West Derby (ward)

West Derby is a Liverpool City Council ward within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections comprising most of the pre-2004 Croxteth ward, incorporating small parts of Gilmoss and Broadgreen wards.^[1]

It is centred on West Derby village and incorporates Blackmoor Park Junior school, St. Paul's primary school, St. Mary's primary school and Holly Lodge secondary school.

Councillors

The ward has returned seven Councillors^[2]

Term		Councillor	Party
	2004 - 2008	Ann Hines	Liberal Democrats
	2004 - 2010	Stuart Monkcom	Liberal Democrats
	2004 - 2011	Norman Mills	Liberal Democrats
	2008 - 2012	Graham Hulme	Liberal Democrats
	2010–present	Pam Thomas	Labour
	2011–present	Daniel Barrington	Labour
	2012–present	Lana Orr	Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Councillor Daniel Barrington	5479	71.72%	+16.14%
	UKIP	Stuart Monkcom	655	8.57%	-13.01%
	Conservative	Pauline Ann Shuttleworth	516	6.75%	+2.57%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	341	4.46%	-1.31%
	Liberal	Ann Hines	309	4.05%	-2.59%
	Green	Simeon Hart	236	3.09%	-1.26%
	TUSC	David Jones	103	1.35%	-0.55%
Majority			4,824	63.15%	+29.15%
Turnout			7639	68.9%	+36.47%
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.43%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Councillor Pam Thomas	1993	55.58%	-5.85%
	UKIP	Stuart Monkcom	774	21.58%	n/a
	Liberal	Ann Hines	238	6.64%	-5.42%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	207	5.77%	-11.72%
	Green	Mark Coleman	156	4.35%	-0.14%
	Conservative	Pauline Ann Shuttleworth	150	4.18%	-0.34%
	TUSC	Ann Barbara Walsh	68	1.90%	n/a
Majority			1,219	34.00%	-9.94%
Turnout			3586	32.43%	+2.89%
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.72%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lana Orr	2378	61.43%	+1.67%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	677	17.49%	-9.72%
	Liberal	Ann Hines	467	12.06%	+7.55%
	Conservative	Diane Isabel Watson	175	4.52%	+0.01%
	Green	Martin Trevor Randall	174	4.49%	+2.29%
Majority			1,701	43.94%	+11.38%
Turnout			3,871	35.32%	-6.83%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-4.03%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Barrington	2770	59.76%	+11.65%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Mills	1261	27.21%	-5.79%
	Conservative	Diane Isobel Watson	232	5.01%	-3.04%
	Liberal	Ann Hines	209	4.51%	-5.05%
	Green	Martin Trevor Randall	102	2.20%	+0.91%
	Socialist Labour	Kim Singleton	61	1.32%	n/a
Majority			1509	32.56%	+17.46%
Turnout			4635	42.15%	-22.17%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+8.72%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Thomas	3391	48.11%	+22.24%
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Monkcom	2326	33.00%	-4.29
	Liberal	Ann Hines	674	9.56%	-12.35
	Conservative	Andrew Desborough	567	8.05%	-2.08%
	Green	Martin Trevor Randall	91	1.29%	-3.51%
Majority			1,065	15.10%
Turnout			7049	64.32%	+34.38%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+13.27%

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	1244	37.29%
	Labour	Brenda McGrath	863	25.87%
	Liberal	Ann Hines	731	21.91%
	Conservative	Neil Wilson	338	10.13%
	Green	Kim Graham	160	4.80%
Majority			381	11.4%
Turnout			3336	29.94
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Mills	1751	55.41%
	Labour	Ged Taylor	758	23.99%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Elsmore Brandwood	261	8.26%
	Liberal	Patricia Margaret Elmour	209	6.61%
	Green	Ian Graham	181	5.73%
Majority			993	31.4%
Turnout			3160	28.32
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Monkcom	1416	49.49%
	Labour	Ronald James Foy	652	22.79
	Conservative	Geoffrey Elsmore Brandwood	308	10.77%
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	222	7.76%
	Green	Ian Graham	204	7.13%
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Hill	59	2.06%
Majority			764	26.7%
Turnout			2861	25.22%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Hines	2436
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Mills	2202
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Monkcom	2058
	Labour	Joseph Foy	782
	Labour	Lilian Foy	764
	Labour	Ronald Foy	718
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	378
	Green	Ian Graham	305
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	302
	Liberal	Patricia Elmour	282
	UKIP	Kenneth Crick	266
	Liberal	Barbara Pickstock	265
	Socialist Labour	Patrick Goodwin	95
Majority
Turnout			4151	36.36
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	n/a

References

1. "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
2. "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010.
3. "Municipal Election Results 2015, West Derby". Liverpool City Council.
4. "Municipal Election Results 2014, West Derby". Liverpool City Council.
5. "Municipal Election Results 2012, West Derby". Liverpool City Council.
6. "Municipal Election results 2011, West Derby". Liverpool City Council.

External links

• Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

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