Oxton (ward)

Oxton (previously Grange and Oxton, 1973 to 1979) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ward in the Birkenhead Parliamentary constituency.

Council	Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council							Merseyside County Council
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				A. Halliday (Liberal)		R. Hodkinson (Conservative)
1976				M. Hesketh (Conservative)
1976								1977		F. Morton (Conservative)	^[3]
1978
1979				Mike Cooke (Liberal /Alliance /Liberal Democrats)		A. Halliday (Liberal /Alliance)
1980
1980								1981		Allan Brame (Liberal /Alliance)^[4]	^[5]
1982
1983						L. Egdell (Alliance)
1984
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]
2018							^[11]
2019		Andy Corkhill (Liberal Democrats)^[12]					^[8]
2021		Andy Corkhill (Liberal Democrats)^[12]
2021 by-election		Orod Osanlou (Liberal Democrats)
2022		Orod Osanlou (Liberal Democrats)

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

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	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

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

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

Councillors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)