+5.57%
Turnout			7215	59.59%	+33.46%
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.57%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hetty Wood	2078	67.31%	-3.59%
	UKIP	Darren McCready	413	13.38%	+5.38%
	Green	Martin Sydney Dobson	276	8.94%	-0.74%
	Conservative	John Astley Watson	117	3.79%	+1.17%
	Liberal Democrat	Sean McHugh	104	3.37%	-0.93%
	TUSC	John Gary Marston	81	2.62%	-0.67%
	Liberal	Ian Thomas Bull	18	0.58%	n/a
Majority			1,665	53.93%	-7.29%
Turnout			3391	26.13%	+14.5%
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.49%

Riverside by-election: 5th December 2013 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Corrigan	1055	70.90%	-5.95%
	Green	Martin Dobson	144	9.68%	+0.88%
	UKIP	Adam Heatherington	119	8.00%	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin White	64	4.30%	-0.07%
	TUSC	John Marston	49	3.29%	-2.92%
	Conservative	Chris Hall	39	2.62%	-1.16
	English Democrats	Steven McEllenborough	9	0.60%	n/a
	Independent	Peter Cooney	7	0.47%	n/a
	Independent	Alison Louise Goudie	1	0.07%	n/a
Majority			911	61.22%	-6.83%
Turnout			1488	11.63%	-5.05%
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.54%

Riverside by-election: 5th July 2012 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hetty Wood	1424	76.85	-4.58%
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	163	8.80	+2.97%
	TUSC	Chris McDermott	115	6.21	+2.88%
	Liberal Democrat	Nicola Jane Beckett	81	4.37	n/a
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	70	3.78	+0.47%
Majority			1261	68.05%	-6.93%
Turnout			1853	16.68%	-12.78%
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.81%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Munby	2666	81.43%	+3.52%
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	191	5.83%	+0.31%
	Conservative	Angela Oates	139	4.25%	-1.41%
	TUSC	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			2475	74.98%	+0.73%
Turnout			3301	29.46%	-1.84%
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.47%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul David Brant	2836	79.91%	+12.42%
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	201	5.66%	-1.47%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Dadswell	198	5.58%	-11.76%
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	196	5.52%	+0.75%
	TUSC	Daren Andrew Ireland	88	2.48%	n/a
	Liberal	Michael Morgan	30	0.85%	-2.42%
Majority			2635	74.25%	+24.10%
Turnout			3549	31.30%	-19.52%
	Labour hold		Swing	6.95%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Riverside ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Anderson	3978	67.49%	-5.59%
	Liberal Democrat	Reginald Robert Standish	1022	17.34%	+9.31%
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	420	7.13%	-0.38%
	Green	Lewis Coyne	281	4.77%	-2.55%
	Liberal	Maria Langley	193	3.27%	-0.79%
Majority			2956	50.15%
Turnout			5894	50.82%	+27.47%
	Labour hold		Swing	7.45%

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Riverside ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Patrick Munby	1838	73.08%
	Liberal Democrat	Conor Julian McDonald	202	8.03%
	Conservative	Emlyn Williams	189	7.51%
	Green	William Ward	184	7.32%
	Liberal	John Graves	102	4.06%
Majority
Turnout			2515	23.35%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Riverside ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant	1678	69.40%
	Liberal Democrat	Conor Julian McDonald	252	10.42%
	Conservative	Emlyn Williams	241	9.97%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	184	7.61%
	Liberal	David O'Brien	63	2.61%
Majority
Turnout			2418	23.27
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Riverside ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Anderson	1562	65.96%
	Liberal Democrat	Gabriel Bernard Muies	267	11.28%
	Conservative	Richard Perkins	205	8.66%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	180	7.60%
	Liberal	Irene Norah Mayes	90	3.80%
	United Socialist	Cecilia Ralph	64	2.70%
Majority
Turnout			2368	21.19%
	Labour 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: Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Munby	1532
	Labour	Paul Brant	1524
	Labour	Joseph Anderson	1468
	Liberal Democrat	Perry Lee	712
	Liberal Democrat	Annette Butler	681
	Liberal Democrat	Gabriel Muies	637
	Green	Natasha Stentiford	188
	Conservative	John Watson	171
	Conservative	Natasha Stentiford	166
	Green	Lynsey Warner	165
	Green	Jennifer Brown	154
	Communist	James Cormack	86
Majority
Turnout			2810	28.04%
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

italics denotes the sitting Councillor
bold denotes the winning candidate

References

↑ "Liverpool City Ward 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
↑ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
↑ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010.
↑ "Municipal Elections 2016, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Elections 2015, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Elections 2014, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Riverside by-election Results". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Riverside by-election Results". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.
↑ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Riverside". Liverpool City Council.

External links

Ward Profile - Riverside

Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool

Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Old Swan Orrell Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton

Wards	Allerton and Hunt's Cross Anfield Belle Vale Central Childwall Church Clubmoor County Cressington Croxteth Everton Fazakerley Greenbank Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Norris Green Old Swan Picton Princes Park Riverside Speke-Garston St Michael's Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Woolton Yew Tree

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