2018 Liverpool City Council election

Main article: 2018 United Kingdom local elections

The 2018 Liverpool City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Liverpool City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2018 Liverpool City Council election

← 2016 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 2019 →
31 of 90 seats (One Third and one by-election) to Liverpool City Council 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	28.9% (2.1%)
First party Second party   Leader Joe Anderson Richard Kemp Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat N/A, Mayor Church Last election 27 seats, 57.7% 3 seats, 16.7% Seats before 79 4 Seats won 25 3 Seats after 76 7 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 60,277 15,673 Percentage 63.8% 16.6% Swing 6.1% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tom Crone Steve Radford Party Green Liberal Leader's seat St Michael's Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Last election 1 seat, 10.7% 1 seat, 5.2% Seats before 4 2 Seats won 2 1 Seats after 4 2 Seat change Popular vote 8,839 3,932 Percentage 9.4% 4.2% Swing 1.3% 1.0%
Map of results of 2018 election
Control of Council before election Joe Anderson Labour Control of Council after Election Joe Anderson Labour

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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79	4	4	2	1
Lab	LD	G	L	I

After the election the composition of the council was:

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76	7	4	2	1
Lab	LD	G	L	I

Election Results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2016.

Liverpool City Council election result, 2018
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	31	25	0	3	3	80.0	63.8	60,277	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	31	3	3	0	3	10.0	16.6	15,673	0.1
	Green	31	2	0	0		6.7	9.4	8,839	1.3
	Conservative	31	0	0	0		0.0	5.4	5,088	1.1
	Liberal	18	1	0	0		3.3	4.2	3,932	1.0
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	253	0.1
	TUSC	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	197	1.8
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	157	0.2

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Ward Results

Allerton and Hunts Cross

Allerton and Hunts Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kimberley Berry	1,885	44.3	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Brauner	1,811	42.6	4.6
	Conservative	Denise Nuttall	325	7.6	0.3
	Green	Maggi Williams	232	5.5	1.0
Majority			74	1.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,589
Turnout			4,259	36.8	2.8
Rejected ballots			6	0.1	1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2

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Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Billy Marrat	1,777	80.0	4.7
	Conservative	Christopher Smith	140	6.3	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wiebke Rüterjans	134	6.0	0.4
	Green	Rachel Burcher	114	5.1	0.5
	Liberal	James Richardson	56	2.5	3.7
Majority			1,721	73.7	4.6
Registered electors			9,212
Turnout			2,228	24.2	0.3
Rejected ballots			7	0.3	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

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Belle Vale

Belle Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	2,574	82.6	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Atkinson	227	7.3	4.1
	Conservative	Wendy Hine	181	5.8	2.0
	Green	Hilary McDonagh	94	3.0	3.4
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	40	1.3	1.4
Majority			2,347	75.3	21.7
Registered electors			11,547
Turnout			3,132	27.1	2.5
Rejected ballots			16	0.5	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	10.9

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Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Small	1,066	67.9	1.6
	Green	Jayne Clough	182	11.6	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Howard	119	7.6	2.2
	Conservative	Lee Berry	118	7.5	1.8
	Independent	John Leadbeater	84	5.4	New
Majority			884	56.3	3.1
Registered electors			9,766
Turnout			1,572	16.1	0.7
Rejected ballots			3	0.2	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

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Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Storey	2,200	48.6	19.4
	Labour	Frank Hont	1,956	43.2	9.5
	Green	Phil Williamson	179	4.0	2.5
	Conservative	David Jeffery	150	3.3	1.3
	Liberal	Lindsey Wood	40	0.9	New
Majority			244	5.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,804
Turnout			4,536	42.0	2.6
Rejected ballots			11	0.2	1.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	14.5

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Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Makinson	2,706	58.0	2.2
	Labour	Nigel Parsons	1,474	31.6	3.9
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	321	6.9	1.3
	Conservative	Thomas Burton	166	3.6	1.0
Majority			1,232	26.4	1.7
Registered electors			10,594
Turnout			4,672	44.1	5.5
Rejected ballots			5	0.1	0.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	0.9

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Thomas Burton, the Conservative party candidate for Church ward was ineligible to sit as a councillor as he was a Liverpool City Council employee.^[7]

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roz Gladden	2,136	83.1	9.8
	Liberal	Paul Jones	129	5.0	2.1
	Conservative	Peter Andrew	127	4.9	1.2
	Green	Esther Cosslett	104	4.0	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Childs	75	2.9	4.3
Majority			2,007	78.1	13.4
Registered electors			11,243
Turnout			2,583	23.0	3.6
Rejected ballots			12	0.5	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	6.7

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County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	2,023	86.6	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McAllister-Bell	147	6.3	6.5
	Conservative	Olivia Lever	85	3.6
	Green	Ceri Jones	80	3.4	6.2
Majority			1,876	80.3	19.9
Registered electors			9,427
Turnout			2,345	24.9	2.2
Rejected ballots			10	0.4	1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	8.4

