2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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15 out of 45 seats to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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LeaderGraham MorganKai Taylor
Party Labour Green
Leader's seatSwansidePrescot South
Last election31 seats, 59.0%7 seats, 23.2%
Seats before317
Seats after317
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 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderNoneIan Smith
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatPrescot North
Last election4 seats, 7.9%3 seat, 7.5%
Seats before43
Seats after43
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Knowsley UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Graham Morgan
Labour

Leader after election

Graham Morgan
Labour

The 2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. [1] No seats changed party at the election, and so Labour retained its majority on the council. [2]

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Background

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021 Knowsley UK local election 2021 map.svg
Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021
Result of the most recent council election in 2023 Knowsley UK ward map 2023.svg
Result of the most recent council election in 2023

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Knowsley was a district of the Merseyside metropolitan county. [3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority was created in 2014 and began electing the mayor of the Liverpool City Region from 2017. The body was given strategic powers covering a region that encompassed the former Merseyside metropolitan county with the addition of Halton Borough Council. [4]

Since its formation, Knowsley has continuously been under Labour control. The Liberal Democrats had become the main opposition party by the late 1990s, and continued to win seats on the council until the 2010 election, when Labour won every seat. Labour continued to win every seat in subsequent elections until the 2016 election, when three Liberal Democrats were elected. The first Green Party councillor was elected to the borough in the 2018 election, with the Green Party winning a further two seats in each of the 2019 election and 2021 election to become the council's main opposition. After the 2023 election, Labour held 31 seats, the Greens held seven, independent councillors held four and the Liberal Democrats held three. [5]

The positions up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. That election was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, but was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] In that election, Labour won twelve seats on 55.3% of the vote, the Green Party and independents won two seats each on 23.1% and 9.8% respectively and the Liberal Democrats won one seat on 5.9% of the vote. [7]

Electoral process

The council previously elected its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. [8] [9] However, following a boundary review, all forty-eight councillors will be elected at the same time. The election will take place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by up to three councillors. Electors will be able to vote for as many candidates as there are seats to fill, and the candidates with the most votes in each ward will be elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Knowsley aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

After 2023 electionBefore 2024 electionAfter 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 31 Labour 31 Labour 31
Green 7 Green 7 Green 7
Independent 4 Independent 4 Independent 4
Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3

Changes 2023–2024:

Result

2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 12Steady2.svg80.0193168.916,27363.1+4.1
  Green 1Steady2.svg6.76715.65,38823.2-2.3
  Independent 1Steady2.svg6.7348.92,4969.7+1.8
  Liberal Democrats 1Steady2.svg6.7136.79713.8-3.7
  Conservative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03251.3-0.3
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02240.9+0.4
  Reform 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01160.4N/A

Ward results

The results for each ward were: [12]

Cherryfield

Cherryfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Donnelly 1,254 84.1 +10.0
Green Patrick Francis Gilmore23715.9−0.1
Majority 101768.2
Turnout 149118.8
Labour hold Swing

Halewood North

Halewood North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Flute 1,300 71.8 +3.2
Independent Lili Berry51128.2N/A
Majority 78943.6
Turnout 181122.4
Labour hold Swing

Halewood South

Halewood South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edna Finneran 978 50.6 +4.2
Independent Suzanne Harvey95549.4N/A
Majority 231.2
Turnout 193323.2
Labour hold Swing

Northwood

Northwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Rawlinson 1,004 73.1 −9.4
TUSC Neill Dunne22416.3N/A
Green Russell Greenway14610.6−6.9
Majority 78056.8
Turnout 137415.5
Labour hold Swing

Page Moss

Page Moss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ken McGlashan 1,010 67.0 +0.3
Green John Carine41927.8−5.5
Conservative Ruth Shuk Fun Lee785.2N/A
Majority 59139.2
Turnout 150717.0
Labour hold Swing

Prescot North

Prescot North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith 971 49.7 −2.2
Labour Tommy Grierson89145.6+0.3
Conservative Peter Stanley Leadbeater914.7−0.9
Majority 804.1
Turnout 195321.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Prescot South

Prescot South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Graham Wickens 1,029 60.0 −9.1
Labour Diane Sedman68640.0+9.1
Majority 34320.0
Turnout 171523.3
Green hold Swing

Roby

Roby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Megan Dever 1,383 59.2 +11.5
Green Carmen Escalante-Callejo95340.8−8.2
Majority 43018.4
Turnout 233630.3
Labour hold Swing

Shevington

Shevington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aimee Wright 1,150 80.4 −5.7
Green Cathy Connolly28119.6+5.7
Majority 86960.8
Turnout 143117.6
Labour hold Swing

St Gabriels

St Gabriels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chantelle Lunt 923 52.0 +8.2
Green Crispin Evans85248.0−6.8
Majority 714.0
Turnout 177524.8
Labour hold Swing

St Michaels

St Michaels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Lilly 1,154 83.4 +5.2
Green James Brian Taylor23016.6−5.2
Majority 92466.8
Turnout 138419.9
Labour hold Swing

Stockbridge

Stockbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn O’Keeffe 1,086 83.1 +3.5
Green Paul Ryan22116.9−3.5
Majority 86566.2
Turnout 130715.3
Labour hold Swing

Swanside

Swanside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Morgan 1,595 82.3 +1.1
Green Jade Escalante-Callejo25913.4−5.4
Conservative William George Finnan834.3N/A
Majority 133668.9
Turnout 193725.8
Labour hold Swing

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Byron 1,026 51.9 +4.0
Green Michael Antony Rutland76138.5−13.6
Reform Adam Heatherington1165.9N/A
Conservative Olusoji Arosanyin733.7N/A
Majority 26513.4
Turnout 197626.0
Labour hold Swing

Whitefield

Whitefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steve Smith 1,030 55.3 N/A
Labour Co-op Louise Harbour83344.7−7.8
Majority 19710.6
Turnout 186323.1
Independent hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Notice of election | Knowsley Council". www.knowsley.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  2. ↑ Thorp, Liam; Haygarth, Dan; Jessett, Elliot (2 May 2024). "Knowsley Council local elections 2024 live results in full as they happen". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN   0-11-750847-0.
  4. ↑ "Establishment of a Combined Authority for the Liverpool City Region" (PDF). 21 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Thorp, Liam; Rand, Lisa (2023-05-04). "Knowsley Local Elections 2023: Results live as they happen". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  6. ↑ "Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year". BBC News. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  7. ↑ Thorp, Liam; McKeon, Christopher (2021-05-07). "Knowsley Council 2021 election results as they happen". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  8. ↑ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  9. ↑ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  10. ↑ Teale, Andrew (2024-03-21). "Previewing the four local by-elections of 21st March 2024". Britain Elects. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  11. ↑ "The Whitefield Ward by-election result is now in with Brian Johns (Independent) elected as Borough Councillor". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  12. ↑ "Local election results 2024". Knowsley Council. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
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