Central (Liverpool ward)
53°24′36″N 2°58′48″W / 53.410°N 2.980°W Central is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency. It was formed for the 2004 municipal elections from the former Abercromby, Everton and Smithdown wards. It contains the majority of the city centre but also includes Kensington Fields in Kensington to the east and the Marybone/Holy Cross community in Vauxhall. The ward includes the longstanding city centre community around the Bullring, as well as many new city centre apartments. Furthermore the ward contains the Pier Head and the two larger universities; the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
In 2004 Central was the city's most marginal ward, largely due to the intervention of the hard left Liverpool Labour Community Party. In more recent elections has become safer for Labour. The May 2008 local elections saw Labour take 62% of the vote.
Councillors
| Term | Councillor[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2004 - 2008 | Richard White | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2004 - present | Sharon Sullivan | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2004 - present | Nick Small | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2008 - present | Christine Banks | Labour |
Election results
Elections of the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Small* | 2054 | 52.82% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Marbrow | 1107 | 28.46% | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Roberts | 410 | 10.54% | ||
| Green | Fiona Coyne | 237 | 6.09% | ||
| Liberal | John Aaron Gannon | 81 | 2.08% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3889 | 32.32% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Banks | 722 | 61.45% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Peter Murray | 157 | 13.36% | ||
| Green | Michael Sean Cotgreave | 134 | 11.40% | ||
| Conservative | Gregg Andrew Watson | 118 | 10.04% | ||
| Liberal | Lisa Gaskell | 44 | 3.74% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1175 | 9.59% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sharon Sullivan* | 713 | 50.21% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Millar | 432 | 30.42% | ||
| Green | Robert Smith | 125 | 8.80% | ||
| Conservative | Mark Andrew Cotterell | 120 | 8.45% | ||
| Liberal | Lisa Gaskell | 30 | 2.11% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1420 | 11.80% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Small* | 719 | 53.30% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Twigger | 395 | 29.28% | ||
| Green | Peter Andrew Edward Cranie | 104 | 7.71% | ||
| Conservative | Mark Andrew Cottrell | 102 | 7.56% | ||
| Liberal | Karl Justin Prescott | 29 | 2.15% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1349 | 12.00% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard White | 580 | |||
| Labour | Sharon Sullivan | 577 | |||
| Labour | Nick Small | 515 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Campbell | 497 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Roscoe | 479 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Curry | 459 | |||
| Liverpool Labour | George Knibb | 324 | |||
| Liverpool Labour | Marie Whitty | 278 | |||
| Green | Faye Griffiths | 223 | |||
| Green | Peter Cranie | 191 | |||
| Green | Alexander Rodkin | 141 | |||
| Conservative | Diane Watson | 74 | |||
| Liberal | Stephen Houghland | 28 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1649 | 16.13% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
- ^ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010.
- ^ "Municipal Elections 2010, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2008, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2007, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2006, Central". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.
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