Belle Vale (Liverpool ward)

Belle Vale
Belle Vale
	Belle Vale ward within Liverpool
Population	13,653 (2021 census)
Registered Electors	4,385 (2023 elections)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Walton;
Councillors	Lynnie Hinnigan (Labour); Ruth Bennett (Labour);
	List of places UK England Merseyside

Belle Vale is an electoral division of Liverpool City Council in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary constituency.

Background

The ward was formed in 2004 and the boundaries were altered in 2023. From 2023 the ward is represented by two councillors.

2004 boundaries

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 Belle Vale was created from the former Netherley and Valley wards.

The ward boundaries followed the city boundary and the North Liverpool Extension Line.^[1]

The population of the 2004 ward at the 2011 census was 15,004,^[2] and at the 2021 census was 15,613.^[3]

2023 boundaries

A 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England 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 Belle Vale ward was varied as a smaller, two-member ward, retaining most of the former Belle Vale ward, losing small sections to the new Gateacre and Childwall wards.^[4]

Councillors

Election
2004	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Ian Phillips (LD)	Thomas Marshall (LD)
2006	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Ian Phillips (LD)	Thomas Marshall (LD)
2007	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Janet Kent (Lab)	Thomas Marshall (LD)
2008	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Janet Kent (Lab)	Claire Wilner (Lab)
2010	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Janet Kent (Lab)	Claire Wilner (Lab)
2011	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Janet Kent (Lab)	Claire Wilner (Lab)
2012	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Janet Kent (Lab)	Claire Wilner (Lab)
2014	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Janet Kent (Lab)	Claire Wilner (Lab)
2015	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Janet Kent (Lab)	Claire Wilner (Lab)
2016	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Helen Thompson (Lab)	Ruth Bennett (Lab)
2018	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Helen Thompson (Lab)	Ruth Bennett (Lab)
2019	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Helen Thompson (Lab)	Ruth Bennett (Lab)
2021	Pauline Walton (Lab)	Helen Thompson (Lab)	Ruth Bennett (Lab)
WARD REFORMED
2023	Lynnie Hinnigan (Lab)	Ruth Bennett (Lab)

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.

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

After the boundary change of 2023 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Two councillors were returned.

4th May 2023^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lynnie Hinnigan^{[Note 1]}	1,645	37.63
	Labour	Ruth Bennett^{[Note 2]}	1,547	35.39
	Independent	Rev Jane McKelvey	387	8.85
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen David Atkinson	256	5.86
	Independent	Malvern Dean Hanlon	224	5.12
	Green	Alvaro Jose Costela Sanchez	171	3.91
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Kenneth Fitzgibbon	141	3.23
Majority			1,258
Turnout
Rejected ballots			14
Total votes
Registered electors			4,385
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: 6th May 2021^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Ruth Bennett*	2,155	68.43	2.19
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen David Atkinson	477	14.19	7.57
	Conservative	Wendy Rose Hine	220	6.99	3.41
	Green	Hilary Brenda McDonagh	213	6.76	0.94
	Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns	Neil Sheppard	67	2.13	N/A
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	47	1.49	0.55
Majority			1,708	54.24%	6.02
Turnout			3,206	27.30%	1.36
Registered electors			11,745
Rejected ballots			57	1.78%	1.38
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.88

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Thompson	2,113	70.62%	11.99
	UKIP	Douglas Anthony Boffey	310	10.36%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen David Atkinson	198	6.62%	0.66
	Green	Hilary Brenda McDonagh	174	5.82%	2.80
	Conservative	Wendy Rose Hine	107	3.58%	2.23
	Socialist Alternative	Roy Dixon	62	2.07%	N/A
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	28	0.94%	0.34
Majority			1,803	60.26%	15.06
Turnout			3,004	25.94%	1.18
Registered electors			11,581
Rejected ballots			12	0.40%	0.11
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	2,574	82.61%	10.97
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen David Atkinson	227	7.28%	0.33
	Conservative	Wendy Rose Hine	181	5.81%	1.81
	Green	Hilary Brenda McDonagh	94	3.02%	0.91
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	40	1.28%	0.39
Majority			2,347	75.32%	10.63
Turnout			3,132	27.12%	2.56
Registered electors			11,547
Rejected ballots			16	0.51%
	Labour hold		Swing	5.32%

