2008 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Last updated July 01, 2025

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.

Candidates

Shevington Ward

Shevington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Halpin
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Kolodynski
	Conservative	Edward Vose

Park Ward

Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dobbie	624	62.40	−37.60
	Liberal Democrats	John White	376	37.60	+37.60

Northwood Ward

Northwood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Connor
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wynn

Whitefiled Ward

Whitefiled Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
BNP	Gary Aronsson	72	4.92	−15.08
Labour	Rosamond Smith	629	42.96	−37.04
1st 4 Kirkby	Jennifer Wharton	613	41.87	+41.87
Liberal Democrats	John Wickham	150	10.25	+10.25

Cherryfield Ward

Cherryfield Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Edward Grannell	634	47.85	−52.15
1st 4 Kirkby	Ann Murphy	487	36.75	+36.75
Conservative	James Nolan	73	5.51	+5.51
Liberal Democrats	Donald Pryde	131	9.89	+9.89

Kirkby Central Ward

Kirkby Central Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
1st 4 Kirkby	Anthony Barton	443	33.32	+33.32
Liberal Democrats	Peter Fisher	165	12.39	+12.39
Labour	Jacqueline Harris	722	54.29	−45.71

Prescot West Ward

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

Prescot East Ward

Prescot East Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Friar
	Conservative	Suzanne Parry
	Liberal Democrats	William Sommerfield

Stockbridge Ward

Stockbridge Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Nield
	Labour	William Weightman

Longview Ward

Longview Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Harvey
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Woods

Page Moss Ward

Page Moss Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Rigby
	Labour	Thomas Russell

St Michaels Ward

St Michaels Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Moorhead
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Roberts

St Bartholomews Ward

St Bartholomews Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Moorhead
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Mountaine

Swanside Ward

Swanside Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Donnelly
	Labour	Ronald Round
	Conservative	Sheila Webster

Roby Ward

Roby Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Bannon
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Smith
	Conservative	Robert Webster

St Gabriels Ward

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

Halewood North Ward

Halewood North Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Christina Harris	388	28.55	−3.55
Liberal Democrats	Shelley Powell	693	50.99	+6.99
BNP	Antony Ward	278	20.46	+4.16

Halewood West Ward

Halewood West Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Powell	405	36.39	+10.89
	Labour	Bob Swann	708	63.61	−2.59

Halewood South Ward

Halewood South Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Henry Birch	691	46.63	+5.53
Labour	Edna Finneran	502	33.87	−7.03
United Socialist	Eric McIntosh	137	9.24	−3.56
Conservative	Joan Read	88	5.94	+0.74
Independent	Andrew Thompson	64	4.32	+4.32

Whiston North Ward

Whiston North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Gaffney
	Conservative	Louise Parry
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Yates

Whiston South Ward

Whiston South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lorraine Donovan
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Southern

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