Knowsley Council election, 1999

Elections to Knowsley Council were held on 6th May, 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 64
Liberal Democrat 2

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 1999
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	21			-1	95.5	69.4	12,009
	Liberal Democrat	1			+1	4.5	10.7	1,860
	Conservative	0			0	0	12.0	2,069
	Independent	0			0	0	7.7	1,341
	Socialist Labour	0			0	0	0.2	33

5 Labour councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Cantril Farm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Baum	342	54.5
	Independent	Peter Muldoon	266	42.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Allen	20	3.2
Majority			76	12.1
Turnout			628	16.8

Cherryfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Grannell	501	76.0
	Independent	Norman Harris	158	24.0
Majority			343	52.0
Turnout			659	15.2

Halewood East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Cartin	896	62.7
	Liberal Democrat	Cecelia Saleemi	318	22.3
	Conservative	Gillian Robertson	215	15.0
Majority			578	40.4
Turnout			1,429	19.7

Halewood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lyons	uncontested

Halewood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fearns	577	69.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Smithson	250	30.2
Majority			327	39.6
Turnout			827	17.9

Kirkby Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brennan	734	93.4
	Conservative	Charles Brent	52	6.6
Majority			682	86.8
Turnout			786	17.4

Knowsley Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Scoggins	630	58.9
	Conservative	Thomas Fagan	439	41.1
Majority			191	17.8
Turnout			1,069	21.5

Longview
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Reid	uncontested

Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hagan	512	66.7
	Independent	Robert O'Connor	236	30.7
	Conservative	Andrew Pates	20	2.6
Majority			276	36.0
Turnout			768	20.6

Page Moss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Russell	uncontested

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crummie	854	72.1
	Independent	John White	258	21.8
	Conservative	Gillian Allen	73	6.2
Majority			596	50.3
Turnout			1,185	20.5

Prescot East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Friar	516	53.0
	Liberal Democrat	Denis Rimmer	428	43.9
	Conservative	Maria Salman-Roozen	30	3.1
Majority			88	9.1
Turnout			974	21.7

Prescot West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Smith	651	50.8
	Labour	Derek McEgan	598	46.6
	Socialist Labour	Carole Whatham	33	2.6
Majority			53	4.2
Turnout			1,282	29.0

Princess
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Nolan	uncontested

Roby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,013	56.2
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	533	29.5
	Independent	John Webster	258	14.3
Majority			480	26.7
Turnout			1,804	26.0

St Gabriels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Keight	768	88.7
	Conservative	Susan Ford	98	11.3
Majority			670	77.4
Turnout			866	19.5

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Baker	uncontested

Swanside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Round	1,102	84.4
	Conservative	Ronald Robinson	204	15.6
Majority			898	68.8
Turnout			1,306	21.8

Tower Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Rossiter	648	92.4
	Conservative	Thomas Lee	53	7.6
Majority			595	84.8
Turnout			701	12.6

Whiston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandria Gaffney	776	78.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Whatham	213	21.5
Majority			563	57.0
Turnout			989	19.7

Whiston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Newman	981	77.7
	Conservative	Mark Salmon	281	22.3
Majority			700	55.4
Turnout			1,262	22.7

Whitefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clarke	561	72.4
	Independent	John Gallagher	165	21.3
	Conservative	Lorna Gough	49	6.3
Majority			396	51.1
Turnout			775	14.2

References

^ "Knowsley". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/132.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

Preceded by Knowsley Council election, 1998	Knowsley local elections	Succeeded by Knowsley Council election, 2000