2008 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Results of the 2008 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Contents

Prior to the election, the composition of the council is:

Candidates

Shevington Ward

Shevington Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Halpin
Liberal Democrats Edwin Kolodynski
Conservative Edward Vose

Park Ward

Park Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Dobbie62462.40−37.60
Liberal Democrats John White37637.60+37.60

Northwood Ward

Northwood Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Connor
Liberal Democrats Sarah Wynn

Whitefiled Ward

Whitefiled Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Gary Aronsson724.92−15.08
Labour Rosamond Smith62942.96−37.04
1st 4 KirkbyJennifer Wharton61341.87+41.87
Liberal Democrats John Wickham15010.25+10.25

Cherryfield Ward

Cherryfield Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Grannell63447.85−52.15
1st 4 KirkbyAnn Murphy48736.75+36.75
Conservative James Nolan735.51+5.51
Liberal Democrats Donald Pryde1319.89+9.89

Kirkby Central Ward

Kirkby Central Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
1st 4 KirkbyAnthony Barton44333.32+33.32
Liberal Democrats Peter Fisher16512.39+12.39
Labour Jacqueline Harris72254.29−45.71

Prescot West Ward

Prescot West Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Birchall
Green Peter Cranie
Conservative Antony Read
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith

Prescot East Ward

Prescot East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Friar
Conservative Suzanne Parry
Liberal Democrats William Sommerfield

Stockbridge Ward

Stockbridge Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Nield
Labour William Weightman

Longview Ward

Longview Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Harvey
Liberal Democrats Paul Woods

Page Moss Ward

Page Moss Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Leslie Rigby
Labour Thomas Russell

St Michaels Ward

St Michaels Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Moorhead
Liberal Democrats Susan Roberts

St Bartholomews Ward

St Bartholomews Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Moorhead
Liberal Democrats Allison Mountaine

Swanside Ward

Swanside Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerald Donnelly
Labour Ronald Round
Conservative Sheila Webster

Roby Ward

Roby Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Bannon
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Smith
Conservative Robert Webster

St Gabriels Ward

St Gabriels Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Ford
Labour Brian O'Hare
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Walsh

Halewood North Ward

Halewood North Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christina Harris38828.55−3.55
Liberal Democrats Shelley Powell69350.99+6.99
BNP Antony Ward27820.46+4.16

Halewood West Ward

Halewood West Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terence Powell40536.39+10.89
Labour Bob Swann70863.61−2.59

Halewood South Ward

Halewood South Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Birch69146.63+5.53
Labour Edna Finneran50233.87−7.03
United Socialist Eric McIntosh1379.24−3.56
Conservative Joan Read885.94+0.74
Independent Andrew Thompson644.32+4.32

Whiston North Ward

Whiston North Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Gaffney
Conservative Louise Parry
Liberal Democrats Steven Yates

Whiston South Ward

Whiston South Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lorraine Donovan
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Southern