Wavertree (ward)

Wavertree ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council centred on the Wavertree district of Liverpool.

Wavertree
Wavertree ward (2004) within Liverpool
Area	2.853 km2 (1.102 sq mi)
Population	14,262 (2021 census)
• Density	4,999/km2 (12,950/sq mi)
Registered Electors	10,550 (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 first established in 1895 before being dissolved in 1953, it was recreated in 2004 and dissolved again 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 created from parts of the former Childwall, Church, and Picton wards.^[1] The ward was part of the Liverpool Wavertree Parliamentary constituency.

The ward boundaries followed the Liverpool to Manchester railway line, Northway, Thingwall Road, Queens Drive, Woolton Road, Heathfield Road, Smithdown Road, and the West Coast Main Line.^[1]

The ward contained the Liverpool Blue Coat School, Childwall Sports and Science Academy, and Wavertree Playground.

The population of the ward taken at the 2021 Census was 14,262.^[2]

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Steve Hurst (LD)		Mike Storey (LD)		Warren Bradley (LD)
2006		Steve Hurst (LD)		Mike Storey (LD)		Warren Bradley (LD)
2007		Steve Hurst (LD)		Mike Storey (LD)		Warren Bradley (LD)
2008		Steve Hurst (LD)		Mike Storey (LD)		Warren Bradley (LD)
2010		Rosie Jolly (LD)		Mike Storey (LD)		Warren Bradley (LD)
2011		Rosie Jolly (LD)		Jake Morrison (Lab)		Warren Bradley (Ind.)[a]
2012		Rosie Jolly (LD)		Jake Morrison (Lab)		Helen Casstles (Lab)
2013		Rosie Jolly (Lab)[b]		Jake Morrison (Ind.)[c]		Helen Casstles (Lab)
2014		Rosie Jolly (Lab)		Jake Morrison (Ind.)		Helen Casstles (Lab)
2015		Rosie Jolly (Lab)		David Cummings (Lab)		Helen Casstles (Lab)
2016		Rosie Jolly (Lab)		David Cummings (Lab)		Helen Casstles (Lab)
2017		Rosie Jolly (Lab)		David Cummings (Lab)		Clare McIntyre (Lab)[d]
2018		Angela Coleman (Lab)		David Cummings (Lab)		Clare McIntyre (Lab)
2019		Angela Coleman (Lab)		David Cummings (Lab)		Clare McIntyre (Lab)
2021		Angela Coleman (Lab)		David Cummings (Lab)		Clare McIntyre (Lab)
2022		Angela Coleman (Lab)		David Cummings (Ind)[e]		Clare McIntyre (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

a.^ Cllr Warren Bradley (elected as Liberal Democrat, 2008) was suspended and eventually expelled from the Liberal Democrats following allegations of electoral fraud which he later admitted in Court, he unsuccessfully contested the 2012 elections as an Independent.^[3]

b.^ Cllr Rosie Jolly (elected as Liberal Democrat, 2010) defected to the Labour Party in May 2013 and successfully defended her seat in 2014.^[4]

c.^ Cllr Jake Morrison (elected as Labour, 2010) resigned his membership of the Labour Party in June 2013, due to internal disputes with the local Labour MP and disillusionment with national Labour policies.^[5]

d.^ Cllr Helen Casstles (Labour, 2016) resigned from the council in April 2017 citing conflicting work commitments.^[6]

e.^ Cllr David Cummings (elected as Labour, 2019) was suspended from the Labour whip in 2019 before being expelled from the Labour Party in 2022, following a string of complaints of abuse and receiving two criminal convictions.^[7]

Election results

Bold - Denotes the winning candidate. italics - Denotes a re-standing councillor.

Elections of the 2020s

Thursday 6 May 2021^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare McIntyre	1,579	38.82	14.08
	Green	David William Morgan	1,176	28.92	12.77
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Tania Turner	975	23.97	3.40
	Conservative	Stuart Wood	155	3.81	0.33
	Liberal	David Seth Harrap	115	2.83	1.25
	Independent	Adam Giles Heatherington	67	1.65	0.51
Majority			403	9.91	22.42
Turnout			4,067	38.55	5.21
Rejected ballots			22	0.54	0.09
Total ballots			4,089	38.76
Registered electors			10,550
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.42

