Old Swan (ward)

This article is about the electoral ward. For the area, see Old Swan.

Old Swan ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council, centred on the Old Swan district of Liverpool.

Old Swan
Old Swan ward (2004) within Liverpool
Area	2.555 km2 (0.986 sq mi)
Population	15,596 (2021 census)
• Density	6,104/km2 (15,810/sq mi)
Registered Electors	11,016 (2021 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Wavertree
List of places UK England Merseyside

Background

The ward was created in 1953; its boundaries were changed in 1973, 1980 and 2004 before being divided up in 2023.

1980 boundaries

1980 Old Swan ward

The ward boundary was changed for the 1980 elections. 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. Old Swan ward was represented by three councillors.^[1]

The report describes the boundaries of Old Swan ward as "Commencing at a point where the southeastern boundary of Tuebrook Ward meets the southwestern boundary of Croxteth Ward, thence southeastwards along said southwestern boundary and southwards and southwestwards along the western boundary of Broad Green Ward and continuing southwards along Mill Lane to the Edge Hill to Huyton railway line, thence westwards along said railway to Rathbone Road, thence northeastwards along said road to Pighue Lane, thence generally northwestwards along said lane to the railway at Olive Mount Curve, thence northwestwards along said railway to the southeastern boundary of Tuebrook Ward, thence northwestwards and northeastwards along said boundary to the point of commencement".^[2]

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 Old Swan ward, losing a small area to the new Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward and gaining a part of the former Broadgreen ward.^[3] The ward was part of the Liverpool Wavertree Parliamentary constituency.

The population of the ward at the 2021 Census was 15,596.^[4]

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
WARD REFORMED
1980		Francis Richard Haywood (Lib)		Peter Joseph Lloyd (Lab)		Josephine Smith (Lib)
1982		Francis Richard Haywood (Lib)		Peter Joseph Lloyd (Lab)		Anthony Loftus (Lib)
1983		G Lloyd (Lab)		Peter Joseph Lloyd (Lab)		Anthony Loftus (Lib)
1984		G Lloyd (Lab)		Peter Joseph Lloyd (Lab)		Anthony Loftus (Lib)
1986		G Lloyd (Lab)		Peter Joseph Lloyd (Lab)		Anthony Loftus (Lib)
1987		L Hughes (Lab)		Peter Joseph Lloyd (Lab)		Anthony Loftus (Lib)
1988		L Hughes (Lab)		J Fitzsimmons (Lab)		Anthony Loftus (Lib)
1990		L Hughes (Lab)		J Fitzsimmons (Lab)		K Williams (Lab)
1991		L Hughes (Lab)		J Fitzsimmons (Lab)		K Williams (Lab)
1992		L Hughes (Lab)		Mary Johnston (LD)		K Williams (Lab)
1994		L Hughes (Lab)		Mary Johnston (LD)		J Downham (LD)
1995		Keith Turner (LD)		Mary Johnston (LD)		J Downham (LD)
1996		Keith Turner (LD)		Bernie Turner (LD)		J Downham (LD)
1998		Keith Turner (LD)		Bernie Turner (LD)		Kevin Firth (LD)
1999		Keith Turner (LD)		Bernie Turner (LD)		Kevin Firth (LD)
2000		Keith Turner (LD)		Bernie Turner (LD)		Kevin Firth (LD)
2002		Keith Turner (LD)		Bernie Turner (LD)		Kevin Firth (LD)
2003		Keith Turner (LD)		Bernie Turner (LD)		Kevin Firth (LD)
WARD REFORMED
2004		Keith Turner (LD)		Berni Turner (LD)		Kevin Firth (LD)
2006		Keith Turner (LD)		Berni Turner (LD)		Kevin Firth (LD)
2007		Keith Turner (LD)		Berni Turner (LD)		Kevin Firth (LD)
2008		Keith Turner (LD)		Berni Turner (LD)		Gary Millar (LD)
2010		Joanne Anderson (Lab)		Berni Turner (LD)		Gary Millar (LD)
2011		Joanne Anderson (Lab)		Peter Brennan (Lab)		Gary Millar (Lab)
2012		Joanne Anderson (Lab)		Peter Brennan (Lab)		Gary Millar (Lab)
2014		Joanne Anderson (Lab)		Peter Brennan (Lab)		Gary Millar (Lab)
2015		Joanne Anderson (Lab)		Peter Brennan (Lab)		Gary Millar (Lab)
2016		Joanne Anderson (Lab)		Peter Brennan (Lab)		Gary Millar (Lab)
2018		Joanne Anderson (Lab)		Peter Brennan (Lab)		Gary Millar (Lab)
2019		Joanne Anderson (Lab)		William Shorthall (Lab)		Gary Millar (Lab)
2021		Joanne Calvert (Lab)		William Shorthall (Lab)		Rona Heron (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.

