The ward was created in 1953 within the Liverpool Edge Hill constituency. The boundaries were altered in 1973 and 1980. The ward was dissolved in 2004 reinstated in 2023.
1980 Boundaries
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. Smithdown ward was represented by three councillors.[1]
The report describes the boundaries as "Commencing at a point where Upper Parliament Street meets the eastern boundary of Abercromby Ward, thence generally northwestwards along- said boundary to the southeastern boundary of Everton Ward, thence northwards and generally northeastwards along said boundary to the western boundary of Kensington Ward, thence southwards, eastwards and southeastwards along said boundary to Wavertree Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Tunnel Road, thence southwards along said road to Spekeland Road, thence northeastwards along said road to Acton Street, thence southwards along said street to Lindley Street, thence southwestwards along said street to Earle Road, thence southeastwards along said road to Tunstall Street, thence southwestwards along said street to Smithdown Road, thence northwestwards along said road and Smithdown Lane to Upper Parliament Street, thence generally westwards along said street to the point of commencement".[2]
2004 boundaries
A report of the Local Government Boundary Commission published in March 2003 recommended the number of wards in the city be reduced to 30 and the number of councillors reduced to 90. The Smithdown ward was dissolved and distributed into the new Picton, Kensington and Fairfield, and Central wards.[3]
2023 boundaries
A 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England decided that the existing 30 wards each represented by three Councillors should be replaced by 64 wards represented by 85 councillors with varying representation by one, two or three councillors per ward.[4][5] The Smithdown ward was re-established as a smaller ward from a section of the previous Greenbank and Picton wards. The new ward is roughly bounded by the West Coast Main Line, Cranborne Road and Smithdown Road. The ward is represented by two councillors.
a.^ Alex Gamble, Steve Jenkins and Dorothy Mathews were surcharged and banned from office following the Rate-capping rebellion. Three seats were contested at the 1986 election.
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