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 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. 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".
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.
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. 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. == Councillors ==