2021 No. 1089
The City of Liverpool (Scheme of Elections and Elections of Elected Mayor) Order 2021
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9HB, 86(A1), (3), (4) and (7), 87(1) and (3) and 105(2) of the Local Government Act 20001, makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the City of Liverpool (Scheme of Elections and Elections of Elected Mayor) Order 2021 and comes into force on 29th October 2021.
Elections of the council of the City of Liverpool2
1
Subject to paragraph (4), the scheme for the ordinary elections of councillors for all wards of the city is a scheme under which—
a
the term of office of councillors is four years;
b
the elections are held in a given year and every fourth year after it;
c
all the councillors are elected in each year in which the elections are held; and
d
the councillors retire together.
2
The first ordinary elections of councillors under the scheme in paragraph (1) is to be held on the ordinary day of election in 2023.
3
The councillors holding office for any ward of the city immediately before the fourth day after the ordinary day of election in 2023 retire on that date and the newly elected councillors for those wards come into office on that date.
4
The scheme specified in paragraph (1) only has effect in relation to the ordinary elections of councillors on or after the ordinary day of election in 2023.
Postponement of elections of councillors in 20223
1
The poll for the ordinary elections of councillors for any ward of the city that would otherwise be held on the ordinary day of election in 2022 is to be held instead on the ordinary day of election in 2023.
2
A councillor who would otherwise, pursuant to section 7 of the Local Government Act 19724 (elections of councillors), retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election in 2022 is instead to retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election in 2023; and the councillor’s term of office is extended accordingly.
Elections for the mayor of the City of Liverpool4
1
The Local Authorities (Elected Mayors) (Elections, Terms of Office and Casual Vacancies) (England) Regulations 20125 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 7 for “or 6” substitute “, 6 or 7A”.
3
After regulation 7 insert—
Elections for the mayor of the City of Liverpool7A
1
The election for the return of the mayor of the City of Liverpool that would otherwise be held on the ordinary day of election in 2024 is to be held instead on the ordinary day of election in 2023; and the mayor’s term of office is reduced accordingly.
2
The subsequent elections for the return of the mayor are to be held on the ordinary day of election in 2027 and every fourth year after 2027.
4
In regulation 8(2) for “or 7” substitute “, 7 or 7A”.
5
In regulation 9(2)(b) for “or 7” substitute “, 7 or 7A”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
(This note is not part of the Order)