Greenbank (ward)

Greenbank
Greenbank
	Greenbank ward (2004) within Liverpool
Area	2.371 km2 (0.915 sq mi)
Population	15,268 (2021 census)
• Density	6,439/km2 (16,680/sq mi)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside;
	List of places UK England Merseyside

Greenbank was an electoral district of Liverpool City Council between 2004 and 2023.

Background[edit]

The ward was created in 2004 from the majority of the former Arundel ward and parts of the former Aigburth and Picton wards.^[1] The ward returned three councillors. It was part of the Liverpool Riverside parliamentary constituency.

The ward boundaries followed the West Coast Main Line, Smithdown Road, Penny Lane, the West Coast Main Line again, Rose Lane, North Mossley Hill Road, Carnatic Road, Mossley Hill Drive, Croxteth Gate, Ullet Road, Sefton Park Road, Lodge Lane, Fern Grove, Hartington Road, along the southern and eastern boundary of Toxteth Park Cemetery, Smithdown Road, Gainsborough Road and Wellington Road.^[1]

The ward contained Greenbank Park, Greenbank Drive Synagogue, the University of Liverpool Greenbank Halls, Penny Lane, Liverpool College, Greenbank College and Sports Academy, Mossley Hill Hospital, Sefton Park Cricket Club, and the Grade 1 listed buildings: Church of St Agnes and St Pancras, Ullet Road Unitarian Church, St Clare's Church, Liverpool.^[1]

The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 16,132.^[2] and at the 2021 census was 15,268.^[3]

The ward was dissolved following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which reduced the overall number of councillors and established new wards which were contested at the 2023 elections. Greenbank ward was distributed into the Arundel, Greenbank Park, Penny Lane, Princes Park, and Smithdown wards.^[4]

Councillors[edit]

The ward returned seven councillors.^[5]

Election
2004	Linda-Jane Buckle (LD)	Paul Clein (LD)	Jan Clein (LD)
2006	Linda-Jane Buckle (LD)	Paul Clein (LD)	Jan Clein (LD)
2007	Linda-Jane Buckle (LD)	Paul Clein (LD)	Jan Clein (LD)
2008	Linda-Jane Buckle (LD)	Paul Clein (LD)	Jan Clein (LD)
2010	Elaine Allen (LD)	Paul Clein (LD)	Jan Clein (LD)
2011	Elaine Allen (LD)	Laura Robertson-Collins (Lab)	Jan Clein (LD)
2012	Elaine Allen (LD)	Laura Robertson-Collins (Lab)	James Roberts (Lab)
2014	Lawrence Brown (Grn)	Laura Robertson-Collins (Lab)	James Roberts (Lab)
2015	Lawrence Brown (Grn)	Laura Robertson-Collins (Lab)	James Roberts (Lab)
2016	Lawrence Brown (Grn)	Laura Robertson-Collins (Lab)	James Roberts (Lab)
2018	Lawrence Brown (Grn)	Laura Robertson-Collins (Lab)	James Roberts (Lab)
2019	Lawrence Brown (Grn)	Laura Robertson-Collins (Lab)	James Roberts (Lab)
2021	Lawrence Brown (Grn)	Laura Robertson-Collins (Lab)	James Roberts (Lab)

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[edit]

Elections of the 2020s[edit]

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: 6th May 2021 ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*James Roberts*	1,978	53.39%	0.69
	Green	Dan Fieldsend	1,336	36.06%	5.24
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona McBride	162	4.37%	1.22
	Conservative	Chris Hall	137	3.70%	1.48
	Liberal	Lindsey Janet Mary Wood	46	1.24%	0.61
	Independent	Harry Peter Glover	46	1.24%
Majority			642	17.62	6.22
Turnout			3,705	33.36	5.19
Registered electors			11,106
Rejected ballots			62	1.65	0.82
	Labour hold		Swing	2.97

Elections of the 2010s[edit]

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Laura Robertson-Collins*	1,757	52.70	7.24
	Green	Kay Alexandra Inckle	1,377	41.30	6.94
	Liberal Democrats	Dewi Anthony John	105	3.15	1.25
	Conservative	Nicholas John Basson	74	2.22	0.68
	Liberal	Donald MacRitchie	21	0.63	N/A
Majority			380	11.40	8.62
Turnout			3,362	38.55	0.04
Registered electors			8,721
Rejected ballots			28	0.83	0.54
	Labour hold		Swing	7.09

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	*Lawrence Brown*	1,648	48.24	18.03
	Labour	Jon Morris	1,553	45.46	11.96
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona McBride	116	3.40	3.08
	Conservative	Nicholas Basson	99	2.90	0.71
Majority			95	2.78	24.11
Turnout			3426	38.51	0.71
Registered electors			8,897
Rejected ballots			10	0.29
	Green hold		Swing	15.00

