Warbreck (ward)

Warbreck
Warbreck
	Warbreck ward (2004) within Liverpool
Area	3.008 km2 (1.161 sq mi)
Population	15,398 (2021 census)
• Density	5,119/km2 (13,260/sq mi)
Registered Electors	11,345 (2021 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Walton;
	List of places UK England Merseyside

53°27′24″N 2°57′50″W / 53.4568°N 2.9639°W / 53.4568; -2.9639

Warbreck ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council containing parts of the Walton and Orrell Park areas of Liverpool.

Background

The ward was first established in 1953, its boundaries were changed in 1973, 1980 and 2004 before being dissolved in 2023.

Etymology

Warbreck means "look-out hill", from Old Norse varŏi "look-out" and brekka "hill (in the sense 'cairn')". The etymology is the same as that of Warbreck (Lancashire). The place-name was recorded as Varebrikke in 1035.^{[citation needed]}

1980 boundaries

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

The report describes the boundaries of Warbreck ward as "Commencing at a point where Breeze Hill meets the northwestern boundary of the City, thence generally northeastwards along said boundary to Roosevelt Drive, thence southeastwards along said drive to Helling Road, thence southwestwards along said road to the road known as Warbreck Moor, thence southwards along said road to Albany Road, thence eastwards along said road to Goodacre Road, thence southeastwards along said road to Longmoor Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to Long Lane, thence southeastwards along said lane to Stopgate Lane, thence southeastwards along said lane to Charnock Road, thence southwestwards along said road to its end being the northeastern boundary of the Factory, thence northwestwards along said boundary and southwestwards along the northwestern boundary of said factory and in prolongation thereof to the northern boundary of Walton Hall Park, thence westwards and southwestwards along said northern boundary to a point due north of the northernmost corner of Hetherlow Towers, thence due south to said corner, thence generally southwestwards along the northern ,and western boundaries of Hetherlow Towers, the northwestern boundary of the Corporation Yard and the northwestern boundary of the Builder's Yard to Moor Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to the road known as Queens Drive Walton, thence westwards along said road, North Breeze Hill and Breeze Hill 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 retained as a smaller ward, gaining a small part of the former Pirrie ward and losing small areas to the new County and Fazakerley wards.^[3] The ward was part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency.

The ward boundaries followed the boundary of the city with Sefton, the former Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway, the Liverpool to Manchester Lines#Northern route, Long Lane, Stopgate Lane, the northern property boundary on Pirrie Lane, the western property boundary on Torrisholme Road, Walton Hall Avenue, the northern boundary of Walton Hall Park, Moor Lane, Rice Lane, the southern boundary of Walton Hospital.

The ward contained HM Prison Liverpool, Hartley Village and was close to the Netherton area of Bootle. There is also a "Warbreck" public house within the ward's boundaries situated on Orrell Lane.

The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,481,^[4] and at the 2021 Census was 15,398.^[5]

2023 elections

Following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which decided that the existing 30 wards each represented by three Councillors should be replaced by 64 wards represented by 85 councillors, the ward was split up into the new Orrell Park, and Walton wards^[6]

Councillors

^[7]

Election
2004	Jean Seddon (LD)	Richard Roberts (LD)	Elsie Lang (LD)
2006	Jean Seddon (LD)	Richard Roberts (LD)	Elsie Lang (LD)
2007	Jean Seddon (LD)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2008	Jean Seddon (LD)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2010	Maria McEvoy (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2011	Maria McEvoy (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2012	Maria McEvoy (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2014	Cheryl Harrison (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2015	Cheryl Harrison (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2016	Cheryl Didsbury (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2018	Cheryl Didsbury (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2019	Cheryl Didsbury (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Richard McLinden (Lab)
2020	Cheryl Didsbury (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	vacant
2021	Cheryl Didsbury (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Alan Gibbons (Lab)
2019	Sam East (Lab)	Ann O'Byrne (Lab)	Alan Gibbons (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 Elsie Lang (Lib Dem, 2004) died of tubercular meningitis in July 2007.^[8]
Cllr Richard McLinden (Labour, 2016), died of Covid in November 2020.^[9] No by-election was held due to restrictions imposed during the pandemic and his seat was held vacant until the 2021 election.
Cllr Cheryl Didsbury (Labour, 2018) resigned from the council in 2022.^[10]

