Sefton Park (Liverpool ward) explained

Official Name:Sefton Park
Static Image Name:Liverpool Sefton Park (2023 ward).svg
Static Image Caption:Sefton Park ward within Liverpool
Metropolitan Borough:City of Liverpool
Metropolitan County:Merseyside
Region:North West England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Liverpool Riverside
Councillor1:John Howard
Party1:Green
Population:4,188
Population Ref:(2023 electorate)
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Sefton Park ward is an electoral district of Liverpool City Council within the Liverpool Riverside constituency. The ward includes, and is named for, Sefton Park, and part of the district of the same name.

Background

1895 boundaries

The ward was created in 1895 to accommodate the expanding city. In 1899 the ward was renamed as Sefton Park West with the Sefton Park East ward created at the same time.[1]

2023 boundaries

The ward was re-created for the elections held on 4 May 2023 following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which decided that the previous 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 Sefton Park ward was re-created as a single-member ward from the northern half of the former St Michael's ward, with small sections of the former Princes Park and Mossley Hill wards.[2] The ward boundaries follow Croxteth Gate, Mossley Hill Drive, Elmswood Road, Aigburth Vale, Aigburth Road, and Ullet Road.[2]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
1895Richard Dart (Con)Augustus Frederick Warr (Con)Francis Henderson (Con)
1896Richard Dart (Con)Augustus Frederick Warr (Con)Francis Henderson (Con)
1897Richard Dart (Con)Augustus Frederick Warr (Con)Francis Henderson (Con)
1898Richard Dart (Con)Radcliffe William Smith (Con)Francis Henderson (Con)

RENAMED SEFTON PARK WEST

1899Richard Dart (Con)Radcliffe William Smith (Con)Thomas Stanley Rogerson (Con)
1900Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Thomas Stanley Rogerson (Con)
1901Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Thomas Stanley Rogerson (Con)
1902Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Thomas Stanley Rogerson (Con)
1903Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Thomas Stanley Rogerson (Con)
1904Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Joseph Wilson (Lib)
1905Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Joseph Wilson (Lib)
1906Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Joseph Wilson (Lib)
1907Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Fred Pritchard (Con)
1908Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Fred Pritchard (Con)
1909Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Fred Pritchard (Con)
1910Richard Dart (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1911Ernest Cranstoun Given (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1912Ernest Cranstoun Given (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1913Ernest Cranstoun Given (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1914Ernest Cranstoun Given (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1918Mabel Fletcher (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1919Mabel Fletcher (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
? (Lib)
1920Mabel Fletcher (Con)? (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1921Mabel Fletcher (Con)? (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1922Mabel Fletcher (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1923Mabel Fletcher (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1924Mabel Fletcher (Con)Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Lib)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1925Mabel Fletcher (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1926Mabel Fletcher (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
1927Mabel Fletcher (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Frank Campbell Wilson (Lib)
Ronald Percy Clayton (Con)
1928Mabel Fletcher (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Ronald Percy Clayton (Con)
1929Mabel Fletcher (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Ronald Percy Clayton (Con)
1930Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Ronald Percy Clayton (Con)
1931Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Ronald Percy Clayton (Con)
1932Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Ronald Percy Clayton (Con)
1933Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Ronald Percy Clayton (Con)
1934Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Ronald Percy Clayton (Con)
1935Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)William James Austin (Con)
1936Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)William James Austin (Con)
1937Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)William James Austin (Con)
1938Walter Thomas Lancashire (Con)James Graham Reece (Con)Alexander Maver Finlayson (Con)
1940? (Con)Alexander Maver Finlayson (Con)
1944Arthur Brierley Collins (Con)? (Con)
1945Arthur Brierley Collins (Con)? (Con)Frederick Bidston (Con)
1946Arthur Brierley Collins (Con)George Walter Pickles (Con)Frederick Bidston (Con)
1947Arthur Brierley Collins (Con)George Walter Pickles (Con)Frederick Bidston (Con)
1949Arthur Brierley Collins (Con)George Walter Pickles (Con)Frederick Bidston (Con)
1950Arthur Brierley Collins (Con)George Walter Pickles (Con)Frederick Bidston (Con)
1951Arthur Brierley Collins (Con)George Walter Pickles (Con)Frederick Bidston (Con)
1952Arthur Brierley Collins (Con)George Walter Pickles (Con)Frederick Bidston (Con)

1953-2022 WARD DISESTABLISHED

2023John Howard (Green)

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 1890s

The by-election was held on 18 October 1898 and was caused by the resignation of Councillor Augustus Frederick Warr MP, which was reported to the council on 5 October 1898.

Notes and 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 . 9 May 2023.