Liverpool City Council elections are held every four years.[1] Between 1973 and 2021 elections were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Liverpool City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 85 councillors have been elected from 64 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.[2] [3]
| Year | Labour | Lib Dems | Liberal | Green | Other | Refs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | [4] | |||||
| 2021 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2019 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2018 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 75 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| 76 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 79 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 2016 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 4 | – | ||||||
| 2015 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | [5] | |||||
| 2014 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | [6] | |||||
| 2012 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [7] | |||||
| 2011 | 62 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [8] | |||||
| 2010 | 48 | 37 | 3 | 2 | – | [9] | |||||
| 2008 | 39 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | [10] | |||||
| 2007 | 35 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | [11] | |||||
| 2006 | 30 | 56 | 3 | 1 | – | [12] | |||||
| 2004 | 27 | 60 | 3 | 0 | – | [13] | |||||
| 2003 | 31 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 2 | [14] | |||||
Elections following the grant of city status to Liverpool on 12 May 1880:
Municipal Borough
County Borough
Metropolitan Borough
Between 1953 and 1973 the wards of Liverpool City Council were:Abercromby, Aigburth, Allerton, Anfield, Arundel, Breckfield, Broadgreen, Central, Childwall, Church, Clubmoor, County, Croxteth, Dingle, Dovecot, Everton, Fairfield, Fazakerley, Gillmoss, Granby, Kensington, Low Hill, Melrose, Netherfield, Old Swan, Picton, Pirrie, Princes Park, St Domingo, St James, St Mary's, St Michael's, Smithdown, Speke, Sandhills, Tuebrook, Vauxhall, Warbreck, Westminster, Woolton. Each ward returned three councillors and was represented by an Alderman, bringing to the total number of representatives on the City Council to 120.
In 1973, the whole council was reconstituted and the number of wards was reduced to 33. Each ward elected three councillors, and the aldermanic system was abolished.
Between 2004 and 2022 the wards of Liverpool City Council were Allerton & Hunts Cross, Anfield, Belle Vale, Central, Childwall, Church, Clubmoor, County, Cressington, Croxteth, Everton, Fazakerley, Greenbank, Kensington & Fairfield, Kirkdale, Knotty Ash, Mossley Hill, Norris Green, Old Swan, Picton, Princes Park, Riverside, Speke-Garston, St Michaels, Tuebrook & Stoneycroft, Warbreck, Wavertree, West Derby, Woolton, Yew Tree.[19]