A by-election was held in 2016, alongside an ordinary election, following the resignation of Cllr Janet Kent.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Lillian Bennett	2,196	71.64%	−4.31%
	Labour	Helen Thompson	1,761
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Atkinson	384	6.95%	+3.51%
	TUSC	Alan David Fogg	360	11.81%	+8.06%
	TUSC	Roy Dixon	292
	Green	Hilary McDonagh	217	3.93%	+0.93%
	Conservative	Beryl Pinnington	127	4.00%	−0.30%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Ann Pearson	94
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	92	1.67%	+0.61%
Majority			1,812	64.69%	−2.48%
Registered electors			11,290
Turnout			2,773	24.56%	−40.99%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Kent	5,675	75.95%	+8.79%
	UKIP	Carl Sullivan	656	8.78%	−9.01%
	Conservative	Ben Hachula	301	4.03%	+0.39%
	TUSC	Roy Dixon	280	3.75%	−1.37%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Phillips	275	3.44%	n/a
	Green	Joel Kenyon	224	3.00%
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	79	1.06%	−1.10%
Majority			5,019	67.17%	+17.80%
Registered electors			11,436
Turnout			7,496	65.55%	+34.79%
	Labour hold		Swing	8.9%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	2,307	67.16%	−14.98%
	UKIP	Carl Sullivan	611	17.79%	n/a
	TUSC	Roy Dixon	176	5.12%	+1.24%
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	141	4.10%	+0.25%
	Conservative	Maria Prayle	125	3.64%	n/a
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	75	2.18%	−3.88%
Majority			1,696	49.37%	−26.71%
Turnout			3,435	30.76%	+0.55%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	2,709	82.14%	+0.63%
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	200	6.06%	−3.26%
	BNP	Christopher Beatson	134	4.06%	n/a
	TUSC	Lynne Wild	128	3.88%	n/a
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	127	3.85%	−0.60%
Majority			2,209	76.08%	+3.90%
Turnout			3,298	30.21%	−5.45%
	Labour hold		Swing	1.95%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Irene Kent	3147	81.51%	+20.06%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Marner	360	9.32%	−22.33%
	Conservative	Paul Barber	182	4.71%	+0.08%
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	172	4.45%	+2.18%
Majority			2787	72.18%	+61.47%
Turnout			3861	35.66%	−22.62%
	Labour hold		Swing	21.20%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Belle Vale ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	3811	61.45%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Philips	1963	31.65%
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	287	4.63%
	Green	Julie Elizabeth Birch-Holt	141	2.27%
Majority			664	10.71%
Turnout			6202	58.28%
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Belle Vale ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Claire Louise Wilner	1673	45.86%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Marshall	1383	37.91%
	BNP	Peter Michael Molloy	336	9.21%
	Conservative	Jack Stallworthy	111	3.04%
	Green	Mark Kendal Bowman	78	2.14%
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	67	1.84%
Majority
Turnout			3648	33.09%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Belle Vale ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janet Kent	1639	46.42%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Phillips	1505	42.62%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	118	3.34%
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	109	3.09%
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	82	2.32%
	Green	Andrea Pennington	78	2.21%
Majority
Turnout			3531	32.09%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Belle Vale ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	1903	42.24%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Joseph Rainford	1556	42.24%
	Liberal	Deborah Ann Mayes	131	3.56%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	94	2.55%
Majority
Turnout			3684	32.36%
	Labour hold		Swing

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Belle Vale ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Marshall	2082
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Phillips	2911
	Labour	Pauline Walton	1859
	Liberal Democrats	Francis O'Donoghue	1796
	Labour	Oliver Martins	1626
	Labour	Timothy Moore	1537
	Conservative	Joyce Larrosa	181
Majority
Turnout			4303	37.40%

• italics denotes the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

Notes

^ Lynnie Hinnigan was a re-standing councillor for Cressington ward.
^ Ruth Bennett was a re-standing councillor for the former Belle Vale ward.

References

^ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
^ "Liverpool City Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ "Anfield (Ward, United Kingdom)". citypopulation.de.
^ "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ "Election results for Belle Vale, 4th May, 2023". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Municipal Elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results 2011, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results 2010, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results 2008, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results 2007, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results 2006, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Liverpool City Council: Ward Profile^{[dead link‍]}

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[6] Lynnie Hinnigan was a re-standing councillor for Cressington ward.

[7] Ruth Bennett was a re-standing councillor for the former Belle Vale ward.

[bce04-1] "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.

[2] "Liverpool City Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[3] "Anfield (Ward, United Kingdom)". citypopulation.de.

[4] "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.

[5] "Election results for Belle Vale, 4th May, 2023". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

[8] "Municipal Elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[9] "Municipal Election Results 2019, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[10] "Municipal Election Results 2018, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[11] "Municipal Election Results 2016, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[12] "Municipal Election Results 2015, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[13] "Municipal Election Results 2014, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[14] "Municipal Election Results 2012, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[15] "Municipal Election results 2011, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[16] "Municipal Election results 2010, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[17] "Municipal Election results 2008, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[18] "Municipal Election results 2007, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[19] "Municipal Election results 2006, Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council.

[20] "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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v t e Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool
Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Oglet Old Swan Orrell Park Sefton Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton
Wards	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Belle Vale Broadgreen Brownlow Hill Calderstones Canning Childwall Church City Centre North City Centre South Clubmoor East Clubmoor West County Croxteth Croxteth Country Park Dingle Edge Hill Everton East Everton North Everton West Fazakerley East Fazakerley North Fazakerley West Festival Gardens Garston Gateacre Grassendale & Cressington Greenbank Park Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale East Kirkdale West Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park Mossley Hill Much Woolton & Hunts Cross Norris Green Old Swan East Old Swan West Orrell Park Penny Lane Princes Park Sandfield Park Sefton Park Smithdown Speke Springwood St Michaels Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Breckside Park Tuebrook Larkhill Vauxhall Walton Waterfront North Waterfront South Wavertree Garden Suburb Wavertree Village West Derby Deysbrook West Derby Leyfield West Derby Muirhead Woolton Village Yew Tree
Defunct wards	Abercromby Allerton and Hunt's Cross Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Breckfield Brunswick Castle Street Central Central, Everton, Netherfield Clubmoor Cressington Dovecot Everton Exchange Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Granby, Princes Park Grassendale Great George Greenbank Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Lime Street Little Woolton Low Hill Low Hill, Smithdown Melrose Melrose, Westminster Much Woolton Netherfield Netherley North Scotland North Toxteth North Walton Old Swan Picton Pirrie Pitt Street Riverside Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Domingo St. James' St. Mary's St. Paul's St. Peter's Sandhills Scotland Sefton Park East Sefton Park West South Scotland South Toxteth South Walton Speke-Garston Tuebrook Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Valley Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Westminster Woolton Woolton East Woolton West