Anfield (Liverpool ward)

1980 ward 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. Anfield ward was represented by three councillors.[1]

The report describes the boundaries as "Commencing at a point where Rocky Lane meets Belmont Road, thence northwestwards along said road and the northeastern boundary of Breckfield Ward to the southeastern boundary of Melrose Ward, thence northeastwards along said boundary to the southern boundary of County Ward, thence northeastwards and southeastwards along said boundary and the western boundary of Clubmoor Ward to a point opposite the southeastern boundary of No 78 Vanbrugh fioad, thence southwestwards to and along said boundary, crossing Vanbrugh Road and continuing along Thombury Road to Trouville Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Westcombe Road, thence southwestwards along said road and Manningham Road to Priory Road, thence southeastwards along said road and Lower Breck Road to Rocky Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to the point of commencement".[2]

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. The Anfield ward was largely unchanged gaining small areas of the former Breckfield and Tuebrook wards, and losing a small area to the new Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward. The ward boundaries followed the Canada Dock Branch line, Townsend Lane, between Vallance Road and Curate Road, Behind Westcombe Roadand Manningham Road, Priory Road, Lower Breck Road, around the outer boundary of St Margaret's Primary School, between Rockhouse Street and Thurnam Street, Rocky Lane, Belmont Road, Oakfield Road, Walton Breck Road and Walton Lane.[3]

The population of the 2004 ward at the 2021 census was 14,730.[4]

In 2023 the ward boundaries were changed following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which decided that the previous 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 ward was reformed as a two-member ward, retaining the majority of the former Anfield ward, losing the southernmost extent to the new Everton East ward, and gaining a small section of the former Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward.[5]

The current ward boundaries are Walton Lane to the west; the Canada Dock Branch Line to the north; Townsend Lane and Breck Road to the east; and Walton Breck Road and Oakfield Road to the south. The ward contains Anfield Cemetery, Stanley Park and Anfield Stadium.

A by-election was held on 18 November 2021 following the death of Cllr Ros Groves who had successfully defended her seat at the May 2021 elections.[7]

Anfield By-election: 18 November 2021[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tricia O'Brien	604	55.87	11.51
	Liberal	James “Jimmy” Richardson	281	25.99	15.04
	Liberal Democrats	Wiebke Angela Hildegard Ruterjans	73	6.75	2.14
	Green	Daryl Hodge	72	6.66	6.66
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	42	3.89	1.43
		Adam Heatherington	9	0.83
Majority			323	29.88	26.55
Turnout			1,089	11.96	12.87
Registered electors			9,106
Rejected ballots			8	0.73	1.35
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.28

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: 2 May 2021 [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ros Groves	1,520	67.38	5.90
	Liberal	James “Jimmy” Richardson	247	10.95	3.81
	Green	Philip Adam Williamson	171	7.58	2.19
	Conservative	Muniandy Logasuriyan Subramaniam	120	5.32	0.41
	Liberal Democrats	Wiebke Angela Hildeguard Ruterjans	104	4.61	0.30
	Independent	Dylan Thomas Cresswell	94	4.17	N/A
Majority			1,273	56.43	7.08
Turnout			2,304	24.74	2.93
Registered electors			9,314
Rejected ballots			48	2.08	0.88
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.86

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.

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1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Quinn	1,162	47.03	8.48
	Liberal	Michael Butler	666	26.95	n/a
	Labour	Sheila Murphy	416	16.84	8.08
	BNP	Joseph Owens	150	6.07	n/a
	Socialist Alliance	Lesley Mahmood	47	1.90	0.0
	Conservative	Alistair Furze	30	1.21	n/a
Majority			496	20.07	10.52
Turnout			2,471	24.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-17.72

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2 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kiron Reid	1,633	55.51	4.76
	Labour	Kevin Doran	733	24.92	2.27
	Independent	Michael Butler	521	17.71
	Socialist Alliance	Lesley Mahmood	55	1.87	0.81
Majority			900	30.59
Turnout			2,942
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.25

4 May 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Chowings	986	50.75	6.63
	Labour	Ben Williams	440	22.65	3.40
	Liberal	J. Cumberland	395	20.33	13.90
	Conservative	M. Cotterell	70	3.60	2.09
	Socialist Alliance	P. Filby	52	2.68	0.52
Majority			546	28.10
Turnout			1,943
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-1.61

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6 May 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Kenny	1,597	57.38	2.71
	Labour	G. Wilson	725	26.05	3.42
	Liberal	J. Richardson	179	6.43	4.11
	Conservative	B.A. Nash	42	1.51	0.46
	Socialist Alliance	P. Filby	60	2.16
	Independent	C. Hulme	180	6.47
Majority			1,897
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

