Oxton (ward)
Oxton (previously Grange and Oxton, 1973 to 1979) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ward in the Birkenhead Parliamentary constituency.
Councillors
Council | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | Merseyside County Council | |||||||||
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Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Ref. | Election | Councillor (Party) |
Ref. | ||||
1973 | Gordon Lindsay (Liberal /Alliance /Liberal Democrats) |
A. Halliday (Liberal) |
Truffet (Liberal) |
[1] | 1973 | Gordon Lindsay (Liberal) |
[2] | ||||
1975 | R. Hodkinson (Conservative) | ||||||||||
1976 | M. Hesketh (Conservative) | ||||||||||
1977 | F. Morton (Conservative) |
[3] | |||||||||
1978 | |||||||||||
1979 | Mike Cooke (Liberal /Alliance /Liberal Democrats) |
A. Halliday (Liberal /Alliance) | |||||||||
1980 | |||||||||||
1981 | Allan Brame (Liberal /Alliance)[4] |
[5] | |||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||
1983 | L. Egdell (Alliance) | ||||||||||
1984 | |||||||||||
Council abolished 1986–present | |||||||||||
1986 | |||||||||||
1987 | Pat Williams (Alliance /Liberal Democrats)[6] | ||||||||||
1988 | |||||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||
1991 | |||||||||||
1992 | Alec Dunn (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||||||
1994 | |||||||||||
1995 | |||||||||||
1996 | |||||||||||
1998 | Stuart Kelly (Liberal Democrats)[7] |
Freda Anderson (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||||
1999 | |||||||||||
2000 | |||||||||||
2002 | |||||||||||
2003 | |||||||||||
2004 | [8] | ||||||||||
2006 | Paula Southwood (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||||||
2007 | |||||||||||
2008 | |||||||||||
2010 | Alan Brighouse (Liberal Democrats)[9] | ||||||||||
2011 | |||||||||||
2012 | |||||||||||
2014 | |||||||||||
2015 | Paul Doughty (Labour /Independent)[10] | ||||||||||
2016 | Stuart Kelly (Liberal Democrats)[7] | ||||||||||
2018 | Allan Brame (Liberal Democrats)[4] |
[11] | |||||||||
2019 | Andy Corkhill (Liberal Democrats)[12] |
[8] | |||||||||
2021 | |||||||||||
2021 by-election |
Orod Osanlou (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||||||
2022 |
Election results (2004 to present)
November 2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Orod Osanlou | 1,666 | 68.3 | 11.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Sue Mahoney[13] | 460 | 18.8 | 7.1 | |
Conservative | Philip Merry | 168 | 6.9 | 1.2 | |
Green | Mary Heydon | 147 | 6.0 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 1,206 | 49.4 | 18.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,795 | ||||
Turnout | 22.7 | 2,447 | 14.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.2 | |||
May 2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 2,311 | 57.0 | 2.8 | |
Labour | Paul Jobson | 1,050 | 25.9 | 3.7 | |
Conservative | Phil Merry | 328 | 8.1 | 3.1 | |
Green | Judith Grier | 306 | 7.5 | New | |
Reform UK | Philip Griffiths | 58 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,261 | 31.1 | 0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,020 | ||||
Turnout | 37.2 | 4,097 | 3.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 44 | 1.1 | 0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.5 | |||
May 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andy Corkhill[17] | 2,627 | 59.8 | 12.2 | |
Labour | Jeff Davies[18] | 1,298 | 29.6 | 9.4 | |
UKIP | Chris Bunker | 245 | 5.6 | New | |
Conservative | Tina McDonnell[19] | 220 | 5.0 | 3.6 | |
Majority | 1,329 | 30.3 | 21.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,950 | ||||
Turnout | 4,405 | 40.2 | 1.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | 10.8 | |||
May 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Allan Brame | 2,073 | 47.6 | 6.4 | |
Labour | Jeff Davies | 1,700 | 39.0 | 3.4 | |
Conservative | Hilary Jones | 376 | 8.6 | 2.4 | |
Green | Moira Gommon | 205 | 4.7 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 373 | 8.6 | 9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,135 | ||||
Turnout | 4,359 | 39.1 | 1.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.9 | |||
May 2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 2,381 | 54.0 | 18.1 | |
Labour | Vicky Nowak | 1,568 | 35.6 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | Philip Merry | 275 | 6.2 | 4.8 | |
Green | Liz Heydon | 183 | 4.2 | 1.3 | |
Majority | 813 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,044 | ||||
Turnout | 4,434 | 40.1 | 29.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 27 | 0.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.1 | |||
May 2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Doughty | 3,085 | 39.7 | 4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 2,788 | 35.9 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | Hilary Jones | 854 | 11.0 | 3.7 | |
