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The 2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. [1]
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. [2] 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. [3]
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. [4]
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. [5] 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. [6]
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. [7] [8] 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.
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | ||||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| 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:
| 2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 12 |  | 80.0 | 19 | 31 | 68.9 | 16,273 | 63.1 | +4.1 | |
| Green | 1 | | 6.7 | 6 | 7 | 15.6 | 5,388 | 23.2 | -2.3 | |
| Independent | 1 | | 6.7 | 3 | 4 | 8.9 | 2,496 | 9.7 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | | 6.7 | 1 | 3 | 6.7 | 971 | 3.8 | -3.7 | |
| Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 325 | 1.3 | -0.3 | |
| TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 0.9 | +0.4 | |
| Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 116 | 0.4 | N/A | |
The results for each ward were: [11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sean Donnelly | 1,254 | 84.1 | +10.0 | |
| Green | Patrick Francis Gilmore | 237 | 15.9 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 1017 | 68.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1491 | 18.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Flute | 1,300 | 71.8 | +3.2 | |
| Independent | Lili Berry | 511 | 28.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 789 | 43.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1811 | 22.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Edna Finneran | 978 | 50.6 | +4.2 | |
| Independent | Suzanne Harvey | 955 | 49.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 23 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1933 | 23.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Matthew Rawlinson | 1,004 | 73.1 | -9.4 | |
| TUSC | Neill Dunne | 224 | 16.3 | N/A | |
| Green | Russell Greenway | 146 | 10.6 | -6.9 | |
| Majority | 780 | 56.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1374 | 15.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Ken McGlashan | 1,010 | 67.0 | +0.3 | |
| Green | John Carine | 419 | 27.8 | -5.5 | |
| Conservative | Ruth Shuk Fun Lee | 78 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 591 | 39.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1507 | 17.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Smith | 971 | 49.7 | -2.2 | |
| Labour | Tommy Grierson | 891 | 45.6 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Peter Stanley Leadbeater | 91 | 4.7 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 80 | 4.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1953 | 21.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Graham Wickens | 1,029 | 60.0 | -9.1 | |
| Labour | Diane Sedman | 686 | 40.0 | +9.1 | |
| Majority | 343 | 20.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1715 | 23.3 | |||
| Green hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Megan Dever | 1,383 | 59.2 | +11.5 | |
| Green | Carmen Escalante-Callejo | 953 | 40.8 | -8.2 | |
| Majority | 430 | 18.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2336 | 30.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Aimee Wright | 1,150 | 80.4 | -5.7 | |
| Green | Cathy Connolly | 281 | 19.6 | +5.7 | |
| Majority | 869 | 60.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1431 | 17.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chantelle Lunt | 923 | 52.0 | +8.2 | |
| Green | Crispin Evans | 852 | 48.0 | -6.8 | |
| Majority | 71 | 4.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1775 | 24.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joan Lilly | 1,154 | 83.4 | +5.2 | |
| Green | James Brian Taylor | 230 | 16.6 | -5.2 | |
| Majority | 924 | 66.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1384 | 19.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lynn O’Keeffe | 1,086 | 83.1 | +3.5 | |
| Green | Paul Ryan | 221 | 16.9 | -3.5 | |
| Majority | 865 | 66.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1307 | 15.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Morgan | 1,595 | 82.3 | +1.1 | |
| Green | Jade Escalante-Callejo | 259 | 13.4 | -5.4 | |
| Conservative | William George Finnan | 83 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1336 | 68.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1937 | 25.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Byron | 1,026 | 51.9 | +4.0 | |
| Green | Michael Antony Rutland | 761 | 38.5 | -13.6 | |
| Reform UK | Adam Heatherington | 116 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Olusoji Arosanyin | 73 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 265 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1976 | 26.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Steve Smith | 1,030 | 55.3 | N/A | |
| Labour Co-op | Louise Harbour | 833 | 44.7 | -7.8 | |
| Majority | 197 | 10.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1863 | 23.1 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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