# Granby (Liverpool ward)

Granby ward was an electoral district of Liverpool City Council. The ward was centred on the Princes Park district of Liverpool.

## Background

The ward was created in 1895 to accommodate the expanding city. It was reformed in 1953 and was merged with Princes Park ward in 1973. Granby ward was reinstated in 1980 before being finally dissolved in 2003.

### 1895 boundaries

The ward was part of the Liverpool East Toxteth Parliamentary constituency.

### 1953 boundaries

Liverpool City Council ward boundaries were changed prior to the 1953 election; the boundaries of Granby ward were unchanged.

### 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. Granby ward was merged with Princes Park ward to form Granby, Princes Park ward.

### 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. Granby ward was re-established to be represented by three councillors.
The boundaries were unchanged from those of Granby, Princes Park ward. The report describes the boundaries of Granby ward as "Commencing at a point where Ullet Road meets Park Road, thence northwestwards along said Park Road to the southern boundary of Abercromby Ward, thence northeastwards, northwestwards and northeastwards along said boundary to the southern boundary of Smithdown Ward, thence continuing northeastwards along said boundary to the western boundary of Arundel Ward, thence southwards along said boundary to Ullet Road, thence southwestwards along said road to the point of commencement".
Until 1983 the ward was part of the Liverpool Scotland Exchange Parliamentary constituency and from 1983 was part of the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.

### 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. Granby ward was dissolved and distributed into the new Princes Park ward.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 1895 | John Lea (Lib) | Albert Samuel (Con) | Herbert Campbell (Con) |
| 1896 | John Lea (Lib) | Albert Samuel (Con) | Herbert Campbell (Con) |
| 1897 | John Lea (Lib) | Albert Samuel (Con) | Herbert Campbell (Con) |
| 1898 | John Lea (Lib) | Albert Samuel (Con) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1899 | John Lea (Lib) | Albert Samuel (Con) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1900 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1901 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1902 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1903 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1904 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1905 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1906 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1907 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1908 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Robert Bullen (Lib) |
| 1909 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1910 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1911 | John Lea (Lib) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1912 | James Waterworth (Con) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1913 | James Waterworth (Con) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1914 | James Waterworth (Con) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| No elections were held between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War |||||||
| 1919 | James Waterworth (Con) | Joseph Jones (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1920 | James Waterworth (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1921 | James Waterworth (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1922 | James Waterworth (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1923 | James Waterworth (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1924 | Rosa Hoch (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1925 | Rosa Hoch (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1926 | Rosa Hoch (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1927 | James Johnstone (Lab) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1928 | James Johnstone (Lab) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1929 | James Johnstone (Lab) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1930 | William Edwards (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1931 | William Edwards (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1932 | William Edwards (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1933 | William Edwards (Con) | Frederick Bowring (Lib) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1934 | William Edwards (Con) | Mary Cumella (Lab) | Eleanor Rathbone (Ind) |
| 1935 | William Edwards (Con) | Mary Cumella (Lab) | Charles Burke (Lab) |
| 1936 | William Edwards (Con) | Mary Cumella (Lab) | Charles Burke (Lab) |
| 1937 | Walter Clark (Con) | Ernest Tyrer (Con) | Charles Burke (Lab) |
| 1938 | Walter Clark (Con) | Ernest Tyrer (Con) | James Thompson (Con) |
| No elections were held between 1939 and 1944 due to the Second World War |||||||
| 1945 | Elizabeth Trainor (Lab) | Ernest Tyrer (Con) | James Thompson (Con) |
| 1946 | Elizabeth Trainor (Lab) | Walter Clarke (Con) | James Thompson (Con) |
| 1947 | Elizabeth Trainor (Lab) | Walter Clarke (Con) | James Thompson (Con) |
| 1949 | William Heald (Con) | Walter Clarke (Con) | James Thompson (Con) |
| 1950 | William Heald (Con) | Walter Clarke (Con) | James Thompson (Con) |
| 1951 | William Heald (Con) | Walter Clarke (Con) | James Thompson (Con) |
| 1952 | William Brodie (Lab) | Walter Clarke (Con) | James Thompson (Con) |
| WARD REFORMED |||||||
| 1953 | J. Guinan (Lab) | William Brodie (Lab) | Elizabeth Trainor (Lab) |
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