Childwall (Liverpool ward)

Childwall
Childwall
	Childwall ward within Liverpool
Population	12,258 (2021 census)
Registered Electors	6,827 (2023 elections)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Wavertree; Garston and Halewood;
Councillors	Mike Storey; (Liberal Democrat); Pat Moloney; (Liberal Democrat);
	List of places UK England Merseyside

53°24′12.8″N 2°53′43.4″W / 53.403556°N 2.895389°W / 53.403556; -2.895389

Childwall ward is an electoral district of Liverpool City Council within the Liverpool Wavertree and Garston and Halewood Parliamentary constituencies.

Background

The ward was created in 1920 and the ward boundaries were changed in 1953, 1973, 1980, 2004 and 2023.

1980 boundaries

A report of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England published in November 1978 set out proposals for changes to the wards of Liverpool City Council, maintaining the number of councillors at 99 representing 33 wards. Childwall ward was represented by three councillors.^[1]

The report describes the boundaries as "Commencing at a point where Childwall Park Avenue meets Woolton Road, thence northwestwards along said road and continuing generally northwestwards along the northeastern boundary of Church Ward to the eastern boundary of Old Swan Ward thence northwards along said boundary to the southern boundary of Broadgreen Ward, thence generally eastwards along said boundary to the eastern boundary of the City, thence southeastwards along said boundary to Bowring Park Road, thence westwards along said road to the West Derby - Hunt's Cross railway, thence southeastwards along said railway to Well Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to Childwall Lane, thence southeastwards along said lane to the southeastern boundary of the Childwall Hall County College playing fields, thence southwestwards along said boundary to the eastern boundary of Childwall Woods, thence southwards along said boundary and northwestwards and southwestwards along the southern boundary of said woods to Woolton Road, thence northwestwards along said road to the point of commencement".^[2]

2004 boundaries

The ward boundary was changed at the 2004 municipal elections to take in a small part of the former Valley ward and losing part to the new Wavertree ward.^[3]

The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,098.^[4]

2023 boundaries

The ward boundary was changed at the 2023 municipal elections following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which decided that the 30 wards established in 2004, each represented by three Councillors, should be replaced by 64 wards represented by 85 councillors with varying representation by one, two or three councillors per ward.^[5] Childwall ward was to be represented by two councillors and the ward boundaries were extended slightly to the east taking in part of the former Belle Vale ward, and lost area in the west to the new Wavertree Garden Suburb ward.

The ward boundaries follow the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, behind Thornton Road, including St Pachel Baylon Primary School, Childwall Valley Road, Score Lane, Childwall Lane, the southern boundary of Childwall Woods, Woolton Road, and Queens Drive. The ward includes the Liverpool Hope University Hope Park campus.^[5]

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 12,258.^[6]

Councillors

Election
2004	Sir Trevor Jones (LD)	Doreen Jones (LD)	Edwin Clein (LD)
2006	Sir Trevor Jones (LD)	Doreen Jones (LD)	Edwin Clein (LD)
2007	Sir Trevor Jones (LD)	Pamela Clein (LD)	Edwin Clein (LD)
2008	Sir Trevor Jones (LD)	Pamela Clein (LD)	Edwin Clein (LD)
2010	Pat Moloney (LD)	Pamela Clein (LD)	Edwin Clein (LD)
2011	Pat Moloney (LD)	Jeremy Wolfson (Lab)	Edwin Clein (LD)
2012	Pat Moloney (LD)	Jeremy Wolfson (Lab)	Ruth Hirschfield (Lab)
2014	Frank Hont (Lab)	Jeremy Wolfson (Lab)	Ruth Hirschfield (Lab)
2015	Frank Hont (Lab)	Jeremy Wolfson (Lab)	Ruth Hirschfield (Lab)
2016	Frank Hont (Lab)	Jeremy Wolfson (Lab)	Liz Parsons (Lab)
2018	Carole Storey (LD)	Jeremy Wolfson (Lab)	Liz Parsons (Lab)
2019	Carole Storey (LD)	Alan Tormey (LD)	Liz Parsons (Lab)
2021	Carole Storey (LD)	Alan Tormey (LD)	Pat Moloney (LD)
WARD REFORMED
2023	Mike Storey (LD)	Pat Moloney (LD)

