Yew Tree is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It borders Knotty Ash and West Derby. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections comprising most of the pre-2004 Dovecot ward and small parts of the Croxteth, Broadgreen and Gillmoss wards. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,746.
Election results
Elections of the 2010s
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 22nd May 2015 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Barbara Murray |
5511 |
75.27% |
-3.37% |
|
UKIP |
Ian Hanmer |
683 |
9.33% |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Pat Waddington |
403 |
5.50% |
-1.74 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Angela Hume |
286 |
3.91% |
N/A |
|
Liberal |
Angela Hume |
286 |
3.91% |
N/A |
Majority |
2,336 |
70.76% |
+2.30% |
Turnout |
7322 |
62.40% |
+33.82% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
-1.54% |
|
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Tony Concepcion |
2596 |
78.64% |
+1.82% |
|
Green |
Will Ward |
260 |
7.88% |
+4.89% |
|
Conservative |
Pat Waddington |
239 |
7.24% |
+2.33% |
|
Liberal |
Tracey Hawksford |
206 |
6.24% |
+3.31% |
Majority |
2,336 |
70.76% |
+2.30% |
Turnout |
3301 |
28.58% |
-0.48% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
-1.54% |
|
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Prince |
2489 |
76.82% |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Peter Allen |
271 |
8.36% |
|
|
Conservative |
Patricia Waddington |
159 |
4.91% |
|
|
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts |
Charlotte Cosgrove |
129 |
3.98% |
|
|
Green |
William Ward |
97 |
2.99% |
|
|
Liberal |
Sam Hawksford |
95 |
2.93% |
|
Majority |
2218 |
68.46% |
|
Turnout |
3240 |
29.06% |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Barbara Ann Murray |
2779 |
74.82% |
+18.03% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Elizabeth Parr |
437 |
11.77% |
-16.29% |
|
Conservative |
Anna Senior |
239 |
6.44% |
-0.62% |
|
Socialist Labour |
Barbara Bryan |
109 |
2.93% |
+0.87% |
|
Green |
William Ward |
84 |
2.26% |
+0.41% |
|
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts |
Charlotte Cosgrove |
66 |
1.78% |
n/a |
Majority |
2342 |
63.06% |
+34.34% |
Turnout |
3714 |
33.21% |
-22.95% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
+26.18% |
|
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Yew Tree |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Anthony Concepcion |
3618 |
56.79% |
+7.37% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Gary John Airey |
1788 |
28.06% |
-1.52% |
|
Conservative |
Matthew Thomas Peter Taylor |
450 |
7.06% |
-5.39% |
|
Liberal |
Tracey Hawksford |
266 |
4.18% |
+0.14% |
|
Socialist Labour |
Barbara Bryan |
131 |
2.06% |
n/a |
|
Green |
William Ward |
118 |
1.85% |
-2.66 |
Majority |
1830 |
28.72% |
|
Turnout |
6371 |
56.16% |
+31.35% |
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
+4.45% |
|
Elections of the 2000s
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Yew Tree |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Philip Prince |
1370 |
49.42% |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Gary John Airey |
820 |
29.58% |
|
|
Conservative |
June Hilda Brandwood |
345 |
12.45% |
|
|
Green |
Peter Cranie |
125 |
4.51% |
|
|
Liberal |
Tracey Hawksford |
112 |
4.04% |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2772 |
24.81% |
|
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Yew Tree |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Barbara Ann Murray |
1426 |
48.60% |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Graham Hulme |
1101 |
37.53% |
|
|
Conservative |
June Hilda Brandwood |
160 |
5.45% |
|
|
Liberal |
Sam Hawksford |
156 |
5.32% |
|
|
Green |
Stephen Thomas Clatworthy |
91 |
3.10% |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2934 |
26.29% |
|
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Yew Tree |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Roger Johnston |
1089 |
42.42% |
|
|
Labour |
Barbara Ann Murray |
1076 |
41.92% |
|
|
Conservative |
Brian James Jones |
205 |
7.99% |
|
|
Liberal |
Tracey Hawksford |
197 |
7.67% |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2567 |
22.74% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
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