[1] Following the Local Government Act 1972 the ward boundaries of the council were altered.

[2] 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.

[1] 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.

[5] The ward boundaries follow the city boundary to East Prescot Road, Youens Way, around the Bradbury Centre and Broughton Hall High School, Yew Tree Lane, Leyfield Road, Deysbrook Lane, Crown Road, Melwood Drive, Croxteth Hall Lane, and the southern boundary of Croxteth Park.

[9] The ward has returned seven Councillors[10] After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election.