Aigburth (Liverpool ward) explained

Official Name:Aigburth
Static Image Name:Liverpool Aigburth (2023 ward).svg
Static Image Caption:Aigburth ward within Liverpool
Metropolitan Borough:City of Liverpool
Metropolitan County:Merseyside
Region:North West England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Liverpool Riverside
Councillor1:Dave Antrobus
Party1:Liberal Democrat
Population:5,560
Statistic Title:Registered Electors
Statistic:4,081
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Aigburth ward is an electoral district of Liverpool City Council within the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

Background

The ward was created in 1902 within the Liverpool East Toxteth constituency, when three councillors were elected. The boundaries were altered for the 1953 election, 1973 and 1980 elections. Between 1950 and 1983 it was within the Liverpool Garston constituency and between 1983 and 1997 the Liverpool Mossley Hill constituency.

1980 boundaries

A report of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England published in November 1978 set out proposals for changes to the wards of Liverpool City Council, maintaining the number of councillors at 99 representing 33 wards. Aigburth ward was represented by three councillors.[1]

The report describes the boundaries as "Commencing at a point where the western boundary of the City meets thesoutheastern boundary of Dingle Ward, thence northeastwards along said boundary and northwestwards along the northeastern boundary of said ward to the southeastern boundary of Granby Ward, thence northeastwards along said boundary to the southern boundary of Arundel Ward, thence northeastwards, southeastwards and generally eastwards along said boundary to the southwestern boundary of Church Ward, thence southeastwards along said boundary and continuing along the railway to a point being the prolongationnortheastwards of Kirkraore Road, thence southwestwards along said prolongation and said road, crossing Brodie Avenue and Cooper Avenue North and continuing southwestwards along Mentmore Road to Mossley Hill Road, thence southwards along said road to Holmefield Road, thence southwestwards along said road,to Aigburth Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Alresford Road, thence southwestwards along said road to Hailsham Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Mersey Road, thence southwestwards along said road to Otterspool Drive, thence due southwestwards to the western boundary of the City, thence northwestwards along said boundary to the point of commencement".[2]

2004 election

The ward was dissolved in 2004 where it was distributed into the new St Michael's, Mossley Hill and Greenbank wards.

2023 boundaries

A 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England 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.[3] The Aigburth ward was reinstated as a smaller, single-member ward from a section of the previous Mossley Hill ward.

The new ward boundaries follow Aigburth Vale, Elmswood Road, North Sudley Road, behind Barkhill Road, Aigburth Road, behind Liverpool Cricket Club and the Alfred Holt Athletic Ground, the River Mersey, Jericho Lane and Otterspool Road. The ward contains Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth railway station, and St Margaret's Church of England Academy.[3]

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 5,560.[4]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor[5]
1902Arthur Twiss Kemble (Con)Archibald Bathgate (Lib)William Hall Jowett (Con)
1903John Salmon (Con)Archibald Bathgate (Lib)William Hall Jowett (Con)
1904John Salmon (Con)Archibald Bathgate (Lib)William Hall Jowett (Con)
1905John Salmon (Con)Archibald Bathgate (Lib)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1906Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)Archibald Bathgate (Lib)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1907Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)William Parkfield Wethered (Con)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1908Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)William Parkfield Wethered (Con)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1909Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)William Parkfield Wethered (Con)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1910Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)William Parkfield Wethered (Con)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1911Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)William Parkfield Wethered (Con)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1912Henry Morley Miller (Con)William Parkfield Wethered (Con)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1913Henry Morley Miller (Con)William Parkfield Wethered (Con)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1919Henry Morley Miller (Con)William Parkfield Wethered (Con)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1920Henry Morley Miller (Con)Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)Hartley Wilson (Con)
1921Henry Morley Miller (Con)Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)John Ritchie (Con)
1922Henry Morley Miller (Con)Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)John Ritchie (Con)
1923Henry Morley Miller (Con)Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)John Ritchie (Con)
1924Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)Edward James Deane (Con)
1925Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Albert Edward Jacob (Lib)Edward James Deane (Con)
1926Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Alan Layfield (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1927Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Alan Layfield (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1928Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Alan Layfield (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1929Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Frank Campbell Wilson (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1930Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Frank Campbell Wilson (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1931Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Frank Campbell Wilson (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1932Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1933Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1934Eric Errington (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1935Eric Errington (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1936Arthur Donald Dennis (Lib)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
John Richard Jones (Lib)
1937William Edward Stirling Napier (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1938William Edward Stirling Napier (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Edward James Deane (Con)
1939William Edward Stirling Napier (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1945William Edward Stirling Napier (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1946Richard Martin Bingham (Con)Vere Egerton Cotton (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
William Latham Bateson (Con)
1947Richard Martin Bingham (Con)William Latham Bateson (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1949William Alexander Kinnear (Con)William Latham Bateson (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1950William Alexander Kinnear (Con)Richard Meredith Alcock (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1951William Alexander Kinnear (Con)Richard Meredith Alcock (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1952William Alexander Kinnear (Con)Richard Meredith Alcock (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)