Elections of the 2010s

Thursday 2 May 2019^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Cummings	1,841	52.90	9.57
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	716	20.57	1.35
	Green	David William Morgan	562	16.15	7.23
	Conservative	Stuart Wood	144	4.14	3.13
	Liberal	David Seth Harrap	142	4.08	1.96
	Democrats and Veterans	Adam Giles Heatherington	75	2.16	N/A
Majority			1,125	32.33	9.91
Turnout			3,480	33.34	0.90
Rejected ballots			22	0.63	0.62
Registered electors			10,439
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.46

Thursday 3 May 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Coleman	2,122	62.47	0.28
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	653	19.22	3.49
	Green	David William Morgan	303	8.92	2.54
	Conservative	Stuart Wood	247	7.27	0.51
	Liberal	Jonathan Mason	72	2.12	N/A
Majority			1,469	42.24	8.83
Turnout			3,409	32.44
Rejected ballots			12	0.35%
Registered electors			10,510
	Labour hold		Swing	1.88

Wavertree By-election: Thursday 4 May 2017^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare McIntyre	2,632	62.19	+8.61
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Harmer	961	22.71	+3.54
	Conservative	Stuart Wood	286	6.76	+2.15
	Green	Paul Woodruff	270	6.38	−5.15
	TUSC	Angela Grant	83	1.96	−1.54
Majority			1,671	34.41
Turnout			4,259
	Labour hold		Swing

Thursday 5 May 2016^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Casstles	1,929	53.58	−6.31
	Liberal Democrats	Donald McFarlane Turner	690	19.17	+8.56
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	415	11.53	+0.04
	Liberal	Pamela Ann Bradley	274	7.61	n/a
	Conservative	Diane Isobel Watson	166	4.61	−2.33
	TUSC	Angela Grant	126	3.50	+0.97
Majority			1239	34.41
Turnout			3648	35.53
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Cummings	4280	59.89
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	821	11.49
	Liberal Democrats	Leo Evans	758	10.61
	Conservative	Dianne Watcon	496	6.94
	UKIP	Vincent McDermott	484	6.77
	TUSC	Angela Grant	181	2.53
	Independent	Stephen McNally	127	1.78
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Jolly	1859	53.36	+5.07
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Miney	438	12.57	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Maddison	435	12.49	+3.27
	Green	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	351	10.07	+3.55
	Conservative	Diane Isabel Watson	155	4.45	+1.59
	Liberal	James Robert Dykstra	131	3.76	n/a
	NHA	Stephen McNally	115	3.30	n/a
Majority			1,421	40.79
Turnout			3484	34.00	−4.69
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Casstles	1874	48.29
	Independent	Warren Bradley	1118	28.81
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin White	358	9.22
	Green	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	253	6.52
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Miney	122	3.14
	Conservative	Sabrina Bigby	111	2.86
	BNP	Mike Whitby	45	1.16
Majority			756
Turnout			3881	38.69
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jake Morrison	2337	51.27	+14.33
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Storey	1444	31.68	−15.26
	Green	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	275	6.03	+0.76
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Miney	184	4.04	n/a
	Liberal	Sean Keatley	138	3.03	−2.74
	Conservative	Angela Maria Oates	129	2.83	−2.26
	Respect	Diana Linda Raby	51	1.12	n/a
Majority			893	19.59	+29.59
Turnout			4558	44.64	−18.92
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+21.96

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Wavertree ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosie Jolly	3118	46.94	−21.57
	Labour	Anthony Robert Murphy	2454	36.94	+21.29
	Liberal	Mary Jane Canning	383	5.77	+4.35
	Green	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	350	5.27	−3.88
	Conservative	Christopher Mark Clinton	338	5.09	−0.18
Majority			664	10.00
Turnout			6643	63.56	+32.97
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-21.43

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Wavertree ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Bradley	2223	68.51
	Labour	Nicholas Richard Wallace	508	15.65
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	297	9.15
	Conservative	David Grundy	171	5.27
	Liberal	Charles Railton Mayes	46	1.42
Majority
Turnout			3245	30.59
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Wavertree ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Storey CBE	2350	70.04
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	559	16.66
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	219	6.53
	Conservative	David Grundy	137	4.08
	Liberal	Charles Railton Mayes	90	2.68
Majority
Turnout			3355	32.10
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Wavertree ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hurst	1928	64.48
	Labour	Claire Wilner	553	18.49
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	260	8.70
	Conservative	David Grundy	142	4.75
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	107	3.58
Majority
Turnout			2990	27.73
	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: Wavertree ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Bradley	2918
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Storey	2836
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hurst	2652
	Labour	Matthew Dunne	550
	Labour	Ebenezer Quartey	498
	Labour	Barrie Grunewald	491
Majority
Turnout			3975	36.22
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	n/a

See also

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