The 2016 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] Following a boundary review, the number of seats was reduced from 63 to 45, with all of these new seats being up for election at the same time.[2] This was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election Results
Changes in council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Ward results
Cherryfield
Cherryfield
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Jackie Harris |
1244 |
28.6 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Jayne Elizabeth Aston |
1242 |
28.5 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
David Mark Lonergan |
1110 |
25.5 |
N/A |
|
First For Kirby |
Jenny Bamber |
638 |
14.6 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Adam William Butler |
123 |
2.8 |
N/A |
Majority |
606 |
14.0 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Halewood North
Halewood North
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Alan John Flute |
1319 |
27.4 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Shelley Powell |
1312 |
27.3 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Terry Powell |
1231 |
25.6 |
N/A |
|
Green |
Phil Williamson |
353 |
7.3 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Bob Swann |
320 |
6.7 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Matthew Paul Smith |
274 |
5.7 |
N/A |
Majority |
966 |
20.1 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Halewood South
Halewood South
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Edna Finneran |
1339 |
23.4 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Tina Harris |
1333 |
23.3 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Gary Eric See |
1191 |
20.8 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Allan Harvey |
558 |
9.7 |
N/A |
|
TUSC |
Bren Tyrrell |
442 |
7.7 |
N/A |
|
TUSC |
Paula Marjorie Thomas |
324 |
5.7 |
N/A |
|
TUSC |
Andy Tomo |
330 |
5.8 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Graham Tubey |
215 |
3.8 |
N/A |
Majority |
781 |
13.7 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Northwood
Northwood
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Eddie Connor |
1189 |
32.3 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Marie Ellen Stuart |
1103 |
30.0 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Mike Murphy |
779 |
21.2 |
N/A |
|
First For Kirby |
Philip McKuhen |
606 |
16.5 |
N/A |
Majority |
583 |
15.8 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Roby
Roby
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Maggie Harvey |
1364 |
22.3 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Pam Spall |
1316 |
21.6 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Sarah Joanne Spall |
1207 |
19.8 |
N/A |
|
UKIP |
Ray Cleary |
507 |
7.1 |
N/A |
|
UKIP |
Gary John Robertson |
436 |
5.9 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Tyrone Noon |
359 |
5.9 |
N/A |
|
UKIP |
Sam Robertson |
359 |
5.6 |
N/A |
|
Green |
Martin Peter Mackarel |
343 |
5.6 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Johnny Webster |
212 |
3.5 |
N/A |
Majority |
857 |
14.0 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Shevington
Shevington
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Linda Mooney |
1060 |
30.4 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Tony Brennan |
1055 |
30.2 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Ray Halpin |
1047 |
30.0 |
N/A |
|
TUSC |
Neill Thomas John Dunne |
326 |
9.3 |
N/A |
Majority |
734 |
21.1 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
St Gabriel's
St Gabriel's
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Frank Walsh |
1260 |
25.6 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Brian Michael O'Hare |
1207 |
24.5 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Christina Maria O'Hare |
1101 |
22.4 |
N/A |
|
UKIP |
Fred Fricker |
472 |
9.6 |
N/A |
|
UKIP |
Sharon Marie Fricker |
401 |
8.2 |
N/A |
|
UKIP |
Neil Lawrence Miney |
354 |
7.2 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Tony Read |
122 |
2.5 |
N/A |
Majority |
788 |
16.0 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
St Michael's
St Michael's
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Joan Elizabeth Lilly |
1200 |
30.3 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Vickie Lamb |
1185 |
30.0 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Kay Moorhead |
1156 |
29.2 |
N/A |
|
UKIP |
John David Price |
279 |
7.1 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Ron Ford |
134 |
3.4 |
N/A |
Majority |
921 |
23.2 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Stockbridge
Stockbridge
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Margi O'Mara |
1069 |
30.5 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
John Jason Donnelly |
1017 |
29.0 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Dennis John Baum |
986 |
28.1 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Paul Gary Woods |
437 |
12.5 |
N/A |
Majority |
632 |
18.0 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Swanside
Swanside
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Graham James Morgan |
1681 |
31.9 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Chris Bannon |
1606 |
30.5 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Colin Dever |
1444 |
27.4 |
N/A |
|
Green |
Paul Kenneth Robert Marshall |
305 |
5.8 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Ray Newland |
230 |
4.4 |
N/A |
Majority |
1376 |
26.1 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Whitfield
Whitefield
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Sean Phillip Donnelly |
1089 |
25.0 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Norman Frederick Keats |
1063 |
24.4 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Ros Smith |
886 |
20.3 |
N/A |
|
First For Kirby |
Geraldine Veronica Robertson |
691 |
15.9 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Brian Johns |
626 |
14.4 |
N/A |
Majority |
398 |
9.1 |
N/A |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
|
Labour win (new seat) |
Changes between 2016 and 2018
St Michael's by-election July 2017
St Michael's by-election: 20th July 2017 [4]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Mike Kearns |
716 |
86.6 |
3.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Dean Boyle |
58 |
7.0 |
New |
|
Green |
Kirk Anthony Sandringham |
53 |
6.4 |
New |
Majority |
658 |
79.6 |
2.9 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
1.5 |
|
Page Moss by-election March 2018
Page Moss by-election: 29th March 2018 [5]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Del Arnall |
657 |
78.2 |
11.6 |
|
Green |
Kirk Anthony Sandringham |
74 |
8.8 |
1.4 |
|
UKIP |
Fred Fricker |
68 |
8.1 |
New |
|
Conservative |
Aaron Waters |
41 |
4.9 |
New |
Majority |
583 |
69.4 |
10.2 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
5.1 |
|