Abercromby (Liverpool ward)

The ward was originally created in 1835, its boundaries were changed in 1953, merged with St James ward in 1974 and was recreated in 1980 before being dissolved in 2004.

1835 boundaries

The ward was created in 1835 as an original ward of Liverpool Town Council under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. This was the first democratically elected council replacing the previous Liverpool Common Council. Three councillors were returned to the council by Abercromby Ward.

By 1860 the ward boundary commenced from London Road at its junction with Norton Street and Seymour Street, proceeding eastwards along Pembroke Place, thereafter southeastwards along Crown Street to its junction with Falkner Street, westwards along said street to Hope Street, proceeding northwards to Mount Pleasant, thereafter westwards towards Clarence Street, continuing along Russell Street and Seymour Street to the point of commencement.^[1]

From 1835 to 1885 the ward was part of the Liverpool Parliamentary constituency, from 1885 to 1918 part of the Liverpool Abercromby Parliamentary constituency, and from 1918 to its dissolution part of the Liverpool Exchange Parliamentary constituency.

1980 boundaries

The ward boundary was changed for the 1980 elections. A report of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England published in November 1978 set out proposals for changes to the wards of Liverpool City Council, maintaining the number of councillors at 99 representing 33 wards. Abercromby ward was represented by three councillors.^[2]

The report describes the boundaries of Tuebrook ward as "Commencing at a point where the western boundary of the City meets the southern boundary of Everton Ward, thence northeastwards along said ward boundary to Russell Street, thence southwards along said street to BrownlowHill, thence eastwards along said hill to Crown Street, thence southeastwards along said street and in prolongation thereof to Upper Parliament Street, thence westwards along said street to Windsor Street, thence southeastwards along said street to Northumberland Street, thence southwestwards along said street and inprolongation thereof to the western boundary of the City, thence northwestwards along said boundary to the point of commencement".^[3]

From 1980 to 1983 the ward was part of the Liverpool Exchange Parliamentary constituency, and from 1983 to its dissolution was part of the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

2004 elections

A report of the Local Government Boundary Commission published in March 2003 recommended the number of wards in the city be reduced to 30 and the number of councillors reduced to 90. The Abercromby ward was dissolved and distributed into the new Riverside and Princes Park wards.^[4]

  indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.

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  indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.

Elections of the 2000s

1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant	953	61.29	4.53
	Liberal Democrats	Linda-Jane Buckle	288	18.52	3.27
	Green	Peter Cranie	230	14.79	3.94
	Conservative	John Creagh	55	3.54	1.26
	Liberal	Arthur Carroll	29	1.86	1.42
Majority			665	42.77	7.79
Turnout			1,555	14.11	0.13
Registered electors			11,020
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.90

2 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Anderson	1,001	65.81	0.45
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Clein	232	15.25	2.05
	Green	Peter Cranie	165	10.85	4.47
	Conservative	Diane Watson	73	4.80	0.87
	Liberal	Arthur Carroll	50	3.29	2.83%
Majority			769	50.56	1.61
Turnout			1,521	13.98	2.84
Registered electors			10,876
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.80

4 May 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Munby	758	66.26	8.77
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Wright	198	17.31	15.46
	Green	R. Barratt	73	6.38	0.49
	Liberal	J. Richardson	70	6.12	N/A
	Conservative	G.A. Watson	45	3.93	1.06
Majority			560	48.95	24.23
Turnout			1,074	11.15	4.67
Registered electors			10,263
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.11

Elections of the 1990s

6 May 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant	879	57.49	1.85
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Mullen	501	32.77	3.50
	Green	Jennifer Mary. Brown	105	6.87	N/A
	Conservative	Diane Isabel Watson	44	2.88	1.36
Majority			378	24.72	5.35
Turnout			1,529	15.81	5.29
Registered electors			9,669
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.67

7 May 1998 (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Anderson	588	59.33	13.50
	Labour	Steve Munby	547	55.20	-
	Liberal Democrats	C. Barnett	290	29.26	21.60
	Liberal Democrats	J.Cowan	244	24.62	-
	Liberal	M. Wingfield	71	7.16	0.44
	Conservative	C.P.S. Biller	42	4.24	1.81
	Conservative	C.S. Harley	41	4.14	-
Majority			298	30.07	35.09
Turnout			991	10.52	7.43
Registered electors			9,419
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.55
	Labour hold		Swing

2 May 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Norman	1,083	72.83	1.93
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Firth	114	7.67	0.37
	Liberal	A. Carroll	100	6.72	2.41
	Green	R. Spalding	100	6.72	1.00
	Conservative	C. Zsigmond	90	6.05	0.89
Majority			969	65.16	1.56
Turnout			1,487	17.95	5.03
Registered electors			8,285
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.78

