Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008

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.

Prior to the election, the composition of the council is

Candidates

Shevington Ward

Shevington Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Halpin
Liberal Democrat Edwin Kolodynski
Conservative Edward Vose

Park Ward

Park Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Dobbie 624 62.40 -37.60
Liberal Democrat John White 376 37.60 +37.60

Northwood Ward

Northwood Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Connor
Liberal Democrat Sarah Wynn

Whitefiled Ward

Whitefiled Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Gary Aronsson 72 4.92 -15.08
Labour Rosamond Smith 629 42.96 -37.04
1st 4 Kirkby Jennifer Wharton 613 41.87 +41.87
Liberal Democrat John Wickham 150 10.25 +10.25

Cherryfield Ward

Cherryfield Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Grannell 634 47.85 -52.15
1st 4 Kirkby Ann Murphy 487 36.75 +36.75
Conservative James Nolan 73 5.51 +5.51
Liberal Democrat Donald Pryde 131 9.89 +9.89

Kirkby Central Ward

Kirkby Central Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
1st 4 Kirkby Anthony Barton 443 33.32 +33.32
Liberal Democrat Peter Fisher 165 12.39 +12.39
Labour Jacqueline Harris 722 54.29 -45.71

Prescot West Ward

Prescot West Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Birchall
Green Peter Cranie
Conservative Antony Read
Liberal Democrat Ian Smith

Prescot East Ward

Prescot East Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Friar
Conservative Suzanne Parry
Liberal Democrat William Sommerfield

Stockbridge Ward

Stockbridge Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Nield
Labour William Weightman

Longview Ward

Longview Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Harvey
Liberal Democrat Paul Woods

Page Moss Ward

Page Moss Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Leslie Rigby
Labour Thomas Russell

St Michaels Ward

St Michaels Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Moorhead
Liberal Democrat Susan Roberts

St Bartholomews Ward

St Bartholomews Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Moorhead
Liberal Democrat Allison Mountaine

Swanside Ward

Swanside Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Gerald Donnelly
Labour Ronald Round
Conservative Sheila Webster

Roby Ward

Roby Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Bannon
Liberal Democrat Stephanie Smith
Conservative Robert Webster

St Gabriels Ward

St Gabriels Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Ford
Labour Brian O'Hare
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Walsh

Halewood North Ward

Halewood North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christina Harris 388 28.55 -3.55
Liberal Democrat Shelley Powell 693 50.99 +6.99
BNP Antony Ward 278 20.46 +4.16

Halewood West Ward

Halewood West Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Terence Powell 405 36.39 +10.89
Labour Bob Swann 708 63.61 -2.59

Halewood South Ward

Halewood South Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Henry Birch 691 46.63 +5.53
Labour Edna Finneran 502 33.87 -7.03
United Socialist Eric McIntosh 137 9.24 -3.56
Conservative Joan Read 88 5.94 +0.74
Independent Andrew Thompson 64 4.32 +4.32

Whiston North Ward

Whiston North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Gaffney
Conservative Louise Parry
Liberal Democrat Steven Yates

Whiston South Ward

Whiston South Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorraine Donovan
Liberal Democrat Yvonne Southern

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