Pirrie (Liverpool ward)

Pirrie
Pirrie
	Pirrie ward (1980) within Liverpool
Registered Electors	9,135 (2003 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

Pirrie ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council between 1953 and 2004. It and was within the northern part of the Norris Green district of Liverpool.

Background

The ward was first formed in 1953, its boundaries were changed in 1980 and was dissolved in 2004.

1953 boundaries

The ward was part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency.^[1]

1973 election

Following the Local Government Act 1972 the ward boundaries of the council were altered. The number of wards was reduced from 40 to 33 and the aldermanic system was abolished. Pirrie ward was retained and returned three councillors.^[2]

1980 boundaries

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. Pirrie ward was retained to be represented by three councillors.^[3]

The report describes the boundaries of Pirrie ward as "Commencing at a point where Utting Avenue meets Richard Kelly Drive, thence northwestwards along said drive to Walton Hall Avenue, thence northeastwards along said avenue to the northeastern boundary of Walton Hall Park, thence northwestwards along said boundary to the southeastern boundary of Warbreck Ward, thence generally northeastwards along said boundary and southern boundary of Fazakerley Ward to the western boundary of Gillmoss Ward, thence southeastwards along said boundary to Utting Avenue East, thence southwest-wards along said avenue and Utting Avenue to the point of commencement".^[4]

The ward was part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency.^[1]

2004 election

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. Pirrie ward was dissolved and distributed into the new Norris Green ward and the re-arranged Clubmoor ward, with a small part in the rearranged Warbreck ward.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
^ The County of Merseyside (Electoral Divisions and Wards) Order 1973
^ The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
^ "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.
^ "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Liverpool City" (PDF). Boundary Committee for England. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010.

[craig-1] Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.

[2] The County of Merseyside (Electoral Divisions and Wards) Order 1973

[3] The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

[lgbce80-4] "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.

[bce03-5] "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Liverpool City" (PDF). Boundary Committee for England. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010.

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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