Knowsley Council election, 2004

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Elections to Knowsley Council were held on 10th June, 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of councillors by three. The Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 33.7%.

[edit] Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	52			-3	82.5	60.0	48,652	-2.9%
	Liberal Democrat	11			0	17.5	33.4	27,088	+5.4%
	Conservative	0			0	0	3.0	2,471	-2.5%
	Independent	0			0	0	1.4	1,137	+0.0%
	Socialist Labour	0			0	0	1.2	979	+0.5%
	Green	0			0	0	0.8	675	-0.3%
	British National Party	0			0	0	0.2	147	-0.2%

6 Labour councillors were uncontested.

[edit] Ward results

Cherryfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Aston	uncontested
	Labour	Edward Grannell	uncontested
	Labour	Daniel Smith	uncontested

Halewood North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shelly Powell	857
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Smithson	849
	Liberal Democrat	David Smithson	834
	Labour	Andrew Moorhead	496
	Labour	Denise Allen	398
	Labour	Robert Whiley	377
Turnout			3,811	32.6

Halewood South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsay Moorhead-Taylor	720
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Smith	698
	Labour	William Cartin	696
	Labour	Roy Nicholson	689
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Powell	662
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Rigby	598
	Socialist Labour	Kevin Tyrrell	269
	Socialist Labour	Eric Mcintosh	187
	Socialist Labour	Ian Croft	153
	Independent	Andrew Thompson	126
Turnout			4,798	34.3

Halewood West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Swann	999
	Labour	Norman Hogg	998
	Labour	Thomas Fearns	863
	Liberal Democrat	David O'Hara	468
	Liberal Democrat	Cecelia Saleemi	321
Turnout			3,649	31.2

Kirkby Central (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brennan	uncontested
	Labour	Jacqueline Harris	uncontested
	Labour	John King	uncontested

Longview (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Kearns	914
	Labour	Diane Reid	912
	Labour	Samuel Lee	898
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Forrest	416
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Davis	374
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Rigby	346
Turnout			3,860	27.0

Northwood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Connor	761
	Labour	Terence Garland	693
	Labour	Mark Hagan	605
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Williams	540
	Liberal Democrat	John Robinson	496
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Scully	484
Turnout			3,579	30.5

Page Moss (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Russell	882
	Labour	Kenneth McGlashan	804
	Labour	Laurence Nolan	771
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Robb	437
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Wiggins	281
	Liberal Democrat	James Hope	265
Turnout			3,440	28.9

Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crummie	781
	Labour	Ernest Parker	736
	Labour	David Lonergan	651
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Rossiter	450
	Liberal Democrat	Teresa McLoughlin	449
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Fisher	435
Turnout			3,502	31.3

Prescot East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Sommerfield	847
	Liberal Democrat	Joan McGarry	844
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph McGarry	833
	Labour	David Friar	810
	Labour	Derek McEgan	809
	Labour	Thomas Dolan	771
Turnout			4,914	36.7

Prescot West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Smith	1,069
	Liberal Democrat	Marjorie Sommerfield	1,044
	Liberal Democrat	John Wynn	1,020
	Labour	Michael Foulkes	686
	Labour	Anthony Scoggins	685
	Labour	Patricia Devlin	679
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Whatham	256
	Socialist Labour	Daniel Croft	114
Turnout			5,553	39.2

Roby (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Quillaim	1,215
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,164
	Labour	Christina O'Hare	1,147
	Conservative	Robert Webster	665
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	663
	Conservative	Gillian Robertson	638
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Fricker	241
	Liberal Democrat	Lee Fricker	227
	Liberal Democrat	Jayne Fricker	224
Turnout			6,184	43.2

Shevington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Halpin	759
	Labour	Thomas Grierson	673
	Labour	Malcolm Sharp	666
	Liberal Democrat	John White	382
Turnout			2,480	26.1

St Bartholomews (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maragret Flaherty	932
	Labour	Arthur Murphy	932
	Labour	Anthony Cunningham	916
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Swainbank	489
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Ellis	488
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Estall	462
	Green	Catherine Leidstrom	132
	Green	Paul Monaghan	118
Turnout			4,469	36.2

St Gabriels (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Hare	687
	Labour	Joanne Hedges	664
	Labour	Michael Peers	663
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Fricker	613
	Liberal Democrat	Katie Farnell	570
	Liberal Democrat	Mahmood Surti	535
	Conservative	Susan Ford	178
	Conservative	Graham Parkin	167
	Conservative	Antony Read	160
Turnout			4,237	35.6

St Michaels (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Baker	1,229
	Labour	James Keight	1,227
	Labour	Kenneth Keith	1,193
	Liberal Democrat	June Porter	421
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Tennant	374
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tennant	335
Turnout			4,779	35.2

Stockbridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Weightman	867
	Labour	Dennis Baum	794
	Labour	Thomas Quirk	793
	Independent	Peter Muldoon	387
	Independent	Ian Williams	318
	Independent	Anthony Rainford	306
Turnout			3,465	26.8

Swanside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Round	1,513
	Labour	Robert Maguire	1,404
	Labour	Graham Wright	1,207
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Manser	438
	Liberal Democrat	John Neild	402
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Strannigan	355
Turnout			5,319	40.0

Whiston North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Gaffney	862
	Labour	Ronald Gaffney	838
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Lappin	762
	Labour	Michael Murphy	741
	Liberal Democrat	Gerald Donnelly	736
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Petrie	674
Turnout			4,613	34.3

Whiston South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Howard	966
	Labour	Vincent Cullen	932
	Labour	Anthony Newman	901
	Liberal Democrat	Yvonne Southern	771
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Pryde	654
Turnout			4,224	35.0

Whitefield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clarke	906
	Labour	Norman Keats	889
	Labour	Doris Keats	888
	Liberal Democrat	John Gallagher	362
	Liberal Democrat	George Murphy	328
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Williams	328
	Green	James Oakley	227
	Green	Patricia Oakley	198
	British National Party	Gary Aronsson	147
Turnout			4,273	36.5