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7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kiron Reid	1,739	60.09	20.95
	Labour	A. Keenan	655	22.63	24.34
	Liberal	S. Brooks	305	10.54	0.17
	Socialist	P. Filby	61	2.11
	Conservative	E.A. Jones	57	1.97
	Official Labour	G. Casey	45	1.55
	Independent	H. Jones	32	1.11
Majority			1,084	37.46	29.63
Turnout			2,894
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	22.64

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2 May 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Walker	1,427	46.97	0.52
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marbrow	1,189	39.14	1.91
	Liberal	S. Brooks	315	10.37	2.26
	Militant Labour	P. Filby	107	3.52
Majority			238	7.83	1.40
Turnout			3,038
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	0.70

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4 May 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Wilson	1,558	47.49	3.65
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Allen	1,347	41.05	1.64
	Liberal	J. Kehoe	266	8.11	1.66
	Conservative	C. Coffey	110	3.35	0.77
Majority			211	6.43	5.28
Turnout			3,281
	Labour hold		Swing	2.64

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5 May 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Carrick	1,712	43.84	9.68
	Liberal Democrats	R. Cunningham	1,667	42.69	3.53
	Liberal	J. Kehoe	252	6.45	0.39
	Conservative	C. Cross	161	4.12	6.44
	Independent	R. Fallows	113	2.89
Majority			45	1.15	3.61
Turnout			3,905
	Labour hold		Swing	2.95

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7 May 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Woodruff	1,513	39.16	13.97
	Labour	J. Rutledge	1,320	34.16	11.29
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	408	10.56	0.05
	Anfield Labour	Judith Nelson	389	10.07	20.08
	Liberal	T. Newall	234	6.06	5.23
Majority			193	4.76	0.03
Turnout			3,864
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	1.34

2 May 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anfield Labour	J. Smith	1,624	30.15
	Liberal Democrats	J. Cunningham	1,357	25.19	13.96
	Labour	M. Tottey	1,232	22.87	33.94
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	566	10.51	6.46
	Liberal	T. Newall	608	11.29
Majority			267	4.96	12.72
Turnout			5,387
	Anfield Labour gain from Labour

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3 May 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. H. Oldfield	3,365	56.81	5.75
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Best	2,319	39.15	1.22
	Conservative	J. Mass	240	4.05	5.10
Majority			1,047	17.68	4.53
Turnout			5,923
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	2.26

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5 May 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Nelson	2,890	51.06	7.04
	SLD	R. Jump	2,147	37.93	5.39
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	518	9.15	1.54
	SDP	J. Prince	105	2
Majority			743	13.13	12.42
Turnout			5,660
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

A by-election was held on 7 May 1987 alongside an ordinary election to fill a vacancy left by Cllr Paul Downes.

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7 May 1987 (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Smith	2,931	44.02	3.80
	Liberal	R. Jump	2,884	43.32	7.62
	Liberal	T. S. Newall	2,772	41.63
	Labour	Robert Malcolm Kennedy	2,739	41.14
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	712	10.69	1.84
	Conservative	J. H. Brash	557	8.37
	Green	W. Winn	131	1.97
Majority			47	0.71	10.01
Turnout			6,658	54.23
Registered electors			12,278
	Labour hold		Swing	5.71
	Liberal hold		Swing

1 May 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Vera Best	3,184	50.94	13.01
	Labour	C. Williams	2,514	40.22	2.42
	Conservative	J. Brash	553	8.85	10.58
Majority			670	10.72	6.01
Turnout			6,251
Registered electors			12,532
	Alliance hold		Swing	7.71

1 May 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Crowley	2,870	42.64	2.84
	Liberal	R. Johnston	2,553	37.93	4.30
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	1,308	19.43	1.46
Majority			317	4.71	2.27
Turnout			6,731	53.68	10.29
Registered electors			12,540
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.57

5 May 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. V. Downes	2,322	42.23	6.01
	Labour	J. E. Roberts	2,188	39.80	11.18
	Conservative	A. Nugent	988	17.97	5.17
Majority			134	2.44	17.18
Turnout			5,498	43.39	3.33
Registered electors			12,672
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.59

6 May 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Catherine Kaufman	2,449	48.24	13.84
	Labour	J. Roberts	1,453	28.62	1.08
	Conservative	T. P. Pink	1,175	23.14	12.76
Majority			996	19.62	18.12
Registered electors			12,675
Turnout			5,077	40.06	3.96
	Liberal hold		Swing	7.46

After the boundary change of 1980 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