Riverside (Liverpool ward) explained

Official Name:Riverside
Static Image Name:Liverpool Riverside (2004 ward).svg
Static Image Caption:Riverside ward (2004) within Liverpool
Metropolitan Borough:City of Liverpool
Metropolitan County:Merseyside
Region:North West England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Liverpool Riverside
Population:23,044
Statistic:15,653
Statistic Title:Registered Electors
Area Total Km2:3.974
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Riverside ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council covering the southern city centre, the Dingle, and parts of Toxteth.

Background

The ward was established in 2004 and dissolved 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 formed from the former Abercromby and Dingle wards.[1] The ward was part of the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

The ward boundaries followed Hartley Quay, Salthouse Quay, Canning Place, Hanover Street, Ranelagh Street, Renshaw Street, Leece Street, Hardman Street, Hope Street, Windsor Street, Northumberland Street, Park Road, Dingle Lane, the southeastern and southwestern boundaries of Shorefields Village, Ellerman Road and the River Mersey.[1]

The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 18,422,[2] and at the 2021 Census was 23,044.[3]

2023 elections

Following a 2022 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, the ward was split up into the new City Centre South, Dingle, Festival Gardens, and Waterfront South wards, and small parts of the new Canning, City Centre North, Toxteth wards.[4]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004Joe Anderson (Lab)Paul Brant (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2006Joe Anderson (Lab)Paul Brant (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2007Joe Anderson (Lab)Paul Brant (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2008Joe Anderson (Lab)Paul Brant (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2010Joe Anderson (Lab)Paul Brant (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2011Joe Anderson (Lab)Paul Brant (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2012Joe Anderson (Lab)Paul Brant (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2012Hetty Wood (Lab)Paul Brant (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2013Hetty Wood (Lab)Michelle Corrigan (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2014Hetty Wood (Lab)Michelle Corrigan (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2015Hetty Wood (Lab)Michelle Corrigan (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2016Hetty Wood (Lab)Michelle Corrigan (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2018Hetty Wood (Lab)Michelle Corrigan (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2019Hetty Wood (Lab)Sarah Doyle (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)
2021Hetty Wood (Lab)Sarah Doyle (Lab)Steve Munby (Lab)

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Notes

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boundary Commission Report. 15 May 2010.
  2. Web site: Liverpool City Ward 2011. 12 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Riverside (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . citypopulation.de . 23 July 2023.
  4. Web site: New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations . Local Government Boundary Commission for England . 1 March 2023.
  5. News: Bartlett . David . Ex-deputy mayor's Class A drugs shame revealed - as he asks voters to take him back . 23 July 2023 . The Daily Mirror . 6 April 2015.