2007 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 27.5%

2007 Liverpool City Council election

← 2006 3 May 2007 (2007-05-03) 2008 →
30 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 30 wards 46 seats needed for a majority

2007 local election results in Liverpool

After the election, the composition of the council was

Party		Seats	±
	Liberal Democrat	56	-6
	Labour	30	+5
	Liberal Party	3	??
	Green	1	+1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	15	1	6	-5	50%	42%
	Labour	13	5	1	+4	43%	36%
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	3.3%	6%
	Green	1	1	0	+1	3.3%	6%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	6%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.85%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.56%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.56%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.12%
	United Socialist	0	0	0	0	0	0.09%

Ward results

Allerton and Hunts Cross

Allerton and Hunts Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Clucas *	1,700	52.3%	−2%
	Labour	Patrick John Devaney	661	20.4%	+5%
	Conservative	Adam Ernest Marsden	587	18.1%	+6%
	Green	Margaret Williams	165	5.1%
	Liberal	Christopher Hulme	135	4.2%	−2%
Majority			1,039
Registered electors			10,878
Turnout			3,248	29.86%
Rejected ballots			6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[1]

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Kendrick	1,324	49.6%	+6%
	Labour	Brian Dowling	935	35%	+14%
	Liberal	Dennis Gaskell	237	8.9%	−6%
	Green	Kelly Rice	96	3.6%
	Conservative	Anthony Beilin	76	3.6%
Majority			389
Registered electors			10,300
Turnout			2,668	25.9%
Rejected ballots			5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[2]

Belle Vale

Belle Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Kent	1,639	46.42%	+7%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Phillips *	1,505	42.62%	−4%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	118	3.34%	−1%
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	109	3.09%
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	82	2.32%
	Green	Andrea Pennington	78	2.21%
Majority			134	3.80%
Registered electors			11,003
Turnout			3,531	32.09%
Rejected ballots			8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^[3]

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan *	713	50.12%	−3%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Millar	432	30.42%	+1%
	Green	Robert Smith	125	8.80%	+1%
	Conservative	Mark Cotterell	120	8.45%	+3%
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	30	2.11%	0%
Majority			281	19.79%
Registered electors			12,032
Turnout			1,420	11.80%
Rejected ballots			4
	Labour hold		Swing

^[4]

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Clein	1,928	53.69%	−24%
	Labour	David Shepherd	635	17.68%	+3%
	Conservative	Chris Lighten	445	12.39%
	Green	Faye Griffiths	186	5.18%
	Liberal	Philip Daley	125	3.48%
Majority			1,293	36.01%
Registered electors			11,097
Turnout			3,591	32.36%
Rejected ballots			3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[5]

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Kemp *	2,790	69.77%	−1%
	Labour	Stephen Bennett	461	11.53%	0%
	Green	Eleanor Martin	329	8.23%	−6%
	Conservative	Graham Jones	332	8.30%
	Liberal	James MacGregor	87	2.18%
Majority			2,329	58.14%
Registered electors			10,721
Turnout			3,999	37.30%
Rejected ballots			12
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[6]

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Rainey *	1,366	48%	+6%
	Liberal	David Maher	999	35%	+24%
	BNP	Peter Squire	210	7.44%
	Conservative	Gwynneth Hicklin	147	5.21%
	Green	Jonathan Mercer	99	3.51%
Majority			367	13.01%
Registered electors			11,278
Turnout			2'821	25.01%
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

^[7]

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Afford *	1,541	58.46%	+7%
	Labour	Colin McAlley	859	32.59%	−8%
	UKIP	Colin Windever	121	4.59%
	Conservative	Jennifer Kelly	62	2.35%
Majority			682	25.87%
Registered electors			10,325
Turnout			2,636	25.53%
Rejected ballots			10
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[8]

Cressington

Cressington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Millea *	2,065	56.44%	+6%
	Labour	Anna Briggs	643	17.57%	+2%
	Conservative	Richard Michael Downey	383	10.47%	+2%
	Independent	Alex Corina	316	8.64%
	Green	Richard De Pesando	166	4.54%	−6%
	Liberal	John Moore	86	2.35%	−5%
Majority			1,422
Registered electors			11,057
Turnout			3,659	25%
Rejected ballots			9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[9]

