County (Liverpool ward)

County
County
	County ward within Liverpool
Population	11,388 (2021 census)
Registered Electors	7,790 (2023 elections)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Walton;
Councillors	John Jennings (Labour); Bernard Packenham (Labour);
	List of places UK England Merseyside

53°26′49″N 2°58′01″W / 53.447°N 2.967°W / 53.447; -2.967

County ward is an electoral division of Liverpool City Council. The ward is within the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency.

Background

The ward was created in 1953 where three councillors were elected. The boundaries were changed for the 1973 and 1980, 2004 and 2023 elections.

1980 boundaries

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. County ward was represented by three councillors.^[1]

The report describes the boundaries as "Commencing at a point where Walton Lane meets Spellow Lane, thence northwards along said Spellow Lane and Goodison Road to Winslow Street, thence northwestwards along said street to County Road, thence northwards and northeastwards along said road and in continuation in a straight line to the centre of the Rice Lane roundabout and the southern boundary of Warbreck Ward, thence generally northeastwards along said boundary to the western boundary of Pirrie Ward, thence southeastwards along said boundary and southwards, northwestwards and southwestwards along the western boundary of Clubmoor Ward to the Liverpool Exchange-Broad Green railway, thence northwestwards along said railway to Walton Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane 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. County ward was changed to gain small parts of the former Warbreck ward, and losing parts to the new Clubmoor ward. The ward boundaries follow the northern property line on Taylors Lane, Tressel Street, and Herbarth Close, Rice Lane, Queens Drive, Moor Lane, around the northern boundary of Walton Hall Park, Walton Hall Avenue, Stanley Park Avenue North, the Canada Dock Branch line, Walton Lane, Spellow Lane, Carisbrooke Road until Margaret Road thereafter behind the eastern property line to the Maghull to Liverpool railway.^[3]

The population of the 2004 ward at the 2011 census was 14,045.^[4]

2023 boundaries

In 2023 the ward boundaries were changed 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 ward was reformed as a two-member ward, retaining the majority of the former County ward, losing Walton Hall Park and the streets to the north of Breeze Hill to the reformed Walton ward, and the triangle between Queens Drive, Walton Hall Avenue and Stanley Hall Avenue North to the new Clubmoor West ward.^[5] The ward contains Goodison Park, Walton Parish Church and Alsop High School.

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 11,388.^[6]

Councillors

Election
2004	Paul Clark (LD)	Karen Afford (LD)	Marilyn Fielding (LD)
2006	Paul Clark (LD)	Karen Afford (LD)	Marilyn Fielding (LD)
2007	Paul Clark (LD)	Karen Afford (LD)	Marilyn Fielding (LD)
2008	Paul Clark (LD)	Karen Afford (LD)	Marilyn Fielding (LD)
2010	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Karen Afford (LD)	Marilyn Fielding (LD)
2011	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Marilyn Fielding (LD)
2012	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Eryl Owen (Lab)
2014	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Eryl Owen (Lab)
2015	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Eryl Owen (Lab)
2016	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Kay Davies (Lab)
2018	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Kay Davies (Lab)
2019	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Kay Davies (LD)
2021	Gerard Woodhouse (Lab)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Maureen Delahunty-Kehoe (Lab)
2023	Gerard Woodhouse (Ind)	Roy Gladden (Lab)	Maureen Delahunty-Kehoe (Lab)
WARD REFORMED
2023	John Jennings (Lab)	Bernard Packenham (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.

Cllr Kay Davies left the Labour Party and joined the Liberal Democrats in 2018 after briefly sitting as an independent.^[7]
Cllr Gerard Woodhouse left the Labour Party after being told he would not be a Labour candidate in the 2023 elections.^[8]

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

4th May 2023 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John William Jennings	1,080	33.30
	Labour	Bernard Edward Packenham	922	28.43
	Independent	Gerard Woodhouse	619	19.09
	Independent	Rosemary Nzingha Edwards	197	6.07
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Ronald Bell	181	5.58
	Independent	Rosemary Nzingha Edwards	173	5.33
	Conservative	Louise Margaret Waters	71	2.19
Majority			461
Turnout
Rejected ballots			32
Total ballots
Registered electors			7,790
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: 6th May 2021 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Patricia Delahunty-Kehoe	1,608	70.50	7.14
	Green	Linda Jeanne Jones	213	9.34	0.11
	Liberal Democrats	Jez Clein	190	8.33	1.07
	Liberal	Irene Morrison	142	6.23	3.56
	Conservative	Irene Stuart	128	5.61	2.67
Majority			1,395	61.16	7.03
Turnout			2281	24.70	1.83
Registered electors			9,234
Rejected ballots			67	2.85	1.54
Total ballots			2,348
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.15

