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1973 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1973. Following boundary changes, which reduced the number of wards from 40 to 33, three councillors were elected for each ward. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor Abercromby, St. James' Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Breckfield, St. Domingo Broadgreen Central, Everton, Netherfield Childwall Church Clubmoor County Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby, Prince's Park Kensington Low Hill, Smithdown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Mayor Joanne Anderson. It is a constituent council of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. History Liverpool has been a town since 1207 when it was granted its first charter by King John. It has had a town corporation (the Corporation of Liverpool) since before the 19th century, and this was one of the corporations reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. Municipal Council In 1835, Liverpool expanded into the village of Everton and then the township of Kirkdale in the 1860s. The corporation created a police force in 1836. Liverpool was granted city status in 1880. When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, Liverpool was one of the cities to become a county borough, and thus admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dovecot, Merseyside
Dovecot is a district of Liverpool, England, on the eastern edge of the city bordered by Knotty Ash, West Derby, Broadgreen and Roby. The area is part of the Knotty Ash ward of Liverpool City Council. Description Dovecot is a small district composed primarily of 20th century townhouses, usually large in size. There are a number of more desirable semi-detached houses on the border with Knotty Ash. The main attraction of the area is Dovecot Park, one of Liverpool's many public parks. Transport The closest railway station is Broad Green, which offers regular services to Liverpool city centre, Manchester, Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ..., and St Helens. Areas of Liverpool {{Merseyside-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuebrook
Tuebrook is a North-East area of Liverpool, England. At the 2001 census the population was 14,490. Toponymy The origin of the name may be Tew Brook, a tributary of the Alt. The brook itself is now almost entirely piped or culverted, with the last exposed section at the back of a disused cinema. Description Tuebrook includes Newsham Park, the Victorian, Grade I listed building St John's Church, Tuebrook Market and Tuebrook Police Station, which is now closed to the public although still in use by Merseyside Police. It is part of the Parliamentary Constituency of Liverpool West Derby. A unique characteristic of the main shopping street is that all shops are on one side of the street only. This is largely due to extensive demolition during upgrading of the main road. Tuebrook has two secondary schools nearby: West Derby School located on Mill Bank and St Francis of Assisi in Newsham Park. Government The area consistently elects Liberal Party Councillors to Liverpool City C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speke
Speke () is a suburb of Liverpool. It is southeast of the city centre. Located near the widest part of the River Mersey, it is bordered by the suburbs of Garston and Hunts Cross, and nearby to Halewood, Hale Village, and Widnes. The rural area of Oglet borders its south. History The name derives from the Old English ''Spec'', meaning 'brushwood' or from Middle English ''Spek(e)'', meaning 'woodpecker'. It was known as ''Spec'' in the '' Domesday Book'', which gave Speke Hall as one of the properties held by Uctred. (Today Speke Hall, now a Tudor wood-framed house, is open to the public.) In the mid 14th century, the manors of Speke, Whiston, Skelmersdale, and Parr were held by William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre. Until the 1930s development by Sir Lancelot Keay, Speke was a small village with a population of 400; by the end of the 1950s more than 25,000 people were living in the area. The local All Saints Church was built by the last resident owner of Speke Hall, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Jones (British Politician)
Sir Owen Trevor Jones (17December 19268September 2016) was a British Liberal Democrat politician and member of the Liverpool City Council. Family Jones was the son of Owen and Ada Jones of Dyserth, Denbighshire. His wife, Lady Doreen Jones,‘JONES, Sir (Owen) Trevor’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 9 Sept 2016/ref> is a former Lord Mayor of Liverpool. He has a son, Glyn, and daughter, Louise, and three grandchildren, Thomas, George and Ayesha. His daughter-in-law Mia Jones was a Liberal Democrat Councillor for Chester City Council and a candidate for Chester in the 2005 General Election. Politics Local politics Jones was brought into politics in 1966 when a proposed ring road threatened the demolition of his chandlery business' warehouse. He was elected to Liverpool City Council in 1968 and Liverpool Metropolitan District Council in 1973. He led the Libera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picton (ward)
Picton is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool Wavertree Parliamentary constituency. The population at the 2011 census was 17,009. The boundary was altered in 2004 losing some of the pre-2004 ward and gaining from the former Kensington, Smithdown and Arundel wards. It contains the Edge Hill area and parts of Wavertree Wavertree is a district of Liverpool, England. It is a ward of Liverpool City Council, and its population at the 2011 census was 14,772. Located to the south and east of the city centre, it is bordered by various districts and suburbs such a .... Councillors post-2004 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. Election results Elections of the 2010s Elections of the 2000s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Jones (British Politician)