4 May 1995 (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Cleary	1,404	74.76	1.17
	Labour	S. Watson	1,265	67.36	-
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	151	8.04	3.90
	Green	R. Spalding	145	7.72	1.72
	Liberal Democrats	John Clucas	141	7.54	-
	Conservative	P. Edwards	97	5.17	0.40
	Liberal	J. Mayes	81	4.31	0.62
Majority			1,253	66.72	5.07
Turnout			1,878	22.98	0.91
Registered electors			8,172
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.54
	Labour hold		Swing

5 May 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hackett	1,374	73.59	2.73
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	223	11.94	0.72
	Green	Jennifer Brown	112	6.00	1.68
	Conservative	P. Edwards	89	4.77	5.47
	Liberal	J. Highcock	69	4.77	N/A
Majority			1,151	61.65	2.00
Turnout			1,867	23.89	3.25
Registered electors			7,815
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.00

7 May 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Norman	1,080	70.87	6.60
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	171	11.22	3.45
	Conservative	A. Zsigmond	156	10.24	2.37
	Green	S. Mansfield	117	7.68	N/A
Majority			909	59.65	3.15
Turnout			1,524	20.64	7.43
Registered electors			7,385
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.57

2 May 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Stanley	1,526	77.46	4.15
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	289	14.67	8.77
	Conservative	C. Zsigmond	155	7.87	2.70
Majority			1,237	62.79	0.75
Turnout			1,970	28.07	15.10
Registered electors			7,018
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.31

3 May 1990 (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Hackett	1,802	73.31	7.39
	Labour	Sarah Norman	1,745	70.99	-
	Green	Laura Davenport	277	11.27	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Chowings	145	5.90	1.35
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	134	5.45	-
	Conservative	Pauline Edwards	127	5.90	1.85
	Conservative	D. Radcliffe	114	4.64	-
	Communist	F. Carroll	107	4.35	0.68
Majority			1,525	62.04	11.41
Turnout			2,458	43.17	5.34
Registered electors			5,694
	Labour hold		Swing	-

Elections of the 1980s

5 May 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Feintuck	2,070	80.70	11.57
	SLD	Carole Matthews	186	7.25	11.38
	Conservative	P. Lee	180	7.02	1.73
	Communist	P. Carroll	129	5.03	1.91
Majority			1,884	73.45	22.95
Turnout			1,884	73.45	4.92
Registered electors			6,780
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.47

7 May 1987 - 3 seats^{[Note 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan W. Dean	2,260	79.13	0.93
	Labour	Keith Hackett	2,225	68.06	-
	Labour	K. Feintuck	2,221	67.94	-
	Liberal	Annette Butler	609	18.63	1.47
	Liberal	W. M. Bullock	545	16.67	-
	Liberal	K. D. Kelbrick	545	17	-
	Communist	F. Carroll	227	6.94	3.09
	Conservative	G. A. Earle	173	5.29	0.14
	Conservative	E. B. Steadman	138	4.22	-
	Conservative	G. A. H. Tann	130	3.98	-
Majority			1,651	50.50	2.39
Turnout			3,269	42.75	9.02
Registered electors			7,646
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.20

1 May 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antony Hood	1,947	70.06	9.72
	Alliance	B. Aston	477	17.16	6.97
	Conservative	H. V. Tracey Forster	151	5.43	1.91
	Communist	F. Carroll	107	3.85	1.17
	Green	N. Everard	97	3.49	N/A
Majority			1,470	52.90	16.69
Turnout			2,779	33.73	4.58
Registered electors			8,239
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.35

1 May 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Devaney	2,739	89.78	6.13
	Liberal	C. J. Leahy	350	10.20	3.40
	Conservative	H. V. Tracy-Forster	252	7.34	1.34
	Communist	F. Carroll	92	2.68	1.39
Majority			2,389	69.59	9.53
Turnout			3,433	38.31	9.19
Registered electors			8,960
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.77

5 May 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Rutledge	2,010	73.65	19.59
	Liberal	C. J. Leahy	371	13.59	24.00
	Conservative	H. V. Tracy-Forster	237	8.68	5.40
	Communist	F. Carroll	111	4.07	0.99
Majority			1,639	60.06	43.59
Turnout			2,729	29.12	2.11
Registered electors			9,370
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+21.79

