2000 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout was 18.0%. The election in Longview ward was postponed until June.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2000
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 18-285.760.311,388-9.1%
  Liberal Democrats 3+214.324.24,567+13.5%
  Conservative 00011.32,139-0.7%
  Independent 0003.6688-4.1%
  Socialist Labour 0000.590+0.3%

Ward results

Cantril Farm
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis O'Rourke29654.4-0.1
Independent Ian Williams22441.2-1.2
Conservative Robert Arnall244.4+1.2
Majority7213.2+1.2
Turnout 54415.0-1.8
Cherryfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Smith43567.8-8.2
Independent Norman Harris15724.5+0.5
Conservative Anthony Upham507.8+7.8
Majority27843.3-8.7
Turnout 64215.3+0.1
Halewood East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Smithson1,15465.9+43.6
Labour Keith McGhee45425.9-36.8
Conservative Gillian Robertson1428.1-6.9
Majority70040.0
Turnout 1,75023.7+4.0
Halewood South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Nicholson45867.8
Liberal Democrats Cecelia Saleemi21832.2
Majority24035.6
Turnout 67616.6
Halewood West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Hogg45967.2-2.6
Liberal Democrats Sarah Smithson22432.8+2.6
Majority23534.4-5.2
Turnout 68315.5-2.4
Kirkby Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John King56190.9-2.5
Conservative Charles Brent569.1+2.5
Majority50581.8-5.0
Turnout 61714.2-3.2
Knowsley Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Foulkes50156.0-2.9
Conservative Thomas Fagan39344.0+2.9
Majority10812.0-5.8
Turnout 89417.5-4.0
Northwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Williams54690.2+23.5
Conservative Andrew Pates599.8+7.2
Majority48780.4+44.4
Turnout 60516.4-4.2
Page Moss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maragret Flaherty53470.0
Liberal Democrats June Porter13918.2
Socialist Labour Carole Whatham9011.8
Majority39551.8
Turnout 76314.4
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Parker60559.8-12.3
Independent John Gallagher29729.3+7.5
Conservative Geoffrey Allen11010.9+4.7
Majority30830.5-19.8
Turnout 1,01217.8-2.7
Prescot East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joseph McGarry59962.1+18.2
Labour Joan Molloy36637.9-15.1
Majority23324.2
Turnout 96521.7+0.0
Prescot West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Byron89662.0+11.2
Labour Derek McEgan54838.0-8.6
Majority34824.0+19.8
Turnout 1,44431.8+2.8
Princess
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth McGlashan46780.1
Liberal Democrats William Sommerfield11619.9
Majority35160.2
Turnout 58313.7
Roby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christina O'Hare76645.2-11.0
Conservative Gary Robertson68940.7+11.2
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Lappin22913.5+13.5
Independent John Webster100.6-13.7
Majority774.5-22.2
Turnout 1,69424.4-1.6
St Gabriels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian O'Hare47255.5-33.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Davis31236.7+36.7
Conservative Susan Ford677.9-3.4
Majority16018.8-58.6
Turnout 85119.4-0.1
St Michaels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Curran57879.9
Liberal Democrats Inagh Smith14520.1
Majority43359.8
Turnout 72316.7
Swanside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Maguire85870.7-13.7
Conservative Stephen McPartland19015.7+0.1
Liberal Democrats John Wynn16613.7+13.7
Majority66855.0-13.8
Turnout 1,21420.3-1.5
Tower Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Halpin52988.5-3.9
Conservative Thomas Lee6911.5+3.9
Majority46077.0-7.8
Turnout 59810.7-1.9
Whiston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Murphy57070.5-8.0
Liberal Democrats Ann Whatham23829.5+8.0
Majority33241.0-16.0
Turnout 80815.9-3.8
Whiston South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Howard73668.7-9.0
Conservative Mark Salmon20419.0-3.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Lappin13112.2+12.2
Majority53249.7-5.7
Turnout 1,07119.0-3.7
Whitefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Keats64988.3+15.9
Conservative Lorna Gough8611.7+5.4
Majority56376.6+25.5
Turnout 73513.8-0.4

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  1. ↑ "Knowsley". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 December 2009.
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