Coordinates: 53°24′14″N 2°56′20″W / 53.404°N 2.939°W / 53.404; -2.939 Picton is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool Wavertree Parliamentary constituency. The boundary was altered in 2004 losing some of the pre-2004 ward and gaining from the former Kensington, Smithdown and Arundel wards. It contains the Edge Hill area and parts of Wavertree.[1]
Councillors[edit]
post-2004[edit]
Cllr Ian Jobling defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour in August 2010. He subsequently successfully stood the Allerton and Hunts Cross ward.[3]
Election results[edit]
Elections of the 2010s[edit]
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [4] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Abdul Basit Qadir |
2059 |
62.19% |
+7.77% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Laurence Sidorczuk |
751 |
22.68% |
-10.41% |
|
Green |
Jennifer Jane Geddes |
254 |
7.67% |
+4.00% |
|
Liberal |
Griffith Wynne Parry |
150 |
4.53% |
-0.12% |
|
Conservative |
Patricia Anita Waddington |
97 |
2.93% |
-1.24% |
| Majority |
1308 |
39.50% |
+18.17% |
| Turnout |
3311 |
31.30% |
-18.52% |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
9.09% |
|
Elections of the 2000s[edit]
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned.
'∗ - Denotes sitting Councillor.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010.
- ^ Liverpool Lib Dem Ian Jobling defects to Labour. 24 August 2010
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Picton". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Picton". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Picton". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Picton". Liverpool City Council.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Picton". Liverpool City Council.