Yew Tree (Liverpool ward)

53.429°N 2.871°W / 53.429; -2.871

Yew Tree
Dovecot (1953 - 2003)
Yew Tree ward within Liverpool
Population11,240 (2021 census)
Registered Electors7,873 (2023 election)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors

Yew Tree ward is an electoral division of Liverpool City Council within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency.

Background

The ward was created as Dovecot ward in 1953; its boundaries were changed in 1980 and in 2004 when its name changed to Yew Tree ward. Its boundaries were changed again for the 2023 elections.

1953 boundaries

Map of the 1953 boundaries of Dovecot ward
1953 boundaries

The ward was part of the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency.[1]

1973 election

Map of the 1973 boundaries of Dovecot ward
1973 boundaries

Following the Local Government Act 1972 the ward boundaries of the council were altered. The number of wards was reduced from 40 to 33 and the aldermanic system was abolished. Dovecot was retained and returned three councillors.[2]

1980 boundaries

Map of the 1980 boundaries of Dovecot ward
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. Dovecot ward was retained to be represented by three councillors.[3]

The report describes the boundaries of Dovecot ward as "Commencing at a point where the eastern boundary of the City meets Aldwark Road, thence generally northwestwards along said road to Grovehurst Avenue, thence northwestwards along said avenue, and in prolongation thereof crossing Dovecot Place to East Prescot Road, thence southwestwards along said road and northwestwards along the northern part of said road to Kingsheath Avenue, northeastwards along said avenue to Elgar Road, thence northwestwards along said road and in prolongation thereof to Deys Brook, thence northwards and generally northwestwards along said brook to a point opposite the southeastern corner of St Vincent's School for the Blind, thence eastwards to and northwestwards along the northeastern boundary of said school and continuing northwestwards along the western boundary of Yewtree Playing Fields to Yew Tree Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to the eastern boundary of Croxteth Ward, thence northwestwards and northeastwards along said boundary to the southwestern boundary of Gillmoss Ward, thence southeastwards along said boundary and generally southwards along the eastern boundary of the City to the point of commencement".[4]

The ward was part of the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency.[1]

2004 boundaries

A map of Liverpool showing the 2004 ward boundaries with Yew Tree ward highlighted
2004 ward boundaries

A review by the Boundary Committee for England recommended that the council was formed of a reduced number of 90 members elected from 30 wards. Dovecot ward was dissolved and distributed into the new Yew Tree ward, with a small part going into the new Knotty Ash ward. The new ward gained parts of the former Broadgreen, Croxteth, and Gillmosswards.[5]

The ward boundaries follow the city boundary to East Prescot Road, Youens Way, around the Bradbury Centre and Broughton Hall High School, Yew Tree Lane, Leyfield Road, Deysbrook Lane, Crown Road, Melwood Drive, Croxteth Hall Lane, and the southern boundary of Croxteth Park.[5]

The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,746,[6] and at the 2021 census was 16,772.[7]

2023 boundaries

The ward boundaries were changed in 2023 following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which decided that the existing 30 wards 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. The Yew Tree ward was retained as a two-member ward taking most of the former ward which lost its north-west corner to the new West Derby Deysbrook ward and a small portion to the new West Derby Leyfield ward.[8]

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 11,240.[9]

Councillors

The ward has returned seven Councillors[10]

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Roger Johnston (LD) Graham Hulme (LD) Robert Ousby (LD)
2006 Roger Johnston (LD) Graham Hulme (LD) Robert Ousby (LD)
2007 Roger Johnston (LD) Barbara Murray (Lab) Robert Ousby (LD)
2008 Roger Johnston (LD) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2010 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2011 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2012 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2014 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2015 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2016 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2018 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2019 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
2021 Tony Concepcion (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab) John Prince (Lab)
WARD REFORMED
2023 Dan Barrington (Lab) Barbara Murray (Lab)

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

4 May 2023[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Barrington[Note 1] 1,191 36.95
Labour Barbara Murray[Note 2] 1,045 32.42
Independent Pat Rimmer 282 8.75
Independent Catherine Elizabeth Doyle 252 7.82
Liberal Democrats Eddie Clein 174 5.40
Green William Ward 166 5.15
Conservative David Patmore 113 3.51
Majority 909
Turnout
Rejected ballots 6
Total ballots
Registered electors 7,873
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
6 May 2021[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Prince 1,995 67.06 Decrease7.87
Conservative Michael Borman 270 9.08 Increase3.64
Green William Ward 248 8.34 Increase0.15
Liberal Democrats Alix Joel Roper 244 8.20 Increase2.32
Liberal Sam Hawksford 218 7.33 Increase1.78
Majority 1,725 37.98 Decrease8.76
Turnout 2,975 25.20 Increase2.29
Registered electors 11,805
Rejected ballots 62 2.04 Increase0.86
Labour hold Swing -5.76