Notes

• Cllr Gary Millar (Lib Dem, 2008) left the Liberal Democrats and continued to serve as a Labour councillor in April 2011.^[5]
• Cllr Peter Brennan (Labour, 2015), who was the serving Lord Mayor of Liverpool, was forced to resign after sharing a racist video on social media.^[6]

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021:6 May 2021^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rona Ellen Heron	1,493	47.81	24.55
	Liberal	Mick Coyne	674	21.58	13.88
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	Martin Ralph	315	10.09	7.08
	Green	Mark Damon Jackson	237	7.59	0.22
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Wilson	235	7.52	1.58
	Conservative	Gillian Michelle Ferrigno	169	5.41	2.22
Majority			819	26.22%	38.33
Turnout			3,165	28.73	3.57
Rejected ballots			42	1.33	0.44
Total ballots			3,207	29.11
Registered electors			11,016
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.22

Elections of the 2010s

Old Swan by-election: 19 September 2019^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Shortall	1,153	55.38	16.98
	Liberal	Mick Coyne	293	14.07	6.37
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lea	272	13.06	7.12
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	Martin Ralph	138	6.63	3.62
	Green	George Maxwell	130	6.24	1.57
	Conservative	Peter Andrew	96	4.61	1.42
Majority			860	41.31	23.24
Turnout			2,096	18.70	6.46
Rejected ballots			14	0.67	0.22
Total ballots			2,110	18.83
Registered electors			11,207
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.68

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: Thursday 3 May 2019^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Brennan	2,021	72.36	2.63
	Green	George Maxwell	218	7.81	3.21
	Liberal	Mick Coyne	215	7.70	7.35
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Darbyshire	166	5.94	0.35
	Conservative	Derek Thomas Nuttall	89	3.19	1.78
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	Martin Ralph	84	3.01	2.47
Majority			1,803	64.55	4.85
Turnout			2,818	25.16	0.78
Rejected ballots			25	0.89	0.51
Total ballots			2,843	25.38
Registered electors			11,201
	Labour hold		Swing	2.87

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: Thursday 3 May 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Calvert	2,174	74.99	6.28
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Collins	162	5.59	2.86
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	Martin Ralph	157	5.42	6.59
	Conservative	Derek Thomas Nuttall	144	4.97	1.66
	Green	George Duncan Maxwell	136	4.69	0.21
	Liberal	Irene Lillian Morrison	126	0.35	1.74
Majority			2,012	69.40	12.70
Turnout			2,910	25.94	4.91
Rejected ballots			11	0.38	1.59
Total ballots			2,921	26.03
Registered electors			11,220
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.57

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: Thursday 5 May 2016^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Millar	2,260	68.71	3.62
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	Martin Ralph	395	12.01	5.98
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Poston Kentish Dawson	278	8.45	5.55
	Green	Noreen Maguinness	161	4.90	1.01
	Conservative	George Powell	109	3.31	0.32
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	86	2.61	0.04
Majority			1,865	56.70	6.97
Turnout			3,355	30.85	34.02
Rejected ballots			66	1.97	1.45
Total ballots			3,421	31.46
Registered electors			10,875
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.80

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: Thursday 7 May 2015^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Brennan	5,244	72.33	11.72
	UKIP	Leanne Nichola Sheelan	628	8.66	7.16
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	Martin Ralph	437	6.03	2.50
	Green	Gina Shaw	282	3.89	0.43
	Conservative	George Powell	263	3.63	0.55
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Elaine Wilson	210	2.90	0.10
	Liberal	Sheila Ann Fairclough	186	2.57	1.43
Majority			4,616	63.67	18.84
Turnout			7,250	64.54	33.62
Rejected ballots			38	0.52
Total ballots			7,288	64.87
Registered electors			11,234
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.44

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22 Thursday May 2014^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Calvert	2,105	60.61	11.33
	UKIP	Tony Hammond	549	15.82	15.82
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	Martin Ralph	296	8.53	8.53
	Green	Vikki Ann Gregorich	150	4.32	0.84
	Liberal	Shiela Fairclough	139	4.00	3.45
	Conservative	George Powell	107	3.08	0.34
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Elaine Wilson	104	3.00	3.17
	English Democrat	Steven Greenhalgh	21	0.61	2.49
Majority			1,556	44.83	19.66
Turnout			3,471	31.25	1.19
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.58