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 of the 2020s

4th May 2023^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Storey	2,193	32.12
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney^{[Note 1]}	2,138	32.12
	Labour	Brenda Anne McGrath	996	14.59
	Labour	Matthew James Smyth^{[Note 2]}	838	12.27
	Green	John Bernard Cowan Coyne	352	5.16
	Independent	Sharon Lesley Cross	206	3.02
	Conservative	Wendy Rose Hine	104	1.52
Majority			1,197
Turnout
Rejected ballots			14
Total ballots
Registered electors			6,827
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: 6th May 2021 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney	2,329	54.68%	2.27
	Labour	Betsan Evans	1,173	27.54%	11.00
	Green	Helen Alexandra Parker-Jervis	356	8.36%	2.90
	Conservative	James Kenton Craig	207	4.86%	2.90
	Liberal	Jonathan Mason	194	4.56%	N/A
Majority			1,156	27.14%	13.26
Turnout			4,321	39.87	3.07
Registered electors			10,838
Rejected ballots			62	1.43%	1.19
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	6.64

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Peter Tormey	2,421	52.41%	3.79
	Labour	Jeremy Wolfson	1,780	38.54%	4.69
	Green	David Ronald Teasdale	252	5.46%	1.50
	Conservative	David Jeffery	109	2.36%	0.95
	Women's Equality	Erika Lesley Raffle-Currie	57	1.23%	N/A
Majority			641	13.88%	8.49
Registered electors			10,807
Turnout			4,641	42.94	0.94
Rejected ballots			11	0.24%	1.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	4.24%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Storey	2,200	48.62%	19.46
	Labour	Frank Hont	1,956	43.23	9.47
	Green	Phil Williamson	179	3.96	2.50
	Conservative	David Jeffery	150	3.31	1.31
	Liberal	Lindsey Wood	40	0.88	N/A
Majority			244	5.39	28.15
Registered electors			10,804
Turnout			4,536	42.0	2.6
Rejected ballots			11	0.24%	1.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	14.47

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Parsons	2,234	52.70	3.04
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney	1,236	29.16	12.77
	UKIP	Shimrit Manning	299	7.05	1.96
	Green	Lewis Coyne	274	6.46	1.20
	Conservative	Maria Elaine Prayle	196	4.62	4.31
Majority			998	33.54	5.81
Registered electors			10,885
Turnout			4,294	39.45	33.34
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.91

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Jeremy Wolfson*	4,425	55.74	10.64
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney	1,301	16.39	10.16
	UKIP	Shimrit Manning	715	9.01	6.23
	Conservative	Maria Elaine Prayle	709	8.93	3.56
	Green	Josie Mullen	608	7.66	2.33
	TUSC	David Edwards	180	2.27	N/A
Majority			3,124	39.35	20.80
Registered electors			10,961
Turnout			7,979	72.79	37.57
	Labour hold		Swing	10.30

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hont	1,755	45.10	6.38
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney	1033	26.55	6.45
	UKIP	Adam Heatherington	593	15.24	8.98
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	215	5.53	1.99
	Conservative	Elizabeth Ann Pearson	209	5.37	0.87
	Liberal	Jonathan Mason	86	2.21	0.99
Majority			722	18.56	0.08
Turnout			3,891	35.22	2.58
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	0.04

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Hirschfield	2,153	51.48	3.62
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Clein	1,380	33.00	2.06
	UKIP	Adam Heatherington	262	6.26	N/A
	Conservative	Arron Poole	188	4.5	4.70
	Green	Pierre Laurent Jean Vandervorst	148	3.54	0.28
	Liberal	Liam Francis Canning	51	1.22	0.28
Majority			773	18.48	5.68
Turnout			4,182	37.8	5.10
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-2.84

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy George Wolfson	2,616	55.10	12.84
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Clein	1,469	30.94	7.82
	Conservative	James Andrew Rogers	437	9.20	0.37
	Green	Pierre Laurent Jean Vandervorst	155	3.26	0.29
	Liberal	Andrew Sharkey	71	1.50	5.68
Majority			1,147	24.16	20.66
Turnout			4748	42.90	−24.41
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	10.33

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Childwall ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney	3,162	42.26	13.25
	Labour	Rosemary Connell	2,900	38.76	18.26
	Conservative	Jade Louise Adamowicz	661	8.83	5.30
	Liberal	Philip Daley	537	7.18	3.14
	Green	Pierre Vandervorst	222	2.97	2.85
Majority			262	3.50	31.51
Turnout			7482	67.31	36.02
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-15.75

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Childwall ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Eddie Clein*	1,925	55.51	1.82
	Labour	Peter Dowling	711	20.50	2.82
	Conservative	Chris Lighten	490	14.13	1.74
	Green	Geoff Bunn	202	5.82	0.64
	Liberal	Philip Daley	140	4.04	0.56
Majority			1,214	35.01	1.00
Turnout			3,468	31.29	1.07
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.50

