# Victoria (Sefton ward)

Victoria is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the locality of Great Crosby. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 13,252.

## Councillors

| Term | Councillor | Party |
| 1987–2012 | Anthony Hill | Liberal Democrats |
| 1988–2002, 2006–2014 | Andrew Tonkiss | Liberal Democrats |
| 2006–2011 | Peter Hough | Liberal Democrats |
| 2011 – present | Leslie Byrom C.B.E. | Labour |
| 2012 – present | Michael Roche | Labour |
| 2014 – present | Jan Grace | Labour |

## Election results
### Elections of the 2020s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2021: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Roche | 2141 | 53% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Jane Gee | 1139 | 28% |
| | Conservative | Michael Crichton | 440 | 11% |
| | Green | Neil Anthony Doolin | 321 | 8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1002 | 25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4041 | 37% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections of the 2010s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2019: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Leslie Byrom C.B.E. | 1675 | 48% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 1003 | 29% |
| | Green | Andrew Roy Donegan | 427 | 12% |
| | Conservative | Paul Martyn Barber | 351 | 10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 672 | 19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3456 | 32% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2018: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Janet Grace | 2369 | 65% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gee | 665 | 18% |
| | Conservative | Paul Martyn Barber | 469 | 13% |
| | Green | Andrew Roy Donegan | 163 | 4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1704 | 47% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3666 | 34% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2016: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Roche | 2030 | 61% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Tonkiss | 413 | 12% |
| | Conservative | Paul Martyn Barber | 394 | 12% |
| | UKIP | Joseph Graeme Hedgecock | 315 | 9% |
| | Green | Andrew Roy Donegan | 193 | 6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1617 | 49% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3345 | 33% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2015: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Leslie Byrom C.B.E. | 4237 | 55% |
| | Conservative | Paul Martyn Barber | 1191 | 16% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tonkiss | 925 | 12% |
| | UKIP | Joseph Graeme Hedgecock | 694 | 9% |
| | Green | Andrew Roy Donegan | 632 | 8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3046 | 39% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7679 | 73% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2014: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jan Grace | 1,691 | 45% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tonkiss | 849 | 22% |
| | UKIP | Jack Colbert | 669 | 18% |
| | Conservative | Simon Jamieson | 340 | 9% |
| | Green | Julia Thorne | 250 | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 842 | 23% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3799 | 38% |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2012: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Roche | 2114 | 59% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Colbert | 889 | 25% |
| | Conservative | Paul Martyn Barber | 329 | 9% |
| | UKIP | Mike Neale Kelly | 267 | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1225 | 34% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3599 | 36% |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leslie Byrom C.B.E. | 2258 | 49% | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Hough | 1442 | 32% | |
| | Conservative | Sharon Hutchinson | 575 | 13% | −4% |
| | UKIP | Michael Neale Kelly | 289 | 6% | +2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 816 | 18% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4564 | 45% | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tonkiss | 2959 | 40% |
| | Labour | Gemma Schneider | 2811 | 38% |
| | Conservative | Sharon Hutchinson | 1226 | 17% |
| | UKIP | Michael Neale Kelly | 334 | 5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | 2% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7330 | 72% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Elections of the 2000s

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2008: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Giles Robert Blundell | 762 | 21% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hill | 2029 | 56% |
| | Conservative | Sharon Hutchinson | 646 | 18% |
| | UKIP | Mike Neale Kelly | 205 | 6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1267 | 34% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3652 | 35% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2007: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Giles Robert Blundell | 1240 | 36% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrew Hough | 1432 | 41% |
| | Conservative | Sharon Hutchinson | 577 | 17% |
| | UKIP | Mike Neale Kelly | 212 | 6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3473 | 34% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |