Knotty Ash (ward)

Knotty Ash
Knotty Ash
	Knotty Ash ward (2004) within Liverpool
Area	3.403 km2 (1.314 sq mi)
Population	14,355 (2021 census)
• Density	4,218/km2 (10,920/sq mi)
Registered Electors	10,397 (2021 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Walton;
	List of places UK England Merseyside

Knotty Ash ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council centred on the Knotty Ash district of Liverpool.

Background

The ward was formed for the 2004 local elections and dissolved in 2023.

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 ward was formed from the former Broadgreen ward, taking in small parts from Childwall, Croxteth and Dovecot wards.^[1] The ward was part of the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency.

The population of the ward at the 2021 Census was 14,355.^[2]

2023 elections

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 Broadgreen,Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park, Sandfield Park, and West Derby Leyfield wards.^[3]

Councillors

Election
2004	Josie Mullen (LD)	Christopher Newby (LD)	David Irving (LD)
2006	Josie Mullen (LD)	Christopher Newby (LD)	David Irving (LD)
2007	Josie Mullen (LD)	Paul Twigger (LD)	David Irving (LD)
2008	Josie Mullen (LD)	Paul Twigger (LD)	David Irving (LD)
2010	Jacqui Nasuh (Lab)	Paul Twigger (LD)	David Irving (LD)
2011	Jacqui Nasuh (Lab)	Hayley Todd (Lab)	David Irving (LD)
2012	Ged Taylor (Lab)	Hayley Todd (Lab)	Nick Crofts (Lab)
2014	Ged Taylor (Lab)	Hayley Todd (Lab)	Nick Crofts (Lab)
2015	Ged Taylor (Lab)	Jacqui Taylor (Lab)	Nick Crofts (Lab)
2016	Ged Taylor (Lab)	Jacqui Taylor (Lab)	Nick Crofts (Lab)
2018	Alison Clarke (Lab)	Harry Doyle (Lab)	Nick Crofts (Lab)
2019	Alison Clarke (Lab)	Harry Doyle (Lab)	Nick Crofts (Lab)
2021	Alison Clarke (Lab)	Harry Doyle (Lab)	Nick Crofts (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.

Notes

Cllr Jacqui Nashuh (Labour, 2010) resigned from the Council in September 2012. A by-election was held on 15 November 2012 (the same date as the elections for the first Police and Crime Commissioner).^[4]
Cllr Jacqui Taylor (Labour, 2015) resigned from the Council in 2018.

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2021: Thursday 6 May 2021^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Nick Crofts*	1,585	56.93	12.77
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Cottrell	380	13.65	3.30
	Green	Paul Joseph Corry	278	9.99	0.93
	Conservative	Jigarkom Hekmat	277	9.95	2.54
	Liberal	Kenneth Russell	89	3.49	0.29
	NHA	Stephen McNally	137	4.92	N/A
Majority			1,205	43.28	16.07
Turnout			2,784	26.78	2.10
Rejected ballots			44	1.56	0.32
Total ballots			2,828	27.20
Registered electors			10,397
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.03

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: Thursday 2 May 2019^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Harry Doyle*	1,778	69.70	4.20
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hughes	264	10.35	0.55
	Green	Fiona Coyne	231	9.06	3.86
	Conservative	Mark Butchard	189	7.41	2.29
	Liberal	Kenneth Russell	89	3.49	1.99
Majority			1,514	59.35	4.75
Turnout			2,583	24.68	0.22
Rejected ballots			32	1.24	1.04
Registered electors			10,466
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.38

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: Thursday 3 May 2018^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Clarke	1,978	73.9	10.9
	Labour	Harry Doyle	1,895	-	−
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hughes	329	9.8	4.5
	Conservative	Mark Butchard	272	9.7	5.8
	Conservative	Irene Stuart	235		−
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Thompson	182		−
	Green	Fiona Coyne	154	5.2	1.2
	Green	Michael Humphrey Johnson	116		−
	Liberal	Kenneth Russell	79	1.5	1.0
Majority			3,362	64.1	15.4
Registered electors			10,599
Turnout			2,624	24.9	5.2
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: Thursday 5 May 2016^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Nick Crofts*	1,923	62.99	5.17
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	436	14.28	7.57
	UKIP	Adam Giles Heatherington	318	10.42%	0.37
	Green	Fiona Coyne	122	4.00	0.27
	Conservative	Irene Stuart	119	3.90	2.75%
	Liberal	Lindsey Janet Mary Wood	77	2.52	0.84
	TUSC	Craig Foden	58	1.90	N/A
Majority			1,487	48.71	8.66
Turnout			3,092	30.07	35.08
Registered electors			10,282
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.37

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: Thursday 7 May 2015^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Taylor	4,512	68.16	6.61
	UKIP	James Swarbrick	714	10.79	7.32
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	444	6.71	1.16
	Conservative	Irene Stuart	440	6.65	1.98
	Green	Jack Coutts	283	4.27	0.37
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	111	1.68	0.30
	TUSC	Alan David Fogg	100	1.51	N/A
	English Democrat	Derek Francis Grue	16	0.24	N/A
Majority			3,798	57.37	13.93
Turnout			6,648	65.15	33.39
Registered electors			10,204
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.97

