Kirkdale (ward)

Kirkdale
Kirkdale
	Kirkdale ward (2004) within Liverpool
Area	6.073 km2 (2.345 sq mi)
Population	18,657 (2021 census)
• Density	3,072/km2 (7,960/sq mi)
Registered Electors	11,711 (2021 by-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

Kirkdale ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council centred on the Kirkdale and Vauxhall areas of Liverpool.

Background

The ward was first established in 1895 before being dissolved in 1952, it was later reconstituted for the 2004 Municipal elections and again made defunct following boundary changes 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 reconstituted Kirkdale ward was formed from most of the former Vauxhall and Melrose wards and a small part of Everton ward.^[1] The ward was part of the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

The population of the ward at the 2021 Census was 18,657.^[2]

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 Kirkdale East, Kirkdale West, Vauxhall and Waterfront North wards.^[3]

Councillors

Election
2004	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Cecilia Holleran (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2006	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Cecilia Holleran (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2007	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Pat Holleran (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2008	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Beatrice Fraenkel (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2010	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Beatrice Fraenkel (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2011	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Beatrice Fraenkel (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2012	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Beatrice Fraenkel (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2014	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Beatrice Fraenkel (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2015	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Beatrice Fraenkel (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2016	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Beatrice Fraenkel (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2017	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Lisa Gaughan (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2018	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Lisa Gaughan (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2019	Malcolm Kennedy (Lab)	Lisa Gaughan (Lab)	Joe Hanson (Lab)
2021	Dave Hanratty (Lab)	Lisa Gaughan (Lab)	Joe Hanson (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

Cllr Pat Holleran (Labour, 2007) resigned from the council on 19 March 2008 on health grounds.^[4]
Cllr Beatrice Fraenkel (Labour, 2015) resigned from the council in March 2017 to focus on her role as chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.^[5]
Cllr Malcolm Kennedy (Labour, 2018) resigned from the council in October 2021 after being resident in Spain since March 2020.^[6]

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

Kirkdale By-election: Thursday 18th November 2021^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Hanratty	852	61.69	2.29
		Peter Furmedge	171	12.38
	Green	Maria Teresa Coughlan	160	11.59	0.06
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	84	6.08	5.22
	Conservative	Kate Maria Burgess	57	4.13	1.73
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Turner	57	4.13	3.93
Majority			681	49.31	1.56
Turnout			1.385	11.83	12.38
Registered electors			11,711
Rejected ballots			4	0.29	1.83
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: Thursday 6 May 2021^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Joseph Hanson*	1,703	59.40	19.23
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	334	11.65	5.60
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	324	11.30	8.50
	Liberal Democrats	Mike McAllister-Bell	231	8.06	4.20
	Conservative	Brian James Jones	168	5.86	4.60
	Liberal	Thomas Philip Dunne	107	3.73	N/A
Majority			1,369	47.75	23.48
Registered electors			11,840
Turnout			2,867	24	2.72
Rejected ballots			62	2.12%	1.84
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.41

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: Thursday 2nd May 2019^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Lisa Gaughan*	1,935	78.63	6.52
	UKIP	Corinna Christine Allen	182	7.40	N/A
	Green	Jonathan Richard Clatworthy	149	6.05	1.97
	Liberal Democrats	Mike McAllister-Bell	95	3.86	0.88
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	69	2.80	3.05
	Conservative	Katie Maria Burgess	31	1.26	2.78
Majority			1,753	71.23	5.07
Turnout			2,468	22.02	0.47
Registered electors			11,208
Rejected ballots			7	0.28	0.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: Thursday 3 May 2018^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Malcolm Kennedy*	2,094	85.15	8.31
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	149	5.85	N/A
	Green	Jonathan Richard Clatworthy	104	4.08	1.58
	Conservative	Daniel Paul Nuttall	103	4.04	0.84
	Liberal Democrats	Mike McAllister-Bell	76	2.98	0.81
	Liberal	Thomas Ryan	23	0.90	N/A
Majority			1,945	76.30	9.28
Turnout			2,557	22.49	37.89
Registered electors			11,370
Rejected ballots			8	0.31
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkdale By-election: Thursday 8 June 2017 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Gaughan	6,416	90.46	11.06
	Conservative	Chris Hall	346	4.88	1.03
	Green	Martyn Madeley	177	2.50	4.13
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Charles McAllister-Bell	154	2.17	N/A
Majority			6,070	85.58	16.30
Turnout			7,121	60.38	64.21
Registered electors			11,793
Rejected ballots			28	0.39
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.39

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: Thursday 5 May 2016^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Joseph Hanson*	2,166	79.40	1.14
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	276	10.12	6.52
	Green	Jonathan Richard Clatworthy	181	6.63	1.78
	Conservative	Stuart Wood	105	3.85	0.65
Majority			1,890	69.28	4.52
Turnout			2763	25.18	33.89
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.83

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: Thursday 7 May 2015^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Beatrice Fraenkel*	5,280	80.54	1.83
	UKIP	Keith Evans	442	6.74	N/A
	Green	Martyn Madeley	318	4.85	1.20
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	236	3.60	3.44
	Conservative	David Michael John Jeffery	210	3.20	0.22
	Independent	Tommy Stalker	70	1.07	N/A
Majority			4,838	73.80	2.13
Turnout			6,556	59.07	33.98
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.83