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

2022 by-election

Warbreck By-election, Thursday 7 April 2022^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam East	912	48.18	19.48
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Elisabeth Afford	874	46.17	31.40
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	61	3.22	4.71
	Conservative	Mark Butchard	46	2.43	4.83
Majority			38	2.01	50.88
Turnout			1,893	16.97	10.48
Rejected ballots			5	0.26	2.37
Registered electors			11,155
Total ballots			1,898	17.01
	Labour hold		Swing	-25.44

2021

Thursday 6 May 2021^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Albert Gibbons	2,107	67.66	12.92
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Elisabeth Afford	460	14.77	9.16
	Green	John Bernard Cowan Coyne	247	7.93	0.02
	Conservative	Mark Butchard	226	7.26	3.48
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	74	2.38	0.29
Majority			1,647	52.89	19.74
Turnout			3,114	27.45	1.90
Rejected ballots			84	2.63	0.97
Registered electors			11,345
Total ballots			3,198	28.19
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.04

Elections of the 2010s

2019

Thursday 2 May 2019^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Ann O'Byrne*	2,240	80.58	0.63
	Green	Noel Jane Little	221	7.95	3.61
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard George Thompson	156	5.61	2.24
	Conservative	McLean Campbell Patrick Wickham	105	3.78	2.76
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	58	2.09	0.78
Majority			2,019	72.63	0.53
Turnout			2,827	25.55	0.67
Registered electors			11,064
Rejected ballots			47	1.66	1.21
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.49

2018

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 3rd May 2018 ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Cheryl Didsbury*	2,321	79.95	9.63
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Lonsdale	288	7.85	6.27
	Conservative	McLean Campbell Patrick Wickham	190	6.54	3.91
	Green	Jean Hill	126	4.34	2.06
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	38	1.31	1.09
Majority			2,093	72.10	15.90
Turnout			2,916	26.22	2.13
Registered electors			11,122
Rejected ballots			13	0.45	-0.55
	Labour hold		Swing	7.95

2016

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 5th May 2016 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Michael McLinden	2,166	70.32%	4.78
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	435	14.12%	7.22
	Green	Jean Hill	197	6.40%	2.07
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	127	4.12%	3.77
	Conservative	David Lowe	81	2.63%	0.19
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	74	2.40%	1.87
Majority			1,731	56.20%	10.15
Turnout			3,111	28.35%	35.72
Registered electors			10,975
Rejected ballots			31	1.00%	0.57
	Labour hold		Swing	6.00

2015

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 7th May 2015 ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann O'Byrne	5,379	75.10%	10.39
	UKIP	Joe Gallagher	627	8.75%	8.71
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	494	6.90%	1.94
	Green	Jean Hill	310	4.33%	0.21
	Conservative	John Ainsley Watson	202	2.82%	0.28
	TUSC	India Francesca Taylor	87	1.21	N/A
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	38	0.53%	0.59
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	25	0.35%	0.86
Majority			4,752	66.35%	19.10
Turnout			7,193	64.07%	34.42
Registered electors			11,226
Rejected ballots			31	0.43%
	Labour hold		Swing	9.55

2014

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 22nd May 2014 ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cheryl Harrison	2138	64.71%	−12.58%
	UKIP	Connor Forrest	577	17.46%	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	292	8.84%	−0.04%
	Green	Ellie Pontin	136	4.12%	+0.76%
	Conservative	Jack Stanley	84	2.54%	+0.63%
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	40	1.21%	−4.94%
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	37	1.12%	−1.02%
Majority			1,561	47.25%	−21.43%
Turnout			3304	29.65%	−1.55%
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.02%

2012

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard McLinden	2724	77.56%	−3.90%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Roberts	312	8.88%	+0.27%
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	216	6.15%	+4.75%
	Green	Eleanor Edith Pontin	118	3.36%	+2.49%
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	75	2.14%	+0.45%
	Conservative	Ken Watkin	67	1.91%	−0.9%
Majority			2,412	68.68%	−4.17%
Turnout			3512	31.20%	−3.71%
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.17%

