Mossley Hill is an electoral division of
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the City status in the United Kingdom, city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. Liverpool has had a local authority since 1207, which has been reformed on numerous ...
in the
Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.
Background
The
ward was first formed for the 2004 municipal elections and its boundaries were changed for the 2023 elections.
2004 ward
The ward was created from the former
Grassendale and
Aigburth wards.
The population of the ward at the
2021 census was 12,041.
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 po ...
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 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,
John Moores University I.M. Marsh Campus, and
Mossley Hill railway station.
The population of the ward at the
2021 census was 5,529.
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