Wavertree (ward)

Wavertree is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool Wavertree Parliamentary constituency. It was formed in 2004 taking in parts of the former Picton, Childwall and Church wards.

Councillors

The ward has returned six Councillors^[1]

Term		Councillor	Party
	2004 - 2010	Steve Hurst	Liberal Democrats
	2004 - 2011	Michael Storey CBE	Liberal Democrats
	2004 - 2011	Warren Bradley	Liberal Democrats
	2011 - 2012		Independent
	2010 - 2013	Rosie Jolly	Liberal Democrats
	2013 - present		Labour Party
	2011 - 2013	Jake Morrison	Labour Party
	2013 - 2015		Independent
	2012 - present	Helen Casstles	Labour Party
	2015 - present	David Cummings	Labour Party

Warren Bradley was suspended and eventually expelled from the Liberal Democrats following allegations of electoral fraud which he later admitted in Court, he contested the 2012 elections as an Independent.^[2]

In May 2013, Liberal Democrat Rosie Jolly, who faces re-election in 2014, defected to the Labour Party...^[3]

In June 2013, Jake Morrison resigned his membership of the Labour Party, due partly to internal disputes with the local Labour MP and partly over disillusionment with national Labour policies. ^[4]

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cummings	4280	59.89%	%
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	821	11.49%	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Leo Evans	758	10.61%
	Conservative	Dianne Watcon	496	6.94%
	UKIP	Vincent McDermott	484	6.77%
	TUSC	Angela Grant	181	2.53%	n/a
	Independent	Stephen McNally	127	1.78%	n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Jolly	1859	53.36%	+5.07%
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Miney	438	12.57%	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Maddison	435	12.49%	+3.27%
	Green	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	351	10.07%	+3.55%
	Conservative	Diane Isabel Watson	155	4.45%	+1.59%
	Liberal	James Robert Dykstra	131	3.76%	n/a
	National Health Action	Stephen McNally	115	3.30%	n/a
Majority			1,421	40.79%
Turnout			3484	34.00%	-4.69%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Casstles	1874	48.29%
	Independent	Warren Bradley	1118	28.81%
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin White	358	9.22%
	Green	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	253	6.52%
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Miney	122	3.14%
	Conservative	Sabrina Bigby	111	2.86%
	BNP	Mike Whitby	45	1.16%
Majority			756
Turnout			3881	38.69%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jake Morrison	2337	51.27%	+14.33%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Storey	1444	31.68%	-15.26%
	Green	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	275	6.03%	+0.76%
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Miney	184	4.04%	n/a
	Liberal	Sean Keatley	138	3.03%	-2.74%
	Conservative	Angela Maria Oates	129	2.83%	-2.26%
	Respect	Diana Linda Raby	51	1.12%	n/a
Majority			893	19.59%	+29.59%
Turnout			4558	44.64%	-18.92%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+21.96%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Wavertree [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rosie Jolly	3118	46.94%	-21.57%
	Labour	Anthony Robert Murphy	2454	36.94%	+21.29%
	Liberal	Mary Jane Canning	383	5.77%	+4.35%
	Green	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	350	5.27%	-3.88%
	Conservative	Christopher Mark Clinton	338	5.09%	-0.18%
Majority			664	10.00%
Turnout			6643	63.56%	+32.97%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-21.43%

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Wavertree [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Warren Bradley	2223	68.51%
	Labour	Nicholas Richard Wallace	508	15.65%
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	297	9.15%
	Conservative	David Grundy	171	5.27%
	Liberal	Charles Railton Mayes	46	1.42%
Majority
Turnout			3245	30.59%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Wavertree [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Storey CBE	2350	70.04%
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	559	16.66%
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	219	6.53%
	Conservative	David Grundy	137	4.08%
	Liberal	Charles Railton Mayes	90	2.68%
Majority
Turnout			3355	32.10%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Wavertree [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Hurst	1928	64.48%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	553	18.49%
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	260	8.70%
	Conservative	David Grundy	142	4.75%
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	107	3.58%%
Majority
Turnout			2990	27.73%
	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: Wavertree [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Warren Bradley	2918
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Storey	2836
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Hurst	2652
	Labour	Matthew Dunne	550
	Labour	Ebenezer Quartey	498
	Labour	Barrie Grunewald	491
Majority
Turnout			3975	36.22%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	n/a

• italics - Denotes the sitting Councillor.
• bold - Denotes the winning candidate.

References

1. "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010.
2. Diaz, Alex (16 March 2012). "Ex-council leader Warren Bradley fined for perjury". London: The Independent.
3. "Lib Dem councillor in defection shock". Liverpool Echo.
4. "I quit! Jake Morrison walks away from Labour Party to take on Luciana Berger". Liverpool Echo.
5. "Liverpool local election results 2015". Liverpool Echo.
6. "Municipal Election Results 2014, Wavertree". Liverpool City Council.
7. "List of Candidates". Liverpool City Council.
8. "Municipal Election results 2011: Wavertree". Liverpool City Council.
9. "Municipal Election results 2010, Wavertree". Liverpool City Council.
10. "Municipal Election results 2008, Wavertree". Liverpool City Council.
11. "Municipal Election results 2007, Wavertree". Liverpool City Council.
12. "Municipal Election results 2006, Wavertree". Liverpool City Council.
13. "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.

External links

• Ward Profile - Wavertree

Coordinates: 53°23′51″N 2°55′19″W / 53.3974°N 2.922°W