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
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	17	1	2	-1	77.3	56.9	12,817	-3.1%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Party	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lonergan	760	73.4
	Liberal Democrat	John White	276	26.6
Majority			484	46.8
Turnout			1,036
	Labour hold		Swing

Halewood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Smithson	812	68.8
	Labour	Edna Finneran	369	31.2
Majority			443	37.6
Turnout			1,181
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Halewood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Halewood West
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Stuart	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Murphy	587	63.2
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Williams	342	36.8
Majority			245	26.4
Turnout			929
	Labour hold		Swing

Page Moss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Nolan	765	83.1
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Rigby	156	16.9
Majority			609	66.2
Turnout			921
	Labour hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Greer	634	66.9
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Rossiter	314	33.1
Majority			320	33.8
Turnout			948
	Labour hold		Swing

Prescot East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph McGarry	747	57.4
	Labour	David Friar	555	42.6
Majority			192	14.8
Turnout			1,302
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prescot West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Roby
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Sharp	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

St Bartholomews (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Harvey	819
	Labour	Anthony Cunningham	789
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Swainbank	365
	Liberal Democrat	Mahmood Surti	236
Turnout			2,209
	Labour hold		Swing

St Gabriels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Fricker	737	56.0
	Labour	Michael Peers	579	44.0
Majority			158	12.0
Turnout			1,316
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Keith	882	61.3
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Anderson	557	38.7
Majority			325	22.6
Turnout			1,439
	Labour hold		Swing

Stockbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Foulkes	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanside
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Kelly	660	51.5
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Lappin	621	48.5
Majority			39	3.0
Turnout			1,281
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Whiston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Newman	719	51.2
	Liberal Democrat	Yvonne Southern	685	48.8
Majority			34	2.4
Turnout			1,404
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Keats	792	62.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Fisher	288	22.7
	British National Party	Gary Aronsson	188	14.8
Majority			504	39.8
Turnout			1,268
	Labour hold		Swing