2007 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 50
• Liberal Democrat 13

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	0	1	-1	78.3	57.2	13,575	+0.3%
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	0	+1	21.7	30.7	7,300	-2.9%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	7.4	1,757	+2.1%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	448	+1.1%
	United Socialist	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	283	-1.4%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	231	+1.0%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	154	-0.1%

5 Labour candidates were uncontested.

Ward results

Cherryfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Aston	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Halewood North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Smithson	590	44.0	−24.8
	Labour	Tina Harris	431	32.1	+0.9
	BNP	Tony Ward	218	16.3	+16.3
	Conservative	Karen Turner	102	7.6	+7.6
Majority			159	11.9	−25.7
Turnout			1,341
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Halewood South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Smith	613	41.1	+0.5
	Labour	Edna Finneran	610	40.9	+3.3
	United Socialist	Andy Tomo	191	12.8	−9.0
	Conservative	Jean Read	77	5.2	+5.2
Majority			3	0.2	−2.8
Turnout			1,491
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Halewood West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Hogg	733	66.2	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jimmy Donegan	283	25.5	+25.5
	United Socialist	Eric McIntosh	92	8.3	−17.9
Majority			450	40.7	−6.9
Turnout			1,108
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkby Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brennan	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Longview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Reid	702	58.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Woods	495	41.4
Majority			207	17.2
Turnout			1,197
	Labour hold		Swing

Northwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Garland	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Page Moss (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken McGlashan	783
	Labour	Veronica McNeill	716
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wiggins	186
	Liberal Democrats	Les Rigby	153
Turnout			1,838
	Labour hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Dobbie	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Prescot East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan McGarry	657	49.5	−7.9
	Labour	Dave Friar	565	42.6	+0.0
	Conservative	Robin Webster	105	7.9	+7.9
Majority			102	6.9	−7.9
Turnout			1,327
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prescot West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Sommerfield	777	45.6	−11.8
	Labour	Phil Foukes	574	33.7	+1.0
	Conservative	Tony Read	200	11.7	+11.7
	Socialist Labour	Steve Whatham	154	9.0	−0.9
Majority			203	11.9	−12.8
Turnout			1,705
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,260	58.6	+4.9
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	889	41.4	−4.9
Majority			371	17.2	+9.8
Turnout			2,149
	Labour hold		Swing

Shevington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Grierson	647	68.9
	Liberal Democrats	John White	209	22.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Allen	83	8.8
Majority			438	46.6
Turnout			939
	Labour hold		Swing

St Bartholomews (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Cunningham	871
	Labour	Andy Moorhead	848
	Liberal Democrats	Mal Swainbank	465
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Gresty	463
Turnout			2,647
	Labour hold		Swing

St Gabriels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Currie	616	46.4	−9.6
	Labour	Diane Oakford	587	44.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Susan Ford	126	9.5	+9.5
Majority			29	2.2	−9.8
Turnout			1,329
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St Michaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lilly	920	64.3	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Anderson	510	35.7	−3.0
Majority			410	28.6	+6.0
Turnout			1,430
	Labour hold		Swing

Stockbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Baum	721	75.7
	Independent	Pop Muldoon	231	24.3
Majority			490	51.4
Turnout			952
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Maguire	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Whiston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Gaffney	776	53.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Donnelly	514	35.1	−13.4
	Conservative	Louise Parry	175	11.9	+11.9
Majority			262	17.9	+14.9
Turnout			1,465
	Labour hold		Swing

Whiston South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vince Cullen	913	54.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Southern	769	45.7	−3.1
Majority			144	8.6	+6.2
Turnout			1,682
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Keats	918	80.0	+17.5
	BNP	Gary Aronsson	230	20.0	+5.2
Majority			688	60.0	+20.2
Turnout			1,148
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• Knowsley borough elections 2007