Liverpool Council election, 2007

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 27.5%

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	15	1	5	-4	50.0	42.14
	Labour	13	5	1	4	43.3	36.26
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	3.3	6.11
	Green	1	0	0	0	3.3	6.06
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	6.21
	British National Party	0	0	0	0	0	1.85
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.56
	UK Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0.56
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.12
	United Socialist	0	0	0	0	0	0.09

[edit] Ward results

Allerton and Hunts Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Clucas	1700	52.3
	Labour	Patrick John Devaney	661	20.4
	Conservative	Adam Ernest Marsden	587	18.1
	Green	Margaret Williams	165	5.1
	Liberal	Christopher Hulme	135	4.2
Majority
Turnout			3248	29.86

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Kendrick	1324	49.6
	Labour	Brian Dowling	935	35
	Liberal	Dennis Gaskell	237	8.9
	Green	Kelly Rice	96	3.6
	Conservative	Anthony Beilin	76	3.6
Majority
Turnout			2668	25.9

Belle Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Kent	1639	46.42
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Phillips	1505	42.62
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	118	3.34
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	109	3.09
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	82	2.32
	Green	Andrea Pennington	78	2.21
Majority			134	3.80
Turnout			3531	32.09
	Labour hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	713	50.12
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Millar	432	30.42
	Green	Robert Smith	125	8.80
	Conservative	Mark Cottrell	120	8.45
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	30	2.11
Majority			281	19.79
Turnout			1420	11.80
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pamela Clein	1928	53.69
	Labour	David Shepherd	635	17.68
	Conservative	Chris Lighten	445	12.39
	Green	Faye Griffiths	186	5.18
	Liberal	Philip Daley	125	3.48
Majority			1293	36.01
Turnout			3591	32.36
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Eldridge	2790	69.77
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	461	11.53
	Green	Eleanor Martin	329	8.23
	Conservative	Graham Jones	332	8.30
	Liberal	James MacGregor	87	2.18
Majority			2329	58.14
Turnout			3999	37.30
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roz Gladden	1366	48.42
	Liberal	David Maher	999	35.41
	British National Party	Peter Squire	210	7.44
	Conservative	Gwynneth Hicklin	147	5.21
	Green	Andrew Hoban	99	3.51
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson
Majority			367	13.01
Turnout			2821	25.01
	Labour hold		Swing

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Afford	1541	58.46
	Labour	Colin McAlley	859	32.59
	UK Independence	Colin Windever	121	4.59
	Conservative	Jennifer Kelly	62	2.35
Majority			682	25.87
Turnout			2636	25.53
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cressington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Millea	2065	56.44%
	Labour	Anna Briggs	643	17.57%
	Conservative	Richard Michael Downe	383	10.47%
	Independent	Alex Corina	316	8.64%
	Green	Richard De Pesando	166	4.54%
	Liberal	John Moore	86	2.35%
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nadia Stewart
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Moloney
	Green	Anne Graham
	Liberal	Mary-Jane Canning
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McIntosh
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Crennell
	Conservative	Matthew Sephton
	Green	Adam Howarth
	Liberal	David Wood
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Hanratty
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Seddon
	Liberal	Charles Mayes
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Clein	1345	50.1
	Labour	Christopher Helm	635	23.6
	Green	Peter Cranie	458	17
	Conservative	Alma McGing	188	7
	Liberal	Karen Williams	61	2.3
Majority
Turnout			2687	25.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kensington and Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Baldock
	Liberal Democrat	James Kendrick
	Liberal	Elizabeth Pascoe
	Green	Paula Rice
	Conservative	Francis Dunne
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy
	Liberal Democrat	Francis O'Donoghue
	UK Independence	Joseph Moran
	Conservative	Thomas O'Brien
	Green	Alexander Taylor
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Knotty Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Twigger	1,794
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	1,405
	Conservative	Michael Lind	114
	Liberal	Terry Formby	106
	Green	Helen Rawlinson	88
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mossley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tina Gould
	Labour	Josephine Lazzari
	Conservative	Ann Nugent
	Green	Vicki Anderson
	Liberal	Patricia Elmour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Norris Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Walker
	British National Party	John Edgar
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Doyle
	Independent	Paul Breen
	Conservative	Mark Rea
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson
	Liberal	Vera Phillips
	Green	Eric Cartmel
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Turner
	Labour	Wendy Simon
	Liberal	Edith Bamford
	UK Independence	Mark Bill
	Conservative	Pauline Dougherty
	Green	Paul Grimes
	United Socialist	Paul Filby
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jobling	1,316	53.41
	Labour	Denis Dunphy	721	29.26
	Liberal	Griffith Parry	236	9.58
	Green	Jean Hill	118	4.76
	Conservative	Ann Temple	73	2.96
Majority
Turnout			2,464	23
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Princes Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Rothery	1,184	44.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mohamed Ali	645	24.2
	Respect	Paul Desson	281	10.6
	Green	Sophy Hansford	246	9.2
	Liberal	Nina Edge	210	7.9
	Conservative	Alma McGing	96	3.6
Majority			539	20.3
Turnout			2,662	24
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Anderson	1,562	66.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gabriel Muies	267	11.3
	Conservative	Richard Perkins	205	8.7
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	180	7.6
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	90	3.8
	United Socialist	Cecilia Ralph	64	2.7
Majority			1,295	54.7
Turnout			2,368	21
	Labour hold		Swing

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Coyne	1,232	38.0
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Curry	947	29.2
	Labour	Jack Johnson	839	25.9
	Conservative	David Patmore	149	4.6
	Liberal	George Roberts	75	2.3
Majority			437	16.3
Turnout			3,242	36.6
	Green hold		Swing

Speke-Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Knight	2,141	59.3
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Roderick	1,138	31.5
	Green	Cherry Fitzsimmons	141	3.9
	Conservative	Denise Nuttall	107	3.0
	Liberal	Michael Williams	84	2.3
Majority			1,003	27.8
Turnout			3,611	27
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Tuebrook and Stoneycroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Lenton	1,587	60.6
	Labour	Allen Hammond	628	24.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Williams	308	11.8
	Conservative	Damian Fisher	96	3.7
Majority			959	36.6
Turnout			2,619	22
	Liberal hold		Swing

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Seddon	1,380	45.2
	Labour	Ann-Marie O'Bryne	1,353	44.3
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	185	6.1
	Conservative	Paul Barber	135	4.4
Majority			27	0.9
Turnout			3,053	27
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Storey	2,350	70.0
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	559	16.7
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	219	6.5
	Conservative	David Grundy	137	4.1
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	90	2.7
Majority
Turnout			3355	32.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Monkcom
	Labour	Ronald Foy
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland
	Green	Ian Graham
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Hill
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Kelly
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons
	Labour	Laurence Freeman
	Green	Alexander Rudkin
	Liberal	Maria Langley
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Yew Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	1,426	48.6
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	1,101	37.5
	Conservative	June Brandwood	160	5.5
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	156	5.3
	Green	Stephen Clatworthy	91	3.1
Majority
Turnout			2,934	26.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing