Central (Liverpool ward) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Central
Central ward within Liverpool
Area	3.468 km2 (1.339 sq mi)
Population	24,849 (2021 census)
• Density	7,165/km2 (18,560/sq mi)
Registered Electors	13,104 (2021 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside
List of places UK England Merseyside

Central was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

Background

The ward was created for the 2004 municipal elections from the former Abercromby, Everton and Smithdown wards.

The ward boundaries followed the River Mersey, Princes Parade, William Jessop Way, Waterloo Road, Paisley Street, Great Howard Street, Leeds Street, Byrom Street, Hunter Street, Islington, Brunswick Road, Low Hill, Kensington, Jubilee Drive, Belltower Lane to behind Jubilee Drive, Edge Lane, Irvine Street, Mason Street, Grinfield Street, Smithdown Lane, Falkner Street, Grove Street, Myrtle Street, Hardman Street, Leece Street, Renshaw Street, Ranelagh Street, Hanover Street, Canning Place, Salthouse Quay, and Hartley Quay.

It contained the majority of the city centre but also includes Kensington Fields in the Kensington district to the east and the Marybone/Holy Cross community in the Vauxhall district. The ward includes the longstanding city centre community around the Bullring, as well as many new city centre apartments. Furthermore, the ward contains the Pier Head and the two larger universities; the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.

The population at the 2011 census was 20,340, and at the 2021 census was 24,849.

In 2004 Central was the city's most marginal ward, largely due to the intervention of the hard left Liverpool Labour Community Party, however the ward solely returned Labour Party councillors. The May 2008 local elections saw Labour take 62% of the vote.

The 2011 vote was effected by the controversy involving the Liberal Democrat candidate, Daniel Bradley, who is the son of former Liverpool City Council Leader Warren Bradley, when Daniel disclosed that he had not signed the candidate paper which his father had witnessed.

Cllr Maria Toolan resigned from the Labour Party, weeks before the 2023 elections, after failing to be selected as a Labour candidate, and subsequently stood for the Liverpool Community Independents Party in City Centre North ward.

The ward was dissolved in 2023 and was distributed mostly into the City Centre North and Brownlow Hill wards, with parts in the Canning, City Centre South, , Everton West Kensington & Fairfield and Waterfront South wards.

Councillors

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Election results

Elections of the 2020s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: 6th May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Banks	1,209	57.03	3.10
	Green	Martyn Paul Madeley	498	23.49	1.12
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Margaret Dietz	194	9.15	0.32
	Conservative	Katie Maria Burgess	135	6.37	0.27
	SDP	Keenan Reece Clough	51	2.41
	Liberal	Bethan Hazel Williams	33	1.56	0.18
Majority			711	33.54	4.22
Turnout			2,170	16.56	0.53
Registered electors			13,104
Rejected ballots			50	2.30	1.26
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.11

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Toolan	914	60.13	7.81
	Green	Jayne Louise Stephanie Clough	340	22.37	10.77
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Buist	144	9.47	1.89
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	101	6.64	0.88
	Liberal	Bethan Hazel Williams	21	1.38	n/a
Majority			574	37.76	18.58
Turnout			1,536	16.03	0.07
Registered electors			9,585
Rejected ballots			16	1.04	0.85
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.29

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Small	1,066	67.94	1.57
	Green	Jayne Louise Stephanie Clough	182	11.60	4.73
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Howard	119	7.58	2.14
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	118	7.52	1.79
	Independent	James Leadbeater	84	5.35	N/A
Majority			884	56.34	8.35
Turnout			1,572	16.10	8.46
Registered electors			9,766
Rejected ballots			3	0.19
	Labour hold		Swing	1.58

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Banks	1,213	69.51	9.17
	Green	Robbie Coyne	285	16.33	3.04
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	100	5.73	8.91
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Elaine Wilson	95	5.44	n/a
	Liberal	James Robert Dykstra	52	2.98	n/a
Majority			928	53.18	12.21
Turnout			1,762	16.76	32.20
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.11

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	3,128	60.34	2.77
	Green	Rachael Joanne Blackman	1,004	19.37	0.30
	Conservative	Lee Berry	759	14.64	6.75
	UKIP	Jamie Sanderson	199	3.84	3.94
	TUSC	Priyanga Jeyanayagam	94	1.81	n/a
Majority			2,124	40.97	3.07
Turnout			5,181	48.96	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Small	1,208	63.11	8.34
	Green	Hannah Ellen Clare	365	19.07	7.10
	Conservative	Lee Berry	151	7.89	1.01
	UKIP	Tony Power	149	7.78	n/a
	Liberal	Michele Leigh Williams	41	2.14	0.62
Majority			843	44.04	14.83
Turnout			1,914	13.86	1.42
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.72

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Banks	1,164	71.45	1.02
	Green	Simeon Daniel Hart	195	11.97	2.67
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	145	8.90	0.49
	TUSC	Daren Andrew Ireland	80	4.91	n/a
	Liberal	James Robert Dykstra	45	2.76	n/a
Majority			969	58.87	1.26
Turnout			1646	12.44	1.26
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.83

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	1,348	70.43	17.61
	Green	Fiona Margaret McGill Coyne	178	9.30	3.21
	Conservative	Lee David Berry	161	8.41	2.13
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Bradley	144	7.52	20.94
	English Democrat	Steven Greenhalgh	83	4.34	n/a
Majority			1,170	60.13	35.78
Turnout			1,914	15.43	16.89
	Labour hold		Swing	+19.28

Elections of the 2000s

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.

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