Riverside (Liverpool ward)

53°22′48″N 2°57′18″W / 53.380°N 2.955°W / 53.380; -2.955

Riverside
Riverside ward (2004) within Liverpool
Area	3.974 km2 (1.534 sq mi)
Population	23,044 (2021 census)
• Density	5,799/km2 (15,020/sq mi)
Registered Electors	15,653 (2021 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside
List of places UK England Merseyside

Riverside ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council covering the southern city centre, the Dingle, and parts of Toxteth.

The ward was established in 2004 and dissolved in 2023.

A review by the Boundary Committee for England recommended that the council was formed of a reduced number of 90 members elected from 30 wards. The ward was formed from the former Abercromby and Dingle wards.^[1] The ward was part of the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

The ward boundaries followed Hartley Quay, Salthouse Quay, Canning Place, Hanover Street, Ranelagh Street, Renshaw Street, Leece Street, Hardman Street, Hope Street, Windsor Street, Northumberland Street, Park Road, Dingle Lane, the southeastern and southwestern boundaries of Shorefields Village, Ellerman Road and the River Mersey.^[1]

The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 18,422,^[2] and at the 2021 Census was 23,044.^[3]

Following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which decided that the existing 30 wards each represented by three Councillors should be replaced by 64 wards represented by 85 councillors, the ward was split up into the new City Centre South, Dingle, Festival Gardens, and Waterfront South wards, and small parts of the new Canning, City Centre North, Toxteth wards.^[4]

  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.

• Cllr Joe Anderson (Labour, 2010) was elected as Mayor of Liverpool on 3rd May 2012 and thereby resigned his council seat.
• Cllr Paul Brant (Labour, 2011) resigned from the council in October 2013 after receiving a Police caution for possession of Class A drugs^[5] before subsequently being elected for the Fazakerley ward in 2015.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: Thursday 6 May 2021^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Munby	2,690	67.38	2.66
	Green	Sally Newey	704	17.64	3.04
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Mary Skaife	254	6.36%	0.06
	Conservative	Harry Glen Gallimore-King	241	6.04	1.57
	Liberal	Becky Clancy	103	2.58	1.74
Majority			1,986	49.75	5.69
Turnout			3,992	25.50	2.23
Rejected ballots			96	2.35	1.43
Total ballots			4,088	26.12
Registered electors			15,653
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.85

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: Thursday 2 May 2019^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Doyle	2,336	70.04	9.43
	Green	Sally Newey	487	14.60	5.53
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McCracken	214	6.42	0.89
	Conservative	Graham Kenwright	149	4.47	0.89
	Independent	Robin Singleton	121	3.63	N/A
	Liberal	Lindsey Janet Mary Wood	28	0.84	N/A
Majority			1,849	55.44	14.95
Turnout			3,366	23.27	0.08
Rejected ballots			31	0.92	0.52
Registered electors			14,464
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.48

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: Thursday 3 May 2018^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hetty Wood	2,601	79.47	2.87
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	297	9.07	1.66
	Conservative	Robin Singleton	194	5.93	2.37
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McCracken	181	5.53	0.35
Majority			2,304	70.39	4.52
Turnout			3,286	23.19	4.23
Rejected ballots			13	0.40
Registered electors			14,170
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.26

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: Thursday 5 May 2016^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Munby	2,606	76.60	4.79
	Green	Hannah Walkom	365	10.73	1.58
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McCracken	200	5.88	1.61
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	121	3.56	3.45
	English Democrat	Michael John Lane	110	3.23
Majority			2,241	65.87	6.37
Turnout			3,443	27.42	32.17
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.19

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Corrigan	5,181	71.81	4.50
	Green	Hannah Walkom	888	12.31	3.37
	Conservative	Laura Watson	506	7.01	3.22
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Francis Dunne	308	4.27	0.90
	TUSC	John Gary Marston	222	3.08	0.46
	English Democrat	Michael John Lane	110	1.52	N/A
Majority			4,293	59.50	5.57
Turnout			7,215	59.59	33.46
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.57

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hetty Wood	2,078	67.31	3.59
	UKIP	Darren McCready	413	13.38	5.38
	Green	Martin Sydney Dobson	276	8.94	0.74
	Conservative	John Astley Watson	117	3.79	1.17
	Liberal Democrats	Sean McHugh	104	3.37	0.93
	TUSC	John Gary Marston	81	2.62	0.67
	Liberal	Ian Thomas Bull	18	0.58	N/A
Majority			1,665	53.93	7.29
Turnout			3,391	26.13	14.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.49

Riverside by-election: 5th December 2013 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Corrigan	1,055	70.90	5.95
	Green	Martin Dobson	144	9.68	0.88
	UKIP	Adam Heatherington	119	8.00	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin White	64	4.30	0.07
	TUSC	John Marston	49	3.29	2.92
	Conservative	Chris Hall	39	2.62	1.16
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	9	0.60	N/A
	Independent	Peter Cooney	7	0.47%	N/A
	Independent	Alison Louise Goudie	1	0.07	N/A
Majority			911	61.22	6.83
Turnout			1,488	11.63	5.05
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.54

Riverside by-election: 5th July 2012 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hetty Wood	1,424	76.85	4.58
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	163	8.80	2.97
	TUSC	Chris McDermott	115	6.21	2.88
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Jane Beckett	81	4.37	N/A
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	70	3.78	0.47
Majority			1,261	68.05	6.93
Turnout			1,853	16.68	12.78
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.81

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Munby	2,666	81.43	3.52
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	191	5.83	0.31
	Conservative	Angela Oates	139	4.25	1.41
	TUSC	Celia Ralph	109	3.33	0.85
	English Democrat	Neil Kenny	103	3.15	N/A
	Liberal	Irene Norah Mayes	66	2.02	0.28
Majority			2,475	74.98	0.73
Turnout			3,301	29.46	1.84
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.47

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul David Brant	2,836	79.91	12.42
	Conservative	Alma Gavine McGing	201	5.66	1.47
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Dadswell	198	5.58	11.76
	Green	Peter Andrew Cranie	196	5.52	0.75
	TUSC	Daren Andrew Ireland	88	2.48	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Morgan	30	0.85	2.42
Majority			2,635	74.25	24.10
Turnout			3,549	31.30	19.52
	Labour hold		Swing	6.95

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

• Ward Profile - Riverside