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background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Liverpool City Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Arms of Liverpool City Council" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/170px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/255px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/340px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1084" data-file-height="1038" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="#Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liverpool_City_Council_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Liverpool_City_Council_Logo.svg/120px-Liverpool_City_Council_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Liverpool_City_Council_Logo.svg/180px-Liverpool_City_Council_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Liverpool_City_Council_Logo.svg/240px-Liverpool_City_Council_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="360" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Corporate logo</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan borough council">Metropolitan borough council</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_Liverpool" title="Lord Mayor of Liverpool">Lord Mayor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kemp_(politician)" title="Richard Kemp (politician)">Richard Kemp</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> <br />since 15 May 2024<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Liam_Robinson_(politician)" title="Liam Robinson (politician)">Liam Robinson</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 17 May 2023<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Andrew Lewis <br />since June 2023<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">85 councillors</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_Liverpool_City_Council_2023.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Liverpool City Council composition" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/United_Kingdom_Liverpool_City_Council_2023.svg/250px-United_Kingdom_Liverpool_City_Council_2023.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/United_Kingdom_Liverpool_City_Council_2023.svg/375px-United_Kingdom_Liverpool_City_Council_2023.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/United_Kingdom_Liverpool_City_Council_2023.svg/500px-United_Kingdom_Liverpool_City_Council_2023.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <dl><dt>Administration (61)</dt> <dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (61)</dd> <dt>Other Parties (24)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (15)</span></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#02A95B; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> (3)</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#800000; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Community_Independents" title="Liverpool Community Independents">Community Ind.</a> (3)</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EB7A43; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> (3)</dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Joint committees</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Region_Combined_Authority" title="Liverpool City Region Combined Authority">Liverpool City Region Combined Authority</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">First-past-the-post</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2023_Liverpool_City_Council_election" title="2023 Liverpool City Council election">4 May 2023</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6 May 2027</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Motto</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit</i>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'God has granted us this ease'</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Town_Hall,_Liverpool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Town_Hall%2C_Liverpool.jpg/240px-Town_Hall%2C_Liverpool.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Town_Hall%2C_Liverpool.jpg/360px-Town_Hall%2C_Liverpool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Town_Hall%2C_Liverpool.jpg/480px-Town_Hall%2C_Liverpool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Town_Hall" title="Liverpool Town Hall">Town Hall</a>, High Street, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, L2<span class="nowrap"> </span>3SW</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.liverpool.gov.uk">www<wbr />.liverpool<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Liverpool City Council</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">local authority</a> for the <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> in <a href="/wiki/Merseyside" title="Merseyside">Merseyside</a>, England. Liverpool has had a local authority since 1207, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan borough council">metropolitan borough council</a>. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Region_Combined_Authority" title="Liverpool City Region Combined Authority">Liverpool City Region Combined Authority</a> since 2014. </p><p>The council has been under <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> majority control since 2010. It meets at <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Town_Hall" title="Liverpool Town Hall">Liverpool Town Hall</a> and has its main offices at the <a href="/wiki/Cunard_Building" title="Cunard Building">Cunard Building</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>Liverpool was an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_borough" title="Ancient borough">ancient borough</a>, having been granted its first <a href="/wiki/Municipal_charter" title="Municipal charter">charter</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="John of England">King John</a> in 1207.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had a <a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">mayor</a> from at least 1292.<sup id="cite_ref-mayors_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayors-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipal_borough">Municipal borough</h3></div> <p>Liverpool was reformed to become a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> in 1836 under the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporations_Act_1835" title="Municipal Corporations Act 1835">Municipal Corporations Act 1835</a>, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country. It was then governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Liverpool', generally known as the corporation or town council. As part of the same reforms, the borough boundaries were enlarged to match the larger <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Liverpool (UK Parliament constituency)">Liverpool parliamentary constituency</a>, which had been expanded in 1832 to include the neighbouring parishes of <a href="/wiki/Everton,_Liverpool" title="Everton, Liverpool">Everton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirkdale,_Liverpool" title="Kirkdale, Liverpool">Kirkdale</a> and part of <a href="/wiki/West_Derby" title="West Derby">West Derby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The corporation created <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Police" title="Liverpool City Police">a police force</a> in 1836. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Municipal_Buildings,_Liverpool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Municipal_Buildings%2C_Liverpool.jpg/220px-Municipal_Buildings%2C_Liverpool.