Princes Park (Liverpool ward)

53.392°N 2.972°W / 53.392; -2.972

Princes Park
Princes Park ward within Liverpool
Population	8,221 (2021 census)
Registered Electors	4,696 (2023 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside
Councillors	Lucille Harvey (Labour Party)
List of places UK England Merseyside

Princes Park ward is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

Background

The ward was created in 1895 and was within the Liverpool West Toxteth constituency.^[1] The ward was retained during the 1953 boundary review, before being merged with the Granby ward to form Granby Princes Park ward in 1973. The ward was re-created in the 2003 boundary review, and retained as a smaller ward electing one councillor in the 2022 review.^[2]

2004 boundaries

2004 boundaries

The ward was reinstated for the 2004 Municipal elections taking the whole of the former Granby ward with part of the former Abercromby and Smithdown wards.^[3]

The population of the 2004 ward taken at the 2011 census was 17,104. That census showed the ward to be ethnically diverse, with a 53% white, 16% black, 9% asian and 10% mixed ethnicity population.^[4]

2023 boundaries

The ward boundaries were changed in 2023 following a 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 with varying representation by one, two or three councillors per ward. The Princes Park ward was reformed as a single-member ward. The ward boundaries retained the eastern half of the 2004 ward, gaining a small part of the former Greenbank ward.^[2] It contains the parts of the Toxteth area, including the Granby Four Streets, Princes Road Synagogue as well as Princes Park itself.

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 8,221.^[5]

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Mohamed Ali (LD)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Gideon Ben-Tovim (Lab)
2006		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Gideon Ben-Tovim (Lab)
2007		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Gideon Ben-Tovim (Lab)
2008		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Tim Moore (Lab)
2010		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Tim Moore (Lab)
2011		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Tim Moore (Lab)
2012		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Tim Moore (Lab)
2014		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Tim Moore (Lab)
2015		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Tim Moore (Lab)
2016		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Tim Moore (Lab)
2018		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Alan Dean (Lab)		Tim Moore (Lab)
2019		Anna Rothery (Lab)		Tomas Logan (Lab)		Joanne Anderson (Lab)
2021		Anna Rothery (Ind)		Tomas Logan (Lab)		Lucille Harvey (Lab)
WARD REFORMED
2023		Lucille Harvey (Lab)

  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.

• Following the resignation of Cllr Tim Moore a by-election was held on 17 October 2019; the winner Joanne Anderson was elected as the Mayor of Liverpool in May 2021.
• Former Lord Mayor of Liverpool Anna Rothery was shortlisted and subsequently removed from contention to be the Labour Party candidate for City Mayor^[6] and later resigned from the Labour Party to sit as an independent councillor on 23 November 2021.^[7]

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

4th May 2023^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucille Bernadette Harvey[Note 1]	737	70.12
	Green	Muryam Saffia Aminah Sheikh	218	20.74
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona McBride	56	5.33
	Conservative	Douglas Jardine Gaskarth	40	3.81
Majority			519	49.38
Turnout			1,051	22.38
Registered electors			4,696
Rejected ballots			11	1.04
Total ballots			1,062	22.62
	Labour win (new seat)

^§Lucille Harvey was a re-standing councillor for the former Princes Park ward.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucille Bernadette Harvey	2,373	73.37%	2.70
	Green	Muryam Saffia Aminah Sheikh	604	17.91%	4.15
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Joseph Rainford	191	5.66%	2.93
	Conservative	Beryl Pinnington	138	4.09%	0.50
Majority			1,769	52.46%	6.86
Turnout			3,477	29.64%	13.72
Registered electors			11,731
Rejected ballots			105	3.02%	2.10
	Labour hold		Swing	3.42

Elections of the 2010s

Princes Park by-election 17 October 2019^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Marie Anderson	1,259	73.07%	0.94
	Green	Stephanie Louise Pitchers	237	13.76%	4.59
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Rowlands	148	8.59%	3.20
	Conservative	Alma McGing	79	4.59%	1.56
Majority			1,022	59.32%	5.54
Turnout			1,739	15.92%	9.09
Registered electors			10,921
Rejected ballots			16	0.92%	0.04
	Labour hold		Swing	2.77

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 2nd May 2019 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tomas Logan	1,926	72.13%	6.66
	Green	Stephanie Louise Pitchers	490	18.35%	5.66
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Sebire	144	5.39%	0.93
	Conservative	Beryl Pinnington	81	3.03%	1.03
	Liberal	Barbara Lever	29	1.09%	n/a
Majority			1,436	53.78%	12.33
Turnout			2,696	25.01%	0.68
Registered electors			10,778
Rejected ballots			26	0.96%
	Labour hold		Swing	6.16

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 3rd May 2018 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Rothery	2,155	78.79%	11.23
	Green	Stephanie Louise Pitchers	347	12.69%	6.63
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Sebire	122	4.46%	0.53
	Conservative	Beryl Pinnington	111	4.06%	0.64
Majority			1,808	66.11%	11.87
Turnout			2,753	25.69%	4.52
Registered electors			10,715
Rejected ballots			18	0.65%	1.06
	Labour hold		Swing	8.93

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Francis Moore	1,976	67.56%	0.67
	Green	Stephanie Louise Pitchers	565	19.32%	1.52
	Liberal Democrats	Leo Francis Evans	146	4.99%	n/a
	TUSC	Daren Andrew Ireland	138	4.72%	1.85
	Conservative	Alice Margaret Day	100	3.42%	0.74
Majority			1,411	48.24%	0.85
Turnout			2,976	30.21%	29.47
Registered electors			9,851
Rejected ballots			51	1.71%	1.06
	Labour hold		Swing	0.42

