Warbreck (ward)

The ward was first established in 1953, its boundaries were changed in 1973, 1980 and 2004 before being dissolved in 2023.

Warbreck means "look-out hill", from Old Norse varŏi "look-out" and brekka "hill (in the sense 'cairn')". The etymology is the same as that of Warbreck (Lancashire). The place-name was recorded as Varebrikke in 1035.^{[citation needed]}

The ward boundary was changed for the 1980 elections. A report of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England published in November 1978 set out proposals for changes to the wards of Liverpool City Council, maintaining the number of councillors at 99 representing 33 wards. Warbreck ward was represented by three councillors.^[1]

The report describes the boundaries of Warbreck ward as "Commencing at a point where Breeze Hill meets the northwestern boundary of the City, thence generally northeastwards along said boundary to Roosevelt Drive, thence southeastwards along said drive to Helling Road, thence southwestwards along said road to the road known as Warbreck Moor, thence southwards along said road to Albany Road, thence eastwards along said road to Goodacre Road, thence southeastwards along said road to Longmoor Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to Long Lane, thence southeastwards along said lane to Stopgate Lane, thence southeastwards along said lane to Charnock Road, thence southwestwards along said road to its end being the northeastern boundary of the Factory, thence northwestwards along said boundary and southwestwards along the northwestern boundary of said factory and in prolongation thereof to the northern boundary of Walton Hall Park, thence westwards and southwestwards along said northern boundary to a point due north of the northernmost corner of Hetherlow Towers, thence due south to said corner, thence generally southwestwards along the northern ,and western boundaries of Hetherlow Towers, the northwestern boundary of the Corporation Yard and the northwestern boundary of the Builder's Yard to Moor Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to the road known as Queens Drive Walton, thence westwards along said road, North Breeze Hill and Breeze Hill to the point of commencement".^[2]

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 retained as a smaller ward, gaining a small part of the former Pirrie ward and losing small areas to the new County and Fazakerley wards.^[3] The ward was part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency.

The ward boundaries followed the boundary of the city with Sefton, the former Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway, the Liverpool to Manchester Lines#Northern route, Long Lane, Stopgate Lane, the northern property boundary on Pirrie Lane, the western property boundary on Torrisholme Road, Walton Hall Avenue, the northern boundary of Walton Hall Park, Moor Lane, Rice Lane, the southern boundary of Walton Hospital.

The ward contained HM Prison Liverpool, Hartley Village and was close to the Netherton area of Bootle. There is also a "Warbreck" public house within the ward's boundaries situated on Orrell Lane.

The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,481,^[4] and at the 2021 Census was 15,398.^[5]

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 Orrell Park, and Walton wards^[6]

^[7]

  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 Elsie Lang (Lib Dem, 2004) died of tubercular meningitis in July 2007.^[8]
• Cllr Richard McLinden (Labour, 2016), died of Covid in November 2020.^[9] No by-election was held due to restrictions imposed during the pandemic and his seat was held vacant until the 2021 election.
• Cllr Cheryl Didsbury (Labour, 2018) resigned from the council in 2022.^[10]

Warbreck By-election, Thursday 7 April 2022^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam East	912	48.18	19.48
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Elisabeth Afford	874	46.17	31.40
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	61	3.22	4.71
	Conservative	Mark Butchard	46	2.43	4.83
Majority			38	2.01	50.88
Turnout			1,893	16.97	10.48
Rejected ballots			5	0.26	2.37
Registered electors			11,155
Total ballots			1,898	17.01
	Labour hold		Swing	-25.44

Thursday 6 May 2021^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Albert Gibbons	2,107	67.66	12.92
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Elisabeth Afford	460	14.77	9.16
	Green	John Bernard Cowan Coyne	247	7.93	0.02
	Conservative	Mark Butchard	226	7.26	3.48
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	74	2.38	0.29
Majority			1,647	52.89	19.74
Turnout			3,114	27.45	1.90
Rejected ballots			84	2.63	0.97
Registered electors			11,345
Total ballots			3,198	28.19
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.04

Thursday 2 May 2019^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann O'Byrne	2,240	80.58	0.63
	Green	Noel Jane Little	221	7.95	3.61
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard George Thompson	156	5.61	2.24
	Conservative	McLean Campbell Patrick Wickham	105	3.78	2.76
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	58	2.09	0.78
Majority			2,019	72.63	0.53
Turnout			2,827	25.55	0.67
Registered electors			11,064
Rejected ballots			47	1.66	1.21
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.49

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 3rd May 2018 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cheryl Didsbury	2,321	79.95	9.63
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Lonsdale	288	7.85	6.27
	Conservative	McLean Campbell Patrick Wickham	190	6.54	3.91
	Green	Jean Hill	126	4.34	2.06
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	38	1.31	1.09
Majority			2,093	72.10	15.90
Turnout			2,916	26.22	2.13
Registered electors			11,122
Rejected ballots			13	0.45	-0.55
	Labour hold		Swing	7.95

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 5th May 2016 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Michael McLinden	2,166	70.32%	4.78
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	435	14.12%	7.22
	Green	Jean Hill	197	6.40%	2.07
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	127	4.12%	3.77
	Conservative	David Lowe	81	2.63%	0.19
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	74	2.40%	1.87
Majority			1,731	56.20%	10.15
Turnout			3,111	28.35%	35.72
Registered electors			10,975
Rejected ballots			31	1.00%	0.57
	Labour hold		Swing	6.00

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections: 7th May 2015 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann O'Byrne	5,379	75.10%	10.39
	UKIP	Joe Gallagher	627	8.75%	8.71
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Roberts	494	6.90%	1.94
	Green	Jean Hill	310	4.33%	0.21
	Conservative	John Ainsley Watson	202	2.82%	0.28
	TUSC	India Francesca Taylor	87	1.21	N/A
	Liberal	George Blacklock Roberts	38	0.53%	0.59
	English Democrat	Steven McEllenborough	25	0.35%	0.86
Majority			4,752	66.35%	19.10
Turnout			7,193	64.07%	34.42
Registered electors			11,226
Rejected ballots			31	0.43%
	Labour hold		Swing	9.55

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

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