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Municipal_Buildings%2C_Liverpool.jpg/330px-Municipal_Buildings%2C_Liverpool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Municipal_Buildings%2C_Liverpool.jpg/440px-Municipal_Buildings%2C_Liverpool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Buildings,_Liverpool" title="Municipal Buildings, Liverpool">Municipal Buildings, Dale Street</a>: Council's main offices 1868–2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Liverpool was granted <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a> in 1880, after which the corporation was also known as the city council. When elected county councils were established in 1889, Liverpool was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it became a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>, independent from the new <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a>, whilst remaining part of the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England#Geographical_counties_1889–1974" title="Ceremonial counties of England">geographical county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VoB_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1893 the city was granted the right to appoint a <a href="/wiki/Lord_mayor" title="Lord mayor">lord mayor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city boundaries were enlarged on several occasions, notably gaining <a href="/wiki/Wavertree" title="Wavertree">Wavertree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walton,_Merseyside" class="mw-redirect" title="Walton, Merseyside">Walton</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Toxteth" title="Toxteth">Toxteth</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Derby" title="West Derby">West Derby</a> in 1895, <a href="/wiki/Fazakerley" title="Fazakerley">Fazakerley</a> in 1905, <a href="/wiki/Allerton,_Liverpool" title="Allerton, Liverpool">Allerton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Childwall" title="Childwall">Childwall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woolton" title="Woolton">Woolton</a> in 1913, the rest of West Derby in 1928, and <a href="/wiki/Speke" title="Speke">Speke</a> in 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-VoB_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Liverpool's first female councillor was <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Rathbone" title="Eleanor Rathbone">Eleanor Rathbone</a>, elected in 1909. Eighteen years later, <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beavan" title="Margaret Beavan">Margaret Beavan</a> became the first female Lord Mayor in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-mayors_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayors-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metropolitan_borough">Metropolitan borough</h3></div> <p>The city was reformed to become a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">metropolitan district</a> in 1974 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>. It kept the same boundaries as the former county borough (which had last been adjusted in 1956) and became one of five metropolitan districts within the new <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">metropolitan county</a> of Merseyside.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Liverpool's <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">borough</a> and city statuses and its lord mayoralty passed to the reformed district and its council.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by <a href="/wiki/Merseyside_County_Council" title="Merseyside County Council">Merseyside County Council</a>. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Merseyside's five borough councils, including Liverpool, with some services provided through joint committees.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1980s, the <a href="/wiki/Militant_in_Liverpool" title="Militant in Liverpool">Militant group</a> gained control of Liverpool's Labour Party. Under their leadership the council attempted to challenge the national government on several issues, including <a href="/wiki/Rate-capping_rebellion" title="Rate-capping rebellion">refusing to set a budget</a> in 1985. The leadership of the national Labour Party was drawn into the controversy, ultimately expelling members of Militant, including the council's deputy leader, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Hatton" title="Derek Hatton">Derek Hatton</a>, in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012 the council introduced the position of <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Liverpool" title="Mayor of Liverpool">Mayor of Liverpool</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England" title="Directly elected mayors in England">directly elected mayor</a> to serve as the council's political leader instead of having a <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leader of the council</a> chosen by the councillors. The position was separate from the more ceremonial role of the Lord Mayor. The directly elected mayor position was abolished in 2023 and the position of leader of the council was reinstated.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2014 the council has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Region_Combined_Authority" title="Liverpool City Region Combined Authority">Liverpool City Region Combined Authority</a>, which has been led by the directly elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_the_Liverpool_City_Region" title="Mayor of the Liverpool City Region">Mayor of the Liverpool City Region</a> since 2017. The combined authority provides strategic leadership and co-ordination for certain functions across the region, but Liverpool City Council continues to be responsible for most local government functions.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The council's chief executive, Ged Fitzgerald, was suspended in 2017 and subsequently resigned in 2018 following an investigation by <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Constabulary" title="Lancashire Constabulary">Lancashire Constabulary</a> into financial irregularities relating to a joint project between <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/BT_Group" title="BT Group">British Telecom (BT)</a> during Fitzgerald's tenure as chief executive of the county council.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The police investigation subsequently widened to investigate alleged criminality at the city council and the Merseyside pension fund too. In 2020, it was reported that the city council's accounts since 2015 had not been signed off by its auditors on account of the 'complex ongoing police investigation'.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2020, the elected mayor, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Anderson_(politician)" title="Joe Anderson (politician)">Joe Anderson</a>, was arrested as part of an anti-corruption investigation. The Labour Party suspended Anderson on news of his arrest.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not resign as mayor but stood back from active duties, handing effective control to the deputy mayor, <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Simon" title="Wendy Simon">Wendy Simon</a>, for the remainder of his term of office to May 2021. As of April 2024 no charges had been brought against him, but the investigation had yet to conclude.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 March 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a>, announced that he was appointing commissioners to oversee some of the authority's functions for at least 3 years. This was following an investigation, commissioned in December 2020 that found there were "multiple apparent failures" and a "deeply concerning picture of mismanagement" in the council.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:11_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The commissioners remained in post until June 2024. Following improvements in the council's performance and management, the intervention was then scaled back to less direct supervision, due to last until March 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2></div> <p>Liverpool City Council provides <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a> services. Some strategic functions in the area are provided by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; the leader of Liverpool City Council sits on the combined authority as Liverpool's representative.