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Gladden	1,635	77.64%	9.00
	Green	Lina Jeanne Jones	199	9.45%	6.02
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Cottrell	153	7.26	6.50
	Conservative	Olivia Georgina Lever	62	2.94%	0.70
	Liberal	Irene Morrison	57	2.67%	0.27
Majority			1,436	68.19%	12.15
Turnout			2,134	22.87%	2.01
Registered electors			9,329
Rejected ballots			28	1.31%	0.88
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.51%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	2,023	86.64%	13.45
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Charles McAllister-Bell	147	6.30%	6.50
	Conservative	Olivia Georgina Lever	85	3.64%	0.09
	Green	Ceri Rhys Jones	80	3.43%	6.22
Majority			1,876	80.34%	19.95
Turnout			2,345	24.88%	2.20
Registered electors			9,427
Rejected ballots			10	0.43%
	Labour hold		Swing	9.98%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kay Eizabeth Davies	1,813	73.19%	−3.49%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Plant	317	12.80%	+6.81%
	Green	Chris Melia-Jones	239	9.65%	+4.91%
	Conservative	Brian James Jones	88	3.55%	+1.30%
	TUSC	Lynne Wild	20	0.81%	−0.63%
Majority			1,496	60.39%	−8.11%
Registered electors			9,309
Turnout			2,521	27.08%	−33.91%
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.15%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Gladden	4,433	76.68%	−0.34%
	UKIP	Robert Thompson	473	8.18%	−6.38%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Elisabeth Afford	346	5.99%	n/a
	Green	Ashley Scott-Griffiths	274	4.74%	+1.44%
	Conservative	Brian James Jones	130	2.25%	+0.53%
	TUSC	Lynne Wild	83	1.44%	n/a
	Liberal	Stephen Francis Houghland	42	0.73%	−2.68%
Majority			3,960	68.50%	+6.04%
Registered electors			9,518
Turnout			5,805	60.99%	+31.92%
	Labour hold		Swing	3.02%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	2,148	77.02%	−5.82%
	UKIP	Neil Kenny	406	14.56%	+8.63%
	Liberal	Stephen Francis Houghland	95	3.41%	+1.55%
	Green	Tony Jones	92	3.30%	1.05%
	Conservative	Brian James Jones	48	1.72%	+0.18%
Majority			1,742	62.46%	−14.45%
Turnout			2789	29.07%	−1.02%
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.22%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eryl Marshall Owen	2,360	82.84%	+9.15%
	UKIP	Thomas Marsden Bodcock	169	5.93%	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Thomas Sefton	142	4.98%	−10.04%
	Green	Tony Jones	64	2.25%	+0.57%
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	53	1.86%	+1.01%
	Conservative	John Ainsley Watson	44	1.54%	−0.39%
	British Freedom	Peter James Stafford	17	0.60%	n/a
Majority			2,191	76.91%	+18.24%
Turnout			2,849	30.09%	−3.18%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+1.61%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Butler Gladden	2330	73.69%	+13.02%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Elisabeth Afford	475	15.02%	−15.81%
	UKIP	Tom Bodcock	138	4.36%	n/a
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	78	2.47%	n/a
	Conservative	John Astley Watson	61	1.93%	−1.09%
	Green	Tony Jones	53	1.68%	+0.5%
	Liberal	Stephen Francis Houghland	27	0.85%	n/a
Majority			1855	58.67%	+28.83
Turnout			3162	33.27%	−19.55%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	14.42%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: County ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	3131	60.67%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Gould	1591	30.83%
	BNP	Peter James Stafford	222	4.30%
	Conservative	Angela Maria Oates	156	3.02%
	Green	Tony Jones	61	1.18%
Majority			1540	29.84%
Turnout			5161	52.82%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: County ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Fielding	1196	42.70%
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	1189	42.45%
	BNP	Peter James Stafford	200	7.14%
	UKIP	Colin Windever	70	2.50%
	Conservative	Paul Martyn Barber	66	2.36%
	Green	Tony Jones	48	1.71%
	Liberal	Roger George Webb	32	1.14%
Majority
Turnout			2801	27.66%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: County ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Afford	1541	58.46%
	Labour	Colin McAlley	859	32.59%
	Conservative	Jennifer Kelly	62	2.35%
	Liberal	Roger George Webb	53	2.01%
Majority
Turnout			2636	25.53%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: County ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clark	1380	52.73%
	Labour	Patrick Delahunty	1080	41.27%
	Liberal	Roger George Webb	84	3.21%
	Conservative	Francis Victor Stevens	73	2.79%
Majority
Turnout			2617	24.07%
	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: County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Fielding	2067
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Afford	1881
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clark	1869
	Labour	Gary Booth	1515
	Labour	Patrick Delahunty	1515
	Labour	Jeanette Fearon	1440
	Liberal	Roger Webb	96
	Liberal	Thomas Newell	95
	Liberal	Damian O'Brien	60
Majority
Turnout			3824	34.33%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	n/a

