Fazakerley (ward)

The ward was first formed in 1953, its boundaries were changed in 1973, 1980 and 2004 before being split up for the 2023 elections.

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 eastern boundary of Warbreck Ward meets the northern boundary of the City, thence generally eastwards along said City boundary and southeastwards along the northeastern boundary of the City to Stonebridge Lane, thence southeastwards along said lane to East Lancashire Road, thence southwestwards along said road to the access way between East Lancashire Road and Sparrow Hall Road to the east of No 151 East Lancashire Road, thence northwestwards along said access way to Sparrow Hall Road, thence westwards along said road to Landford Avenue, thence southwestwards along said avenue to Waresley Crescent, thence generally northwestwards along said crescent to Studland Road, thence westwards along said road to Hursley Road, thence northwards along said road to Long Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to the eastern boundary of Warbreck Ward, thence generally northwestwards along said boundary to the point of commencement".^[2]

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.^[3]

The new ward retained the majority of the former ward, losing a small part to the new Norris Green ward and taking in parts of the former Gillmoss and Warbreck wards.^[3] The ward was part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency.

The population of the ward at the 2021 Census was 16,374.^[4]

The ward was dissolved at the 2023 elections where it was distributed into the new Fazakerley East, Fazakerley North wards, Fazakerley West and a small part of the Walton ward.^[5]

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  indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.

• Cllr Jack Springs (Labour, 2008) died of pneumonia on 11 December 2009 aged 75.^[6]
• Cllr Louise Ashton-Armstrong (Labour, 2012) resigned from the council in 2015.
• Cllr Lindsey Melia (Labour, 2018) resigned from the council in 2022 after breaking the party whip to vote against the budget.^[7]

Elections of the 2020s

2022 by-election

Fazakerley By-election: 30 June 2022^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Patricia Stephens	1,365	57.55	9.73
	Independent	Laura-Jayne Wharton	638	26.90	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Neville Williams	290	12.23	12.11
	Green	Paul Joseph Corry	79	3.33	5.71
Majority			727	30.65	24.80
Turnout			2,372	20.99	3.90
Rejected ballots			9	0.38	2.22
Total votes			2,381	21.07	-4.48
Registered electors			11,299
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.32

2021

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: 6 May 2021 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant	1,912	67.28	9.83
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Robert Slupsky	336	11.82%	7.15
	Green	Ceri Rhys Jones	257	9.04	0.58
	Conservative	David Niall Gamble	204	7.18	0.72
	Liberal	Colin Roy Edwards	133	4.68	1.39
Majority			1,576	55.45	13.21
Turnout			2,842	24.89	2.59
Rejected ballots			76	2.60	0.92
Total votes			2,918	25.55
Registered electors			11,420
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.49

Elections of the 2010s

2019

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frazer Lake	1,897	77.11	6.06
	Green	Luke Anthony Burke	208	8.46	4.12
	Conservative	Giselle Henrietta McDonald	159	6.46	0.17
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Robert Slupsky	115	4.67	0.62
	Liberal	Brenda Jean Edwards	81	3.29	1.45
Majority			1,689	68.66	7.88
Turnout			2,502	22.30	1.49
Registered electors			11,221
Rejected ballots			42	1.68	1.34
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.09%

2018

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsay Rebecca Melia	2,219	83.17	10.46
	Conservative	Giselle Henrietta McDonald	177	6.63	3.68
	Green	Luke Anthony Burke	115	4.34	0.54
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Robert Slupsky	108	4.05	6.29
	Liberal	Maureen Keyes	49	1.84	N/A
Majority			2,042	76.54	14.17
Turnout			2,677	23.79	2.67
Registered electors			11,252
Rejected ballots			9	0.34
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.39

2016

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant	2,068	72.71	5.44
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Charles Seddon	294	10.34	7.37
	UKIP	Enid Lindsay	260	9.14	1.73
	Green	Stephen James Lang	138	4.85	0.82
	Conservative	Christopher Andrew Roland	84	2.95	1.82
Majority			1,774	62.37	8.37
Registered electors			10,855
Turnout			2,872	26.46	31.83
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.41

2015

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Clarke	5,211	78.15	8.35
	Labour	Paul Brant	4,930
	UKIP	Enid Lindsay	961	7.41	9.98
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Charles Seddon	385	2.97	2.06
	Conservative	Aaron Hugh Ellis	369	4.77	2.03
	Green	Jennifer Mary Brown	367	5.67	1.38
	Green	Stephen James Lang	365
	Conservative	Glyn Derek Nuttall	251
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	138	1.06	0.32
Majority			4,250	70.74	18.33
Registered electors			11,154
Turnout			6,501	58.29	30.25
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.17

2014

2012

2011

2010

2010 by-election

Following the death of Councillor Jack Spriggs on 11 December 2009^[6] a by election was held on 18 February 2010.

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 - Fazakerley

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