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a> in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3></div> <p>The council has been under Labour majority control since 2010. </p><p>In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the council was run by the Conservatives. Labour councillors were first elected to the council in 1905, but Liverpool was one of the last major cities in the UK in which the Labour Party gained control, which first occurred in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Municipal borough</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF7F00;" data-sort-value="Whigs (British political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td> <td>1835–1841 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1841–1892 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td> <td>1892–1895 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1895–1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1955–1956 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1956–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1962–1963 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1963–1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1967–1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1971–1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1972–1974 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-electionscentre_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionscentre-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gain_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gain-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-defection_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defection-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Metropolitan borough</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1974–1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1983–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1992–1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1996–1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td>1998–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>2010–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3></div> <p>The role of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_Liverpool" title="Lord Mayor of Liverpool">Lord Mayor of Liverpool</a> is largely ceremonial role. Political leadership is instead provided by the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leader of the council</a>. Between 2012 and 2023 the council had a directly elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Liverpool" title="Mayor of Liverpool">Mayor of Liverpool</a> (a separate post from the Lord Mayor) instead of a leader. The directly elected mayor position was abolished in 2023 and the position of leader reinstated. The leaders since 1918 have been: </p><p><b>County Borough leaders</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Petrie,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet">Charles Petrie</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">4 Nov 1918 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Salvidge" title="Archibald Salvidge">Archibald Salvidge</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">18 Nov 1918</td> <td align="right">11 Dec 1928 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thomas White<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">7 Jan 1929</td> <td align="right">25 Jan 1938 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alfred Shennan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">1938</td> <td align="right">1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jack Braddock</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1955</td> <td align="right">1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maxwell Entwistle</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">1961</td> <td align="right">1963 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jack Braddock</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">May 1963</td> <td align="right">Nov 1963 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Sefton,_Baron_Sefton_of_Garston" title="William Sefton, Baron Sefton of Garston">Bill Sefton</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1963</td> <td align="right">1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_Steward" title="Harold Steward">Harold Steward</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">1967</td> <td align="right">1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Sefton,_Baron_Sefton_of_Garston" title="William Sefton, Baron Sefton of Garston">Bill Sefton</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1972</td> <td align="right">31 Mar 1974 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The last leader of the council before the 1974 reforms, Bill Sefton, went on to be the first leader of <a href="/wiki/Merseyside_County_Council#Leadership" title="Merseyside County Council">Merseyside County Council</a>. </p><p><b>Metropolitan Borough leaders</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Carr" title="Cyril Carr">Cyril Carr</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td> <td align="right">1 Apr 1974</td> <td align="right">1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bill Smythe</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td> <td align="right">1975</td> <td align="right">1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_(Liverpool)" title="John Hamilton (Liverpool)">John Hamilton</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1976</td> <td align="right">1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Jones_(British_politician)" title="Trevor Jones (British politician)">Trevor Jones</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td> <td align="right">1978</td> <td align="right">1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_(Liverpool)" title="John Hamilton (Liverpool)">John Hamilton</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1983</td> <td align="right">Nov 1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tony Byrne<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">Nov 1986</td> <td align="right">Mar 1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Jones_(British_politician)" title="Trevor Jones (British politician)">Trevor Jones</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td> <td align="right">Mar 1987</td> <td align="right">May 1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Harry Rimmer</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">May 1987</td> <td align="right">Oct 1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Keva Coombes</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1987</td> <td align="right">1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Harry Rimmer</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1990</td> <td align="right">1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Frank Prendergast</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1996</td> <td align="right">1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Storey" title="Mike Storey">Mike Storey</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">May 1998</td> <td align="right">25 Nov 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_Bradley_(politician)" title="Warren Bradley (politician)">Warren Bradley</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">Dec 2005</td> <td align="right">May 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Anderson_(politician)" title="Joe Anderson (politician)">Joe Anderson</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">May 2010</td> <td align="right">6 May 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Directly elected mayors</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Mayor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Anderson_(politician)" title="Joe Anderson (politician)">Joe Anderson</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">7 May 2012</td> <td align="right">Dec 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="right">Dec 2020</td> <td align="right">9 May 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Anderson" title="Joanne Anderson">Joanne Anderson</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">10 May 2021</td> <td align="right">7 May 2023 </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Joe Anderson was suspended from the Labour Party and stood aside from his mayoral role in December 2020. He remained nominally the mayor until the end of his term of office in May 2021, but the deputy mayor, <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Simon" title="Wendy Simon">Wendy Simon</a>, served as acting mayor during that period.