Grassendale and Cressington (Liverpool ward)

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Grassendale and Cressington ward is an electoral division of Liverpool City Council in the Liverpool Garston Parliamentary constituency, in the Garston area of Liverpool.

Background

The ward was established as the Grassendale ward in 1980 which was replaced by the Cressington ward in 2004, becoming Grassendale and Cressington 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. Grassendale ward was represented by three councillors.

The report describes the boundaries of Grassendale ward as "Commencing at a point where the southwestern boundary of the City meets the southeastern boundary of Aigburth Ward, thence generally northeastwards along said ward boundary to the southern boundary of Church Ward, thence north-eastwards along said boundary to Mather Avenue, thence southeastwards along said avenue to Forthlin Road, thence southwestwards along said road to Yorkaster Road, thence southeastwards along said road to Hurstlyn Road, thence southwestwards along said road to Greenhill Road, thence southeast-wards and southwestwards along said road and Whitehedge Road to St Mary's Road, thence southeastwards along said road to Dock Road, thence southwest-wards along said road to its end and continuing due southwestwards to the southwestern boundary of the City, thence northwestwards along said boundary to the point of commencement".

2004 boundaries

Cressington ward was created for the 2004 municipal election from parts of the former Grassendale ward, and small sections of the former St. Mary's and Allerton wards. The ward boundaries were Mather Avenue, Woolton Road, the Northern Line, Garston Way, Dock Road, the River Mersey, Beechwood Road, Riversdale Road, Aigburth Hall Avenue, and Booker Avenue.

The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 14,503, and at the 2021 census 15,154.

2023 boundaries

In 2023 the ward boundaries were changed following a 2022 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which decided that the previous 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 ward was reformed as Grassendale and Cressington, being represented by one councillor. The ward was formed from part of the former Cressington ward.

The current ward boundaries are Beechwood Road, behind The Serpentine, Aigburth Hall Road, Glenhead Road, behind Stairhaven Road, Greenhill Road, Whitehedge Road, Garston Old Road, and behind Salisbury Road. The ward contains St Mary's Church, Grassendale, Cressington railway station and the Cressington Park and Grassendale Park estates.

Councillors

Election	Councillor
1980	Ernest Pine (Con)	Thomas Hobday (Con)	John Lea (Con)
1982	Ernest Pine (Con)	Thomas Hobday (Con)	John Lea (Con)
1983	Ernest Pine (Con)	Gerry Scott (Lib)	John Lea (Con)
1984	Ernest Pine (Con)	Gerry Scott (Lib)	J.C. Greenwood (Lib)
1986	Beatrice Fraenkel (Alliance)	Gerry Scott (Lib)	J.C. Greenwood (Lib)
1987	Beatrice Fraenkel (Alliance)	Gerry Scott (Lib)	J.C. Greenwood (Lib)
1988	Beatrice Fraenkel (Alliance)	Gerry Scott (Lib)	W. Bullock (SLD)
1990	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	W. Bullock (LD)
1991	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	W. Bullock (LD)
1992	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	G. Smith (LD)
1994	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	G. Smith (LD)
1995	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	G. Smith (LD)
1996	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	Chris Curry (LD)
1998	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	Chris Curry (LD)
1999	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	Chris Curry (LD)
2000	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	Chris Curry (LD)
2002	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	Chris Curry (LD)
2003	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)	Gerry Scott (LD)	Chris Curry (LD)
WARD REFORMED
2004	Richard Oglethorpe (LD)	Peter Millea (LD)	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)
2006	Richard Oglethorpe (LD)	Peter Millea (LD)	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)
2007	Richard Oglethorpe (LD)	Peter Millea (LD)	Beatrice Fraenkel (LD)
2008	Richard Oglethorpe (LD)	Peter Millea (LD)	Paula Keaveney (LD)
2010	Richard Oglethorpe (LD)	Peter Millea (LD)	Paula Keaveney (LD)
2011	Richard Oglethorpe (LD)	Bill Jones (Lab)	Paula Keaveney (LD)
2012	Richard Oglethorpe (LD)	Bill Jones (Lab)	Mary Aspinall (Lab)
2014	Lynnie Hinnigan (Lab)	Bill Jones (Lab)	Mary Aspinall (Lab)
2015	Lynnie Hinnigan (Lab)	Bill Jones (Lab)	Mary Aspinall (Lab)
2016	Lynnie Hinnigan (Lab)	Bill Jones (Lab)	Tricia O'Brien (Lab)
2018	Lynnie Hinnigan (Lab)	Bill Jones (Lab)	Tricia O'Brien (Lab)
2019	Lynnie Hinnigan (Lab)	Sam Gorst (Lab)	Tricia O'Brien (Lab)
2021	Lynnie Hinnigan (Lab)	Sam Gorst (Ind)	Richard Clein (LD)
WARD REFORMED
2023	Richard Clein (LD)

indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.