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Moffatt	1,246	46%	+10%
	Labour	Jim Noakes	1,236	45%	+7%
	Green	Anne Graham	121	4%	0%
	Conservative	Diane Westwell	90	3%	−2%
	Liberal	Susan O'Brian	39	1%	−2%
Majority			10
Registered electors			10,365
Turnout			2,732	26%
Rejected ballots			10
	liberal Democrats (UK) gain from Labour		Swing

^[10]

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Corbett *	1,675	76%	+11%
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Crennell	233	11%	−5%
	BNP	Jackie Stafford	154	7%
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	108	5%	−2%
	Conservative	Matthew Sephton	104	5%
	Green	Adam Howarth	76	3%	−7%
Majority			1,442
Registered electors			10,237
Turnout			2,350	23%
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

^[11]

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Rotheram *	1,814	57%	+10%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Seddon	1,159	37%	+2%
	BNP	Peter Stafford	324	10%
	Conservative	Nigel Barber	77	2%	−6%
	Green	Kim Graham	65	2%
	Liberal	Jane Canning	57	2%	−3%
Majority			655
Registered electors			11,402
Turnout			3,496	31%
Rejected ballots			7
	Labour hold		Swing

^[12]

Greenbank

Greenbank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clein *	1,345	50.1%	−7%
	Labour	Christopher Helm	635	23.6%	+5%
	Green	Peter Cranie	458	17%	+3%
	Conservative	Alma McGing	188	7%	0%
	Liberal	Karen Williams	61	2.3%
Majority			710
Registered electors			10,425
Turnout			2,687	25.8%
Rejected ballots			6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[13]

Kensington and Fairfield

Kensington and Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Simon	1,289	46%	+13%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marbrow *	1,237	44%	+3%
	BNP	Jane Greehaigh	128	5%
	Green	Paula Rice	106	4%
	Conservative	John Watson	62	2%	−2%
Majority			52
Registered electors			9,348
Turnout			2,882	30%
Rejected ballots			8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^[14]

Kirkdale

Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Holleran *	1,927	85%	+11%
	BNP	Steven Greenhaigh	169	7%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Morrison	147	7%	−1%
	Green	Natalie Awdry	84	3%	−1%
	Conservative	Nichola Munro	66	3%
	Independent	Will Tomson	47	2%
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	37	2%	−2%
Majority			1,758
Registered electors			11,357
Turnout			2,477	22%
Rejected ballots			4
	Labour hold		Swing

^[15]

Knotty Ash

Knotty Ash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Twigger	1,794	51%	−2%
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	1,405	40%	+7%
	Conservative	Michael Lind	114	3%	−3%
	Liberal	Terry Formby	106	3%	−6%
	Green	Helen Rawlinson	88	3%
Majority			389
Registered electors			10,120
Turnout			3,507	35%
Rejected ballots			7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[16]

Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Gould *	2,056	62%	+6%
	Labour	Tristan Taylor	543	16%	−1%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Morton	266	8%	−1%
	Green	Sophy Hansford	348	11%	−2%
	Liberal	David Wood	78	2%
Majority			1,513
Registered electors			10,335
Turnout			3,291	32%
Rejected ballots			9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[17]

Norris Green

Norris Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Walker *	1,552	63.6%	4.3
	BNP	John Edgar	205	8.4%	−9.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Doyle	173	7.1%	−2.8%
	Independent	Paul Breen	141	5.8%
	Conservative	Mark Rea	116	4.8%	0.7%
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	111	4.8%
	Liberal	Vera Phillips	86	3.5%	−0.7%
	Green	Eric Cartmel	56	2.3%	−2.4%
Majority			664
Registered electors			10,557
Turnout			2,404	23.1%	2%
Rejected ballots			3
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6%

^[18]

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bernie Turner *	2,248	65%	+4%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	814	23%	−6%
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	161	5%	0%
	Green	Paul Grimes	132	4%
	Conservative	Neil Wilson	127	4%
Majority			1,434
Registered electors			11,876
Turnout			3,482	29%
Rejected ballots			8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[19]

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jobling *	1,316	53.41%	−4%
	Labour	Denis Dunphy	721	29.26%	−7%
	Liberal	Griffith Parry	236	9.58%
	Green	Jean Hill	118	4.76%
	Conservative	Ann Temple	73	2.96%
Majority			595
Registered electors			10,720
Turnout			2,464	23%
Rejected ballots			6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[20]