<sup id="cite_ref-Thorp_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thorp-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>Metropolitan Borough leaders</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Robinson_(politician)" title="Liam Robinson (politician)">Liam Robinson</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">17 May 2023</td> <td align="right">Present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Liverpool_City_Council_election" title="2023 Liverpool City Council election">2023 election</a> the composition of the council was:<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="center">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td align="center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EB7A43;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #800000;" data-sort-value="Liverpool Community Independents"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Community_Independents" title="Liverpool Community Independents">Liverpool Community Independents</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">85 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The next election is due in 2027. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Council_elections" title="Liverpool City Council elections">Liverpool City Council elections</a></div> <p>Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 85 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> have been elected from 64 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a>, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These are the wards since the 2023 local elections.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="style="margin:0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right:0em;"><ol> <li><a href="/wiki/Aigburth_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Aigburth (Liverpool ward)">Aigburth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allerton_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Allerton (Liverpool ward)">Allerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anfield_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Anfield (Liverpool ward)">Anfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arundel_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Arundel (Liverpool ward)">Arundel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Vale_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Belle Vale (Liverpool ward)">Belle Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadgreen_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Broadgreen (Liverpool ward)">Broadgreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownlow_Hill_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Brownlow Hill (Liverpool ward)">Brownlow Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calderstones_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Calderstones (Liverpool ward)">Calderstones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canning_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Canning (Liverpool ward)">Canning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childwall_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Childwall (Liverpool ward)">Childwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Church (Liverpool ward)">Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Centre_North_(Liverpool_ward)" title="City Centre North (Liverpool ward)">City Centre North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Centre_South_(Liverpool_ward)" title="City Centre South (Liverpool ward)">City Centre South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clubmoor_East_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Clubmoor East (Liverpool ward)">Clubmoor East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clubmoor_West_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Clubmoor West (Liverpool ward)">Clubmoor West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_(Liverpool_ward)" title="County (Liverpool ward)">County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croxteth_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Croxteth (Liverpool ward)">Croxteth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croxteth_Country_Park_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Croxteth Country Park (Liverpool ward)">Croxteth Country Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingle_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Dingle (Liverpool ward)">Dingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_Hill_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Edge Hill (Liverpool ward)">Edge Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everton_East_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Everton East (Liverpool ward)">Everton East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everton_North_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Everton North (Liverpool ward)">Everton North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everton_West_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Everton West (Liverpool ward)">Everton West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazakerley_East_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Fazakerley East (Liverpool ward)">Fazakerley East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazakerley_North_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Fazakerley North (Liverpool ward)">Fazakerley North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazakerley_West_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Fazakerley West (Liverpool ward)">Fazakerley West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festival_Gardens_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Festival Gardens (Liverpool ward)">Festival Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garston_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Garston (Liverpool ward)">Garston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateacre_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Gateacre (Liverpool ward)">Gateacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grassendale_and_Cressington_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Grassendale and Cressington (Liverpool ward)">Grassendale & Cressington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenbank_Park_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Greenbank Park (Liverpool ward)">Greenbank Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_and_Fairfield_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Kensington and Fairfield (Liverpool ward)">Kensington & Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkdale_East_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Kirkdale East (Liverpool ward)">Kirkdale East</a></li> </ol> </td> <td style="class="toccolours""><div role="img" class="floatright noresize" style="width: 400px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liverpool_City_Council_Wards_2023_-_Numbered.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Liverpool_City_Council_Wards_2023_-_Numbered.svg/400px-Liverpool_City_Council_Wards_2023_-_Numbered.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="506" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Liverpool_City_Council_Wards_2023_-_Numbered.svg/600px-Liverpool_City_Council_Wards_2023_-_Numbered.