The 2023 Liverpool City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Liverpool City Council. Following a Boundary Review by The Local Government Boundary Commission for England, the size of the council was reduced from 90 to 85 seats with a change from three-member seats, elected in thirds, three years out of every four, following the British Government instigated Best Value Inspection Report which led to the appointment by the government of Commissioners and the subsequent boundary review for Council Wards in Liverpool which the government initiated with the proviso that the number of councillors be reduced and the predominant number of wards be reduced to single members with all-up elections every four years. The election also marked the end of Liverpool's directly elected mayoralty. After the election the council reverted to having a leader of the council chosen from amongst the councillors instead. Labour retained control of the council and their group leader Liam Robinson became leader of the council after the election.

Candidates 304 candidates were validly nominated to stand in the election. Only the Labour Party contested all 85 seats. The Liberal Democrats fielded 62 candidates; the Green Party 56 and the Conservative Party 39. There were 37 independent candidates although many of these were actually candidates standing for the Liberate Liverpool party. The smaller parties fielded far fewer candidates, with the Liberal Party standing 10 candidates; Liverpool Community Independents standing 9 and Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition standing just 3 candidates.

Council composition Before the election the composition of the council was: + ↓ 58 11 6 5 4

[There was one vacancy following the resignation of Alison Clarke (Knotty Ash) on 22 November 2022.]

After the election the composition of the council was: + ↓ 61 15 3 3 3

Retiring councillors (old wards) Council Ward Retiring CouncillorParty Ref Belle Vale Helen Thompson Labour Belle Vale Pauline Walton Labour Clubmoor Roz Gladden Labour Childwall Carole Storey Liberal Democrats Clubmoor Sarah Morton Liverpool Community Independents County Roy Gladden Labour Croxteth Carol Sung Labour Greenbank Lawrence Brown Green Kensington and Fairfield Sue Walker Labour Norris Green Barry Kushner Labour Picton Abdul Qadir Labour Picton Calvin Smeda Labour St Michaels Anna Key Green St Michaels Stephanie Pitchers Green Warbreck Ann O'Byrne Labour Wavertree Clare McIntyre Labour West Derby Pam Thomas Labour Woolton Barbara Mace Liberal Democrats Yew Tree Tony Concepcion Labour

Results summary

Voter photo ID

For the first time in local elections in England, voters had to produce photo ID in order to receive a ballot paper as a result of the Elections Act 2022 which was passed into law by the Conservative government. In Liverpool, at this election, a total of 516 electors were initially refused a ballot paper, of these 278 subsequently returned to the polling station with accepted photo ID and were issued with a ballot paper. 278 electors did not return to cast their vote. There were a total of 62,681 issued ballot papers, so the 278 electors who were refused ballot papers due to not producing acceptable photo ID amounted to 0.4% of the voters.

Results by ward * member of the preceding council

§ standing as an independent but affiliated with the Liberate Liverpool party.

Aigburth

Aigburth voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 2 Voters who returned with accepted ID 2 Voters who did not return to vote 0

Allerton

Allerton voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 7 Voters who returned with accepted ID 2 Voters who did not return to vote 5

Andrew Makinson (Lib Dems) was an outgoing councillor for the pre-2023 Church ward, and in the past, a councillor for Picton.

Clare McIntyre (Labour) was an outgoing councillor for Wavertree.

Labour initially selected Tris Brown, and his signature still appeared on their manifesto on their website then replaced him with student Joshua Falconer before subsequently replacing him with outgoing Wavertree councillor Clare McIntyre.

Anfield

Anfield voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 20 Voters who returned with accepted ID 7 Voters who did not return to vote 13

Billy Marrat and Lena Simic were outgoing councillors for the pre-2023 Anfield ward.

Arundel

Arundel voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 12 Voters who returned with accepted ID 10 Voters who did not return to vote 2

Laura Robertson-Collins was an outgoing councillor for Greenbank.

Belle Vale

Belle Vale voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 20 Voters who returned with accepted ID 12 Voters who did not return to vote 8

Ruth Bennett was a councillor for the pre-2023 Belle Vale ward.

Lynnie Hinnigan was a councillor for the pre-2023 Cressington ward.

Broadgreen

Broadgreen voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 9 Voters who returned with accepted ID 3 Voters who did not return to vote 6

Nick Crofts was an outgoing councillor for Knotty Ash.

Brownlow Hill

Brownlow Hill voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 1 Voters who returned with accepted ID 1 Voters who did not return to vote 0

Calderstones

Calderstones voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 3 Voters who returned with accepted ID 1 Voters who did not return to vote 2

Liz Makinson (Lib Dems) is an outgoing councillor for the pre-2023 Church ward.

Canning

Canning voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 5 Voters who returned with accepted ID 5 Voters who did not return to vote 0

Nathalie Nicholas was an outgoing councillor for Picton.

