Cressington (ward)
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Coordinates: 53°21′32″N 2°55′01″W / 53.359°N 2.917°W Cressington is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary constituency. It contains the Cressington Park, Grassendale Park and the Grassendale area of Liverpool. The ward was created for the 2004 municipal election from parts of the former Grassendale and Allerton wards.[1]
The area is served by Cressington railway station.
Councillors
| Term | Councillor [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2008 | Bea Fraenkel | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2004–2011 | Peter Millea | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2004–present | Richard Oglethorpe | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2008–2012 | Paula Keaveney | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2011–present | Bill Jones | Labour | |
| 2012–present | Mary Aspinall | Labour | |
Election results
Elections of the 2010s
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 [3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mary Aspinall | 2295 | 46.44% | -7.09% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paula Keaveney | 2168 | 43.87% | +16.57% | |
| Green | Mark Kendal Bowman | 263 | 5.32% | +0.63% | |
| Conservative | David Michael John Jeffery | 216 | 4.37% | -5.24% | |
| Majority | 127 | 2.57% | -23.67% | ||
| Turnout | 4942 | 43.08% | -4.64% | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | -23.66% | |||
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 [4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bill Jones | 2879 | 53.53% | +9.23% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Millea | 1468 | 27.30% | -10.03% | |
| Conservative | Paul Athans | 517 | 9.61% | -3.88% | |
| Green | Mark Kendal Bowman | 252 | 4.69% | +0.52% | |
| UKIP | Mike Lane | 181 | 3.37% | n/a | |
| Liberal | Russell Leslie Jamieson | 81 | 1.51% | +0.8% | |
| Majority | 1411 | 26.24% | +19.27% | ||
| Turnout | 5378 | 47.72% | -15.07% | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | 9.63% | |||
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Cressington [5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Oglethorpe | 3127 | 44.30% | ||
| Labour | Anna Briggs | 2635 | 37.33% | ||
| Conservative | Paul Athans | 952 | 13.49% | ||
| Green | Mark Kendal Bowman | 294 | 4.17% | ||
| Liberal | Michael Alan Williams | 50 | 0.71% | ||
| Majority | 492 | 6.97% | |||
| Turnout | 7058 | 62.79% | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 2000s
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Cressington [6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paula Keaveney | 1812 | 50.17% | ||
| Labour | Anna Briggs | 792 | 21.93% | ||
| Conservative | Paul Athans | 638 | 17.66% | ||
| Green | Martin Trevor Randall | 262 | 7.25% | ||
| Liberal | John Pagan | 108 | 2.99% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3612 | 32.27% | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Cressington [7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Millea | 2065 | 56.44% | ||
| Labour | Anna Briggs | 643 | 17.57% | ||
| Conservative | Richard Michael Downey | 383 | 10.47% | ||
| Independent | Alex Corina | 316 | 8.64% | ||
| Green | Richard De Pesando | 166 | 4.54% | ||
| Liberal | John Moore | 86 | 2.35% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3659 | 33.09% | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Cressington [8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Oglethorpe | 1856 | 52.52% | ||
| Labour | Catherine Dooley | 778 | 22.01% | ||
| Conservative | Emlyn Williams | 381 | 10.78 | ||
| Green | Richard De Pesando | 292 | 8.26% | ||
| Liberal | John Moore | 227 | 6.42% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3534 | 31.41% | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned.
| Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Cressington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Beatrice Fraenkel | 2747 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Millea | 2536 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Oglethorpe | 2283 | |||
| Labour | Catherine Dooley | 933 | |||
| Labour | Sarah Pippard | 822 | |||
| Labour | Mary Rasmussen | 652 | |||
| Green | Alex Ferguson | 534 | |||
| Conservative | James Berry | 506 | |||
| Conservative | Derek Nuttall | 387 | |||
| Liberal | Catherine Hancox | 361 | |||
| Conservative | Maureen Williams | 356 | |||
| Liberal | Joseph Flannery | 350 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4839 | 42.72% | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | n/a | |||
bold - Denotes the winning candidate.
italics - Denotes sitting Councillor.
External links
References
- ↑ "Boundary Commission Report". 15 May 2010.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010.
- ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Cressington". Liverpool City Council.
- ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Cressington". Liverpool City Council.
- ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Cressington". Liverpool City Council.
- ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Cressington". Liverpool City Council.
- ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Cressington". Liverpool City Council.
- ↑ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Cressington". Liverpool City Council.
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