indicates seat up for re-election.

indicates change in affiliation.

indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

4 May 2023
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Clein§	1,073	56.12
	Labour	Eileen Francis Walsh	568	29.71
	Green	Ceri Rhys Jones	228	11.92
	Conservative	Derek Thomas Nuttall	43	2.25
Majority	505	26.41
Turnout	1,912	41.25
Rejected ballots	17	0.88
Total ballots	1,929	41.36
Registered electors	4,635
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

§Richard Clein was a re-standing councillor for Cressington ward.

6 May 2021
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Clein	2,448	49.45	8.39
	Labour	Patricia O'Brien	1684	34.02	8.62
	Green	Jean-Paul Roberts	560	11.31	0.25
	Conservative	Pauline Ann Shuttleworth	156	3.15	1.59
	TUSC	Alex Smith	102	2.06	n/a
Majority	764	15.43	13.86
Turnout	4,950	41.80	3.36
Rejected ballots	80	1.59	0.78
Total ballots	5,030	42.47
Registered electors	11,843
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing	8.51

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Gorst	1,896	42.64	9.80
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	1,826	41.06	7.46
	Green	Jean-Paul Roberts	514	11.56	4.22
	Conservative	Christopher Matthew Hall	211	4.74	1.89
Majority	70	1.57	17.27
Turnout	4,482	38.44	1.85
Registered electors	11,659
Rejected ballots	35	0.78	0.69
	Labour hold	Swing	-8.63

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Lynnie Hinnigan*	2,444	52.44	3.86
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	1,566	33.60	3.17
	Green	Elke Weissmann	342	7.34	2.03
	Conservative	Jade Louise Marsden	309	6.63	1.62
Majority	878	18.84	0.69
Turnout	4,665	40.29	1.07
Registered electors	11,578
Rejected ballots	4	0.09
	Labour hold	Swing	0.34

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tricia O'Brien	2,168	48.58%	−7.99%
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Clare Martin	1,358	30.43%	+12.07%
	Green	James Joseph Myles	418	9.37%	−1.22%
	Conservative	Jade Marsden	368	8.25%	−4.39%
	TUSC	Martin Cavanagh	151	3.38%	+1.53%
Majority	810	18.15%	−20.06%
Registered electors	11,489
Turnout	4,506	39.22%	−31.11%
	Labour hold	Swing	-10.03%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Jones	4,647	56.57%	+9.51%
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Clare Martin	1,508	18.36%	−2.00%
	Conservative	Jade Marsden	1038	12.64%	+5.23%
	Green	James Joseph Myles	870	10.59%	+1.22%
	TUSC	Elise Kathryn Khan	152	1.85%	n/a
Majority	3,139	38.21%	+11.51%
Registered electors	11,760
Turnout	8,271	70.33%	+33.00%
	Labour hold	Swing	5.76%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynnie Hinnigan	2,039	47.06%	+0.62%
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Andrew McCaffrey	882	20.36%	−23.51%
	UKIP	Austin Lucas	540	12.46%	n/a
	Green	Martin Trevor Randall	406	9.37%	+4.05%
	Conservative	Jade Louise Marsden	321	7.41%	+3.04%
	Liberal	Maureen Keyes	145	3.35%	n/a
Majority	1,157	26.70%	+24.13%
Turnout	4,333	37.33%	−5.75%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing	+12.07%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Aspinall	2295	46.44%	−7.09%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Swing	-23.66%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Jones	2879	53.53%	+9.23%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Swing	9.63%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Cressington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold	Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Cressington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold	Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Cressington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold	Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Cressington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats 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 Democrats	Beatrice Fraenkel	2747
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Millea	2536
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

•bold - Denotes the winning candidate. •italics - Denotes sitting Councillor.