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. The ward was part of the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.
The population of the ward at the 2021 Census was 18,657.
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.
Councillors ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor 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) 2021Dave Hanratty (Lab) Lisa Gaughan (Lab) Joe Hanson (Lab)
indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.
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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. 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. Cllr Malcolm Kennedy (Labour, 2018) resigned from the council in October 2021 after being resident in Spain since March 2020.
Election results Elections of the 2020s
Elections of the 2010s
Elections of the 2000s Two councillors were returned in the 2008 election.
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned.
• italics denotes the sitting Councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
See also Liverpool City Council Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
References
External links Liverpool City Council: Ward profile