Yew Tree (ward)

Coordinates: 53°25′44″N 2°52′16″W / 53.429°N 2.871°W Yew Tree is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It borders Knotty Ash and West Derby. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections comprising most of the pre-2004 Dovecot ward and small parts of the Croxteth, Broadgreen and Gillmoss wards.^[1] The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,746.^[2]

Councillors

The ward has returned six Councillors^[3]

Term		Councillor	Party
	2004 - 2007	Graham Hulme	Liberal Democrats
	2004 - 2008	Robert Ousby	Liberal Democrats
	2004 - 2010	Roger Johnston	Liberal Democrats
	2007 - present	Barbara Murray	Labour
	2008 - present	John Prince	Labour
	2010 - present	Tony Concepcion	Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 22nd May 2015 [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	5511	75.27%	-3.37%
	UKIP	Ian Hanmer	683	9.33%	N/A
	Conservative	Pat Waddington	403	5.50%	-1.74
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Hume	286	3.91%	N/A
	Liberal	Angela Hume	286	3.91%	N/A
Majority			2,336	70.76%	+2.30%
Turnout			7322	62.40%	+33.82%
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.54%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Concepcion	2596	78.64%	+1.82%
	Green	Will Ward	260	7.88%	+4.89%
	Conservative	Pat Waddington	239	7.24%	+2.33%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	206	6.24%	+3.31%
Majority			2,336	70.76%	+2.30%
Turnout			3301	28.58%	-0.48%
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.54%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Prince	2489	76.82%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Allen	271	8.36%
	Conservative	Patricia Waddington	159	4.91%
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Charlotte Cosgrove	129	3.98%
	Green	William Ward	97	2.99%
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	95	2.93%
Majority			2218	68.46%
Turnout			3240	29.06%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Ann Murray	2779	74.82%	+18.03%
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Parr	437	11.77%	-16.29%
	Conservative	Anna Senior	239	6.44%	-0.62%
	Socialist Labour	Barbara Bryan	109	2.93%	+0.87%
	Green	William Ward	84	2.26%	+0.41%
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Charlotte Cosgrove	66	1.78%	n/a
Majority			2342	63.06%	+34.34%
Turnout			3714	33.21%	-22.95%
	Labour hold		Swing	+26.18%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Yew Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	3618	56.79%	+7.37%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary John Airey	1788	28.06%	-1.52%
	Conservative	Matthew Thomas Peter Taylor	450	7.06%	-5.39%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	266	4.18%	+0.14%
	Socialist Labour	Barbara Bryan	131	2.06%	n/a
	Green	William Ward	118	1.85%	-2.66
Majority			1830	28.72%
Turnout			6371	56.16%	+31.35%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+4.45%

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Yew Tree [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Philip Prince	1370	49.42%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary John Airey	820	29.58%
	Conservative	June Hilda Brandwood	345	12.45%
	Green	Peter Cranie	125	4.51%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	112	4.04%
Majority
Turnout			2772	24.81%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Yew Tree [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Ann Murray	1426	48.60%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	1101	37.53%
	Conservative	June Hilda Brandwood	160	5.45%
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	156	5.32%
	Green	Stephen Thomas Clatworthy	91	3.10%
Majority
Turnout			2934	26.29%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Yew Tree [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Johnston	1089	42.42%
	Labour	Barbara Ann Murray	1076	41.92%
	Conservative	Brian James Jones	205	7.99%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	197	7.67%
Majority
Turnout			2567	22.74%
	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: Yew Tree [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Ousby	1636
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	1582
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Johnston	1469
	Labour	Peter Holden	1160
	Labour	Barbara Murray	1023
	Labour	John Prince	1001
	Liberal	Kevin Buchanan	311
	Conservative	Brian Jones	242
	Liberal	Deborah Mayes	213
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	205
	Socialist Labour	Thomas McKay	82
Majority
Turnout			3542	31.53%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	n/a

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

External links

• Ward Profile - Yew Tree

References

1. "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
2. "City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
3. "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010.
4. "Municipal Election results 2015, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
5. "Municipal Election results 2014, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
6. "List of Candidates". Liverpool City Council.
7. "Municipal Election results 2011, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
8. "Municipal Election results 2008, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
9. "Municipal Election results 2007, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
10. "Municipal Election results 2006, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
11. "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.