St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007

Map of the results of the 2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.

The 2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

After the last election in 2006, Labour were the largest party with 23 councillors, compared to 19 for the Liberal Democrats and 6 for the Conservatives.^[3] However following the election the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives reached an agreement to run the council together.^[4] In June 2006 2 Labour councillors, Bessie Griffin and Pat Robinson, left the party to sit as independent councillors,^[5] with Pat Robinson going on to join the Liberal Democrats early in 2007.^[6] This meant that before the 2007 election Labour had 21 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 19, the Conservatives 6, there was 1 independent and 1 seat was vacant,^[4] after the retirement of Liberal Democrat councillor Julie Jones.^[7]

17 seats were contested at the election, including 2 seats in Sutton,^[7] with both Labour and the Liberal Democrats defending 7, the Conservatives defended 2 seats, and 1 former Liberal Democrat seat was vacant.^[4] Key seats were expected before the election to be in Bold, Haydock, Town Centre and West Park wards.^[4] Candidates at the election included four from the British National Party,^[8] up from one in 2006, while a former Labour leader of the council in the 1980s, Brian Green, stood for the Community Action Party in Bold.^[6]

Election result

The Labour and Liberal Democrat parties both gained 2 seats from each other to leave the party balance on the council unchanged.^[9] Labour gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Thatto Heath and West Park to leave Labour on 21 seats, with the winner in West Park, Marlene Quinn, being the sister of the Labour group leader Marie Rimmer.^[9] However the Liberal Democrats took seats in Haydock and Town Centre from Labour to leave them just one seat behind Labour with 20 councillors.^[9] Meanwhile the Conservatives held the 2 seats they had been defending to remain with 6 seats and the only independent councillor was not defending their seat in 2007.^[2]

Following the election the independent councillor Bessie Griffin joined the Liberal Democrats, which meant both the Labour and Liberal Democrat groups had 21 seats.^[10] The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives continued to run the council, after agreeing to renew their pact.^[10]

St Helens local election result 2007^[11]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	8	2	2	0	47.1	41.4	19,781	+1.8%
	Labour	7	2	2	0	41.2	37.7	18,030	-2.7%
	Conservative	2	0	0	0	11.8	17.0	8,146	-0.3%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	879	+1.1%
	Community Action	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	561	-0.7%
	Community Performance First	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	313	+0.7%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	110	+0.2%

Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Pearson	1,321	42.5	-5.3
	Conservative	Michael Hodgson	922	29.7	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Gadsden	551	17.7	-3.7
	Community Performance First	Vinny Kay	313	10.1	+10.1
Majority			399	12.8	-4.2
Turnout			3,107	34.0	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbrook^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Maloney	1,266	63.7	+15.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Smith	299	15.0	-12.6
	Conservative	Judith Collins	259	13.0	+4.4
	Community Action	Janet Smee	164	8.2	-4.5
Majority			967	48.6	+27.5
Turnout			1,988	28.9	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bold^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Topping	933	43.9	-4.8
	Labour	Charlie Preston	911	42.9	-2.0
	Conservative	Charmian Pyke	165	7.8	+1.4
	Community Action	Brian Green	117	5.5	+5.5
Majority			22	1.0	-2.8
Turnout			2,126	28.7	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Earlestown^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Deakin	1,090	44.8	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Smith	1,000	41.1	+0.9
	Conservative	Brian Honey	234	9.6	-1.6
	Green	Andie Pennington	110	4.5	+4.5
Majority			90	3.7	-4.7
Turnout			2,434	30.2	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Eccleston^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Evans	2,696	69.8	+2.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Barton	587	15.2	-2.2
	Labour	Lynn Glover	577	14.9	-0.4
Majority			2,109	54.6	+4.8
Turnout			3,860	41.4	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Haydock^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Sheldon	1,820	59.6	+4.5
	Labour	Ken Cleary	1,022	33.5	-5.6
	Conservative	Anthony Rigby	211	6.9	+1.1
Majority			798	26.1	+10.1
Turnout			3,053	33.6	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Moss Bank^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Heyes	1,707	54.2	+1.9
	Labour	Roy Litherland	1,189	37.7	-2.5
	Conservative	William Highcock	254	8.1	+0.6
Majority			518	16.4	+4.3
Turnout			3,150	35.8	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newton^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Astbury	2,003	69.7	+5.6
	Labour	Louise Hazelby	613	21.3	-5.8
	Conservative	Margaret Harvey	257	8.9	+0.1
Majority			1,390	48.4	+11.4
Turnout			2,873	34.9	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Parr^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Roberts	1,379	69.2	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Pulfer	466	23.4	-5.0
	Conservative	Madeleine Wilcock	148	7.4	+1.8
Majority			913	45.8	+8.2
Turnout			1,993	23.2	-2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Rainford^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Grice	2,099	71.7	+11.8
	Labour	David Wood	634	21.7	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Barret	194	6.6	-6.1
Majority			1,465	50.1	+17.7
Turnout			2,927	42.9	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rainhill^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph De Asha	1,508	45.9	-0.2
	Conservative	Henry Spriggs	872	26.5	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christina Duncan	629	19.1	-4.5
	BNP	Frances Chesney	278	8.5	+8.5
Majority			636	19.3	+3.5
Turnout			3,287	35.8	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Knowles	2,198
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Topping	1,797
	Labour	Mike Glover	817
	Labour	Derek Maylor	747
	Conservative	Barbara Johnson	225
Turnout			5,784	30.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Thatto Heath^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Martinez-Williams	1,274	48.3	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Robinson	794	30.1	+10.7
	Conservative	Barbara Woodcock	201	7.6	-1.7
	BNP	Damian Smith	187	7.1	+7.1
	Community Action	Michael Perry	180	6.8	-8.7
Majority			480	18.2	-18.3
Turnout			2,636	29.2	+2.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Town Centre^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Hennessy	1,099	45.2	+4.2
	Labour	Martin Bond	959	39.4	+0.2
	BNP	Kevin Devine	194	8.0	-4.0
	Conservative	Jill Jones	129	5.3	+0.9
	Community Action	Leslie Teeling	50	2.1	-1.4
Majority			140	5.8	+4.0
Turnout			2,431	29.5	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

West Park^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marlene Quinn	1,741	52.2	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	1,150	34.5	-4.8
	BNP	Eric Swindells	220	6.6	+6.6
	Conservative	Richard Barton	174	5.2	-0.5
	Community Action	Tracy Lavelle	50	1.5	-1.7
Majority			591	17.7	+5.2
Turnout			3,335	37.1	-4.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Windle^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nancy Ashcroft	1,409	49.7	+0.8
	Labour	Geoffrey Almond	982	34.6	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Noreen Knowles	445	15.7	-1.3
Majority			427	15.1	+0.2
Turnout			2,836	35.2	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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