6 May 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antony Hood	1,648	54.07	19.57
	Liberal	David Vasmer	1,146	37.60	16.21
	Communist	Roger O'Hara	154	5.05	3.15
	Conservative	G. A. Powell	100	3.28	0.20
Majority			502	16.47	2.84
Turnout			3,048	31.24	3.62
Registered electors			9,757
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+17.89

For elections between 1973 and 1979 see Abercromby St James

Elections of the 1970s

1972

3 May 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William F Burke	871	78.75%	11.44
	Conservative	LW Mossford	139	12.57%	6.04
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	96	8.68%	3.17
Majority			732	66.18%	17.48
Turnout			1,106	21.20%	6.93
Registered electors			5,218
	Labour hold		Swing	8.74

1971

13 May 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	SF Jacobs	1,038	67.32%	0.97
	Conservative	David E. Daniels	287	18.61%	3.78
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	85	5.51%	5.76
Majority			751	48.70%	4.75
Turnout			1,542	28.12%	4.71
Registered electors			5,483
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.38

1970

7 May 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John E McPherson	883	66.34%	21.98
	Conservative	A.W. Jones	298	22.39%	16.28
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	150	11.27%	2.34
Majority			585	43.95%	38.27
Turnout			1,331	23.42%	2.52
Registered electors			5,684
	Labour hold		Swing	19.13

Elections of the 1960s

1969

8 May 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William F Burke	515	44.36%	0.27
	Conservative	Stanley V Hennessy	449	38.67%	6.64
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	158	13.61%	3.01
	National Front	Elvyn Thompson	39	3.36%	N/A
Majority			66	5.68%	4.47
Turnout			1,161	20.89%	2.94
Registered electors			5,557
	Labour hold		Swing	3.45

1968

9 May 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David E Daniel	483	45.31%	3.92
	Labour	Frank Gaier	470	44.09%	3.61
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	113	10.60%	0.31
Majority			13	1.22%	5.09
Turnout			1,066	27.95%	2.07
Registered electors			5,938
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.77

1967

11 May 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John E McPherson	695	47.70%	10.51
	Conservative	Herbert C Norcott	603	41.39%	8.05
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	159	10.91%	2.46
Majority			92	6.31%	18.56
Turnout			1,457	20.02%	2.38
Registered electors			7,276
	Labour hold		Swing	9.28

1966

12 May 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William F Burke	833	85.21%	0.17
	Conservative	Herbert C Norcott	477	33.33%	3.23
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	121	8.46%	3.40
Majority			356	24.88%	3.06
Turnout			1,431	17.65%	2.62
Registered electors			8,108
	Labour hold		Swing	1.53

1965

13 May 1965

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Gaier	1,017	58.38%	4.44
	Conservative	C Hughes	637	36.57%	7.06
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	88	5.05%	2.62
Majority			380	21.81%	11.50
Turnout			1,742	20.27%	2.74
Registered electors			8,596
	Labour hold		Swing	5.75

1964

7 May 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John E McPherson	1,318	62.82%	1.09
	Conservative	G.W. Boult	619	29.50%	1.63
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	161	7.67%	2.72
Majority			699	33.32%	0.54
Turnout			2,098	23.01%	6.97
Registered electors			9,118
	Labour hold		Swing	0.27

1963

9 May 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Caplan	1,792	63.91%	2.15
	Conservative	R.W. Rollins	873	31.13%	2.42
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	139	4.96%	0.27
Majority			919	32.77%	4.57
Turnout			2,804	29.98%	3.64
Registered electors			9,353
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.29

1962

10 May 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	1,707	66.06%	12.25
	Conservative	L Huglin	742	28.72%	13.03
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	135	5.22%	N/A
Majority			965	37.35%	25.28
Turnout			2,584	26.34%	1.27
Registered electors			9,810
	Labour hold		Swing	12.64

1961

11 May 1961

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John E McPherson	1,356	53.81%	11.32
	Conservative	G.W. Boult	1,052	41.75%	7.22
	Union Movement	H Taylor	112	4.44%	0.28
Majority			304	12.07%	5.59
Turnout			2,520	25.07%	4.07
Registered electors			10,052
	Labour hold		Swing	9.27

1960

12 May 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R.W. Rollins	1,089	48.97%	9.14
	Labour	A Williams	945	42.49%	12.20
	Union Movement	H Taylor	105	4.72%	N/A
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	85	3.82%	1.66
Majority			144	6.47%	8.38
Turnout			2,224	21.00%	6.00
Registered electors			10,592
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	10.67

Elections of the 1950s

1959

7 May 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr	1,616	54.69%	2.22
	Conservative	A Lloyd	1,177	39.83%	6.77
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	162	5.48%	1.24
Majority			439	14.86%	4.55
Turnout			2,955	27.00%	3.80
Registered electors			10,944
	Labour hold		Swing	2.28

