2006 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2006 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2004 4 May 2006 2007  

22 of the 63 seats on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won175
Seats after5112
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote12,7447,619
Percentage56.7%33.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.6%Decrease2.svg 0.7%

Knowsley UK ward map 2006.svg
A map of the 2006 Knowsley Council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in orange.

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.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1712-177.356.912,817-0.6%
  Liberal Democrats 521+122.733.67,579-0.7%
  Conservative 000005.31,201+2.5%
  United Socialist 000002.6592+2.6%
  BNP 000000.8188+0.3%
  Socialist Labour 000000.7149-1.1%

Three Labour councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Cherryfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lonergan76073.4
Liberal Democrats John White27626.6
Majority 48446.8
Turnout 1,036
Labour hold Swing
Halewood North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Smithson81268.8
Labour Edna Finneran36931.2
Majority 44337.6
Turnout 1,181
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Halewood South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Birch57640.6
Labour Roy Nicholson53337.6
United Socialist Andrew Thompson31021.8
Majority 433.0
Turnout 1,419
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Halewood West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Fearns79473.8
United Socialist Eric McIntosh28226.2
Majority 51247.6
Turnout 1,076
Labour hold Swing
Kirkby Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Stuartuncontested
Labour hold Swing
Northwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Murphy58763.2
Liberal Democrats Patrick Williams34236.8
Majority 24526.4
Turnout 929
Labour hold Swing
Page Moss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laurence Nolan76583.1
Liberal Democrats Leslie Rigby15616.9
Majority 60966.2
Turnout 921
Labour hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Greer63466.9
Liberal Democrats Thomas Rossiter31433.1
Majority 32033.8
Turnout 948
Labour hold Swing
Prescot East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joseph McGarry74757.4
Labour David Friar55542.6
Majority 19214.8
Turnout 1,302
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Prescot West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Wynn86757.4
Labour Robert Whiley49432.7
Socialist Labour Stephen Whatham1499.9
Majority 37324.7
Turnout 1,510
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Roby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christina O'Hare98853.7
Conservative Gary Robertson85146.3
Majority 1377.4
Turnout 1,839
Labour hold Swing
Shevington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Sharpuncontested
Labour hold Swing
St Bartholomews (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Harvey819
Labour Anthony Cunningham789
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Swainbank365
Liberal Democrats Mahmood Surti236
Turnout 2,209
Labour hold Swing
St Gabriels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Frederick Fricker73756.0
Labour Michael Peers57944.0
Majority 15812.0
Turnout 1,316
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
St Michaels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Keith88261.3
Liberal Democrats Gary Anderson55738.7
Majority 32522.6
Turnout 1,439
Labour hold Swing
Stockbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Foulkesuncontested
Labour hold Swing
Swanside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Wright1,09875.8
Conservative Gillian Robertson35024.2
Majority 74851.6
Turnout 1,448
Labour hold Swing
Whiston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pauline Kelly66051.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Lappin62148.5
Majority 393.0
Turnout 1,281
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Whiston South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Newman71951.2
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Southern68548.8
Majority 342.4
Turnout 1,404
Labour hold Swing
Whitefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Keats79262.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Fisher28822.7
BNP Gary Aronsson18814.8
Majority 50439.8
Turnout 1,268
Labour hold Swing