Penny Lane (Liverpool ward)

Penny Lane
Penny Lane ward within Liverpool
Population4,723 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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Penny Lane ward is an electoral district of Liverpool City Council within the Liverpool Wavertree and Liverpool Riverside constituencies.

Background

2023 ward

The ward was created for the elections held on 4 May 2023 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 Penny Lane ward was created as a single-member ward from the western part of the former Church ward and a part of the former Greenbank ward.[1] The ward boundaries follow Smithdown Road, Allerton Road, Rose Lane and the West Coast Main Line. The ward includes, and is named for, Penny Lane made famous by the Beatles single of the same name.[1]

Councillors

Election Councillor
2023 Richard Kemp CBE (LD)

  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

Elections of the 2020s

4th May 2023[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Kemp[Note 1] 1,123 55.08
Labour Anthony Edward Haimes 596 29.23
Green Ted Grant 245 12.02
Independent Susie Stalsberg 56 2.75
Conservative John Walker 19 0.93
Majority 527 25.85
Turnout 2,039 43.17
Rejected ballots 6 0.29
Total ballots 2,045 43.30
Registered electors 4,723
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Richard Kemp was a re-standing councillor for the former Church ward.

References

  1. ^ a b "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Election Results for Penny Lane, 4 May 2023". Liverpool City Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.