UKIP | David Martin | 615 | 7.9 | 5.4 | |
Green | Liz Heydon | 424 | 5.5 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 297 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,236 | ||||
Turnout | 69.4 | 31.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 3.5 | |||
May 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Brighouse | 1,620 | 38.3 | 7.5 | |
Labour | Angela Davies [n 1] | 1,483 | 35.1 | 4.7 | |
UKIP | David Martin | 563 | 13.3 | 7.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Hartley | 310 | 7.3 | 2.1 | |
Green | Liz Heydon | 250 | 5.9 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 137 | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,281 | ||||
Turnout | 37.5 | 2.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.4 | |||
May 2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pat Williams | 2,026 | 45.8 | 6.0 | |
Labour | Matthew Patrick [n 2] | 1,763 | 39.8 | 2.6 | |
UKIP | Philip Grittiths | 258 | 5.8 | 0.9 | |
Conservative | Tina McDonnell | 232 | 5.2 | 8.4 | |
Green | Elisabeth Heydon | 149 | 3.4 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 263 | 6.0 | 3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,140 | ||||
Turnout | 39.9 | 3.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.7 | |||
May 2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 1,918 | 39.8 | 0.7 | |
Labour | Matthew Patrick [n 2] | 1,792 | 37.2 | 5.4 | |
Conservative | Tina McDonnell | 655 | 13.6 | 6.0 | |
UKIP | Catherine Williams | 234 | 4.9 | 0.7 | |
Green | Garnette Bowler | 222 | 4.6 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 126 | 2.6 | 6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,108 | ||||
Turnout | 43.6 | 21.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.1 | |||
May 2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Brighouse | 2,941 | 40.5 | 12.7 | |
Labour | David Barden | 2,310 | 31.8 | 14.7 | |
Conservative | Tina McDonnell | 1,425 | 19.6 | 1.2 | |
UKIP | Catherine Williams | 301 | 4.2 | 0.8 | |
Green | Garnette Bowler | 276 | 3.8 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 631 | 8.7 | 23.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,237 | ||||
Turnout | 65.1 | 32.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.9 | |||
May 2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pat Williams | 1,910 | 53.2 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Marcus Bleasdale | 748 | 20.8 | 4.1 | |
Labour | David Barden | 614 | 17.1 | 1.8 | |
UKIP | Cathy Williams | 179 | 5.0 | 0.7 | |
Green | Garnette Bowler | 139 | 3.9 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 1,162 | 32.4 | 3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,141 | ||||
Turnout | 32.4 | 0.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.8 | |||
May 2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 2,007 | 54.8 | 0.6 | |
Labour | David Barden | 693 | 18.9 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Marcus Bleasdale | 611 | 16.7 | 1.6 | |
Green | Marilyn Jones | 193 | 5.3 | 0.3 | |
UKIP | Cathy Williams | 158 | 4.3 | 2.9 | |
Majority | 1,314 | 35.9 | 2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,278 | ||||
Turnout | 32.6 | 0.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.1 | |||
May 2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paula Southwood | 2,067 | 55.4 | 3.2 | |
Labour | David Barden | 646 | 17.3 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | Tina McDonnell | 565 | 15.1 | 0.1 | |
UKIP | Michael Pepler | 267 | 7.2 | New | |
Green | Garnette Bowler | 185 | 5.0 | 3.7 | |
Majority | 1,421 | 38.1 | 2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,190 | ||||
Turnout | 33.4 | 4.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.4 | |||
June 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Williams [n 3] | 3,295 | 58.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly [n 4] | 3,074 | – | – | |
Liberal Democrats | Freda Anderson [n 5] | 2,924 | – | – | |
Labour | David Barden | 999 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Michael Eastwood | 997 | – | – | |
Labour | John Mitchell | 985 | – | – | |
Conservative | Leonard Moore | 843 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Barbara Evans | 663 | – | – | |
Conservative | June Cowan | 661 | – | – | |
Green | Garnette Bowler | 489 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,296 | 40.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,269 | ||||
Turnout | 42.7 | N/A | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Notes
• italics denotes the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
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