Picton is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool Wavertree Parliamentary constituency. The population at the 2011 census was 17,009. The boundary was altered in 2004 losing some of the pre-2004 ward and gaining from the former Kensington, Smithdown and Arundel wards. It contains the Edge Hill area and parts of Wavertree.
Election results
Elections of the 2010s
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 22nd May 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Tim Beaumont |
1794 |
65.86% |
-8.84% |
|
UKIP |
David Halvorsen |
307 |
11.27% |
+6.89% |
|
Green |
Ross James Campbell |
305 |
11.20% |
+3.77% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Kevin White |
134 |
4.92% |
-2.59% |
|
Conservative |
Alma Gavine McGing |
83 |
3.05% |
-0.11% |
|
TUSC |
Frank Bowen |
61 |
2.24% |
n/a |
|
Liberal |
Susan O'Brien |
40 |
1.47% |
-1.69% |
| Majority |
1,487 |
54.59% |
-12.60% |
| Turnout |
2724 |
26.71% |
+1.35% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
-7.87% |
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Nathalie Alicia Nicholas |
1960 |
74.70% |
+12.51% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Paul Woodruff |
197 |
7.51% |
-15.17% |
|
Green |
Jennifer Jane Geddes |
195 |
7.43% |
-0.24% |
|
UKIP |
Shimrit Manning |
115 |
4.38% |
n/a |
|
Liberal |
Shelley Harrison |
83 |
3.16% |
-1.37% |
|
Conservative |
Seth Pemberton |
74 |
3.16% |
+0.23% |
| Majority |
1,763 |
67.19% |
+27.69% |
| Turnout |
2624 |
25.36% |
-5.94% |
|
Labour gain from [[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] |
Swing |
+13.84% |
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Abdul Basit Qadir |
2059 |
62.19% |
+7.77% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Laurence Sidorczuk |
751 |
22.68% |
-10.41% |
|
Green |
Jennifer Jane Geddes |
254 |
7.67% |
+4.00% |
|
Liberal |
Griffith Wynne Parry |
150 |
4.53% |
-0.12% |
|
Conservative |
Patricia Anita Waddington |
97 |
2.93% |
-1.24% |
| Majority |
1308 |
39.50% |
+18.17% |
| Turnout |
3311 |
31.30% |
-18.52% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
9.09% |
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Picton |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Timothy Martin Beaumont |
2937 |
54.42% |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Laurence Sidorczuk |
1786 |
33.09% |
|
|
Liberal |
Griffith Wynne Parry |
251 |
4.65% |
|
|
Conservative |
Pauline Anne Shuttleworth |
225 |
4.17% |
|
|
Green |
Ian Harvey |
198 |
3.67% |
|
| Majority |
1151 |
21.33% |
|
| Turnout |
5397 |
49.82% |
|
|
Labour gain from [[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] |
Swing |
|
|
Elections of the 2000s
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Picton |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Andrew Makinson |
1262 |
47.89% |
|
|
Labour |
Timothy Martin Beaumont |
1015 |
38.52% |
|
|
Green |
Laurence Wilson |
150 |
5.69% |
|
|
Liberal |
Griffith Wynne Parry |
109 |
4.14% |
|
|
Conservative |
Ann Temple |
99 |
3.76% |
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
2635 |
24.16% |
|
|
[[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
|
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Picton |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ian Jobling |
1316 |
53.41% |
|
|
Labour |
Denis Dunphy |
721 |
29.26% |
|
|
Liberal |
Griffith Wynne Parry |
236 |
9.58% |
|
|
Green |
Jean Hill |
118 |
4.79% |
|
|
Conservative |
Ann Temple |
73 |
2.96% |
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
2464 |
22.99% |
|
|
[[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
|
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Picton |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Laurence Sidorczuk |
1253 |
49.55% |
|
|
Labour |
Angela Eileen Glanville |
879 |
34.76% |
|
|
Liberal |
Griffith Wynne Parry |
217 |
8.58% |
|
|
Green |
Nilesh Chauhan |
180 |
7.12% |
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
2529 |
21.15% |
|
|
[[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
|
|
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned.
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Picton |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Andrew Makinson |
1871 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ian Jobling |
1782 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Laurence Sidorczuk |
1764 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Angela Glanville |
1192 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Denis Dunphy |
1104 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Neville Bann |
1054 |
|
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
3253 |
26.32% |
|
|
[[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
n/a |
|
• italics - Denotes the sitting Councillor.
• bold - Denotes the winning candidate.