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Childwall ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Clein	1,928	53.69	8.19
	Labour	David Shepherd	635	17.68	1.95
	Conservative	Chris Lighten	445	12.39	3.66
	UKIP	Mark Eric Bill	272	7.57	N/A
	Green	Faye Griffiths	186	5.18	2.01
	Liberal	Philip Daley	125	3.48	0.90
Majority			1,293	36.01	6.24
Turnout			3,591	32.36	2.61
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.12

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Childwall ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	*Sir Trevor Jones*	2,084	61.88
	Labour	Janet Kent	661	19.63
	Conservative	June Hilda Brandwood	294	8.73
	Green	Faye Griffiths	242	7.19
	Liberal	Francis Porter	87	2.58
Majority			1,423	42.25
Turnout			3,368	29.75
	Liberal Democrats 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: Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Clein^{[Note 3]}	3,418
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Jones^{[Note 4]}	3,306
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Jones^{[Note 5]}	3,121
	Labour	Frank Hont	831
	Labour	David Minahan	624
	Labour	William Owen	580
	Green	Anne Saunders	534
Majority
Turnout			4,665	42.35
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

italics - Denotes sitting Councillor.

Notes

^ Pat Moloney was a re-standing councillor for the former Childwall ward.
^ Matthew Smyth was a re-standing councillor for the former Clubmoor ward.
^ elected to a four-year term
^ elected to a three-year term
^ elected to a two-year term

External links

Ward Profile

References

^ The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
^ "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.
^ "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Liverpool City" (PDF). The Boundary Committee for England. March 2003. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018.
^ "City of Liverpool ward population". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ "Ward Profiles". liverpool.gov.uk. Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Election Results for Childwall, 4 May 2023". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Election results for Childwall". Municipal Elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021. Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[8] Pat Moloney was a re-standing councillor for the former Childwall ward.

[9] Matthew Smyth was a re-standing councillor for the former Clubmoor ward.

[22] ted to a four-year term

[23] ted to a three-year term

[24] ted to a two-year term

[1] The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

[lgbce80-2] "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.

[3] "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Liverpool City" (PDF). The Boundary Committee for England. March 2003. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018.

[4] "City of Liverpool ward population". Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[lgbce23-5] "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.

[6] "Ward Profiles". liverpool.gov.uk. Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[7] "Election Results for Childwall, 4 May 2023". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

[10] "Election results for Childwall". Municipal Elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021. Liverpool City Council.

[11] "Municipal Election Results 2019, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[12] "Municipal Election Results 2018, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[13] "Municipal Election Results 2016, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[14] "Municipal Election Results 2015, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[15] "Municipal Election Results 2014, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[16] "Municipal Election Results 2012, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[17] "Municipal Election Results 2011, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[18] "Municipal Election Results 2010, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[19] "Municipal Election Results 2008, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[20] "Municipal Election Results 2007, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

[21] "Municipal Election Results 2006, Childwall". Liverpool City Council.

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v t e Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool
Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Oglet Old Swan Orrell Park Sefton Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton
Wards	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Belle Vale Broadgreen Brownlow Hill Calderstones Canning Childwall Church City Centre North City Centre South Clubmoor East Clubmoor West County Croxteth Croxteth Country Park Dingle Edge Hill Everton East Everton North Everton West Fazakerley East Fazakerley North Fazakerley West Festival Gardens Garston Gateacre Grassendale & Cressington Greenbank Park Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale East Kirkdale West Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park Mossley Hill Much Woolton & Hunts Cross Norris Green Old Swan East Old Swan West Orrell Park Penny Lane Princes Park Sandfield Park Sefton Park Smithdown Speke Springwood St Michaels Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Breckside Park Tuebrook Larkhill Vauxhall Walton Waterfront North Waterfront South Wavertree Garden Suburb Wavertree Village West Derby Deysbrook West Derby Leyfield West Derby Muirhead Woolton Village Yew Tree
Defunct wards	Abercromby Allerton and Hunt's Cross Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Breckfield Brunswick Castle Street Central Central, Everton, Netherfield Clubmoor Cressington Dovecot Everton Exchange Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Granby, Princes Park Grassendale Great George Greenbank Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Lime Street Little Woolton Low Hill Low Hill, Smithdown Melrose Melrose, Westminster Much Woolton Netherfield Netherley North Scotland North Toxteth North Walton Old Swan Picton Pirrie Pitt Street Riverside Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Domingo St. James' St. Mary's St. Paul's St. Peter's Sandhills Scotland Sefton Park East Sefton Park West South Scotland South Toxteth South Walton Speke-Garston Tuebrook Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Valley Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Westminster Woolton Woolton East Woolton West