2016 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Last updated March 07, 2025

The 2016 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] Following a boundary review, the number of seats was reduced from 63 to 45, with all of these new seats being up for election at the same time.^[2] This was held on the same day as other local elections.

Election Results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2015.

Number of seats reduced by 18.

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results, 2016
Party		Candidates					Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Net	Net %	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	45	42	21	6.7	93.3	60.6	18,445	14.5
	Liberal Democrat	9	3	3	6.7	6.7	7.2	2,201	3.8
	Independent	5	0			0.0	7.1	2,153	5.8
	Conservative	10	0			0.0	6.8	2,069	1.2
	First For Kirby	3	0			0.0	6.4	1,935	0.2
	Green	4	0			0.0	4.6	1,386	2.4
	UKIP	7	0			0.0	4.1	1,258	0.2
	TUSC	5	0			0.0	3.3	990	1.7

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Changes in council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
63
Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
42	3
Labour	Liberal Democrat

Ward results

Cherryfield

Cherryfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Harris	1244	28.6	N/A
	Labour	Jayne Elizabeth Aston	1242	28.5	N/A
	Labour	David Mark Lonergan	1110	25.5	N/A
	First For Kirby	Jenny Bamber	638	14.6	N/A
	Conservative	Adam William Butler	123	2.8	N/A
Majority			606	14.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Halewood North

Halewood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan John Flute	1319	27.4	N/A
	Labour	Shelley Powell	1312	27.3	N/A
	Labour	Terry Powell	1231	25.6	N/A
	Green	Phil Williamson	353	7.3	N/A
	Independent	Bob Swann	320	6.7	N/A
	Conservative	Matthew Paul Smith	274	5.7	N/A
Majority			966	20.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Halewood South

Halewood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edna Finneran	1339	23.4	N/A
	Labour	Tina Harris	1333	23.3	N/A
	Labour	Gary Eric See	1191	20.8	N/A
	Independent	Allan Harvey	558	9.7	N/A
	TUSC	Bren Tyrrell	442	7.7	N/A
	TUSC	Paula Marjorie Thomas	324	5.7	N/A
	TUSC	Andy Tomo	330	5.8	N/A
	Conservative	Graham Tubey	215	3.8	N/A
Majority			781	13.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Northwood

Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Connor	1189	32.3	N/A
	Labour	Marie Ellen Stuart	1103	30.0	N/A
	Labour	Mike Murphy	779	21.2	N/A
	First For Kirby	Philip McKuhen	606	16.5	N/A
Majority			583	15.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Page Moss

Page Moss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken McGlashan	1208	32.1	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Veronica McNeill	1123	29.8	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Andy Moorhead	1051	27.9	N/A
	Green	Kirk Anthony Sandringham	385	10.2	N/A
Majority			823	21.8	N/A
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Prescot North

Prescot North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Cashman	1254	19.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	1196	19.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Wynn	1105	17.5	N/A
	Labour	Lynn O'Keeffe	839	13.3	N/A
	Labour	Mike Kearns	816	12.9	N/A
	Labour	Bill Weightman	702	11.1	N/A
	TUSC	Steve Whatham	222	3.5	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Peter Allan Avery	170	2.7	N/A
Majority			416	6.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Prescot South

Prescot South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steff O'Keeffe	1151	23.3	N/A
	Labour	Denise Allen	1131	22.9	N/A
	Labour	Dave Williams	1101	22.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Terence Shaw	503	10.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sophia April Smith	503	10.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Loftus Wickham	338	7.8	N/A
	Conservative	Sheila Mary Webster	171	3.5	N/A
Majority			648	13.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Roby

Roby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie Harvey	1364	22.3	N/A
	Labour	Pam Spall	1316	21.6	N/A
	Labour	Sarah Joanne Spall	1207	19.8	N/A
	UKIP	Ray Cleary	507	7.1	N/A
	UKIP	Gary John Robertson	436	5.9	N/A
	Conservative	Tyrone Noon	359	5.9	N/A
	UKIP	Sam Robertson	359	5.6	N/A
	Green	Martin Peter Mackarel	343	5.6	N/A
	Independent	Johnny Webster	212	3.5	N/A
Majority			857	14.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shevington