1958

8 May 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Maguire	1,795	52.47%	7.58
	Conservative	A McVeigh	1,131	33.06%	4.25
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	145	4.24%	0.40
Majority			664	19.41%	11.84
Turnout			3,421	30.80%	1.43
Registered electors			11,108
	Labour hold		Swing	5.92

1957

9 May 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Morris	1,672	44.89%	9.35
	Conservative	A McVeigh	1,390	37.32%	2.93
	Independent Labour	L Murphy	520	13.96%	N/A
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	143	3.84%	1.68
Majority			282	7.57%	6.42
Turnout			3,725	32.23%	0.79
Registered electors			11,557
	Labour hold		Swing	3.21

1956

10 May 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr	2,023	54.24%	3.28
	Conservative	J.H.W. Stewart	1,501	40.24%	3.03
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	206	5.52%	0.25
Majority			522	13.99%	6.32
Turnout			3,730	31.44%	5.92
Registered electors			11,864
	Labour hold		Swing	3.16

1955

12 May 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Maguire	2,330	50.95%	14.83
	Conservative	J.H.W. Stewart	1,979	42.28%	9.06
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	264	5.77%	N/A
Majority			351	7.68%	23.89
Turnout			4,573	37.36%	0.73
Registered electors			12,241
	Labour hold		Swing	11.95

1954

13 May 1954

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Murphy	3,057	65.78%	7.72
	Conservative	H.M. Dobbie	1,590	34.22%	7.22
Majority			1,467	31.57%	26.99
Turnout			4,647	36.63%	7.24
Registered electors			12,687
	Labour hold		Swing	7.22

1953

Cllr Thomas George Dominic Maguire died on 24 August 1953.

The 1953 Municipal elections followed boundary changes resulting in all seats being contested.

1952

8 May 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	3,564	62.28%	15.68
	Conservative	John Kenneth Hart	2,159	37.72%	15.68
Majority			1,405	24.55%	17.75
Turnout			5,723	43.17%	5.13
Registered electors			13,256
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	15.68

1951

11 May 1951

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Joseph Bullen	2,740	53.40%	0.87
	Labour	William Smyth	2,391	46.60%	0.87
Majority			349	6.80%	1.73
Turnout			5,131	38.04%	1.54
Registered electors			13,488
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.87

1950

11 May 1950

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cheshire	2,747	52.53%	1.54
	Labour	William Smyth	2,482	47.47%	5.38
Majority			265	5.07%	6.92
Turnout			5,229	39.58%	1.56
Registered electors			13,210
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.46

Elections of the 1940s

1949

12 May 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kenneth Hart	2,954	54.07%	0.05
	Labour	Francis Lavery	2,299	42.08%	3.89
	Communist	Mrs Olwyn White	210	3.84%	N/A
Majority			655	11.99%	3.94
Turnout			5,463	38.03%	3.19
Registered electors			14,366
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.28

1947

1 November 1947

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Joseph Bullen	3,160	54.03%	2.37
	Labour	Harry Livermore	2,689	45.97%	2.37
Majority			471	8.05%	4.74
Turnout			5,849	41.22%	7.21
Registered electors			14,189
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1946

1 November 1946

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Reginald Bevins	2,435	51.65%	7.33
	Labour	Richard Clitherow	2,279	48.35%	7.33
Majority			156	3.31%	8.05
Turnout			4,714	34.02%	0.96
Registered electors			13,858

1945

Elections of the 1830s

Friday 1 November 1839^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Bushell	318	50.64	1.38
	Whig	Henry Ripley	310	49.36	1.38
Majority			8	1.27	2.77
Turnout			628	83.18	2.64
Registered electors			755
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	1.38

Thursday 1 November 1838^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robertson Gladstone	296	52.02	2.53
	Whig	William Earle	273	47.98	2.53
Majority			23	4.04	3.03
Turnout			569	85.82
Registered electors			663
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+2.53

Wednesday 1 November 1837^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Dr. James Carson	250	50.51	2.82
	Conservative	Thomas Kaye	245	49.49	2.82
Majority			5	1.01	5.66
Turnout			495
Registered electors
	Whig hold		Swing	-2.82

Tuesday 1 November 1836^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Brocklebank	192	53.33	2.53
	Conservative	Thomas Kaye	168	46.67	2.53
Majority			24	6.67	5.05
Turnout			360	63.38	25.90
Registered electors			568
	Whig hold		Swing	-2.53

Notes

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