Princes Park

Princes Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dean *	1,193	53%	+13%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohamed Ali	575	26%	−11%
	Green	Thomas Crone	327	15%	0%
	Liberal	Neil King	110	5%
	Conservative	Audrey Hirst	36	2%	−4%
Majority			618
Registered electors			10,359
Turnout			2,241	22%
Rejected ballots			17
	Labour hold		Swing

^[21]

Riverside

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant *	1,678	69%	+10%
	Liberal Democrats	Conor McDonald	252	10%	−16%
	Conservative	Emlyn Williams	241	10%	+3%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	184	8%	+1%
	Liberal	David O'Brien	63	3%
Majority			1,426
Registered electors			10,391
Turnout			2,418	23%
Rejected ballots			5
	Labour hold		Swing

^[22]

St. Michael's

St Michaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Coyne *	1,232	38.0%	+24%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Curry	947	29.2%	−22%
	Labour	Jack Johnson	839	25.9%	+2%
	Conservative	David Patmore	149	4.6%	−3%
	Liberal	George Roberts	75	2.3%
Majority			285
Registered electors			9,662
Turnout			3,242	34%
Rejected ballots			8
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^[23]

Speke-Garston

Speke-Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Rasmussen	1,859	57%	+19%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Keaveney *	990	30%	−28%
	BNP	Steven McEllenborough	190	6%
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	81	3%
	Green	Cherry Fitzsimmons	75	2%
	Liberal	John Pagan	59	2%
Majority			869
Registered electors			12,722
Turnout			3,254	26%
Rejected ballots			5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^[24]

Tuebrook and Stoneycroft

Tuebrook and Stoneycroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hazel Williams *	1,805	64%	+1%
	Labour	Allen Hammond	564	21%	+4%
	Liberal Democrats	Anton Minion	165	6%	−2%
	BNP	Sharon Broadfoot	109	4%
	Green	Jennifer Brown	96	3%
	Conservative	Lauren Graham	76	3%
Majority			1,241
Registered electors			10,874
Turnout			2,815	26%
Rejected ballots			7
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[25]

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann O'Bryne	1,837	49%	+18%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Roberts *	1,643	44%	−17%
	BNP	Carol Kilkelly	178	5%
	Conservative	Paul Barber	66	2%
	Green	Don Ross	50	1%
Majority			194
Registered electors			11,070
Turnout			3,774	34%
Rejected ballots			8
	Labour hold		Swing

^[26]

Wavertree

Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Storey *	2,350	70.0	−12%
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	559	16.7%	+2%
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	219	6.5%	0%
	Conservative	David Grundy	137	4.1%
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	90	2.7%
Majority			1,791
Registered electors			10,451
Turnout			3,355	32.1%
Rejected ballots			11
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[27]

West Derby

West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills *	1,751	55%	−7%
	Labour	Ged Taylor	758	24%	+4%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	261	8%	−2%
	Liberal	Patricia Elmour	209	7%
	Green	Ian Graham	181	6%
Majority			993
Registered electors			11,157
Turnout			3,160	28%
Rejected ballots			11
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[28]

Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Mace *	2,019	57%	−14%
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	742	21%	+8%
	Labour	Laurence Freeman	491	14%	+1%
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	149	4%
	Liberal	Maria Langley	121	3%
Majority			1,528
Registered electors			10,446
Turnout			3,522	34%
Rejected ballots			8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^[29]

Yew Tree

Yew Tree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	1,426	49%	+14%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	1,101	38%	−9%
	Conservative	June Brandwood	160	5%	−2%
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	156	5%	−2%
	Green	Stephen Clatworthy	91	3.1%
Majority			325
Registered electors			11,159
Turnout			2,934	26.3%
Rejected ballots			8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^[30]

By Elections

Warbreck, 13 September 2007

Caused by the death of Councillor Joan Lang (Liberal Democrat, Warbreck, elected 10 June 2004).

Warbreck By-Election 13 September 2007^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard McLinden	1,796	55.2%	+10.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Ritchie Roberts	1,024	31.4%	−13.8%
	BNP	Peter Stafford	136	4.2%	+4.2%
	Independent	Michael Langen	131	4.0%	+4.0%
	UKIP	Joseph Moran	52	1.6%	+1.6%
	Green	Kim Graham	45	1.4%	+1.4%
	Conservative	Mark Rea	40	1.2%	−3.2%
	Liverpool Labour Community Party	Alfie Hincks	32	1.0%	+1.0%
Majority			772	23.8%
Turnout			3,256	29.4%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

External links

• Results on council site

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