Shevington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Mooney	1060	30.4	N/A
	Labour	Tony Brennan	1055	30.2	N/A
	Labour	Ray Halpin	1047	30.0	N/A
	TUSC	Neill Thomas John Dunne	326	9.3	N/A
Majority			734	21.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Gabriel's

St Gabriel's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Walsh	1260	25.6	N/A
	Labour	Brian Michael O'Hare	1207	24.5	N/A
	Labour	Christina Maria O'Hare	1101	22.4	N/A
	UKIP	Fred Fricker	472	9.6	N/A
	UKIP	Sharon Marie Fricker	401	8.2	N/A
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Miney	354	7.2	N/A
	Conservative	Tony Read	122	2.5	N/A
Majority			788	16.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Michael's

St Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Elizabeth Lilly	1200	30.3	N/A
	Labour	Vickie Lamb	1185	30.0	N/A
	Labour	Kay Moorhead	1156	29.2	N/A
	UKIP	John David Price	279	7.1	N/A
	Conservative	Ron Ford	134	3.4	N/A
Majority			921	23.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Stockbridge

Stockbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margi O'Mara	1069	30.5	N/A
	Labour	John Jason Donnelly	1017	29.0	N/A
	Labour	Dennis John Baum	986	28.1	N/A
	Independent	Paul Gary Woods	437	12.5	N/A
Majority			632	18.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Swanside

Swanside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham James Morgan	1681	31.9	N/A
	Labour	Chris Bannon	1606	30.5	N/A
	Labour	Colin Dever	1444	27.4	N/A
	Green	Paul Kenneth Robert Marshall	305	5.8	N/A
	Conservative	Ray Newland	230	4.4	N/A
Majority			1376	26.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Byron	1433	26.3	N/A
	Labour	Tony Newman	1343	24.7	N/A
	Labour	Gillian Flatley	1303	23.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dave O'Hara	444	8.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Clare Smith	343	6.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Elizabeth Sommerfield	311	5.7	N/A
	Conservative	Carl Robert Cross	271	5.0	N/A
Majority			989	18.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whitfield

Whitefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Phillip Donnelly	1089	25.0	N/A
	Labour	Norman Frederick Keats	1063	24.4	N/A
	Labour	Ros Smith	886	20.3	N/A
	First For Kirby	Geraldine Veronica Robertson	691	15.9	N/A
	Independent	Brian Johns	626	14.4	N/A
Majority			398	9.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Changes between 2016 and 2018

St Michael's by-election July 2017

St Michael's by-election: 20th July 2017 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Kearns	716	86.6	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Boyle	58	7.0	New
	Green	Kirk Anthony Sandringham	53	6.4	New
Majority			658	79.6	2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Page Moss by-election March 2018

Page Moss by-election: 29th March 2018 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Del Arnall	657	78.2	11.6
	Green	Kirk Sandringham	74	8.8	1.4
	UKIP	Fred Fricker	68	8.1	New
	Conservative	Aaron Waters	41	4.9	New
Majority			583	69.4	10.2
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
↑ "The Knowsley (Electoral Changes) Order 2015". Legislation.gov.uk.
↑ "Local Election Results 2016 Knowsley". Local Elections Archive Project.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - St Michael's Ward" (PDF). Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Page Moss Ward" (PDF). Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

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[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[2] "The Knowsley (Electoral Changes) Order 2015". Legislation.gov.uk.

[3] "Local Election Results 2016 Knowsley". Local Elections Archive Project.

[4] "Declaration of Result of Poll - St Michael's Ward" (PDF). Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

[5] "Declaration of Result of Poll - Page Moss Ward" (PDF). Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

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