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Liverpool_City_Council_Wards_2023_-_Numbered.svg/800px-Liverpool_City_Council_Wards_2023_-_Numbered.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="648" /></a></span></div> </td> <td><ol start="34"> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkdale_West_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Kirkdale West (Liverpool ward)">Kirkdale West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotty_Ash_%26_Dovecot_Park_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park (Liverpool ward)">Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossley_Hill_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Mossley Hill (Liverpool ward)">Mossley Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Much_Woolton_%26_Hunts_Cross_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Much Woolton & Hunts Cross (Liverpool ward)">Much Woolton & Hunts Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norris_Green_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Norris Green (Liverpool ward)">Norris Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Swan_East_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Old Swan East (Liverpool ward)">Old Swan East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Swan_West_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Old Swan West (Liverpool ward)">Old Swan West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orrell_Park_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Orrell Park (Liverpool ward)">Orrell Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Lane_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Penny Lane (Liverpool ward)">Penny Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Princes Park (Liverpool ward)">Princes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandfield_Park_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Sandfield Park (Liverpool ward)">Sandfield Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sefton_Park_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Sefton Park (Liverpool ward)">Sefton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithdown_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Smithdown (Liverpool ward)">Smithdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speke_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Speke (Liverpool ward)">Speke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springwood_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Springwood (Liverpool ward)">Springwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_(Liverpool_ward)" title="St Michael's (Liverpool ward)">St Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoneycroft_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Stoneycroft (Liverpool ward)">Stoneycroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toxteth_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Toxteth (Liverpool ward)">Toxteth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuebrook_Breckside_Park_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Tuebrook Breckside Park (Liverpool ward)">Tuebrook Breckside Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuebrook_Larkhill_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Tuebrook Larkhill (Liverpool ward)">Tuebrook Larkhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Vauxhall (Liverpool ward)">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walton_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Walton (Liverpool ward)">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterfront_North_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Waterfront North (Liverpool ward)">Waterfront North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterfront_South_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Waterfront South (Liverpool ward)">Waterfront South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wavertree_Garden_Suburb_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Wavertree Garden Suburb (Liverpool ward)">Wavertree Garden Suburb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wavertree_Village_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Wavertree Village (Liverpool ward)">Wavertree Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Derby_Deysbrook_(Liverpool_ward)" title="West Derby Deysbrook (Liverpool ward)">West Derby Deysbrook </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Derby_Leyfield_(Liverpool_ward)" title="West Derby Leyfield (Liverpool ward)">West Derby Leyfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Derby_Muirhead_(Liverpool_ward)" title="West Derby Muirhead (Liverpool ward)">West Derby Muirhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolton_Village_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Woolton Village (Liverpool ward)">Woolton Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yew_Tree_(Liverpool_ward)" title="Yew Tree (Liverpool ward)">Yew Tree</a></li> </ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premises">Premises</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cunard_Building_landside_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Cunard_Building_landside_2018.jpg/220px-Cunard_Building_landside_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Cunard_Building_landside_2018.jpg/330px-Cunard_Building_landside_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Cunard_Building_landside_2018.jpg/440px-Cunard_Building_landside_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4669" data-file-height="3065" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cunard_Building" title="Cunard Building">Cunard Building</a>: Council's main offices</figcaption></figure> <p>Council meetings are held at <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Town_Hall" title="Liverpool Town Hall">Liverpool Town Hall</a> at the junction of High Street, Dale Street and Water Street, which was built between 1749 and 1754.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council's main administrative offices are located in the <a href="/wiki/Cunard_Building" title="Cunard Building">Cunard Building</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pier_Head" title="Pier Head">Pier Head</a>, which had been completed in 1917 as the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Cunard_Line" title="Cunard Line">Cunard Line</a>. The council bought the building in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1868 until 2016 the council's main offices were the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Buildings,_Liverpool" title="Municipal Buildings, Liverpool">Municipal Buildings</a> on Dale Street. The Municipal Buildings were sold in 2016 after the council decided they were too large and costly to maintain and following the transfer of most offices to the Cunard Building.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/220px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/440px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1084" data-file-height="1038" /></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Adopted</dt> <dd>1797</dd> <dt>Crest</dt> <dd>On a Wreath of the Colours a Cormorant the wings elevated in the beak a Branch of Laver proper.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Argent a Cormorant in the beak a Branch of Seaweed called Laver all proper.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On the dexter Neptune with his Sea-Green Mantle flowing the waist wreathed with Laver on his head an Eastern Crown Gold in the right hand his Trident Sable the left supporting a Banner of the arms of Liverpool on the sinister a Triton wreathed as the dexter and blowing his Shell the right hand supporting a Banner thereon a Ship under sail in perspective all proper the Banner Staves Or.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>'Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit'<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output 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