Council profile

Liverpool

Data through 26 October 2026

Metropolitan borough · North West · 85 seats in 64 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Labour have a majority on Liverpool Council. The council has 85 councillors in 64 wards. Seats by party: Labour 56, Lib Dem 13, Other 12, Green 4. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Seats by party

Labour (Majority)
85 seats - 43 for a majority
56
13
4
12
Labour 56Lib Dem 13Green 4Other 12
Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +6 Green +1 Lib Dem −2 Labour −5
Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (85 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Labour47.0%61
Lib Dem22.5%15
Other16.1%6
Green12.2%3
Conservative2.2%0
Reform0.0%0
Next election
6 May 2027
all 85 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Labour 56
majority of 27; 43 needed
Closest result
Labour won by 1 vote over Green, 4 May 2023
Latest by-election
Green gain from Lib Dem, 12 March 2026 (8 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
42%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

AigburthAllertonAnfieldArundelBelle ValeBroadgreenBrownlow HillCalderstonesCanningChildwallChurchCity Centre NorthCity Centre SouthClubmoor EastClubmoor WestCountyCroxtethCroxteth Country ParkDingleEdge HillEverton EastEverton NorthEverton WestFazakerley EastFazakerley NorthFazakerley WestFestival GardensGarstonGateacreGrassendale & CressingtonGreenbank ParkKensington & FairfieldKirkdale EastKirkdale WestKnotty Ash & Dovecot ParkMossley HillMuch Woolton & Hunts CrossNorris GreenOld Swan EastOld Swan WestOrrell ParkPenny LanePrinces ParkSandfield ParkSefton ParkSmithdownSpekeSpringwoodSt MichaelsStoneycroftToxtethTuebrook Breckside ParkTuebrook LarkhillVauxhallWaltonWaterfront NorthWaterfront SouthWavertree Garden SuburbWavertree VillageWest Derby DeysbrookWest Derby LeyfieldWest Derby MuirheadWoolton VillageYew Tree
LabourLib DemGreenIndependentOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Aigburth
Paul Ruddick
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 50.3% lead 18.4 pts
Allerton
Andrew Makinson
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 62.0% lead 37.9 pts
Anfield
Billy Marrat, Lena Simic
4 May 2023
Labour 61.7% lead 44.6 pts
Arundel
Laura Robertson-Collins
4 May 2023
Labour 73.4% lead 57.6 pts
Belle Vale
Lynnie Hinnigan, Ruth Bennett
4 May 2023
Labour 61.3% lead 46.9 pts
Broadgreen
Hayley Todd
4 May 2023
Labour 56.9% lead 25.8 pts
Brownlow Hill
Heather Westhead, Tom Cardwell
4 May 2023
Labour 52.4% lead 20.5 pts
Calderstones
Liz Makinson
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 66.6% lead 46.7 pts
Canning
Tomas Logan, Nathalie Nicholas
4 May 2023
Labour 48.3% lead 18.0 pts
Childwall
Lord Storey, Pat Moloney
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 56.9% lead 31.0 pts
Church
Carl Cashman
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 55.4% lead 21.8 pts
City Centre North
Nick Small, Christine Banks
4 May 2023
Labour 39.6% lead 17.2 pts
City Centre South
Elizabeth Hayden, Hetty Wood, Angela Coleman
4 May 2023
Labour 41.6% lead 15.7 pts
Clubmoor East
Richard McLean
4 May 2023
Labour 71.3% lead 60.1 pts
Clubmoor West
Si Jones
4 May 2023
Labour 72.3% lead 53.8 pts
County
Bernard Packenham, John Jennings
4 May 2023
Labour 46.5% lead 19.8 pts
Croxteth
Anthony Lavelle
4 May 2023
Labour 82.5% lead 72.6 pts
Croxteth Country Park
Lila Bennett
4 May 2023
Labour 59.1% lead 38.1 pts
Dingle
Sarah Doyle, Steve Munby
4 May 2023
Labour 69.7% lead 49.8 pts
Edge Hill
Naz Hasan
4 May 2023
Labour 65.7% lead 47.2 pts
Everton East
Ellie Byrne
4 May 2023
Labour 74.9% lead 60.0 pts
Everton North
Portia Fahey
4 May 2023
Labour 62.0% lead 31.6 pts
Everton West
Jane Corbett
4 May 2023
Labour 53.1% lead 8.1 pts
Fazakerley East
Debbie Cooke
4 May 2023
Labour 67.7% lead 35.4 pts
Fazakerley North
Declan Henry
4 May 2023
Labour 65.4% lead 49.0 pts
Fazakerley West
Paul Brant
4 May 2023
Labour 77.6% lead 61.2 pts
Festival Gardens
Peter Norris
4 May 2023
Labour 36.5% lead 0.1 pts
Garston
Sam Gorst, Lucy Williams
4 May 2023
Liverpool Community Independents 45.7% lead 13.9 pts
Gateacre
Kris Brown
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 56.4% lead 25.5 pts
Grassendale & Cressington
Richard Clein
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 56.1% lead 26.4 pts
Greenbank Park
Martyn Madeley
4 May 2023
Green 45.2% lead 8.5 pts
Kensington & Fairfield
Liz Parsons, Liam Robinson, Wendy Simon
4 May 2023
Labour 51.0% lead 37.1 pts
Kirkdale East
Tricia O'Brien
4 May 2023
Labour 81.9% lead 75.0 pts
Kirkdale West
Joe Hanson
4 May 2023
Labour 80.8% lead 71.1 pts
Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park
Harry Doyle
4 May 2023
Labour 83.6% lead 77.7 pts
Mossley Hill
Robert Mcallister-Bell
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 59.8% lead 35.4 pts
Much Woolton & Hunts Cross
Mirna Juarez, Josie Mullen
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 53.6% lead 22.2 pts
Norris Green
Lena McCormick, Kevin Pilnick, Gerard Heffey
4 May 2023
Labour 58.3% lead 46.0 pts
Old Swan East
Mark Johnson
4 May 2023
Labour 47.6% lead 11.8 pts
Old Swan West
William Shortall
4 May 2023
Labour 67.0% lead 55.0 pts
Orrell Park
Alan Gibbons
4 May 2023
Liverpool Community Independents 77.0% lead 57.6 pts
Penny Lane
Richard Kemp
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 55.1% lead 25.9 pts
Princes Park
Lucille Harvey
4 May 2023
Labour 70.1% lead 49.4 pts
Sandfield Park
Joanne Kennedy
4 May 2023
Labour 55.1% lead 34.6 pts
Sefton Park
Katie Jarman
4 May 2023
Green 56.8% lead 23.2 pts
Smithdown
Jon Morris, James Roberts
4 May 2023
Labour 54.5% lead 35.9 pts
Speke
Doreen Knight, Mary Rasmussen
4 May 2023
Labour 58.8% lead 42.8 pts
Springwood
Kimberley Berry
4 May 2023
Labour 57.2% lead 27.9 pts
St Michaels
Thomas Crone
4 May 2023
Green 69.8% lead 43.3 pts
Stoneycroft
Steve Radford
4 May 2023
The Liberal Party 71.1% lead 46.9 pts
Toxteth
Rahima Farah
4 May 2023
Labour 75.5% lead 51.0 pts
Tuebrook Breckside Park
Joe Dunne
4 May 2023
The Liberal Party 55.8% lead 20.1 pts
Tuebrook Larkhill
Billy Lake
4 May 2023
The Liberal Party 57.8% lead 19.6 pts
Vauxhall
Assen Christov, Lisa Gaughan
4 May 2023
Labour 56.5% lead 30.5 pts
Walton
Sam East, Beverley Kenyon
4 May 2023
Labour 52.6% lead 34.8 pts
Waterfront North
Dave Hanratty
4 May 2023
Labour 47.2% lead 10.4 pts
Waterfront South
Rebecca Turner
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 46.6% lead 8.8 pts
Wavertree Garden Suburb
Julie Fadden
4 May 2023
Labour 37.7% lead 2.9 pts
Wavertree Village
Laurence Sidorczuk
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 40.6% lead 3.7 pts
West Derby Deysbrook
John Prince
4 May 2023
Labour 66.3% lead 52.9 pts
West Derby Leyfield
Finley Nolan
4 May 2023
Labour 48.4% lead 4.1 pts
West Derby Muirhead
Colette Goulding
4 May 2023
Labour 51.6% lead 21.4 pts
Woolton Village
Malcolm Kelly
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 56.4% lead 29.8 pts
Yew Tree
Daniel Barrington, Barbara Murray
4 May 2023
Labour 54.7% lead 41.8 pts

