Church (Liverpool ward)
Church is a Liverpool City Council Ward. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 13,974. It contains part of the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool. It includes the road Penny Lane, famous for the Beatles song of the same name. The ward boundary was changed at the 2004 municipal elections to encompass parts of the former Grassendale and Allerton wards and losing part to the new Wavertree ward.
Councillors
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.
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Election box candidate with party link||party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Noah Aubrey Linus Sorensen
|votes = 123
|percentage = 2.36%
|change = -0.93%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = William Delf
|votes = 46
|percentage = 0.88%
|change = -0.05%
Election box majority|
|votes = 1,462
|percentage = 28.08%
|change = +17.68%
Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,593
Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,256
|percentage = 49.62%
|change = -25.61%
Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats
|swing = 8.84%
Election box endElection box begin | title=Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Richard Kemp
|votes = 3,808
|percentage = 46.52%
|change = +8.19%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party
|candidate = Liz Parsons
|votes = 2,957
|percentage = 36.12%
|change = -4.36%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ted Grant
|votes = 710
|percentage = 8.67%
|change = -2.42%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party
|candidate = Elizabeth Ann Pearson
|votes = 363
|percentage = 4.43%
|change = -1.64%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Christopher Neil Thwaite
|votes = 272
|percentage = 3.32%
|change = n/a
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Jack Robert Yarlett
|votes = 76
|percentage = 0.93%
|change = n/a
Election box majority|
|votes = 851
|percentage = 10.40%
|change = +12.55%
Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,903
Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,202
|percentage = 75.23%
|change = +31.37%
Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats
|swing = 6.28%
Election box endElection box begin | title=Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party
|candidate = Dr Richard Wenstone
|votes = 1,906
|percentage = 40.48%
|change = +4.42%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Andrew Makinson
|votes = 1805
|percentage = 38.33%
|change = -10.38%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Eleanor Janet Mary Martin
|votes = 522
|percentage = 11.09%
|change = +3.69%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party
|candidate = James Pearson
|votes = 286
|percentage = 6.07%
|change = +1.71%
Election box majority|
|votes = 101
|percentage = 2.15%
|change = -10.50%
Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,709
|percentage = 43.86%
|change = -0.26%
Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party
|loser = Liberal Democrats
|swing = +7.40%
Election box endElection box begin | title=Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Erica Kemp
|votes = 2291
|percentage = 48.71%
|change = +6.8%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party
|candidate = Richard Wenstone
|votes = 1696
|percentage = 36.06%
|change = -1.06%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Eleanor Janet Mary Martin
|votes = 348
|percentage = 7.40%
|change = -3.64%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party
|candidate = Christopher Matthew Hall
|votes = 205
|percentage = 4.36%
|change = -5.68%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Tony Hammond
|votes = 163
|percentage = 3.47%
|change = n/a
Election box majority|
|votes = 595
|percentage = 12.65%
|change = +7.86%
Election box turnout|
|votes = 4703
|percentage = 44.12%
|change = -2.8%
Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats
|swing = +3.93%
Election box endElection box begin | title=Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Richard Kemp
|votes = 2091
|percentage = 41.91%
|change = -3.07%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party
|candidate = Nathalie Nicholas
|votes = 1852
|percentage = 37.12%
|change = +7.77%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party
|candidate = Tom Roberts
|votes = 501
|percentage = 10.04%
|change = +0.11%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Eleanor Janet Mary Martin
|votes = 399
|percentage = 8.00%
|change = +2.88%
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jeff Berman
|votes = 146
|percentage = 2.93%
|change = +0.78%
Election box majority|
|votes = 239
|percentage = 4.79%
|change = -10.85%
Election box turnout|
|votes = 4989
|percentage = 46.92
|change = -18.30%
Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats
|swing = -5.42%
Election box endElection box begin | title=Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Church Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Thomas William Morrison
|votes = 3179
|percentage = 44.98%
|change =
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party
|candidate = Peter Clarke
|votes = 2074
|percentage = 29.35%
|change =
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party
|candidate = James Barnaby
|votes = 702
|percentage = 9.93%
|change =
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party
|candidate = James Robert MacGregor
|votes = 556
|percentage = 7.87%
|change =
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Eleanor Janet Mary Martin
|votes = 404
|percentage = 5.72%
|change =
Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jeffrey Berman
|votes = 152
|percentage = 2.15%
|change =
Election box majority|
|votes = 1105
|percentage = 15.64%
|change =
Election box turnout|
|votes = 7067
|percentage = 65.22%
|change =
Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats
|swing =
Election box end
Elections in the 2000s
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.