Yew Tree (Liverpool ward)

53°25′44″N 2°52′16″W / 53.429°N 2.871°W / 53.429; -2.871

Yew Tree Dovecot (1953 - 2003)
Yew Tree ward within Liverpool
Population	11,240 (2021 census)
Registered Electors	7,873 (2023 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool West Derby
Councillors	Dan Barrington (Labour Party) Barbara Murray (Labour Party)
List of places UK England Merseyside

Yew Tree ward is an electoral division of Liverpool City Council within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency.

The ward was created as Dovecot ward in 1953; its boundaries were changed in 1980 and in 2004 when its name changed to Yew Tree ward. Its boundaries were changed again for the 2023 elections.

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

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. Dovecot was retained and returned three councillors.^[2]

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

The report describes the boundaries of Dovecot ward as "Commencing at a point where the eastern boundary of the City meets Aldwark Road, thence generally northwestwards along said road to Grovehurst Avenue, thence northwestwards along said avenue, and in prolongation thereof crossing Dovecot Place to East Prescot Road, thence southwestwards along said road and northwestwards along the northern part of said road to Kingsheath Avenue, northeastwards along said avenue to Elgar Road, thence northwestwards along said road and in prolongation thereof to Deys Brook, thence northwards and generally northwestwards along said brook to a point opposite the southeastern corner of St Vincent's School for the Blind, thence eastwards to and northwestwards along the northeastern boundary of said school and continuing northwestwards along the western boundary of Yewtree Playing Fields to Yew Tree Lane, thence southwestwards along said lane to the eastern boundary of Croxteth Ward, thence northwestwards and northeastwards along said boundary to the southwestern boundary of Gillmoss Ward, thence southeastwards along said boundary and generally southwards along the eastern boundary of the City to the point of commencement".^[4]

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

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. Dovecot ward was dissolved and distributed into the new Yew Tree ward, with a small part going into the new Knotty Ash ward. The new ward gained parts of the former Broadgreen, Croxteth, and Gillmosswards.^[5]

The ward boundaries follow the city boundary to East Prescot Road, Youens Way, around the Bradbury Centre and Broughton Hall High School, Yew Tree Lane, Leyfield Road, Deysbrook Lane, Crown Road, Melwood Drive, Croxteth Hall Lane, and the southern boundary of Croxteth Park.^[5]

The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,746,^[6] and at the 2021 census was 16,772.^[7]

The ward boundaries were changed in 2023 following a 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 with varying representation by one, two or three councillors per ward. The Yew Tree ward was retained as a two-member ward taking most of the former ward which lost its north-west corner to the new West Derby Deysbrook ward and a small portion to the new West Derby Leyfield ward.^[8]

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 11,240.^[9]

The ward has returned seven Councillors^[10]

6 May 2021^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Prince	1,995	67.06	7.87
	Conservative	Michael Borman	270	9.08	3.64
	Green	William Ward	248	8.34	0.15
	Liberal Democrats	Alix Joel Roper	244	8.20	2.32
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	218	7.33	1.78
Majority			1,725	37.98	8.76
Turnout			2,975	25.20	2.29
Registered electors			11,805
Rejected ballots			62	2.04	0.86
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.76

2 May 2019^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	2,012	74.93	6.40
	Green	Will Ward	220	8.19	5.06
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Wilson	158	5.88	1.94
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	149	5.55	2.18
	Conservative	Gillian Michelle Ferrigno	146	5.44	2.78
Majority			1,792	66.74	6.37
Turnout			2,685	22.91	2.27
Registered electors			11,719
Rejected ballots			32	1.18	0.94
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.73

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Concepcion	2,414	81.33%	7.80
	Conservative	Gillian Michelle Ferrigno	244	8.22	1.76
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Elaine Wilson	117	3.94%	1.50
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	100	3.37%	0.93
	Green	Will Ward	93	3.13%	1.53
Majority			2,170	73.11%	6.04
Turnout			2,975	25.18%	1.52
Registered electors			11,816
Rejected ballots			7	0.24%	1.31
	Labour hold		Swing	3.02

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Philip Prince	2,242	73.53%	1.74
	Conservative	Robert Leslie Albert Poynton	197	6.46	0.96
	TUSC	Charley Cosgrove	171	5.61%	3.92
	Liberal Democrats	David Newman	166	5.44%	1.53
	Green	Will Ward	142	4.66%	1.33
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	131	4.30%	3.33
Majority			2,045	67.07%	3.69
Turnout			3,097	26.70%	35.70
Registered electors			11,599
Rejected ballots			48	1.55%	1.03
	Labour hold		Swing	1.35

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	5,511	75.27%	3.37
	UKIP	Ian Joseph Hanmer	683	9.33%	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Anita Waddington	403	5.50%	1.74
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Hulme	286	3.91%	N/A
	Green	Russ Thornton	244	3.33%	4.55
	TUSC	Charley Cosgrove	124	1.69%	N/A
	Liberal	Sam Hawksford	71	0.97%	5.27
Majority			4,828	65.94%	4.82
Turnout			7,360	62.72%	34.14
Registered electors			11,734
Rejected ballots			38	0.52%
	Labour 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

• Ward Profile - Yew Tree