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: Thursday 3 May 2012^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Millar	2,577	71.94	6.43
	Liberal	Mary Jane Canning	267	7.45	4.62
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Wilson	221	6.17	12.12
	Green	Vikki Gregorich	185	5.16	2.80
	TUSC	John Martin Ralph	123	3.43	1.63
	English Democrat	Steven Greenhalgh	111	3.10	1.69
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	98	2.74	0.13
Majority			2,310	64.49	17.27
Turnout			3582	32.44	4.69
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.91

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: Thursday 5 May 2011^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Brennan	2,689	65.51	12.14
	Liberal Democrats	Berni Turner	751	18.29	16.83
	UKIP	Tony Put Locals First Over Housing Hammond	202	4.92	4.92
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	118	2.87	0.60
	Liberal	Mary Jane Canning	116	2.83	1.33
	Green	Vikki Gregorich	97	2.36	0.55
	TUSC	John Martin Ralph	74	1.80	1.80
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	58	1.41	1.41
Majority			1,938	47.22	28.98
Turnout			4105	37.13	21.94
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.49

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Thursday 6 May 2010^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Anderson	3,557	53.37	26.56
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Turner	2,341	35.12	9.51
	BNP	Steven McEllenborough	242	3.63	6.13
	Conservative	Gwynneth May Hicklin	231	3.47	0.66
	Green	Vikki Gregorich	194	2.91	1.32
	Liberal	Elaine Tyrer	100	1.50	8.94
Majority			1,216	18.24
Turnout			6,665	59.07	32.48
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+18.04

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Thursday 1 May 2008^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Millar	1,372	44.63	19.93
	Labour	Allen Edward John Hammond	824	26.81	3.43
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	321	10.44	5.82
	BNP	Steven McEllenborough	300	9.76	9.76
	Green	Paul Matthew Grimes	130	4.23	0.44
	Conservative	Lauren Graham	127	4.13	0.48
Majority			548	17.82	23.36
Turnout			3,074	26.59	2.73
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-11.68

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Thursday 3 May 2007^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Berni Turner	2,248	64.56	16.16
	Labour	Claire Wilner	814	23.38	5.57
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	161	4.62	1.18
	Green	Paul Matthew Grimes	132	3.79	0.73
	Conservative	Neil Alan Wilson	127	3.65	1.34
Majority			1,434	41.18	21.73
Turnout			3,482	29.32	5.12
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+10.87

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Thursday 4 May 2006^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Turner	1,436	48.40
	Labour	Wendy Simon	859	28.95
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	172	5.80
	UKIP	Mark Eric Bill	150	5.06
	Conservative	Pauline Dougherty	148	4.99
	Green	Paul Matthew Grimes	134	4.52
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	68	2.29
Majority			577	19.45
Turnout			2,967	24.20
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: 10 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Firth	2,290
	Liberal Democrats	Bernadetter Turner	2,286
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Turner	2,239
	Labour	John McCabe	1,096
	Labour	Joseph Roberts	807
	Labour	Carl Roper	786
	Liberal	John Moore	206
	Liberal	Maria Langley	176
	Socialist Alliance	Cecelia Ralph	171
	Socialist Alliance	John Ralph	169
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Filby	112
Majority
Turnout			4,051	32.77
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Italics indicate the sitting Councillor. Bold indicates the winning candidate.

See also

• Liverpool City Council
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879

Notes

External links

• Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

References

1. The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
2. "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.
3. "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
4. "Old Swan (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
5. Bartlett, David (26 April 2011). "Senior Liverpool councillor Gary Millar defects from Lib Dems to join Labour". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
6. Thorp, Liam. "Former Lord Mayor resigns from council and Labour Party over racist video scandal". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
7. "Municipal Elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Election results for Old Swan. Liverpool City Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
8. "Battle for Old Swan will tell us a lot about Liverpool's state of mind". 18 August 2019.
9. "Old Swan By-election - Thursday, 19th September, 2019". Election results for Old Swan. Liverpool City Council. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
10. "Municipal Election Results 2019, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
11. "Municipal Election Results 2018, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
12. "Municipal Election Results 2016, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
13. "Municipal Election Results 2015, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
14. "Municipal Election Results 2014, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
15. "Municipal Election Results 2012, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
16. "Municipal Election Results 2011, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
17. "Municipal Election Results 2010, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
18. "Municipal Election Results 2008, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
19. "Municipal Election Results 2007, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.
20. "Municipal Election Results 2006, Old Swan". Liverpool City Council. 10 March 2022.

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