Changed party since the election

6 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

WardCouncillorElected asNow
CanningTomas LoganLabour 2023Independent
DingleSarah DoyleLabour 2023Independent
DingleSteve MunbyLabour 2023Independent
Much Woolton & Hunts CrossMirna JuarezLib Dem 2023Independent
VauxhallAssen ChristovLabour 2023Independent
West Derby MuirheadColette GouldingLabour 2023Independent

Every council by-election since 2021

8 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
12 March 2026AigburthGreen gain from Lib Dem45.0%
17 July 2025Sefton ParkGreen hold50.0%
23 January 2025Much Woolton & Hunts CrossLib Dem hold51.1%
4 July 2024BroadgreenLabour hold55.9%
4 July 2024Clubmoor EastLabour hold79.0%
4 July 2024Fazakerley NorthLabour hold71.4%
18 September 2023Fazakerley EastLabour hold40.9%
30 June 2022FazakerleyLabour gain from Independent

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Liverpool Riverside22%LabourLabour 42%
Liverpool Walton21%LabourLabour 51%
Liverpool Wavertree20%LabourLabour 44%
Liverpool Garston20%LabourLabour 51%
Liverpool West Derby17%LabourLabour 51%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Liverpool

486,085 residents in 207,523 households

Voted Leave in 2016
42% 10 below GB
Degree or higher
31% 3 below GB
No qualifications
22% 4 above GB
Own their home
47% 14 below GB
Rent from a council or housing association
26% 9 above GB
Rent privately
26% 6 above GB
Aged 15 to 34
39% 8 above GB
Aged 65 and over
18% 4 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

Councils most like this one

Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.