Speke Garston is a Liverpool City Council Ward, within the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary constituency. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections from the former St Mary's ward and includes the Garston and Speke areas. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 20,300.
The resignation of Liberal Democrat Cllr Danny Hughes led to a by election taking place on 8 March 2007, which was subsequently won by the Labour candidate, Colin Strickland.
Election results
Elections of the 2010s
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Doreen Knight |
2717 |
80.12% |
-4.70% |
|
Green |
Pam Robinson |
292 |
8.61% |
+1.89% |
|
Conservative |
Lewis Wooding-Smith |
165 |
4.87% |
+1.84% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Kris Brown |
161 |
4.75% |
-0.67% |
|
Liberal |
Colin Edwards |
56 |
1.65% |
n/a |
| Majority |
2,425 |
71.51% |
-6.59% |
| Turnout |
3391 |
26.22% |
-1.30% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
-3.30% |
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Colin Strickland |
2940 |
84.82% |
+2.62% |
|
Green |
Helen Elizabeth Randall |
233 |
6.72% |
+2.36% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Rachel Helen Oelbaum |
188 |
5.42% |
-0.91% |
|
Conservative |
Julian Mann |
105 |
3.03% |
-0.63% |
| Majority |
2,707 |
78.10% |
+2.23% |
| Turnout |
3466 |
27.52% |
-2.82% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
+0.13% |
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mary Rasmussen |
3,167 |
82.20% |
+1.62% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Philip Wren |
244 |
6.33% |
-0.85% |
|
Green |
Helen Randall |
168 |
4.36% |
+0.89% |
|
Conservative |
Nigel Barber |
141 |
3.66% |
-2.76% |
|
Liberal |
John Harold Pagan |
133 |
3.45 |
+1.11% |
| Majority |
2923 |
75.87 |
+2.47% |
| Turnout |
3853 |
30.34% |
-17.09% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
+0.39% |
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Speke-Garston |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Doreen Knight |
4847 |
80.58% |
+17.22% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Rachel Helen Oelbaum |
432 |
7.18% |
-9.08% |
|
Conservative |
Norman Coppell |
386 |
6.42% |
+0.61% |
|
Green |
Helen Anne McAlister |
209 |
3.47% |
+0.31% |
|
Liberal |
John Harold Pagan |
141 |
2.34% |
-2.01% |
| Majority |
4415 |
73.40% |
|
| Turnout |
6015 |
47.43% |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
+13.15% |
|
Elections of the 2000s
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Speke-Garston |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Colin Strickland |
1866 |
63.36% |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Jackie Elaine Wilson |
479 |
16.26% |
|
|
BNP |
Jane Greenhalgh |
208 |
7.06% |
|
|
Conservative |
Brenda Coppell |
171 |
5.81% |
|
|
Liberal |
Irene Norah Mayes |
128 |
4.35% |
|
|
Green |
Fiona Coyne |
93 |
3.16% |
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
2945 |
23.19% |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Speke-Garston |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mary Rasmussen |
1859 |
57.13% |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Paula Keaveney |
990 |
30.42% |
|
|
BNP |
Steven McEllenborough |
190 |
5.84% |
|
|
Conservative |
Brenda Coppell |
81 |
2.49% |
|
|
Green |
Cherry Fitzsimmons |
75 |
2.30% |
|
|
Liberal |
John Harold Pagan |
59 |
1.81% |
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
3254 |
25.58% |
|
|
Labour gain from [[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] |
Swing |
|
|
| Speke-Garston by-election, 8th March 2007 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Colin Strickland |
1984 |
54.30% |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Lynnie Marie Williams |
1218 |
33.33% |
|
|
BNP |
Steven Greenhalgh |
281 |
7.69% |
|
|
Green |
Cherry Fitzsimmons |
68 |
1.86% |
|
|
Conservative |
Brenda Coppell |
54 |
1.48% |
|
|
UKIP |
Mark Eric Bill |
49 |
1.34% |
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
3654 |
28.71% |
|
|
Labour gain from [[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] |
Swing |
|
|
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Speke-Garston |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Doreen Knight |
2141 |
59.29% |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Francis Stanley Roderick |
1138 |
31.51% |
|
|
Green |
Cherry Fitzsimmons |
141 |
3.90% |
|
|
Conservative |
Denise Mary Nuttall |
107 |
2.96% |
|
|
Liberal |
Michael Alan Williams |
84 |
2.33% |
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
3611 |
27.31% |
|
|
Labour gain from [[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] |
Swing |
|
|
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Speke-Garston |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Danny Hughes |
2368 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Paula Keaveney |
2313 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Frank Roderick |
2211 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Doreen Knight |
1608 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Colin Strickland |
1506 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Raymond Carrick |
1417 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Denise Nuttall |
169 |
|
|
| Majority |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
4433 |
33.89% |
|
|
[[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
n/a |
|