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Cressington

Cressington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynnie Hinnigan	2,444	52.4	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	1,566	33.6	3.2
	Green	Elke Weissmann	342	7.3	2.1
	Conservative	Jade Marsden	309	6.6	1.6
Majority			878	18.8	0.6
Registered electors			11,578
Turnout			4,665	40.3	1.1
Rejected ballots			4	0.1	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

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Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Mitchell	2,120	82.9	9.0
	Conservative	Alice Day	172	6.7	3.8
	Green	Martin Randall	99	3.9	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bentall	91	3.6	0.9
	Liberal	Raymond Catesby	76	3.0	0.8
Majority			1,984	76.2	12.0
Registered electors			10,558
Turnout			2,567	24.3	2.2
Rejected ballots			9	0.4	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	6.0

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Byrne	2,295	86.6	5.3
	Conservative	David Murray	136	5.1	1.4
	Green	Noèl Little	100	3.8	4.2
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	60	2.3	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolas Sawyer	59	2.2	New
Majority			2,159	81.5	8.2
Registered electors			10,746
Turnout			2,663	24.8	0.9
Rejected ballots			13	0.5	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	4.1

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Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsay Melia	2,219	83.2	10.5
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	177	6.6	3.6
	Green	Luke Burke	115	4.3	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Slupsky	108	4.0	6.3
	Liberal	Maureen Keyes	49	1.8	New
Majority			2,042	76.6	14.2
Registered electors			11,252
Turnout			2,677	23.8	2.7
Rejected ballots			9	0.3	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	7.1

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Greenbank

Greenbank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lawrence Brown	1,648	48.2	18.0
	Labour	Jon Morris	1,553	45.5	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona McBride	116	3.4	3.1
	Conservative	Nicholas Basson	99	2.9	0.7
Majority			95	2.7	N/A
Registered electors			8,897
Turnout			3,426	39.0	0.7
Rejected ballots			10	0.3	0.9
	Green hold		Swing	15.0

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Kensington and Fairfield

Kensington and Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Walker	1,768	76.1	5.1
	Green	Steve Faragher	179	7.7	1.6
	Independent	Joe Owens	114	4.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Barrow	110	4.7	1.0
	Conservative	Brian Jones	85	3.7	1.8
	Liberal	Damien Daly	68	2.9	0.4
Majority			1,589	68.4	8.0
Registered electors			9,347
Turnout			2,335	25.0	3.6
Rejected ballots			11	0.5	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	4.0

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Three days before the election, Green Candidate Steve Faragher resigned from the Green Party due to an online comment.^[15] This was too late for the ballot paper to be changed.^[16]

Kirkdale

Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy	2,094	82.1	2.7
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	149	5.8	4.3
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	104	4.1	2.5
	Conservative	Daniel Nuttall	103	4.0	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike McAllister-Bell	76	3.0	New
	Liberal	Thomas Ryan	23	0.9	New
Majority			1,945	76.3	7.0
Registered electors			11,370
Turnout			2,557	22.5	2.7
Rejected ballots			8	0.3	1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

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Knotty Ash

Knotty Ash - 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Clarke	1,978	75.6	12.6
	Labour	Harry Doyle	1,895	72.4	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hughes	329	12.6	1.7
	Conservative	Mark Butchard	272	10.4	6.5
	Conservative	Irene Stuart	235	9.0	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Thompson	182	7.0	7.3
	Green	Fiona Coyne	154	5.9	1.9
	Green	Michael Humphrey Johnson	116	4.4	0.4
	Liberal	Kenneth Russell	79	3.0	0.5
Majority			1,649	58.6	9.9
Registered electors			10,599
Turnout			2,624	24.9	5.2
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	–

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After voting against the Labour Council Group Budget, Cllr. Alison Clarke resigned the Labour Whip on 22 April 2022 and joined the Community Independent Group.^[19]

Alison Clark resigned as a councillor on 10 November 2022.^[20]

Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Hayden	1,904	45.6	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alisha Lewis	1,462	35.0	5.1
	Green	Ted Grant	440	10.5	9.2
	Conservative	Chris Hall	260	6.2	0.3
	Liberal	David Wood	106	2.5	0.6
Majority			442	10.6	2.1
Registered electors			9,410
Turnout			4,172	44.4	0.8
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	1.1

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Norris Green

Norris Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Kushner	2,344	85.8	17.5
	Green	Martyn Madeley	142	5.2	3.7
	Conservative	Alma McGing	132	4.8	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Buist	62	2.3	New
	Liberal	Brenda Jean Edwards	51	1.9	New
Majority			2,202	80.6	24.1
Registered electors			12,116
Turnout			2,746	22.7	2.8
Rejected ballots			15	0.5	0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	12.1

