2006 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2006 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

4 May 2006
22 of the 63 seats on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 17 5 Seats after 51 12 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 12,744 7,619 Percentage 56.7% 33.9% Swing 0.6% 0.7%
A map of the 2006 Knowsley Council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 51
• Liberal Democrat 12

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17	1	2	-1	77.3	56.9	12,817	-0.6%
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	1	+1	22.7	33.6	7,579	-0.7%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	5.3	1,201	+2.5%
	United Socialist	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	592	+2.6%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	188	+0.3%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	149	-1.1%

Three Labour councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Cherryfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lonergan	760	73.4
	Liberal Democrats	John White	276	26.6
Majority			484	46.8
Turnout			1,036
	Labour hold		Swing

Halewood North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Smithson	812	68.8
	Labour	Edna Finneran	369	31.2
Majority			443	37.6
Turnout			1,181
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Halewood South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Birch	576	40.6
	Labour	Roy Nicholson	533	37.6
	United Socialist	Andrew Thompson	310	21.8
Majority			43	3.0
Turnout			1,419
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Halewood West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fearns	794	73.8
	United Socialist	Eric McIntosh	282	26.2
Majority			512	47.6
Turnout			1,076
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkby Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Stuart	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Northwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Murphy	587	63.2
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Williams	342	36.8
Majority			245	26.4
Turnout			929
	Labour hold		Swing

Page Moss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Nolan	765	83.1
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Rigby	156	16.9
Majority			609	66.2
Turnout			921
	Labour hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Greer	634	66.9
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Rossiter	314	33.1
Majority			320	33.8
Turnout			948
	Labour hold		Swing

Prescot East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph McGarry	747	57.4
	Labour	David Friar	555	42.6
Majority			192	14.8
Turnout			1,302
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prescot West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Wynn	867	57.4
	Labour	Robert Whiley	494	32.7
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Whatham	149	9.9
Majority			373	24.7
Turnout			1,510
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christina O'Hare	988	53.7
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	851	46.3
Majority			137	7.4
Turnout			1,839
	Labour hold		Swing

Shevington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Sharp	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

St Bartholomews (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Harvey	819
	Labour	Anthony Cunningham	789
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Swainbank	365
	Liberal Democrats	Mahmood Surti	236
Turnout			2,209
	Labour hold		Swing

St Gabriels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Fricker	737	56.0
	Labour	Michael Peers	579	44.0
Majority			158	12.0
Turnout			1,316
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St Michaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Keith	882	61.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Anderson	557	38.7
Majority			325	22.6
Turnout			1,439
	Labour hold		Swing

Stockbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Foulkes	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Wright	1,098	75.8
	Conservative	Gillian Robertson	350	24.2
Majority			748	51.6
Turnout			1,448
	Labour hold		Swing

Whiston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Kelly	660	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Lappin	621	48.5
Majority			39	3.0
Turnout			1,281
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Whiston South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Newman	719	51.2
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Southern	685	48.8
Majority			34	2.4
Turnout			1,404
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Keats	792	62.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fisher	288	22.7
	BNP	Gary Aronsson	188	14.8
Majority			504	39.8
Turnout			1,268
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• Results on council site