Elections of the 2010s

2 May 2019[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Murray 2,012 74.93 Decrease6.40
Green Will Ward 220 8.19 Increase5.06
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Wilson 158 5.88 Increase1.94
Liberal Sam Hawksford 149 5.55 Increase2.18
Conservative Gillian Michelle Ferrigno 146 5.44 Decrease2.78
Majority 1,792 66.74 Decrease6.37
Turnout 2,685 22.91 Decrease2.27
Registered electors 11,719
Rejected ballots 32 1.18 Increase0.94
Labour hold Swing -5.73
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 3rd May 2018 [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Concepcion 2,414 81.33% Increase7.80
Conservative Gillian Michelle Ferrigno 244 8.22 Increase1.76
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Elaine Wilson 117 3.94% Decrease1.50
Liberal Sam Hawksford 100 3.37% Decrease0.93
Green Will Ward 93 3.13% Decrease1.53
Majority 2,170 73.11% Increase6.04
Turnout 2,975 25.18% Decrease1.52
Registered electors 11,816
Rejected ballots 7 0.24% Decrease1.31
Labour hold Swing Increase3.02
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 5th May 2016 [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Philip Prince 2,242 73.53% Decrease1.74
Conservative Robert Leslie Albert Poynton 197 6.46 Increase0.96
TUSC Charley Cosgrove 171 5.61% Increase3.92
Liberal Democrats David Newman 166 5.44% Increase1.53
Green Will Ward 142 4.66% Increase1.33
Liberal Sam Hawksford 131 4.30% Increase3.33
Majority 2,045 67.07% Decrease3.69
Turnout 3,097 26.70% Decrease35.70
Registered electors 11,599
Rejected ballots 48 1.55% Increase1.03
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.35
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 7th May 2015 [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Murray 5,511 75.27% Decrease3.37
UKIP Ian Joseph Hanmer 683 9.33% Steady N/A
Conservative Patricia Anita Waddington 403 5.50% Decrease1.74
Liberal Democrats Angela Hulme 286 3.91% Steady N/A
Green Russ Thornton 244 3.33% Decrease4.55
TUSC Charley Cosgrove 124 1.69% Steady N/A
Liberal Sam Hawksford 71 0.97% Decrease5.27
Majority 4,828 65.94% Decrease4.82
Turnout 7,360 62.72% Increase34.14
Registered electors 11,734
Rejected ballots 38 0.52%
Labour hold Swing -
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 22nd May 2014 [17]
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 [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Prince 2489 76.82%
Liberal Democrats Peter Allen 271 8.36%
Conservative Patricia Waddington 159 4.91%
TUSC 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 [19]
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%
TUSC 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 Tony 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 Democrats Swing +4.45%

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Yew Tree [20]
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 Democrats Swing
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Yew Tree [21]
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 Democrats Swing
Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Yew Tree [22]
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 Democrats hold 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: Yew Tree [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Ousby 1636
Liberal Democrats Graham Hulme 1582
Liberal Democrats Roger Johnston 1469
Labour Peter Holden 1160
Labour Barbara Murray 1023
Labour John Prince 1001
Liberal Kevin Buchanan 311
Conservative Brian Jones 242
Liberal Deborah Mayes 213
Liberal Tracey Hawksford 205
Socialist Labour Thomas McKay 82
Majority
Turnout 3542 31.53%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing n/a

italics denotes the sitting Councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

Notes

  1. Dan Barrington was a re-standing councillor for the former West Derby ward.
  2. Barbara Murray was a re-standing councillor for the former Yew Tree ward.

References

  1. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
  2. The County of Merseyside (Electoral Divisions and Wards) Order 1973
  3. The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
  4. "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.
  5. "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Liverpool City" (PDF). Boundary Committee for England. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010.
  6. "City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. "Yew Tree (Ward, United Kindgom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  8. "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
  9. "Ward Profiles". Liverpool City Council.
  10. "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.
  11. "Election results for Yew Tree, 4 May 2023". councillors.liverpool.gov.uk. 5 May 2023.
  12. "Election results for Yew Tree, 6 May 2021". councillors.liverpool.gov.uk. 3 May 2021.
  13. "Election results for Yew Tree, 2 May 2019". councillors.liverpool.gov.uk. 2 May 2019.
  14. "Municipal Election results 2018, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
  15. "Municipal Election results 2016, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
  16. "Municipal Election results 2015, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
  17. "Municipal Election results 2014, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
  18. "List of Candidates". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  19. "Municipal Election results 2011, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
  20. "Municipal Election results 2008, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
  21. "Municipal Election results 2007, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
  22. "Municipal Election results 2006, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
  23. "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.
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