Wavertree ward was an electoral division of

Liverpool City Council Liverpool City Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the City status in the United Kingdom, city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. Liverpool has had a local authority since 1207, which has been reformed on numerous ...

centred on the

Wavertree Wavertree is a district and suburb of Liverpool, in the county of Merseyside, England. It is a Ward (country subdivision), ward of Liverpool City Council, and its population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 14,772. Located to ...

district of

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Background

The

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was first established in 1895 before being dissolved in 1953, it was recreated in 2004 and dissolved again 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 ward was created from parts of the former

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, and Picton wards. The ward was part of the

Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool Wavertree is a borough constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1997 and every election since has been won by a Labour Party candidate. It has been represented by Paula Barker since 2019. An earlier co ...

Parliamentary constituency. The ward boundaries followed the Liverpool to Manchester railway line, Northway, Thingwall Road, Queens Drive, Woolton Road, Heathfield Road, Smithdown Road, and the

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. The ward contained the

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, Childwall Sports and Science Academy, and Wavertree Playground. The population of the ward taken at the 2021 Census was 14,262.

Councillors

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

a. Cllr Warren Bradley (elected as Liberal Democrat, 2008) was suspended and eventually expelled from the Liberal Democrats following allegations of electoral fraud which he later admitted in Court, he unsuccessfully contested the 2012 elections as an Independent. b. Cllr Rosie Jolly (elected as Liberal Democrat, 2010) defected to the Labour Party in May 2013 and successfully defended her seat in 2014. c. Cllr Jake Morrison (elected as Labour, 2010) resigned his membership of the Labour Party in June 2013, due to internal disputes with the local Labour MP and disillusionment with national Labour policies. d. Cllr Helen Casstles (Labour, 2016) resigned from the council in April 2017 citing conflicting work commitments. e. Cllr David Cummings (elected as Labour, 2019) was suspended from the Labour whip in 2019 before being expelled from the Labour Party in 2022, following a string of complaints of abuse and receiving two criminal convictions.

Election results

Bold - Denotes the winning candidate. ''italics'' - Denotes a re-standing councillor.

Elections of the 2020s

Elections of the 2010s

Elections of the 2000s

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

References

External links

Ward Profile - Wavertree
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