+ standing as an independent but previously affiliated with the Liberate Liverpool party, endorsement subsequently withdrawn after numerous offensive statements came to light.

Childwall

Childwall voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 14 Voters who returned with accepted ID 8 Voters who did not return to vote 6

John Coyne (Green) was a councillor for the pre-2023 St. Michael's ward between 2004 and 2015, he was elected in 2004 for the Lib Dems but joined the Green Party in 2006.

Pat Moloney (Lib Dems) was an outgoing councillor for the pre-2023 Childwall ward.

Matthew Smyth (Labour) was a councillor between 2021 and 2023 for Clubmoor ward (as it existed between 2004 and 2023).

Mike Storey (Lib Dems) was a councillor for Wavertree between 2004 and 2011, a councillor for the pre-2004 Church ward between 1984 and 2004, coincidentally a councillor for the pre-2004 Clubmoor ward between 1980 and 1984, and a councillor for the pre-1980 Clubmoor ward between 1973 and 1980.

Church

Church voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 8 Voters who returned with accepted ID 6 Voters who did not return to vote 2

Carl Cashman (Lib Dems) was an outgoing councillor for the Knowsley ward of Prescot North.

City Centre North

City Centre North voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 4 Voters who returned with accepted ID 2 Voters who did not return to vote 2

Christine Banks and Nick Small were outgoing councillors for Central.

Maria Toolan was an outgoing councillor for Central, elected as Labour.

City Centre South

City Centre South voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 2 Voters who returned with accepted ID 0 Voters who did not return to vote 2

Angela Coleman was an outgoing councillor for Wavertree.

Elizabeth Hayden was an outgoing councillor for the pre-2023 Mossley Hill ward.

Hetty Wood was an outgoing councillor for Riverside.

Clubmoor East

Clubmoor East voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 21 Voters who returned with accepted ID 13 Voters who did not return to vote 8

Clubmoor West

Clubmoor West voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 7 Voters who returned with accepted ID 3 Voters who did not return to vote 4

County

County voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 7 Voters who returned with accepted ID 4 Voters who did not return to vote 3

Gerard Woodhouse (Independent) was a Councillor for the pre-2023 County ward, elected as Labour.

Croxteth

Croxteth voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 1 Voters who returned with accepted ID 1 Voters who did not return to vote 0

Anthony Lavelle was a Councillor for the pre-2023 Croxteth ward.

Croxteth Country Park

Croxteth Country Park voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 19 Voters who returned with accepted ID 12 Voters who did not return to vote 7

Lila Bennett was an outgoing councillor for West Derby.

Dingle

Dingle voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 16 Voters who returned with accepted ID 6 Voters who did not return to vote 10

Sarah Doyle and Steve Munby were both outgoing councillors for Riverside.

Edge Hill

Edge Hill voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 16 Voters who returned with accepted ID 9 Voters who did not return to vote 7

Everton East

Everton East voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 6 Voters who returned with accepted ID 3 Voters who did not return to vote 3

Ellie Byrne was an outgoing councillor for Everton.

Everton North

Everton North voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 9 Voters who returned with accepted ID 2 Voters who did not return to vote 7

Everton West

Everton West voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 2 Voters who returned with accepted ID 2 Voters who did not return to vote 0

Jane Corbett was an outgoing councillor for Everton.

Fazakerley East

Fazakerley East voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 3 Voters who returned with accepted ID 0 Voters who did not return to vote 3

Alfie Hincks was an outgoing councillor for Everton, elected as Labour.

Frazer Lake was an outgoing councillor for Fazakerley.

Fazakerley North

Fazakerley North voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 3 Voters who returned with accepted ID 3 Voters who did not return to vote 0

Helen Stephens (Labour Coop) was an outgoing councillor for Fazakerley.

Fazakerley West

Fazakerley West voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 10 Voters who returned with accepted ID 3 Voters who did not return to vote 7

Paul Brant was an outgoing councillor for Fazakerley.

Festival Gardens

Festival Gardens voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 2 Voters who returned with accepted ID 2 Voters who did not return to vote 0

Garston

Garston voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 10 Voters who returned with accepted ID 6 Voters who did not return to vote 4

Sharon Connor was an outgoing councillor for Allerton and Hunts Cross.

Sam Gorst was an outgoing councillor for Cressington, elected as Labour.

Gateacre

Kris Brown (Lib Dems) is an outgoing councilor for Woolton.

Grassendale & Cressington

Grassendale & Cressington voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 4 Voters who returned with accepted ID 2 Voters who did not return to vote 2

Richard Clein was an outgoing councillor for Cressington.

Greenbank Park

Greenbank Park voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 5 Voters who returned with accepted ID 2 Voters who did not return to vote 3

Kensington & Fairfield

Kensington & Fairfield voter photo ID data Voters initially refused a ballot paper 14 Voters who returned with accepted ID 8 Voters who did not return to vote 6