2011

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann O'Byrne	3190	81.46%	+22.77%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	337	8.61%	−26.32%
	UKIP	Enid Lindsay	124	3.17%	n/a
	Conservative	Arron Poole	110	2.81%	−1.06%
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	66	1.69%	n/a
	English Democrat	Lee Alan Walton	55	1.40%	n/a
	Green	Ellie Pontin	34	0.87%	−1.64%
Majority			2853	81.46%	+57.69%
Turnout			3916	34.91%	−21.91
	Labour hold		Swing	+35.93%

2010

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Warbreck ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria McEvoy	3761	58.69%	+0.32%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	2238	34.93%	+12.11%
	Conservative	David Jeffery	248	3.87%	−0.98%
	Green	Eleanor Edith Pontin	161	2.51%	−0.61%
Majority			1523	23.77%
Turnout			6408	56.82%	+28.51%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-6.22%

Elections of the 2000s

2008

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Warbreck^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Michael McLinden	1852	58.37%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	724	22.82%
	BNP	Carol Kilkenny	198	4.85%
	Conservative	Mark Rea	154	4.85%
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	146	4.60%
	Green	Raphael Levy	99	3.12%
Majority
Turnout			3173	28.31%
	Labour hold		Swing

2007 by-election

Warbreck By-Election 13 September 2007^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard McLinden	1,796	55.16%	+10.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	1,024	31.45%	−13.8%
	BNP	Peter Stafford	136	4.18%
	Independent	Michael Langen	131	4.02%
	UKIP	Joseph Moran	52	1.60%
	Green	Kim Graham	45	1.38%
	Conservative	Mark Rea	40	1.23%	−3.2%
	Liverpool Labour Community Party	Alfie Hincks	32	0.98%
Majority			772	23.8%
Turnout			3,256	29.41%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2007

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Warbreck ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann O'Byrne	1837	48.68%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	1643	43.53%
	BNP	Carol Kilkelly	178	4.72%
	Conservative	Paul Martyn Barber	66	1.75%
	Green	Don Ross	50	1.32%
Majority
Turnout			3774	34.09%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2006

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Warbreck ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Seddon	1380	45.20%
	Labour	Ann O'Byrne	1353	44.32%
	Liberal	Linda Marion Roberts	185	6.06%
	Conservative	Paul Martyn Barber	135	4.42%
Majority
Turnout			3053	27.26%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2004

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Lang	2643
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Roberts	2450
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Seddon	2309
	Labour	James Gabriel	1217
	Labour	Robert Carney	970
	Labour	Christine Norris	952
	Liberal	Richard Wright	127
Majority
Turnout			4102	36.90%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	n/a

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

External links

Ward Profile - Warbreck

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 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ "Warbreck (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.
^ "Death of city's former lord mayor". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ Tyrrell, Nick (2 November 2020). "Liverpool councillor dies of coronavirus as colleagues pay tribute to 'wonderful friend'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ Humphreys, David (5 April 2022). "Candidates confirmed for City Council by-elections". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ "Election Results for Warbreck, 7 April 2022". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Election Results for Warbreck, 6 May 2021". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Election Results for Warbreck, 2 May 2019". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results for Warbreck, 13 September 2007". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Warbreck". 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.

[bce03-3] "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.

[4] "City of Liverpool Ward 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[5] "Warbreck (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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

[7] "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.

[8] "Death of city's former lord mayor". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

[9] Tyrrell, Nick (2 November 2020). "Liverpool councillor dies of coronavirus as colleagues pay tribute to 'wonderful friend'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

[10] Humphreys, David (5 April 2022). "Candidates confirmed for City Council by-elections". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

[11] "Election Results for Warbreck, 7 April 2022". Liverpool City Council.

[12] "Election Results for Warbreck, 6 May 2021". Liverpool City Council.

[13] "Election Results for Warbreck, 2 May 2019". Liverpool City Council.

[14] "Municipal Election Results 2018, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[15] "Municipal Election Results 2016, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[16] "Municipal Election Results 2015, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[17] "Municipal Election Results 2014, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[18] "Municipal Election Results 2012, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[19] "Municipal Election Results 2011, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[20] "Municipal Election Results 2010, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[21] "Municipal Election Results 2008, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[key-22] "Municipal Election results for Warbreck, 13 September 2007". Liverpool City Council.

[23] "Municipal Election Results 2007, Warbreck". Liverpool City Council.

[24] "Municipal Election Results 2006, Warbreck". 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