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dean	3,974	68.23%	1.14
	Green	Dee Coombes	1,214	20.84%	4.55
	Conservative	Alice Margaret Day	242	4.16%	0.15
	UKIP	Lewis Richard Joseph Donelan	208	3.57%	n/a
	TUSC	Daren Andrew Ireland	167	2.87%	2.17
	English Democrat	Steven Greenhalgh	19	0.33%	n/a
Majority			2,670	47.39%	3.41
Turnout			5,824	59.68%	29.05
Registered electors			9,822
Rejected ballots			38	0.65%	0.19
	Labour hold		Swing	1.70

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Rothery	1,890	67.09%	4.10
	Green	Simeon Daniel Hart	459	16.29%	0.09
	Independent	Frank Jones	148	5.25%	n/a
	TUSC	Daren Andrew Ireland	142	5.04%	0.93
	Conservative	Laura Watson	113	4.01%	0.15
	Liberal	Lindsey Janet Mary Wood	65	2.31%	0.47
Majority			1,431	50.80%	4.19
Turnout			2,817	30.63%	1.43
Registered electors			9,274
Rejected ballots			24	0.84%	0.30
	Labour hold		Swing	2.10

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Moore	1,920	71.19%	1.02
	Green	Elspeth Ruth Anwar	437	16.20%	4.87
	TUSC	Paul Frederick Humphreys	161	5.97%	2.65
	Conservative	Lucy Glover	104	3.86%	0.64
	Liberal	Paula Joan Davidson	75	2.78%	0.96
Majority			1,483	54.99%	5.89
Turnout			2,728	29.20%	3.94
Registered electors			9,344
Rejected ballots			31	1.14%	0.57
	Labour hold		Swing	2.95

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan William Dean	2,263	72.21%	18.77
	Green	Lewis Coyne	355	11.33%	1.04
	Liberal Democrats	Naz Islam	214	6.83%	18.39
	Conservative	Gwynneth Hicklin	141	4.50%	1.23
	TUSC	Paul Frederick Humphreys	104	3.32%	n/a
	Liberal	Karen Louise Williams	57	1.82%	1.42
Majority			1,908	60.88%	32.66
Turnout			3,152	33.14%	18.57
Registered electors			9,512
Rejected ballots			18	0.57
	Labour hold		Swing	9.91%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Princes Park ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Rothery	2,740	53.44%	4.28
	Liberal Democrats	Mumin Khan	1,293	25.22%	3.39
	Green	Addullahi Yasin Mahamoud	634	12.37%	0.37
	Conservative	Diane Isabel Watson	294	5.73%	0.80
	Liberal	Thomas David Peel	166	3.24%	0.28
Majority			1,447	28.22%	7.67
Turnout			5,127	51.71%	27.45
Registered electors			10,008
Rejected ballots			48	0.93%	0.36
	Labour hold		Swing	9.91

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Princes Park ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Moore	1,227	49.16%	1.80
	Liberal Democrats	Mumin Khan	714	28.61%	4.05
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	318	12.74%	1.23
	Conservative	Catherine Audrey Hirst	163	6.53%	0.72
	Liberal	Michael Alan Williams	74	2.96%	1.74
Majority			513	20.55%	5.85
Turnout			2,513	24.26%	1.50
Registered electors			10,049
Rejected ballots			17
	Labour hold		Swing	2.92

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Princes Park ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dean	1,193	50.96%	6.48
	Liberal Democrats	Mohamed Mahmood Ali	575	24.56%	0.33
	Green	Thomas Crone	327	13.97%	4.73
	Conservative	Audrey Hirst	136	5.81%	2.20
	Liberal	Neil King	110	4.70%	3.19
Majority			618	26.21	5.96
Turnout			2,375	22.93%	1.24
Registered electors			10,359
Rejected ballots			17	0.72%	0.11
	Labour hold		Swing	2.98

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Princes Park ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Rothery	1,184	44.48%	9.98
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Mahmood Ali	645	24.23%	7.11
	Respect	Paul Manuel Desson	281	10.56%	n/a
	Green	Sophy Hansford	246	9.24%	4.84
	Liberal	Nina Clare Edge	210	7.89%	n/a
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	96	3.61%	1.56
Majority			539	20.25%	17.10
Turnout			2,662	24.17%	8.45
Registered electors			11,015
Rejected ballots			22	0.83%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	8.55

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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Princes Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gideon Ben-Tovim	1,029	34.50%
	Labour	Alan Dean	1,026	34.39%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohamed Ali	935	31.34%
	Labour	Suraj-Prakash Sharma	891	29.87%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Twigger	857	28.73%
	Liberal Democrats	Nabil Sultan	788	26.42%
	Green	Anja Ploger	420	14.08%
	Green	Simon Holgate	381	12.77%
	Green	Justine Williams	206	6.91%
	Independent	Nina Edge	173	5.80%
	Conservative	Catherine Hirst	154	5.16%
Majority			94	3.15
Turnout			2,983	15.92%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

• italics denotes the sitting Councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

See also

• Liverpool City Council
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879

External links

• Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

Notes

1. Lucille Harvey was a re-standing councillor for the former Princes Park ward.