2021 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Summary

The 2021 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1] One-third of the seats were up for election.

Results

2021 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	3	70.6	22	34	75.6	17,578	55.3	-3.1
	Green	2	2	11.8	3	5	11.1	7,359	23.1	+2.2
	Independent	2	1	11.8	1	3	6.7	3,120	9.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	1		5.9	2	3	6.7	1,875	5.9	+0.1
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,289	4.1	-2.4
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	379	1.2	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	73	0.2	New
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	65	0.2	New
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	61	0.2	New

Ward results

Cherryfield

Cherryfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Harris	1,271	76.7
	Green	Michael Dooley	386	23.3
Majority			885	53.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Halewood North

Halewood North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Flute	1,058	50.8
	Independent	Suzanne Harvey	437	21.0
	Conservative	Jack Boyd	254	12.2
	Green	Thomas Large	232	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Sommerfield	101	4.9
Majority			621	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Halewood South

Halewood South ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edna Finneran	987	46.3
	Independent	Joanne Harvey	879	41.2
	Labour	Iain Hamilton	848	39.8
	Independent	Vicky Berry	793	37.2
	Conservative	Graham Tubey	218	10.2
	Workers Party	Clare Stranack	65	3.0
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Northwood

Northwood^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eddie Connor	1,278	78.0
	TUSC	Les Connor	238	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Les Rigby	122	7.4
Majority			1,040
	Labour hold		Swing

Page Moss

Page Moss^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ken McGlashan	1,000	58.1
	Green	John Carine	609	35.4
	Conservative	Ken Wilson	111	6.5
Majority			391
	Labour hold		Swing

Prescot North

Prescot North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Cashman	1,448	60.8
	Labour	Tony Ely	763	32.0
	Conservative	Aaron Waters	171	7.2
Majority			685
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prescot South

Prescot South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Pat Cook	1,182	61.1
	Labour	Denise Allen	751	38.9
Majority			431
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Roby

Roby^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Harvey	1,188	47.4
	Green	Kirk Sandringham	1,028	41.0
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	291	11.6
Majority			160
	Labour hold		Swing

Shevington

Shevington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Aimee Wright	1,224	76.7
	TUSC	Neill Dunne	141	8.8
	Conservative	Julie Ranson	120	7.5
	Green	Graham Golding	110	6.9
Majority			1,083
	Labour hold		Swing

St Gabriels

St Gabriels^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Walsh	804	44.5
	Green	Cath Golding	793	43.9
	Labour	Steff O'Keeffee	790	43.7
	Green	Julie Parker	582	32.2
	SDP	Patricia Jameson	61	3.4
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

St Michaels

St Michaels^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Lilly	1,174	75.8
	Green	Graham Wickens	233	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Boyle	141	9.1
Majority			941
	Labour hold		Swing

Stockbridge

Stockbridge^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lynn O'Keeffe	1,049	77.9
	Green	Paul Ryan	297	22.1
Majority			752
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanside

Swanside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,452	60.1
	Green	Paul Woodruff	962	39.9
Majority			490
	Labour hold		Swing

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terry Byron	966	44.8
	Green	Sandra Gaffney	945	43.9
	Conservative	Gary McCormick	244	11.3
Majority			21
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitefield

Whitefield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Steve Smith	1,011	47.6
	Labour	Sean Donnelly	975	45.9
	For Britain	Christine Dillon	73	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Krelle	63	3.0
Majority			36
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Elections – Thursday 6 May 2021". Knowsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o McKeon, Christopher (7 May 2021). "Drama, recounts and upsets in Labour's Merseyside stronghold". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[1] "Elections – Thursday 6 May 2021". Knowsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[wards-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o McKeon, Christopher (7 May 2021). "Drama, recounts and upsets in Labour's Merseyside stronghold". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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