Yew Tree (ward)

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yew Tree is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It borders Knotty Ash and West Derby. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections comprising most of the pre-2004 Dovecot ward and small parts of the Croxteth, Broadgreen and Gillmoss wards.^[1] The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,746.^[2]

Councillors

The ward has returned six Councillors^[3]

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 22nd May 2015 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	5511	75.27%	-3.37%
	UKIP	Ian Hanmer	683	9.33%	N/A
	Conservative	Pat Waddington	403	5.50%	-1.74
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Hume	286	3.91%	N/A
	Liberal	Angela Hume	286	3.91%	N/A
Majority			2,336	70.76%	+2.30%
Turnout			7322	62.40%	+33.82%
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.54%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Concepcion	2596	78.64%	+1.82%
	Green	Will Ward	260	7.88%	+4.89%
	Conservative	Pat Waddington	239	7.24%	+2.33%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	206	6.24%	+3.31%
Majority			2,336	70.76%	+2.30%
Turnout			3301	28.58%	-0.48%
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.54%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Prince	2489	76.82%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Allen	271	8.36%
	Conservative	Patricia Waddington	159	4.91%
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Charlotte Cosgrove	129	3.98%
	Green	William Ward	97	2.99%
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	95	2.93%
Majority			2218	68.46%
Turnout			3240	29.06%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Ann Murray	2779	74.82%	+18.03%
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Parr	437	11.77%	-16.29%
	Conservative	Anna Senior	239	6.44%	-0.62%
	Socialist Labour	Barbara Bryan	109	2.93%	+0.87%
	Green	William Ward	84	2.26%	+0.41%
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Charlotte Cosgrove	66	1.78%	n/a
Majority			2342	63.06%	+34.34%
Turnout			3714	33.21%	-22.95%
	Labour hold		Swing	+26.18%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Yew Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Concepcion	3618	56.79%	+7.37%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary John Airey	1788	28.06%	-1.52%
	Conservative	Matthew Thomas Peter Taylor	450	7.06%	-5.39%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	266	4.18%	+0.14%
	Socialist Labour	Barbara Bryan	131	2.06%	n/a
	Green	William Ward	118	1.85%	-2.66
Majority			1830	28.72%
Turnout			6371	56.16%	+31.35%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+4.45%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Yew Tree ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Philip Prince	1370	49.42%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary John Airey	820	29.58%
	Conservative	June Hilda Brandwood	345	12.45%
	Green	Peter Cranie	125	4.51%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	112	4.04%
Majority
Turnout			2772	24.81%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Yew Tree ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Ann Murray	1426	48.60%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	1101	37.53%
	Conservative	June Hilda Brandwood	160	5.45%
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	156	5.32%
	Green	Stephen Thomas Clatworthy	91	3.10%
Majority
Turnout			2934	26.29%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Yew Tree ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Johnston	1089	42.42%
	Labour	Barbara Ann Murray	1076	41.92%
	Conservative	Brian James Jones	205	7.99%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	197	7.67%
Majority
Turnout			2567	22.74%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

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

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