Knowsley Council election 2006
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Elections to Knowsley Council were held on 4th May, 2006. 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 51
- Liberal Democrat 12
[edit] Election result
Knowsley Local Election Result 2006 | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
Labour | 17 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 77.3 | 56.9 | 12,817 | -3.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 22.7 | 33.6 | 7,579 | +0.2% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 1,201 | +2.3% | |
United Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 592 | +2.6% | |
British National | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 188 | +0.6% | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 149 | -0.5% |
Three Labour councillors were uncontested.
[edit] Ward results
Cherryfield | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Lonergan | 760 | 73.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John White | 276 | 26.6 | ||
Majority | 484 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,036 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Halewood North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | David Smithson | 812 | 68.8 | ||
Labour | Edna Finneran | 369 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 443 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,181 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Halewood South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Birch | 576 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | Roy Nicholson | 533 | 37.6 | ||
United Socialist | Andrew Thompson | 310 | 21.8 | ||
Majority | 43 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,419 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Halewood West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Thomas Fearns | 794 | 73.8 | ||
United Socialist | Eric McIntosh | 282 | 26.2 | ||
Majority | 512 | 47.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,076 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kirkby Central | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Marie Stuart | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Northwood | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Michael Murphy | 587 | 63.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Williams | 342 | 36.8 | ||
Majority | 245 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 929 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Page Moss | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Laurence Nolan | 765 | 83.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Rigby | 156 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | 609 | 66.2 | |||
Turnout | 921 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Park | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Greer | 634 | 66.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Rossiter | 314 | 33.1 | ||
Majority | 320 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 948 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Prescot East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph McGarry | 747 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | David Friar | 555 | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 192 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,302 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Prescot West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wynn | 867 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | Robert Whiley | 494 | 32.7 | ||
Socialist Labour | Stephen Whatham | 149 | 9.9 | ||
Majority | 373 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,510 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Roby | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Christina O'Hare | 988 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Gary Robertson | 851 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 137 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,839 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shevington | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Malcolm Sharp | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Bartholomews (2) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Margaret Harvey | 819 | |||
Labour | Anthony Cunningham | 789 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Swainbank | 365 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mahmood Surti | 236 | |||
Turnout | 2,209 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Gabriels | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | Frederick Fricker | 737 | 56.0 | ||
Labour | Michael Peers | 579 | 44.0 | ||
Majority | 158 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,316 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
St Michaels | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kenneth Keith | 882 | 61.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gary Anderson | 557 | 38.7 | ||
Majority | 325 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,439 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stockbridge | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Michael Foulkes | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Swanside | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Graham Wright | 1,098 | 75.8 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Robertson | 350 | 24.2 | ||
Majority | 748 | 51.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,448 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whiston North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Pauline Kelly | 660 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Lappin | 621 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 39 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,281 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Whiston South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Anthony Newman | 719 | 51.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Southern | 685 | 48.8 | ||
Majority | 34 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,404 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whitefield | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Doris Keats | 792 | 62.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Fisher | 288 | 22.7 | ||
British National | Gary Aronsson | 188 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 504 | 39.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,268 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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Preceded by Knowsley Council election 2004 |
Knowsley local elections | Succeeded by Knowsley Council election 2007 |