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Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Calvert	2,174	75.0	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Collins	162	5.6	2.9
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	Martin Ralph	157	5.4	6.6
	Conservative	Derek Nuttall	144	5.0	1.7
	Green	George Maxwell	136	4.7	0.2
	Liberal	Irene Morrison	126	4.3	1.7
Majority			2,012	69.4	12.7
Registered electors			11,220
Turnout			2,910	25.9	5.0
Rejected ballots			11	0.4	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Kenyon	1,931	83.6	10.6
	Green	Paul Woodruff	139	6.0	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Cottrell	88	3.8	4.3
	Conservative	Johnathan Andrew	76	3.3	0.4
	Independent	Adam Heatherington	55	2.4	New
	Liberal	Colin Edwards	21	0.9	New
Majority			1,792	77.6	14.7
Registered electors			10,002
Turnout			2,322	23.2	4.3
Rejected ballots			12	0.5	1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	7.4

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Prince's Park

Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Rothery	2,155	78.8	11.2
	Green	Stephanie Pitchers	347	12.7	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sebire	122	4.5	0.5
	Conservative	Beryl Pinnington	111	4.1	0.7
Majority			1,808	66.1	17.8
Registered electors			10,715
Turnout			2,753	25.7	4.5
Rejected ballots			18	0.7	1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	8.9

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Riverside

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hetty Wood	2,601	79.5	2.9
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	297	9.1	1.6
	Conservative	Robin Singleton	194	5.9	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McCracken	181	5.5	0.4
Majority			2,304	70.4	4.5
Registered electors			14,170
Turnout			3,286	23.2	4.2
Rejected ballots			13	0.4	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

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St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tom Crone	2,205	58.3	3.7
	Labour	Stuart Fordham	1,395	36.9	7.9
	Conservative	David Patmore	99	2.6	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Darbyshire	82	2.2	1.7
Majority			810	21.4	11.6
Registered electors			9,810
Turnout			3,789	38.6	0.7
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	0.7
	Green hold		Swing	5.8

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Speke-Garston

Speke-Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Knight	2,634	82.8	3.9
	Green	Rachael Stretton	184	5.8	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Tormey	184	5.8	2.1
	Conservative	James Craig	178	5.6	0.9
Majority			2,450	77.0	6.6
Registered electors			13,792
Turnout			3,189	23.1	2.9
Rejected ballots			9	0.3	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

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Tuebrook & Stoneycroft

Tuebrook and Stoneycroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lake	2,524	64.0	14.3
	Labour	Don Porter	1,283	32.6	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney	50	1.3	0.2
	Green	Martin Dobson	47	1.2	0.3
	Conservative	Elliot Craddock	37	0.9	0.5
Majority			1,241	31.4	30.4
Registered electors			10,390
Turnout			3,948	38.0	1.4
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	15.2

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Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cheryl Didsbury	2,321	80.0	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Lonsdale	228	7.9	6.2
	Conservative	McLean Wickham	190	6.5	3.9
	Green	Jean Hill	126	4.3	2.1
	Liberal	George Roberts	38	1.3	1.1
Majority			2,093	72.1	15.9
Registered electors			11,122
Turnout			2,916	26.2	2.1
Rejected ballots			13	0.4	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

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Wavertree

Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Coleman	2,122	62.5	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	653	19.2
	Green	David Morgan	303	8.9	2.6
	Conservative	Stuart Wood	247	7.3	2.7
	Liberal	Jonathan Mason	72	2.1	5.5
Majority			1,469	43.3	8.9
Registered electors			10,510
Turnout			3,409	32.4	3.1
Rejected ballots			12	0.4	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

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West Derby

West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Thomas	2,243	69.9	10.8
	Conservative	Pauline Shuttleworth	278	8.7	4.9
	Liberal	Ann Hines	274	8.5	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Parr	260	8.1	1.7
	Green	Ellie Pontin	107	3.3	0.6
	TUSC	Ann Barbara Walsh	48	1.5	New
Majority			1,965	61.2	15.8
Registered electors			10,958
Turnout			3,216	29.3	2.0
Rejected ballots			6	0.2	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	7.9

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Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kris Brown	2,148	50.5	3.9
	Labour	Colin McAlley	1,394	32.8	3.4
	Conservative	Adam Marsden	488	11.5	1.9
	Green	Jennifer Brown	226	5.3	1.4
Majority			754	17.7	0.5
Registered electors			10,636
Turnout			4,264	40.1	6.2
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	0.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	0.3

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Yew Tree

Yew Tree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Conception	2,414	81.3	7.8
	Conservative	Gillian Ferrigno	244	8.2	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Wilson	117	3.9	1.5
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	100	3.4	0.9
	Green	William Ward	93	3.1	1.6
Majority			2,170	73.1	6.1
Registered electors			11,816
Turnout			2,975	25.2	1.5
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

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See also

• Liverpool City Council
• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
• History of local government in England
• Elections in the United Kingdom

Notes

• italics denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

1. % of total refers to % of wards won.