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014 Thursday 22 May 2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Ged Taylor*	1,964	61.55	7.06
	UKIP	John David Sisson	578	18.11	12.40
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	251	7.87	0.56
	Conservative	Emilio Chiquito	149	4.67	2.41
	Green	Jade Kuhlke	148	4.64	2.60
	English Democrat	Derek Francis Grue	57	1.79	1.04
	Liberal	Marjorie Peel	44	1.38	6.03
Majority			1,386	43.44	16.74
Turnout			3,191	31.76	13.83
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.73

Knotty Ash By-election: 15th November, 2012^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Taylor	1,213	68.61	3.32
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Maddison	149	8.43	4.66
	Liberal	Patricia Elmour	131	7.41	4.58
	UKIP	Adam Heatherington	101	5.71	N/A
	English Democrat	Derek Grue	50	2.83	N/A
	TUSC	Charlie Cosgrove	48	2.71	0.10
	Conservative	Jack Alexander Stallworthy	40	2.26	1.98
	Green	Jon Deamer	38	2.04	3.6
Majority			1064	60.18	1.88
Turnout			1768	17.93	16.77
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.67%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: Thursday 3 May 2012^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Robert Crofts	2,443	71.39	12.84
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	448	13.09	21.41
	Green	Anthony John Christian	193	5.64	3.51
	Conservative	Pauline Ann Shuttleworth	145	4.24	0.79
	Liberal	Majorie Peel	97	2.83	1.46
	TUSC	John Gary Marston	96	2.81	N/A
Majority			1995	58.30	34.25
Turnout			3422	34.70	7.74
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+17.13

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: Thursday 5 May 2011^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hayley Todd	2,442	58.55	7.14
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Twigger	1,439	34.50	4.40
	Conservative	James Robert Ellis	144	3.45	0.02
	Green	Theresa Anne Larkins	89	2.13	0.04
	Liberal	Majorie Peel	57	1.37	2.80
Majority			1,003	24.05	11.54
Turnout			4,171	42.44	17.35
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	5.77%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Thursday 6 May 2010^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Nasuh	3,044	51.41	6.29
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Frances Parr	2,303	38.90	7.20
	Liberal	Patricia Margaret Elmour	247	4.17	N/A
	Conservative	June Hilda Brandwood	203	3.43	1.76
	Green	Eveline Johanna Van Der Steen	124	2.09	1.50
Majority			741	12.51	11.53
Turnout			5,921	59.79
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+6.75

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Thursday 1 May 2008^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*David Irving*	1,642	46.10	5.05
	Labour	Anthony Conception	1,607	45.12	5.06
	Conservative	Geoffrey Elsmore Brandwood	185	5.19	1.94
	Green	James Edward Munro	128	3.59	1.08
Majority			35	0.98	10.11
Turnout			3,562	35.33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-5.05

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Thursday 3 May 2007^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Paul Twigger*	1,794	51.15	7.02
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	1,405	40.06	0.61
	Conservative	Michael Lind	144	3.25	2.78
	Liberal	Terry Formby	106	3.02	5.29
	Green	Helen Rawlinson	88	2.51	2.51
Majority			389	11.09
Turnout			3,507	34.65
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.82

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: 4 May 2006^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	*Josie Mullen*	1,275	44.13
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	1,175	40.67
	Liberal	Andrew Charles Donaldson	240	8.31
	Conservative	Michael Lind	199	6.89
Majority
Turnout			2,889	27.77
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Thursday 10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Irving	1,907
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Newby	1,880
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Mullen	1,732
	Labour	Brenda McGrath	1,179
	Labour	Peter Killeen	1,156
	Labour	Peter Davidson	1,095
	Liberal	Andrew Donaldson	310
	Conservative	Duncan Phillips	225
	Liberal	Elain Tyler	216
Majority
Turnout			3799	36.24%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Italics – Denotes sitting Councillor.
Bold – Denotes the winning candidate.

External links

Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

References

^ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
^ "Knotty Ash (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^ "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ "Liverpool Labour councillor Jacqui Nasuh resigns after just two years on city council – Liverpool Daily Post – Dale Street Associates, formerly Dale Street Blues". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
^ "Election Results for Knotty Ash, 6 May 2021". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Election Results, 2019 – Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Election Results – Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Knotty Ash By-Election results". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

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[bce03-1] "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.

[2] "Knotty Ash (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

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

[4] "Liverpool Labour councillor Jacqui Nasuh resigns after just two years on city council – Liverpool Daily Post – Dale Street Associates, formerly Dale Street Blues". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[5] "Election Results for Knotty Ash, 6 May 2021". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[6] "Election Results, 2019 – Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[7] "Election Results – Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[8] "Municipal Election Results 2016, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[9] "Municipal Election Results 2015, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[10] "Municipal Election Results 2014, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[11] "Knotty Ash By-Election results". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[12] "Municipal Election Results 2012, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[13] "Municipal Election Results 2011, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[14] "Municipal Election Results 2010, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[15] "Municipal Election Results 2008, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[16] "Municipal Election Results 2007, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

[17] "Municipal Election Results 2006, Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council. 11 September 2022.

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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