Sir Owen Trevor Jones (17December 19268September 2016) was a British Liberal Democrat politician and member of the Liverpool City Council. Family Jones was the son of Owen and Ada Jones of Dyserth, Denbighshire. His wife, Lady Doreen Jones,‘JONES, Sir (Owen) Trevor’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 9 Sept 2016/ref> is a former Lord Mayor of Liverpool. He has a son, Glyn, and daughter, Louise, and three grandchildren, Thomas, George and Ayesha. His daughter-in-law Mia Jones was a Liberal Democrat Councillor for Chester City Council and a candidate for Chester in the 2005 General Election. Politics Local politics Jones was brought into politics in 1966 when a proposed ring road threatened the demolition of his chandlery business' warehouse. He was elected to Liverpool City Council in 1968 and Liverpool Metropolitan District Council in 1973. He led the Libera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Swan (ward)
Old Swan is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Wavertree Parliamentary constituency. The boundary was changed for the 2004 Municipal elections losing a small area to the new Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward and gaining part of the former Broadgreen ward. Councillors The ward has returned eight councillors. Gary Millar left the Liberal Democrats and continued to serve as a Labour councillor in April 2011. A by-election was held on 19 September after Peter Brennan, who was the serving Lord Mayor of Liverpool, was forced to resign after sharing a racist video on social media. 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. Election results Elections of the 2020s Elections of the 2010s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Alton, Baron Alton Of Liverpool
David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, (born 15 March 1951) is a British politician. He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. Alton is also known for his human rights work including the co-founding of Jubilee Action, the children's charity (which changed its name to Chance for Childhood in 2014), and serves as chair, patron or trustee of several charities and voluntary organisations. Education and entry into politics Born in London on 15 March 1951, His father was a Desert Rat who had served in the Eighth Army, and then worked for the Ford Motor Company. His mother was a native Irish speaker from the West of Ireland. After being rehoused from the East End, Alton was brought up in a council flat on an overspill council estate. He passed a scholarship exam to join the first intake of a new Jesuit grammar school and was educated at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington, Liverpool
Kensington is an inner city area of Liverpool, England, immediately to the east of the city centre, bordered by Everton to the north, Fairfield to the east and Edge Hill to the south. The majority of Kensington is in the Kensington and Fairfield ward, while the westernmost part, Kensington Fields, is in the Central ward. At the 2001 Census, Kensington had a population of 12,740. Description The area is occupied largely by Victorian terraced houses. A number of local shops, including newsagents and convenience stores as well as some supermarkets exist along Kensington, Prescot Road and Edge Lane, the area's three main roads. Many shop fronts have been refurbished by the Government's New Deal for Communities programme. The area boasts a number of traditional Liverpool pubs. Kensington is also home to the historic Deane Road Jewish Cemetery, which was awarded £494,000 in 2010 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to aid restoration. Due to its close proximity to the Knowledg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hamilton (Liverpool)
John Hamilton (2 September 1922 – 14 December 2006) was a British politician. He was a member of the Labour Party and Leader of Liverpool City Council from 1983 to 1986. Municipal life Hamilton was a lifelong bachelor and worked as a schoolteacher. He was a member of the Religious Society of Friends, known as the Quakers, also serving as a magistrate. First elected to the council in 1958, Hamilton became Leader of the Labour Group in 1974 replacing Bill Sefton. He led the council from 1976 to 1978, although with no majority he was often overturned by the Liberal and Conservative groups acting together. In 1978 Hamilton was briefly deposed as Labour group leader by Eddie Roderick when Labour lost power, but returned after a few weeks. 1980s leadership He was a left-winger but was not a member of the Militant tendencyJo Thomas,Liverpool's Rebirth: Poverty is never far away, ''The New York Times'', 17 October 1985. who dominated the Liverpool Labour group at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Taylor (doctor)
Cyril Taylor (9 March 1921 – 11 December 2000) was a medical doctor in general practice and politician in Liverpool. He was born in New Brighton to orthodox Jewish parents. The family changed their name from Zadesky to reflect his father's profession. He went to Wallasey Grammar School, where he was active in the Federation of Zionist Youth and later joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. He studied medicine at Liverpool University. He worked at the medical receiving centre at Alder Hey Hospital which received casualties from the evacuation of Dunkirk. During his national service he became major in charge of the British hospital in Khartoum. In 1946, he was one of a delegation of doctors from the Socialist Medical Association who met Nye Bevan and urged him to resist the demands of the medical establishment. He was President of the Socialist Health Association from 1980 to 1989. In 1949 he was appointed medical officer with the Liverpool Shipping Federation but was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
