Castle Street (Liverpool ward)

Castle Street Ward
Castle Street Ward
Defunct Ward
	Castle Street Ward Location within Merseyside
OS grid reference	SJ340900
• London	179 mi (288 km) South
Metropolitan borough	Liverpool City Council;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Liverpool
Postcode district	L2
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside;
	List of places UK England Merseyside 53°24′18″N 2°59′24″W / 53.4050°N 2.9900°W

Castle Street is a defunct electoral ward in Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, and part of the Liverpool Riverside parliamentary. Castle street was bordered to the north by the Exchange ward, to the south by the Port of Liverpool, the Lord Street and Church Street to the east and River Mersey to the west. Historically, it was part of Lancashire before the establishment of Merseyside.^[1]

History

Castle Street ward covered the area around Castle Street, one of Liverpool's original seven streets,^[2] in Liverpool's central business district. It connected Liverpool's town hall with the waterfront. It was primarily a commercial area, and had a commercial and business population.

Ward elections

1914

No. 15 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard George Hough *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1919

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frank Ambrose Goodwin	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1920

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Benjamin Cookson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1921

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard George Hough	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1922

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sandeman Allen	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1923

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	793	65%
	Liberal	Thomas Royal Little	418	35%
Majority			375
Registered electors			2,668
Turnout			1,211	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1924

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Denton	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1925

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sandeman Allen MP *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			2,586
	Conservative hold

1926

No. 7 Castle Street
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Richard Rutherford	unopposed
Registered electors		12,593
		Swing

1927

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Denton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1928

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John Sandeman Allen MP *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1929

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Garnett Sheldon *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1930

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Denton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1931

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1932

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Garnett Sheldon *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1933

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Denton	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1934

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Neville Bewley	565	66%
	Ind. Conservative	William Edward MacLachlan	295	34%
Majority			270
Registered electors			2,203
Turnout			860	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1935

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Bennett O.B.E.	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1936

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Sinclair Scott Hannay	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1937

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Herbert Neville Bewley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1938

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Bennett O.B.E. *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1945

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William S.S. Hannay	525	96%
	Labour	A. Kay	24	4%
Majority			501
Registered electors			910
Turnout			549	60%

1946

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Neville Bewley	unopposed
Registered electors			892

1947

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bennett	unopposed

1949

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Sinclair Scott ^(PARTY)	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1950

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Winlack Harley ^(PARTY)	559	98%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	9	2%
Majority			550
Registered electors			860
Turnout			568	66%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1951

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Reginald Poole ^(PARTY)	499	98%
	Labour	Thomas McNerney	11	2%
Majority			488
Registered electors			922
Turnout			510	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1952

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Henry Thompson	440	97%
	Independent	James Elias	13	3%
Majority			427
Registered electors			956
Turnout			453	47%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ Greaney, Martin (19 October 2015). "Historic Liverpool - Sanctuary Stone, Castle Street". Historic Liverpool. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ Bona, Emilia (3 November 2019). "How Liverpool went from seven streets to global superpower". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[Historic_Liverpool-1] Greaney, Martin (19 October 2015). "Historic Liverpool - Sanctuary Stone, Castle Street". Historic Liverpool. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[Liverpool_Echo_-_Jan_2016-2] Bona, Emilia (3 November 2019). "How Liverpool went from seven streets to global superpower". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

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[2]

v t e Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool
Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Oglet Old Swan Orrell Park Sefton Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton
Wards	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Belle Vale Broadgreen Brownlow Hill Calderstones Canning Childwall Church City Centre North City Centre South Clubmoor East Clubmoor West County Croxteth Croxteth Country Park Dingle Edge Hill Everton East Everton North Everton West Fazakerley East Fazakerley North Fazakerley West Festival Gardens Garston Gateacre Grassendale & Cressington Greenbank Park Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale East Kirkdale West Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park Mossley Hill Much Woolton & Hunts Cross Norris Green Old Swan East Old Swan West Orrell Park Penny Lane Princes Park Sandfield Park Sefton Park Smithdown Speke Springwood St Michaels Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Breckside Park Tuebrook Larkhill Vauxhall Walton Waterfront North Waterfront South Wavertree Garden Suburb Wavertree Village West Derby Deysbrook West Derby Leyfield West Derby Muirhead Woolton Village Yew Tree
Defunct wards	Abercromby Allerton and Hunt's Cross Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Breckfield Brunswick Castle Street Central Central, Everton, Netherfield Clubmoor Cressington Dovecot Everton Exchange Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Granby, Princes Park Grassendale Great George Greenbank Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Lime Street Little Woolton Low Hill Low Hill, Smithdown Melrose Melrose, Westminster Much Woolton Netherfield Netherley North Scotland North Toxteth North Walton Old Swan Picton Pirrie Pitt Street Riverside Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Domingo St. James' St. Mary's St. Paul's St. Peter's Sandhills Scotland Sefton Park East Sefton Park West South Scotland South Toxteth South Walton Speke-Garston Tuebrook Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Valley Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Westminster Woolton Woolton East Woolton West