Everton (ward)

The ward was created in 1835 as an original ward of Liverpool Town Council under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The ward boundaries were changed in 1953 and in 1973 was merged into the Central, Everton, Netherfield ward before being re-established in 1980. The boundaries were again changed in 2004 and the ward was split into three parts in 2023.

1980 boundaries

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. Croxteth ward was represented by three councillors.^[1]

The report describes the boundaries as "Commencing at a point where the western boundary of the City meets thesouthern boundary of Vauxhall Ward, thence generally eastwards along said ward boundary and northwards and eastwards along the eastern boundary of said ward to the western boundary of Breckfield Ward, thence generally southeastwards along said boundary and eastwards along the southern boundary of said ward to the western boundary of Kensington Ward, thence southeastwards and southwestwards along said boundary and continuing southwestwards along West -Derby Road and Brunswick Road to Moss Street, thence southwards along said street and Daulby Street to Pembroke Place, thence northwestwards along said place and London Road to Seymour Street, thence southeastwards along said street to Copperas Hill, thence southwestwards along said Hill and Ranelagh Street to Church Street, thence generally westwards along said street and Lord Street to Derby Square, thence generally southwestwards along the eastern and southeastern side of said square to Redcross Street, thence continuing southwestwards along said street to Strand Street, thence due southwestwards to the western boundary of the City, thence northwestwards along said boundary to the point of commencement.^[2]

In 2004 the ward was distributed into the new Everton ward, Central ward, and Kirkdale ward.

2004 boundaries

A review by the Boundary Committee for England recommended that the council was formed of a reduced number of 90 members elected from 30 wards. Everton ward was formed from the former Breckfield and Everton wards, with small parts of the former Kensington and Vauxhall wards.^[3]

The ward boundaries followed Everton Valley, Walton Breck Road, Oakfield Road, Belmont Road, West Derby Road, Brunswick Road, New Islington, Hunter Street, Byrom Street, Scotland Road, and Kirkdale Road.^[3]

The population of the ward at the 2021 Census was 17,454.^[4]

2023 election

The ward was dissolved in 2023 where it was distributed into the new Everton East, Everton North, Everton West, and Vauxhall wards.

  indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.

  indicates seat up for re-election.

  indicates change in affiliation.

  indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.

• Cllr Frank Prendergast (elected Labour, 2016), left the Labour Party and sat as an Independent member of the council in 2018 until he unsuccessfully stood for re-election in 2021.^[5]
• Cllr Ian Byrne (Labour, 2018) stood down as a councillor in 2022, three years after being elected as the Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby.^[6]

Elections of the 2020s

Everton By-Election, 7 April 2022^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ellie Mary Byrne	925	61.96	3.37
	Green	Kevin Robinson-Hale	362	24.25	14.08
	Liberal	Angela Therese Preston	84	5.63	1.84
	Conservative	Wendy Rose Hine	51	3.42	2.81
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	46	3.08	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fitzsimmons	25	1.67	2.08
Majority			563	37.71	16.89
Turnout			1,493	13.62	10.30
Rejected ballots			12	0.80	1.83
Total ballots			1,505	13.73
Registered electors			10,961
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.73

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: 6 May 2021^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfie Hincks	1,741	65.33	23.81
	Independent	Frank Prendergast	286	10.73	n/a
	Green	Kevin Robinson-Hale	271	10.17	1.37
	Conservative	David William Murray	166	6.23	3.25
	Liberal	Linda Marion Roberts	101	3.79	0.99
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Ann Nicholson-Smith	100	3.75	0.45
Majority			1,455	54.60	25.74
Turnout			2,665	23.92	1.91
Rejected ballots			72	2.63	1.16
Total ballots			2,737	24.57
Registered electors			11,141
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.91

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Corbett	2,036	89.14	2.54
	Green	Samuel James Cassidy	201	8.80	5.03
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Kennaugh-Dyson	96	4.20	1.97
	Conservative	David William Murray	68	2.98	2.15
	Liberal	Linda Marion Roberts	64	2.80	0.54
Majority			1,835	80.34	1.13
Turnout			2,318	22.01	2.77
Registered electors			10,532
Rejected ballots			34	1.47	0.98
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.24

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Robert Byrne	2,295	86.60	5.21
	Conservative	David William Murray	136	5.13	1.44
	Green	Noel Jane Little	100	3.77	4.22
	Liberal	Linda Marion Roberts	60	2.26	4.78
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Richard Sawyer	59	2.23	N/A
Majority			2,159	81.47	8.18
Turnout			2,663	24.78	0.95
Registered electors			10,746
Rejected ballots			13	0.49
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.94

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Prendergast	2,136	81.28	0.63
	Green	Ashley Pascal Scott-Griffiths	210	7.99	5.02
	Liberal	Linda Marion Roberts	185	7.04	5.12
	Conservative	Kirsten Ann Watson	97	3.69	0.39
Majority			1,926	73.29	0.24
Registered electors			10,319
Turnout			2,655	25.73	32.89
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.83

Elections of the 2000s

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

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

• Ward Profile - Everton

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