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*James Alexander Roberts*	1,958	56.74	2.74
	Green	David William Morgan	1,030	29.85	0.46
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Harmer	221	6.40	2.00
	Conservative	Nicholas Basson	123	3.56	3.77
	TUSC	Connor James Lunt	78	2.26	0.90
Majority			928	26.89	2.28
Turnout			3,451	39.22	25.06
	Labour hold		Swing	1.14

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Laura Robertson-Collins*	3,375	54.00	16.19
	Green	David William Morgan	1,837	29.39	18.79
	Conservative	Nicholas Basson	458	7.33	3.26
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanete Makinson	275	4.40	1.49
	UKIP	Joseph Stanley Chiffers	220	3.52	1.87
	TUSC	Simon Adam Worthington	85	1.36	0.03
Majority			1,538	24.61	14.24
Turnout			6,250	64.28	30.10
	Labour hold		Swing	17.49

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lawrence Brown	1,706	48.18	28.87
	Labour	Graeme Cooper	1,339	37.81	22.08
	UKIP	Joseph Stanley Chiffers	191	5.39	n/a
	Conservative	Nicholas Basson	144	4.07	2.52
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Makinson	103	2.91	9.08
	TUSC	Simon Worthington	47	1.33	n/a
	Liberal	Irene Norah Mayes	11	0.31	2.09
Majority			367	10.37	29.67
Turnout			3,541	34.18	5.97
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+25.48

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Alexander Roberts	1,819	59.89	4.01
	Green	Lawrence Brown	581	19.13	6.85
	Liberal Democrats	Mirna Juarez	364	11.99	10.87
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	200	6.59	0.59
	Liberal	Charles Railton Mayes	73	2.40	1.27
Majority			1,238	40.37	7.35
Turnout			3,067	28.21	8.34
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.44

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Robertson-Collins	2,085	55.88	22.18
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michael Clein	853	22.86	18.96
	Green	Lawrence Brown	458	12.28	0.94
	Conservative	Chris Hall	224	6.00	-3.29
	UKIP	Joseph Stanley Chiffers	69	1.85	n/a
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	42	1.13	0.84
Majority			1,232	33.02	24.90
Turnout			3,731	36.55	19.84
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	20.57

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Greenbank ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Allen	2,530	41.82	6.17
	Labour	Laura Annette Robertson-Collins	2,039	33.70	10.76
	Green	Peter Cranie	800	13.22	7.03
	Conservative	Christopher Matthew Hall	562	9.29	2.58
	Liberal	Terry Formby	119	1.97	0.14
Majority			491	8.12	16.93
Turnout			6,050	56.39	8.12
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-8.47

Elections of the 2000s[edit]

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Greenbank ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Janet Clein*	1,180	47.99	2.07
	Labour	Christopher David Helm	564	22.94	0.69
	Green	Martin Sydney Dobson	498	20.25	3.20
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	165	6.71	4.44
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	52	2.11	0.16
Majority			616	25.05	1.37
Turnout			2,459	23.28	2.49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.69

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Greenbank ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Paul Clein*	1,345	50.06	9.27
	Labour	Christopher David Helm	635	23.63	1.32
	Green	Peter Andrew Edward Cranie	458	17.05	2.25
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	188	7.00	2.79
	Liberal	Karen Williams	61	2.27	2.90
Majority			710	26.42
Turnout			2,687	25.77
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.29

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Greenbank ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	*Linda-Jane Buckle*	1,025	40.79
	Labour	Christopher David Helm	627	24.95
	Green	Louise Maria McVey	485	19.30
	Conservative	Giselle Henrietta Petra McDonald	256	9.79
	Liberal	David O'Brien	130	5.17
Majority
Turnout			2,513	23.01
	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: Greenbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Clein	1,649
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clein	1,616
	Liberal Democrats	Linda-Jane Buckle	1,577
	Labour	Anna Murphy	568
	Labour	Josephine Lazzari	515
	Labour	Anthony Murphy	507
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	400
	Green	Andrew Hoban	389
	Green	Penelope Mosgrove	325
	Conservative	John Creagh	208
	Conservative	Peter Henn	202
	Socialist Alliance	Stella Yates	200
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Foulkes	152
	Socialist Alliance	Christopher Jones	145
Majority
Turnout			3070	26.88
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	n/a

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

External links[edit]

Ward profile Greenbank

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "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 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ "Greenbank (Ward, United Kingdom)". citypopulation.de.
^ "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2021, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

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[bce03-1] "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.

[2] "City of Liverpool Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[3] "Greenbank (Ward, United Kingdom)". citypopulation.de.

[lgbce23-4] "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.

[5] "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.

[6] "Municipal Election Results 2021, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[7] "Municipal Election Results 2019, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[8] "Municipal Election Results 2018, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[9] "Municipal Election Results 2016, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[10] "Municipal Election Results 2015, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[11] "Municipal Election Results 2014, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[12] "Municipal Election Results 2012, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[13] "Municipal Election Results 2011, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[14] "Municipal Election Results 2010, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[15] "Municipal Election Results 2008, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[16] "Municipal Election Results 2007, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

[17] "Municipal Election Results 2006, Greenbank". Liverpool City Council.

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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