Yew Tree (Liverpool ward)

Yew Tree
Dovecot (1953 - 2003)
Yew Tree; Dovecot (1953 - 2003)
	Yew Tree ward within Liverpool
Population	11,240 (2021 census)
Registered Electors	7,873 (2023 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool West Derby;
Councillors	Dan Barrington (Labour Party); Barbara Murray (Labour Party);

53.429°N 2.871°W / 53.429; -2.871

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

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

1973 election

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

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

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]

Election
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	7.87
	Conservative	Michael Borman	270	9.08	3.64
	Green	William Ward	248	8.34	0.15
	Liberal Democrats	Alix Joel Roper	244	8.20	2.32
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	218	7.33	1.78
Majority			1,725	37.98	8.76
Turnout			2,975	25.20	2.29
Registered electors			11,805
Rejected ballots			62	2.04	0.86
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.76

Elections of the 2010s

2 May 2019[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Barbara Murray*	2,012	74.93	6.40
	Green	Will Ward	220	8.19	5.06
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Wilson	158	5.88	1.94
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	149	5.55	2.18
	Conservative	Gillian Michelle Ferrigno	146	5.44	2.78
Majority			1,792	66.74	6.37
Turnout			2,685	22.91	2.27
Registered electors			11,719
Rejected ballots			32	1.18	0.94
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.73

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 3rd May 2018 [14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Concepcion	2,414	81.33%	7.80
	Conservative	Gillian Michelle Ferrigno	244	8.22	1.76
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Elaine Wilson	117	3.94%	1.50
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	100	3.37%	0.93
	Green	Will Ward	93	3.13%	1.53
Majority			2,170	73.11%	6.04
Turnout			2,975	25.18%	1.52
Registered electors			11,816
Rejected ballots			7	0.24%	1.31
	Labour hold		Swing	3.02

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 5th May 2016 [15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Philip Prince	2,242	73.53%	1.74
	Conservative	Robert Leslie Albert Poynton	197	6.46	0.96
	TUSC	Charley Cosgrove	171	5.61%	3.92
	Liberal Democrats	David Newman	166	5.44%	1.53
	Green	Will Ward	142	4.66%	1.33
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	131	4.30%	3.33
Majority			2,045	67.07%	3.69
Turnout			3,097	26.70%	35.70
Registered electors			11,599
Rejected ballots			48	1.55%	1.03
	Labour hold		Swing	1.35

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 7th May 2015 [16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	5,511	75.27%	3.37
	UKIP	Ian Joseph Hanmer	683	9.33%	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Anita Waddington	403	5.50%	1.74
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Hulme	286	3.91%	N/A
	Green	Russ Thornton	244	3.33%	4.55
	TUSC	Charley Cosgrove	124	1.69%	N/A
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	71	0.97%	5.27
Majority			4,828	65.94%	4.82
Turnout			7,360	62.72%	34.14
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

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

References

Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
The County of Merseyside (Electoral Divisions and Wards) Order 1973
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). Boundary Committee for England. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010.
"City of Liverpool ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
"Yew Tree (Ward, United Kindgom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
"New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
"Ward Profiles". Liverpool City Council.
"Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.
"Election results for Yew Tree, 4 May 2023". councillors.liverpool.gov.uk. 5 May 2023.
"Election results for Yew Tree, 6 May 2021". councillors.liverpool.gov.uk. 3 May 2021.
"Election results for Yew Tree, 2 May 2019". councillors.liverpool.gov.uk. 2 May 2019.
"Municipal Election results 2018, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
"Municipal Election results 2016, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
"Municipal Election results 2015, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
"Municipal Election results 2014, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
"List of Candidates". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
"Municipal Election results 2011, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
"Municipal Election results 2008, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
"Municipal Election results 2007, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
"Municipal Election results 2006, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.
"Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.

External links

Ward Profile - Yew Tree

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[12] Dan Barrington was a re-standing councillor for the former West Derby ward.

[13] Barbara Murray was a re-standing councillor for the former Yew Tree ward.

[craig-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

[lgbce80-4] "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.

[bce03-5] "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.

[14] "Election results for Yew Tree, 6 May 2021". councillors.liverpool.gov.uk. 3 May 2021.

[15] "Election results for Yew Tree, 2 May 2019". councillors.liverpool.gov.uk. 2 May 2019.

[16] "Municipal Election results 2018, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.

[17] "Municipal Election results 2016, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.

[18] "Municipal Election results 2015, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.

[19] "Municipal Election results 2014, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.

[20] "List of Candidates". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

[21] "Municipal Election results 2011, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.

[22] "Municipal Election results 2008, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.

[23] "Municipal Election results 2007, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.

[24] "Municipal Election results 2006, Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council.

[25] "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.

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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