Princes Park (Liverpool ward) explained

53.392°N -2.972°W

Official Name:Princes Park
Static Image Name:Liverpool Princes Park (2023 ward).svg
Static Image Caption:Princes Park ward within Liverpool
Metropolitan Borough:City of Liverpool
Metropolitan County:Merseyside
Region:North West England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Liverpool Riverside
Councillor1:Lucille Harvey
Party1:Labour Party
Population:8,221
Statistic:4,696
Statistic Title:Registered Electors
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Princes Park ward is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

Background

The ward was created in 1895 and was within the Liverpool West Toxteth constituency.[1] The ward was retained during the 1953 boundary review, before being merged with the Granby ward to form Granby Princes Park ward in 1973. The ward was re-created in the 2003 boundary review, and retained as a smaller ward electing one councillor in the 2022 review.[2]

2004 boundaries

The ward was reinstated for the 2004 Municipal elections taking the whole of the former Granby ward with part of the former Abercromby and Smithdown wards.[3]

The population of the 2004 ward taken at the 2011 census was 17,104. That census showed the ward to be ethnically diverse, with a 53% white, 16% black, 9% asian and 10% mixed ethnicity population.[4]

2023 boundaries

The ward boundaries were changed in 2023 following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which 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. The Princes Park ward was reformed as a single-member ward. The ward boundaries retained the eastern half of the 2004 ward, gaining a small part of the former Greenbank ward.[2] It contains the parts of the Toxteth area, including the Granby Four Streets, Princes Road Synagogue as well as Princes Park itself.

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 8,221.[5]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004Mohamed Ali (LD)Alan Dean (Lab)Gideon Ben-Tovim (Lab)
2006Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Gideon Ben-Tovim (Lab)
2007Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Gideon Ben-Tovim (Lab)
2008Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Tim Moore (Lab)
2010Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Tim Moore (Lab)
2011Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Tim Moore (Lab)
2012Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Tim Moore (Lab)
2014Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Tim Moore (Lab)
2015Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Tim Moore (Lab)
2016Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Tim Moore (Lab)
2018Anna Rothery (Lab)Alan Dean (Lab)Tim Moore (Lab)
2019Anna Rothery (Lab)Tomas Logan (Lab)Joanne Anderson (Lab)
2021Anna Rothery (Ind)Tomas Logan (Lab)Lucille Harvey (Lab)

WARD REFORMED

2023Lucille Harvey (Lab)
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

§Lucille Harvey was a re-standing councillor for the former Princes Park ward.

Elections of the 2000s

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

italics denotes the sitting Councillor• bold denotes the winning candidate

See also

External links

References

  1. Liverpool City Council . Proceedings of the Council . 1895-1896.
  2. Web site: New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations . Local Government Boundary Commission for England . 1 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Boundary Commission Report. 15 May 2010.
  4. Web site: Princes Park . UK Census Data . 20 February 2022.
  5. Web site: Ward Profiles . Liverpool City Council.
  6. News: McGuinness . Alan . Labour reopens candidate selection process in race for Liverpool mayor . 2020-02-20 . Sky News.
  7. News: Thorp . Liam . Liverpool Councillor and former Lord Mayor Anna Rothery quits Labour party . 2020-02-20 . Liverpool Echo.