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The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England. It covers several towns and villages, including Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood, Cronton and Stockbridge Village; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres. It takes its name from the village of Knowsley, though its headquarters are in Huyton. It forms part of the wider Liverpool City Region.
Sir George Edward Howarth is a British Labour Party politician who serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley. He also served the seat's predecessors since being elected in a by-election in 1986, firstly as the MP for Knowsley North and then Knowsley North and Sefton East (1997–2010).
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Knowsley Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 45 councillors have been elected from 15 wards.
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Elections were held on 7 May 1998. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 18.0%. The election in Longview ward was postponed until June.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 20.7%.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of councillors by three. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 33.7%.
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.
Huyton was a former constituency for the House of Commons. Created in 1950, it was centred on Huyton in Lancashire, North West England, just beyond the borders of the city of Liverpool. The only MP was frontbench Labour politician, Harold Wilson who while representing the seat became Leader of the Labour Party in 1963 and prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
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.
The 1986 Knowsley North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 November 1986 for the British House of Commons constituency of Knowsley North.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with councillors elected at the 2008 Knowsley Council election defending their seats this time.
The 2016 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. 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. This was held on the same day as other local elections.
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 3 May 2018, as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections. Although the council is normally elected in thirds, all 96 council seats were up for election due to boundary changes. Labour retained its near-complete dominance of the council. The sole change was that the Liberal Democrats gained a second seat in Didsbury West.
The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held in May 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region, alongside other local elections across England and Wales, to elect councillors, the mayor of Liverpool, and police and crime commissioners across the city region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 15 out of 45 — on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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- ↑ "Knowsley". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 December 2009.
