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Abercromby (Liverpool Ward)
Abercromby ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council. Background The ward was originally created in 1835, its boundaries were changed in 1953, merged with St James ward in 1974 and was recreated in 1980 before being dissolved in 2004. 1835 boundaries The ward was created in 1835 as an original ward of Liverpool Town Council under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. This was the first democratically elected council replacing the previous Liverpool Common Council. Three councillors were returned to the council by Abercromby Ward. By 1860 the ward boundary commenced from London Road at its junction with Norton Street and Seymour Street, proceeding eastwards along Pembroke Place, thereafter southeastwards along Crown Street to its junction with Falkner Street, westwards along said street to Hope Street, proceeding northwards to Mount Pleasant, thereafter westwards towards Clarence Street, continuing along Russell Street and Seymour Street to the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population of (in ), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority, combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade. The port also imported cotton for the Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Lancashire textile mills, and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and was home to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Whig (British Political Party)
The Whigs were a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and the 1850s, the Whigs contested power with their rivals, the Tories. The Whigs became the Liberal Party when the faction merged with the Peelites and Radicals in the 1850s. Many Whigs left the Liberal Party in 1886 over the issue of Irish Home Rule to form the Liberal Unionist Party, which merged into the Conservative Party in 1912. The Whigs began as a political faction that opposed absolute monarchy and Catholic emancipation, supporting constitutional monarchism and parliamentary government, but also Protestant supremacy. They played a central role in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and were the standing enemies of the Roman Catholic Stuart kings and pretenders. The period known as the Whig Supremacy (1714–1760) was enabled by the Hanoverian succession of George I in 1714 and the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1715 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1959 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1959. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1956 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1956 election results. Abercromby Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Breckfield Broadgreen Central Childwall Church Clubmoor County Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Kensington Low Hill Melrose Netherfield Old Swan Picton Pirrie Prince's Park Sandhills St. Domingo St. James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1958 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1958. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1955 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1955 election results. Abercromby Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Breckfield Broadgreen Central Childwall Church Clubmoor County Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Kensington Low Hill Melrose Netherfield Old Swan Picton Pirrie Prince's Park Sandhills St. Domingo St. James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1957 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 9 May 1957. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1954 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1954 election results. Abercromby Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Breckfield Broadgreen Central Childwall Church Clubmoor County Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Kensington Low Hill Melrose Netherfield Old Swan Picton Pirrie Prince's Park Sandhills St. Domingo St. James St. Mary's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1956 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1953 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1953 election results. Abercromby Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Breckfield Broadgreen Central Childwall Church Clubmoor County Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Kensington Low Hill Melrose Netherfield Old Swan Picton Pirrie Prince's Park Sandhills St. Domingo St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1955 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1955. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in the 'all-up' election in 1953 for a two-year term (as they were the candidates receiving the second highest number of votes). Therefore, comparisons are made with the 1953 election results. Abercromby Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Breckfield Broadgreen Central Childwall Church Clubmoor County Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Kensington Low Hill Melrose Netherfield Old Swan Picton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1954 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 13 May 1954. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in the all up election in 1953 (following boundary changes) with the third highest number of votes in each ward for a one year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1953 election results. Abercromby Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Breckfield Broadgreen Central Childwall Church Clubmoor County Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Kensington Low Hill Melrose Netherfield Old Swan Picton Pir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. It is one of the Two-party system, two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom; the other being the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Labour has been led by Keir Starmer since 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. To date, there have been 12 Labour governments and seven different Labour Prime Ministers – Ramsay MacDonald, MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Attlee, Harold Wilson, Wilson, James Callaghan, Callaghan, Tony Blair, Blair, Gordon Brown, Brown and Starmer. The Labour Party was founded in 1900, having e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1953 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1953. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor This was the first election with new boundaries since the 1952 election. Deleted ward names : Brunswick, Castle Street, Edge Hill, Exchange, Garston, Great George, Kirkdale, Little Woolton, Much Woolton, North Scotland, St. Anne's, St. Peter's, Sefton Park East, Sefton Park West, South Scotland, Walton, Wavertree, Wavertree West and West Derby. New ward names : Arundel, Broadgreen, Central, Church, Clubmoor, County, Gillmoss, Melrose, Picton, Pirrie, St. James', St. Mary's, St. Michael's, Smithdown, Speke, Tuebrook, Westminster and Woolton. This was an 'all up' election were three councillors were elected for each ward. The term of office for the councillor with the largest number of votes in each ward was three years. The councillor with the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1839 Liverpool Town Council Election
Elections to the Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday, 1 November 1839. One-third of the council seats were up for election, with each councillor serving a three-year term. One of the sixteen wards was uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was as follows: Election result Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby Castle Street Everton Exchange Great George Lime Street North Toxteth Pitt Street Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Paul's St. Peter's Scotland South Toxteth Vauxhall West Derby See also *Liverpool City Council *Liverpool Town Council elections 1835–1879 *Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present * Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present *History of local government in England References {{Merseyside elections 1839 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing of the Left–right political spectrum, left-right political spectrum. Following its defeat by Labour at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election it is currently the second-largest party by the number of votes cast and number of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons; as such it has the formal parliamentary role of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. It encompasses various ideological factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites and Traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. There have been 20 Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