WARD REFORMED

1953William Alexander Kinnear (Con)G.S. Fulton (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1954William Alexander Kinnear (Con)G.S. Fulton (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1955William Alexander Kinnear (Con)G.S. Fulton (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1956William Alexander Kinnear (Con)G.S. Fulton (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1957William Alexander Kinnear (Con)J. Maxwell Entwistle (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1958William Alexander Kinnear (Con)J. Maxwell Entwistle (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1959William Alexander Kinnear (Con)J. Maxwell Entwistle (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1960William Alexander Kinnear (Con)J. Maxwell Entwistle (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1961William Alexander Kinnear (Con)S.A. Cotton (Con)Herbert Mylrea Allen (Con)
1962William Alexander Kinnear (Con)S.A. Cotton (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1963William Alexander Kinnear (Con)S.A. Cotton (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1964John E.R. Fischer (Con)S.A. Cotton (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1965John E.R. Fischer (Con)S.A. Cotton (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1966John E.R. Fischer (Con)S.A. Cotton (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1967John E.R. Fischer (Con)S.A. Cotton (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1968John E.R. Fischer (Con)S.A. Cotton (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1969John E.R. Fischer (Con)Sydney T. Moss (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1970John E.R. Fischer (Con)Sydney T. Moss (Con)William N. Venmore (Con)
1971John E.R. Fischer (Con)Sydney T. Moss (Con)H.H. Francis (Con)
1972John E.R. Fischer (Con)Sydney T. Moss (Con)H.H. Francis (Con)

WARD REFORMED

1973Len Tyrer (Lib)William R. Dyson (Lib)Ian R. Porteous (Lib)
1975J.H. Lea (Con)William R. Dyson (Lib)Ian R. Porteous (Lib)
1976J.H. Lea (Con)Sydney T. Moss (Con)Ian R. Porteous (Lib)
1978J.H. Lea (Con)Sydney T. Moss (Con)F. Fawcett (Lib)
1979J.H. Lea (Con)Sydney T. Moss (Con)F. Fawcett (Con)

WARD REFORMED

1980Peter Millea (Lib)Trevor Jones (Lib)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1982Peter Millea (Lib)Trevor Jones (Lib)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1983Peter Millea (Lib)Trevor Jones (Lib)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1984Peter Millea (Lib)Trevor Jones (Lib)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1986Douglas McKittrick (Lib)Trevor Jones (Lib)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1987Douglas McKittrick (Lib)Trevor Jones (Lib)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1988Douglas McKittrick (Lib)Trevor Jones (Lib)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1990Douglas McKittrick (LD)Trevor Jones (Lib)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1991Douglas McKittrick (LD)Peter Allen (LD)Catherine Hancox (Lib)
1992Douglas McKittrick (LD)Peter Allen (LD)Catherine Hancox (LD)
1994Ron Gould (LD)Peter Allen (LD)Catherine Hancox (LD)
1995Ron Gould (LD)J Thomson (LD)Catherine Hancox (LD)
1996Ron Gould (LD)David Antrobus (LD)Catherine Hancox (LD)
1998Ron Gould (LD)David Antrobus (LD)Catherine Hancox (LD)
1999Ron Gould (LD)David Antrobus (LD)Catherine Hancox (LD)
2000Ron Gould (LD)David Antrobus (LD)Tina Gould (LD)
2002Ron Gould (LD)David Antrobus (LD)Tina Gould (LD)
2003Ron Gould (LD)David Antrobus (LD)Tina Gould (LD)

2004 - 2022 WARD DISESTABLISHED

2023David Antrobus (LD)

indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.

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indicates change in affiliation.

indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.

Election Results

Elections of the 1940s

Vere Egerton Cotton (Conservative) was elected as an Alderman on 9 November 1946. A by-election was called for 28 November 1946.[6]

By-election caused by the resignation of Councillor William Edward Stirling Napier.

Elections of the 1930s

Councillor Edward James Deane (Conservative) was elected as an alderman on 9 November 1939. Herbert Mylrea Allen was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Aigburth ward on 6 December 1939 under the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939.

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Arthur Donald Dennis (Liberal, elected at the by-election of 3 March 1936).

The term of office to end on 1 November 1937.

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Eric Errington (Conservative).

The term of office to end on 1 November 1937.

Elections of the 1920s

By-election caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Henry Morley Miller (Conservative) on 10 November 1924.[7] Term of office to expire on 1 November 1925

Elections of the 1900s

Notes and References

  1. The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
  2. Web site: Report No.319 . Local Government Boundary Commission For England . https://web.archive.org/web/20220320084653/http://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/11646/319.-liverpool.pdf . 2022-03-20.
  3. Web site: New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations . Local Government Boundary Commission for England . 1 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Ward Profiles . liverpool.gov.uk . Liverpool City Council . 25 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Liverpool City Council elections 1973-2012 . The Elections Centre, University of Plymouth . 16 May 2018.
  6. Liverpool Daily Post, 29 November 1946
  7. Liverpool Daily Post, 29 November 1924