title: St. Oswald (ward)
text: # St. Oswald (ward)
  
  St. Oswald is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the northern part of the locality of Netherton. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 11,849.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  | Term | Councillor | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1973–Present | James Mahon | Labour Party |
  | 1983–Present | Mark Dowd | Labour Party |
  | 1991–Present | Peter Dowd | Labour Party |
  | 2016–Present | Carla Thomas | Labour Party |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections of 2015
  
  Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2011: St. Oswald :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Paula Spencer | 4412 | 86% |
  | | Conservative | Nigel Stuart Barber | 200 | 7% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Graham Bourne Farrell | 94 | 3% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2699 | 32% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Municipal Elections 2010: St. Oswald :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Peter Dowd | 3596 | 75% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Paul Michael Crossey | 529 | 11% |
  | | Conservative | Helen Louise Barber | 332 | 7% |
  | | UKIP | Bob Thompson | 332 | 7% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4789 | 56% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  