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy	2,303	78.71%	−2.93%
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	206	7.04%	+2.56%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	177	6.05%	+3.26%
	Liberal	Tommy Stalker	140	4.78%	+4.37%
	Conservative	David Michael John Jeffery	100	3.42%	+1.57%
Majority			2,097	71.67%	−10.1%
Turnout			2,926	25.10%	−2.79%
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.75%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Hanson	2771	86.89%	+0.53%
	TUSC	Roger Bannister	143	4.48%	−0.18
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	89	2.79%	−0.26%
	Independent	Terence George Burgess	76	2.38	n/a
	Conservative	Harry Parshall	59	1.85%	−3.15%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Waterfield	38	1.19%	n/a
	Liberal	Lindsey Janet Mary Wood	13	0.41%	−1.46%
Majority			2628	81.77%	+0.07%
Turnout			3214	27.89%	−2.95%
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.35

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beatrice Fraenkel	3001	86.36%	+8.30%
	TUSC	Jo McNeill	162	4.66%	n/a
	Conservative	David Michael John Jeffery	128	3.68%	−0.8%
	Green	Johnathan Richard Clatworthy	106	3.05%	0.63%
	Liberal	Irene Norah Jones	78	2.24%	−3.88%
Majority			2839	81.70%	+10.98%
Turnout			3475	30.84%	−17.48%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Kirkdale ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy	4284	78.06%
	BNP	Steven Greenhalgh	403	7.34%
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	336	6.12%
	Conservative	Nigel Stuart Barber	246	4.48%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	133	2.42%
	Independent	Will Thomson	86	1.57%
Majority			3881	70.72%
Turnout			5488	48.32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Two councillors were returned in the 2008 election.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Kirkdale ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Hanson	1971	40.33%
	Labour	Beatrice Lesser Fraenkel	1737	35.54%
	BNP	Steven Greenhalgh	389	7.96%
	Independent	Will Thomson	146	2.99%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Bradley	144	2.95%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas William Morrison	107	2.19%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	96	1.96%
	Green	Alison Edis	95	1.94%
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	95	1.94%
	Conservative	John Astley Watson	61	1.25%
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	46	0.94%
Majority
Turnout			4887	23.36%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Kirkdale ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pat Holleran	1927	74.52%
	BNP	Steven Greenhalgh	169	6.54%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas William Morrison	147	5.68%
	UKIP	Joseph Moran	109	4.22%
	Green	Natalie Grace Emily Awdry	84	3.25%
	Conservative	Nichola Munro	66	2.55%
	Independent	Will Thomson	47	1.82%
	Liberal	Irene Norah Mayes	37	1.43%
Majority
Turnout			2586	22.77%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Kirkdale ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy	1958	78.16%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis O'Donoghue	232	9.26%
	UKIP	Joseph Moran	182	7.27%
	Conservative	Thomas O'Brien	69	2.75%
Majority
Turnout			2505	21.18%
	Labour 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: Kirkdale ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Hanson	2378
	Labour	Cecilia Holleran	2315
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy	2145
	Liverpool Labour	Alfred Kincks	365
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Bradley	274
	Liberal Democrats	David Downham	260
	Liverpool Labour	Sandra Kenwright	258
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Tonner	250
	Liverpool Labour	Thomas Smith	243
	Liberal	David O'Brien	125
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	125
	Green	Margaret Williams	125
	Green	Daniel Cook	121
	Green	Eline Van Der Linde	115
	Liberal	George Roberts	105
Majority
Turnout			3384	28.14%
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

• italics denotes the sitting Councillor
• bold denotes the winning candidate

References

^ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
^ "Kirkdale (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^ "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ Bartlett, David (20 March 2008). "Safe seat after party switch; Labour role for former Liberal Democrat". Liverpool Daily Post.
^ Thorp, Liam (31 March 2017). "Councillor quits role and YOU have to foot 10k bill for replacement". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^ "Kirkdale Councillor resigns". Liverpool Echo. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ "Kirkdale By-election - Thursday, 18th November, 2021". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Kirkdale Election Results 6 May 2021". Liverpool City Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Liverpool Election Results 2019, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Liverpool Election Results 2018, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Kirkdale By-election Results 2017, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

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[bce03-1] "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.

[2] "Kirkdale (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

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

[4] Bartlett, David (20 March 2008). "Safe seat after party switch; Labour role for former Liberal Democrat". Liverpool Daily Post.

[5] Thorp, Liam (31 March 2017). "Councillor quits role and YOU have to foot 10k bill for replacement". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

[6] "Kirkdale Councillor resigns". Liverpool Echo. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[7] "Kirkdale By-election - Thursday, 18th November, 2021". Liverpool City Council.

[Kirkdale_results-8] "Kirkdale Election Results 6 May 2021". Liverpool City Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[9] "Liverpool Election Results 2019, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[10] "Liverpool Election Results 2018, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[11] "Kirkdale By-election Results 2017, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[12] "Municipal Election Results 2016, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[13] "Municipal Election Results 2015, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[14] "Municipal Election Results 2014, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[15] "Municipal Election Results 2012, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[16] "Municipal Election Results 2011, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[17] "Municipal Election Results 2010, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[18] "Municipal Election Results 2008, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[19] "Municipal Election Results 2007, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[20] "Municipal Election Results 2006, Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council.

[21] "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.^{[permanent dead link]}

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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