Garston (Liverpool ward)

Garston
Garston ward within Liverpool
Population	8,072 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Garston and Halewood
Councillors	Sam Gorst (Liverpool Community Independents) Lucy Williams (Liverpool Community Independents)

Garston ward is an electoral division of Liverpool City Council centred on the Garston district of the city. It was created in 1902 where three councillors were elected. It was dissolved in 1953.

The ward was recreated 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 Garston ward was reinstated as a two-member ward from the western half of the former Speke Garston ward and the southern half of the former Cressington ward.^[1] The ward contains the Port of Garston, Garston Leisure Centre, and the New Mersey Shopping Park.

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1953 - 2022 WARD DISESTABLISHED
2023		Sam Gorst (LCI)		Lucy Williams (LCI)

  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.

Election Results

Elections of the 2020s

4th May 2023^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Independents	Sam Gorst^§	1,470	26.08	{{{change}}}
	Community Independents	Lucy Williams	1,159	20.56	{{{change}}}
	Labour	Sharon Connor^§	1,022	18.13
	Labour	Richard David McLean	832	14.76
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Millea	579	10.27
	Liberal Democrats	Mike McAllister-Bell	430	7.63
	Green	Helene Margaret Bridget Santamera	145	2.57
Majority			448
Turnout
Rejected ballots			7
Total ballots
Registered electors			8,072
	Community Independents win (new seat)
	Community Independents win (new seat)

^§Sam Gorst was a re-standing councillor for the former Cressington ward. Sharon Connor was a re-standing councillor for the former Allerton and Hunts Cross ward.

References

1. "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
2. "Election Results for Garston, 4 May 2023". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2023.