Mossley Hill is an electoral division of
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards.
The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Mayor J ...
in the
Liverpool Riverside
Liverpool Riverside is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Kim Johnson, who is a member of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
Liverpool Riverside covers an urban area, many neighbourhoods a ...
Parliamentary constituency.
Background
2004 ward
The
ward was first formed for the 2004 municipal elections from the former
Grassendale and
Aigburth
Aigburth () is a suburb of Liverpool, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Garston, Mossley Hill, and Toxteth.
Etymology
The name Aigburth comes from Old Norse ''eik'' and ''berg'', meaning ''oak-tree hill''. T ...
wards.
2023 ward
The ward boundaries were changed in 2023 following a review by the
Local Government Boundary Commission for England
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) is a parliamentary body established by statute to conduct boundary, electoral and structural reviews of local government areas in England. The LGBCE is independent of government and pol ...
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 Mossley Hill ward was recreated as a single-member ward, taking the eastern half of the former Mossley Hill ward and a small portion of the former
Cressington
Cressington is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary constituency. It contains the Cressington Park, Grassendale Park in the Garston area of Liverpool. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 14,50 ...
ward. The ward boundaries follow Elmswood Road, the
West Coast Mainline, behind Lanville Road, Brodie Avenue, Glenhead Road, Aigburth Hall Road, behind The Serpentine, Aigburth Road, behind Barkhill Road, and North Sudley Road.
The ward includes
Sudley House
Sudley House is a historic house in Aigburth, Liverpool, England. Built in 1824 and much modified in the 1880s, it is now a museum and art gallery which contains the collection of George Holt, a shipping-line owner and former resident, in it ...
,
John Moores University I.M. Marsh Campus, and
Mossley Hill railway station.
Councillors
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.
Lynnie Hinnigan (née Williams) was elected for the Liberal Democrats in 2008 and defected to Labour in 2011, she then stood aside from the ward at the next election where a new Labour councillor was elected.
Election results
Elections of the 2020s
Elections of the 2010s
Elections of the 2000s
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned.
• ''italics'' denotes the sitting Councillor
• bold denotes the winning candidate
Notes
References
External links
Liverpool City Council: Ward profile
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Wards of Liverpool