# Much Woolton & Hunts Cross (Liverpool ward)

Much Woolton and Hunts Cross ward is an electoral district of Liverpool City Council within the Liverpool Garston constituency.

## Background
### 2023 ward

The ward was created for the elections held on 4 May 2023 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 Much Woolton and Hunts Cross ward was created as a two-member ward from the south and eastern part of the former Allerton and Hunts Cross ward with portions of the former Woolton ward. The ward boundaries follow Allerton Road, High Street, Woolton Street, Acrefield Road, Hollytree Road, and to the North Liverpool Extension Line to Out Lane, Halewood Road, Macket's Lane, and thence in a straight line to the West Coast Mainline to its Junction with the Northern Line then along Hillfoot Road. The ward contains Woolton Village, Hunt's Cross, Camp Hill, and Hunts Cross railway station.

### 1918 ward

The Much Woolton ward was created in 1918 covering the area of Woolton Village. This ward was removed in the 1953 rearrangement becoming part of the expanded Woolton ward.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| AS MUCH WOOLTON |||||||
| 1918 | John Hinshaw (Con) |
| 1919 | John Hinshaw (Con) |
| 1920 | John Hinshaw (Con) | Thomas Harrison (Con) |
| 1921 | Robert Gladstone (NatLib) | Thomas Harrison (Con) |
| 1922 | Robert Gladstone (NatLib) | Thomas Harrison (Con) |
| 1923 | Robert Gladstone (NatLib) | John Reynolds (Con) |
| 1924 | Robert Gladstone (Ind) | John Reynolds (Con) |
| 1925 | Robert Gladstone (Ind) | John Reynolds (Con) |
| 1926 | Robert Gladstone (Ind) | John Reynolds (Con) |
| 1927 | William Napier (Con) | John Reynolds (Con) |
| 1928 | William Napier (Con) | John Reynolds (Con) |
| 1929 | William Napier (Con) | John Reynolds (Con) | Charles Pethick (Con) |
| 1930 | William Napier (Con) | John Reynolds (Con) | Charles Pethick (Con) |
| 1931 | William Napier (Con) | Herbert Bewley (Con) | Charles Pethick (Con) |
| 1932 | William Napier (Con) | Herbert Bewley (Con) | Caroline Whiteley (Ind) |
| 1933 | Joseph Butterfield (Con) | Herbert Bewley (Con) | Caroline Whiteley (Ind) |
| 1934 | Joseph Butterfield (Con) | Ernest Whiteley (Ind) | Caroline Whiteley (Ind) |
| 1935 | Joseph Butterfield (Con) | Ernest Whiteley (Ind) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1935 | Joseph Butterfield (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1936 | Joseph Butterfield (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1937 | Joseph Butterfield (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1938 | Joseph Butterfield (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1939-1944: ELECTIONS WERE NOT HELD DUE TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR |||||||
| 1945 | Reginald Stewart (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1946 | Reginald Stewart (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1947 | Reginald Stewart (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1949 | Reginald Stewart (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1950 | Reginald Stewart (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Isaac Robinson (Con) |
| 1951 | Reginald Stewart (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Joseph Norton (Con) |
| 1952 | Reginald Stewart (Con) | Vivian Crosthwaite (Con) | Joseph Norton (Con) |
| 1953-2023 WARD DISESTABLISHED |||||||
| 2023 | Mirna Juarez (LD) | Dave Aizlewood (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

2025 byelection

### Much Woolton & Hunts Cross

Much Woolton & Hunts Cross (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mirna Juarez * | 1,933 | 59.51 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Aizlewood | 1,562 | 48.09 | N/A |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Smith | 1,132 | 34.85 | N/A |
| | Labour | Carol Sung * | 843 | 25.95 | N/A |
| | Green | Maggi Williams | 383 | 11.79 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Denise Mary Nuttall | 161 | 4.96 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 430 | | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,592 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,258 | 33.97 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| Much Woolton & Hunts Cross voter photo ID data |
| Voters initially refused a ballot paper | 11 |
| Voters who returned with accepted ID | 5 |
| Voters who did not return to vote | 6 |
Mirna Juarez was an outgoing councillor for the pre-2023 Allerton and Hunts Cross ward.
Carol Sung (Labour) was an outgoing councillor for the pre-2023 Croxteth ward, serving between 2021 and 2023, and prior to that a councillor for Tuebrook and Stoneycroft between 2015 and 2019.