• italics - Denotes sitting Councillor.
• bold - Denotes the winning candidate.

External links

Ward Profile

References

^ The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
^ "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.
^ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
^ "City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ "Ward Profiles". Liverpool City Council.
^ Thorp, Liam. "Liverpool Councillor who quit Labour joins Lib Dem rivals in shock move". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ Thorp, Liam. "Veteran Labour councillor to challenge party as independent after being blocked from standing". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Election Results for County, 4th May 2023". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Election Results for County, 6th May 2021". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, County". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, County". Liverpool City Council.

[1] The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

[lgbce80-2] "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] "City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[5] "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.

[6] "Ward Profiles". Liverpool City Council.

[7] Thorp, Liam. "Liverpool Councillor who quit Labour joins Lib Dem rivals in shock move". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

[8] Thorp, Liam. "Veteran Labour councillor to challenge party as independent after being blocked from standing". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

[9] "Election Results for County, 4th May 2023". Liverpool City Council.

[10] "Election Results for County, 6th May 2021". Liverpool City Council.

[11] "Municipal Election Results 2019, County". Liverpool City Council.

[12] "Municipal Election Results 2018, County". Liverpool City Council.

[13] "Municipal Election Results 2016, County". Liverpool City Council.

[14] "Municipal Election Results 2015, County". Liverpool City Council.

[15] "Municipal Election Results 2014, County". Liverpool City Council.

[16] "Municipal Election Results 2012, County". Liverpool City Council.

[17] "Municipal Election Results 2011, County". Liverpool City Council.

[18] "Municipal Election Results 2010, County". Liverpool City Council.

[19] "Municipal Election Results 2008, County". Liverpool City Council.

[20] "Municipal Election Results 2007, County". Liverpool City Council.

[21] "Municipal Election Results 2006, County". Liverpool City Council.

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v t e Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool
Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Oglet Old Swan Orrell Park Sefton Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton
Wards	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Belle Vale Broadgreen Brownlow Hill Calderstones Canning Childwall Church City Centre North City Centre South Clubmoor East Clubmoor West County Croxteth Croxteth Country Park Dingle Edge Hill Everton East Everton North Everton West Fazakerley East Fazakerley North Fazakerley West Festival Gardens Garston Gateacre Grassendale & Cressington Greenbank Park Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale East Kirkdale West Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park Mossley Hill Much Woolton & Hunts Cross Norris Green Old Swan East Old Swan West Orrell Park Penny Lane Princes Park Sandfield Park Sefton Park Smithdown Speke Springwood St Michaels Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Breckside Park Tuebrook Larkhill Vauxhall Walton Waterfront North Waterfront South Wavertree Garden Suburb Wavertree Village West Derby Deysbrook West Derby Leyfield West Derby Muirhead Woolton Village Yew Tree
Defunct wards	Abercromby Allerton and Hunt's Cross Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Breckfield Brunswick Castle Street Central Central, Everton, Netherfield Clubmoor Cressington Dovecot Everton Exchange Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Granby, Princes Park Grassendale Great George Greenbank Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Lime Street Little Woolton Low Hill Low Hill, Smithdown Melrose Melrose, Westminster Much Woolton Netherfield Netherley North Scotland North Toxteth North Walton Old Swan Picton Pirrie Pitt Street Riverside Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Domingo St. James' St. Mary's St. Paul's St. Peter's Sandhills Scotland Sefton Park East Sefton Park West South Scotland South Toxteth South Walton Speke-Garston Tuebrook Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Valley Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Westminster Woolton Woolton East Woolton West