Since 2023, Liverpool City Council elections have held every four years. Between 1973 and 2021 elections were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. The first election for the city council was held in 1835, and from then until 1973, elections were held every year for one third of the council, with the exceptions of boundary changes and World Wars 1 and 2. Liverpool City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 85 councillors have been elected from 64 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.

Summary of Council composition YearLabourLib DemsLiberalGreen Other Refs 2023 61 15 3 3 3 2021 70 12 3 4 1 2019 72 10 3 4 12018 75 8 2 4 1 75 7 2 4 2 76 7 2 4 1 79 4 2 4 12016 80 4 2 4 –2015 81 2 2 4 12014 78 3 3 4 22012 72 10 3 2 12011 62 22 3 2 12010 48 37 3 2 –2008 39 45 3 2 12007 35 51 3 1 02006 30 56 3 1 –2004 27 60 3 0 – 2003 31 63 3 0 2 2002 26 66 3 0 4 2000 21 69 6 0 3 1999 28 60 5 0 6 1998 39 52 4 0 4

Council elections Elections following the grant of city status to Liverpool on 12 May 1880:

Municipal Borough

1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888

County Borough

1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972

Metropolitan Borough

1973 Boundary changes reduce the number of wards from 40 to 33, aldermen abolished. 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 Whole council elected after boundary changesThe City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979, SI 1979/1411 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 Boundary changes reduce the number of seats by 9 to 90 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 (postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic) 2023 Abolition of Elected Mayor. Boundary changes establish 3 three member ward, 15 two member wards and 46 single member wards, reducing the number of councillors from 90 to 85 with all-up elections every four years.

Former wards Between 1953 and 1973 the wards of Liverpool City Council were: Abercromby, Aigburth, Allerton, Anfield, Arundel, Breckfield, Broadgreen, Central, Childwall, Church, Clubmoor, County, Croxteth, Dingle, Dovecot, Everton, Fairfield, Fazakerley, Gillmoss, Granby, Kensington, Low Hill, Melrose, Netherfield, Old Swan, Picton, Pirrie, Princes Park, St Domingo, St James, St Mary's, St Michael's, Smithdown, Speke, Sandhills, Tuebrook, Vauxhall, Warbreck, Westminster, Woolton. Each ward returned three councillors and was represented by an Alderman, bringing to the total number of representatives on the City Council to 120.

In 1973, the whole council was reconstituted and the number of wards was reduced to 33. Each ward elected three councillors, and the aldermanic system was abolished.

Between 2004 and 2022 the wards of Liverpool City Council were Allerton & Hunts Cross, Anfield, Belle Vale, Central, Childwall, Church, Clubmoor, County, Cressington, Croxteth, Everton, Fazakerley, Greenbank, Kensington & Fairfield, Kirkdale, Knotty Ash, Mossley Hill, Norris Green, Old Swan, Picton, Princes Park, Riverside, Speke-Garston, St Michaels, Tuebrook & Stoneycroft, Warbreck, Wavertree, West Derby, Woolton, Yew Tree.

See also Liverpool Liverpool City Council Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879 Liverpool School Board elections 1870–1900 Directly elected mayor of Liverpool - 2012–2023 Merseyside County Council 1974–1986 Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present List of electoral wards in Merseyside Liverpool Liberal Democrats

References

By-election results

External links Liverpool City Council