Kirkdale (ward)

The ward was first established in 1895 before being dissolved in 1952, it was later reconstituted for the 2004 Municipal elections and again made defunct following boundary changes in 2023.

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. The reconstituted Kirkdale ward was formed from most of the former Vauxhall and Melrose wards and a small part of Everton ward.^[1] The ward was part of the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

The population of the ward at the 2021 Census was 18,657.^[2]

2023 elections

Following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which decided that the existing 30 wards each represented by three Councillors should be replaced by 64 wards represented by 85 councillors, the ward was split up into the new Kirkdale East, Kirkdale West, Vauxhall and Waterfront North wards.^[3]

  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.

Notes

• Cllr Pat Holleran (Labour, 2007) resigned from the council on 19 March 2008 on health grounds.^[4]
• Cllr Beatrice Fraenkel (Labour, 2015) resigned from the council in March 2017 to focus on her role as chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.^[5]
• Cllr Malcolm Kennedy (Labour, 2018) resigned from the council in October 2021 after being resident in Spain since March 2020.^[6]

Elections of the 2020s

Kirkdale By-election: Thursday 18th November 2021^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Hanratty	852	61.69	2.29
		Peter Furmedge	171	12.38
	Green	Maria Teresa Coughlan	160	11.59	0.06
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	84	6.08	5.22
	Conservative	Kate Maria Burgess	57	4.13	1.73
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Turner	57	4.13	3.93
Majority			681	49.31	1.56
Turnout			1.385	11.83	12.38
Registered electors			11,711
Rejected ballots			4	0.29	1.83
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Hanson	1,703	59.40	19.23
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	334	11.65	5.60
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	324	11.30	8.50
	Liberal Democrats	Mike McAllister-Bell	231	8.06	4.20
	Conservative	Brian James Jones	168	5.86	4.60
	Liberal	Thomas Philip Dunne	107	3.73	N/A
Majority			1,369	47.75	23.48
Registered electors			11,840
Turnout			2,867	24	2.72
Rejected ballots			62	2.12%	1.84
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.41

Elections of the 2010s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Gaughan	1,935	78.63	6.52
	UKIP	Corinna Christine Allen	182	7.40	N/A
	Green	Jonathan Richard Clatworthy	149	6.05	1.97
	Liberal Democrats	Mike McAllister-Bell	95	3.86	0.88
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	69	2.80	3.05
	Conservative	Katie Maria Burgess	31	1.26	2.78
Majority			1,753	71.23	5.07
Turnout			2,468	22.02	0.47
Registered electors			11,208
Rejected ballots			7	0.28	0.03
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy	2,094	85.15	8.31
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	149	5.85	N/A
	Green	Jonathan Richard Clatworthy	104	4.08	1.58
	Conservative	Daniel Paul Nuttall	103	4.04	0.84
	Liberal Democrats	Mike McAllister-Bell	76	2.98	0.81
	Liberal	Thomas Ryan	23	0.90	N/A
Majority			1,945	76.30	9.28
Turnout			2,557	22.49	37.89
Registered electors			11,370
Rejected ballots			8	0.31
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkdale By-election: Thursday 8 June 2017 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Gaughan	6,416	90.46	11.06
	Conservative	Chris Hall	346	4.88	1.03
	Green	Martyn Madeley	177	2.50	4.13
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Charles McAllister-Bell	154	2.17	N/A
Majority			6,070	85.58	16.30
Turnout			7,121	60.38	64.21
Registered electors			11,793
Rejected ballots			28	0.39
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.39

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Hanson	2,166	79.40	1.14
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	276	10.12	6.52
	Green	Jonathan Richard Clatworthy	181	6.63	1.78
	Conservative	Stuart Wood	105	3.85	0.65
Majority			1,890	69.28	4.52
Turnout			2763	25.18	33.89
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.83

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beatrice Fraenkel	5,280	80.54	1.83
	UKIP	Keith Evans	442	6.74	N/A
	Green	Martyn Madeley	318	4.85	1.20
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	236	3.60	3.44
	Conservative	David Michael John Jeffery	210	3.20	0.22
	Independent	Tommy Stalker	70	1.07	N/A
Majority			4,838	73.80	2.13
Turnout			6,556	59.07	33.98
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.83

Elections of the 2000s

Two councillors were returned in the 2008 election.

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

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• Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

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