Liverpool
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2023 64 races · 85 seats 9.4% below quota
- 2021 30 races · 31 seats 19.4% below quota
- 2019 30 races · 30 seats 10.0% below quota
- 2018 30 races · 31 seats 12.9% below quota
- 2017 1 race · 1 seat 0.0% below quota
- 2016 30 races · 32 seats 12.5% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
85 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2023)
In 2023, 85 seats were up across 64 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 85 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 65,979 | 53.1% | 61 | 71.8% | 47 | 55.3% | +14 |
| Liberal Democrats | 26,839 | 21.6% | 15 | 17.6% | 19 | 22.4% | -4 |
| Green Party | 12,123 | 9.8% | 3 | 3.5% | 8 | 9.4% | -5 |
| Independent | 6,836 | 5.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 4.7% | -4 |
| LC IND | 5,758 | 4.6% | 3 | 3.5% | 4 | 4.7% | -1 |
| The Liberal Party | 3,991 | 3.2% | 3 | 3.5% | 2 | 2.4% | +1 |
| Conservative Party | 2,106 | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.2% | -1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 347 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| NIP | 125 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| OSAC | 60 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Reform UK | 30 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 124,194 | 100.0% | 85 | 100.0% | 85 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2023 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigburth | 50% | |||||
| Allerton | 62% | |||||
| Allerton and Hunts Cross | 47% | 44% | 51% | 50% | ||
| Anfield | 75% | 80% | 73% | 67% | 78% | |
| Arundel | 73% | |||||
| Belle Vale | 80% | 83% | 71% | 68% | 75% | |
| Broadgreen | 57% | |||||
| Brownlow Hill | 69% | |||||
| Calderstones | 67% | |||||
| Canning | 68% | |||||
| Central | 70% | 68% | 60% | 57% | ||
| Childwall | 53% | 49% | 52% | 55% | 64% | |
| Church | 56% | 58% | 60% | 59% | 55% | |
| City Centre North | 60% | |||||
| City Centre South | 72% | |||||
| Clubmoor | 73% | 83% | 74% | 62% | ||
| Clubmoor East | 71% | |||||
| Clubmoor West | 72% | |||||
| County | 73% | 87% | 78% | 70% | 67% | |
| Cressington | 49% | 52% | 43% | 49% | ||
| Croxteth | 74% | 83% | 73% | 68% | 82% | |
| Croxteth Country Park | 59% | |||||
| Dingle | 78% | |||||
| Edge Hill | 66% | |||||
| Everton | 81% | 87% | 83% | 65% | ||
| Everton East | 75% | |||||
| Everton North | 62% | |||||
| Everton West | 53% | |||||
| Fazakerley | 73% | 83% | 77% | 67% | ||
| Fazakerley East | 68% | |||||
| Fazakerley North | 65% | |||||
| Fazakerley West | 78% | |||||
| Festival Gardens | 36% | |||||
| Garston | 52% | |||||
| Gateacre | 56% | |||||
| Grassendale and Cressington | 56% | |||||
| Greenbank | 57% | 48% | 53% | 53% | ||
| Greenbank Park | 45% | |||||
| Kensington and Fairfield | 71% | 76% | 70% | 67% | 74% | |
| Kirkdale | 79% | 82% | 79% | 59% | ||
| Kirkdale East | 82% | |||||
| Kirkdale West | 81% | |||||
| Knotty Ash | 63% | 75% | 70% | 57% | ||
| Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park | 84% | |||||
| Mossley Hill | 43% | 46% | 43% | 47% | 60% | |
| Much Woolton and Hunts Cross | 64% | |||||
| Norris Green | 79% | 86% | 81% | 70% | 87% | |
| Old Swan | 69% | 75% | 72% | 48% | ||
| Old Swan East | 48% | |||||
| Old Swan West | 67% | |||||
| Orrell Park | 77% | |||||
| Penny Lane | 55% | |||||
| Picton | 73% | 84% | 70% | 66% | ||
| Princes Park | 68% | 79% | 72% | 70% | 70% | |
| Riverside | 77% | 79% | 70% | 67% | ||
| Sandfield Park | 55% | |||||
| Sefton Park | 57% | |||||
| Smithdown | 75% | |||||
| Speke | 74% | |||||
| Speke-Garston | 79% | 83% | 80% | 58% | ||
| Springwood | 57% | |||||
| St Michael's | 62% | 58% | 67% | |||
| St Michaels | 70% | |||||
| St. Michaels | 58% | |||||
| Stoneycroft | 71% | |||||
| Toxteth | 75% | |||||
| Tuebrook and Stoneycroft | 78% | 64% | 68% | 70% | ||
| Tuebrook Breckside Park | 56% | |||||
| Tuebrook Larkhill | 58% | |||||
| Vauxhall | 75% | |||||
| Walton | 70% | |||||
| Warbreck | 70% | 80% | 81% | 68% | ||
| Waterfront North | 47% | |||||
| Waterfront South | 47% | |||||
| Wavertree | 54% | 62% | 62% | 53% | 39% | |
| Wavertree Garden Suburb | 38% | |||||
| Wavertree Village | 41% | |||||
| West Derby | 59% | 70% | 68% | 48% | ||
| West Derby Deysbrook | 66% | |||||
| West Derby Leyfield | 48% | |||||
| West Derby Muirhead | 52% | |||||
| Woolton | 47% | 50% | 49% | 47% | ||
| Woolton Village | 56% | |||||
| Yew Tree | 74% | 81% | 75% | 67% | 74% |