2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
16 out of 45 seats to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Graham Morgan[1] Kai Taylor
Party Labour Green
Last election 32 seats, 59.2% 6 seats, 20.9%
Seats before 32 5
Seats won 9 4
Seats after 31 7
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 17,236 6,786
Percentage 59.0% 23.2%
Swing Decrease 0.2% Increase 2.3%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 4 seats, 12.3% 3 seats, 4.3%
Seats before 5 2
Seats won 1 2
Seats after 4 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 2,315 2,182
Percentage 7.9% 7.5%
Swing Decrease 4.4% Increase 3.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Graham Morgan
Labour

 Leader after election

Graham Morgan
Labour


The 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour retained its majority on the council.

The Green Party made two further gains from Labour to secure their status as the official opposition in the borough. Paul Woodruff took the seat from Labour’s Hugh Malone in Roby ward and Graham Golding secured a second gain for the Greens in St Gabriel’s ward. The Green Party also held their council seats in Whiston and Cronton ward and the Prescot South ward. The only other change was in Whitefield ward, with Labour’s Gary Bennett regaining the Kirkby seat from John Morgan, who had resigned from the Labour Party to sit as an Independent.

Election result

2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election[3]
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 9 Decrease 1 56.3 22 31 68.9 17,236 59.0 –0.2
  Green {{{candidates}}} 4 Increase 2 25.0 3 7 15.6 6,786 23.2 +2.3
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 1 Decrease 1 6.3 3 4 8.9 2,315 7.9 –4.4
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 2 Steady 12.5 1 3 6.7 2,182 7.5 +3.2
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 454 1.6 -+0.3
  TUSC {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 151 0.5 –1.4
  Freedom Alliance {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 45 0.2 N/A
  SDP {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 26 0.1 N/A

Ward results

Vote totals and turnout figures for each ward were published by Knowsley Council in its election results archive[4] and in a combined results document.[5]

Cherryfield

Cherryfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jayne Aston* 1,138 74.1 +3.1
Green Ryan Riley 246 16.0 −8.5
TUSC Neill Dunne 151 9.8 N/A
Majority 892 58.1
Turnout 1,535 19.1
Labour hold Swing Increase5.8

Halewood North

Halewood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shelley Powell* 1,352 68.6 +14.2
Independent Suzanne Harvey 464 23.5 −15.7
Conservative David Jones 156 7.9 +1.5
Majority 888 45.0
Turnout 1,972 24.1
Labour hold Swing Increase14.9

Halewood South

Halewood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barbara Dunn* 935 48.7 Decrease5.2
Labour Clare Rose 892 46.4 N/A
Conservative Paul Letts 94 4.9 N/A
Majority 43 2.2
Turnout 1,921 23.7
Independent hold Swing N/A

Northwood

Northwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Stuart* 1,219 82.5 +6.5
Green Matthew Kirwan 259 17.5 −2.0
Majority 960 65.0
Turnout 1,478 16.7
Labour hold Swing Increase4.2

Page Moss

Page Moss
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Del Arnall* 1,060 66.7 −2.5
Green John Carine 530 33.3 +7.6
Majority 530 33.3
Turnout 1,590 18.2
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.0

Prescot North

Prescot North (2 seats due to by-election)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Burke 1,128 53.7 −6.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith* 1,054 50.1 −9.8
Labour Tommy Grierson 1,008 47.9 +13.2
Labour Gary See 898 42.7 +8.0
Conservative Peter Leadbeater 117 5.6 +0.2
Turnout 25.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase1.8

The additional Prescot North vacancy was the seat formerly held by Carl Cashman, who moved to Liverpool and was elected to Liverpool City Council for Church ward on the same day.[7]

Prescot South

Prescot South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Joanne Burke* 1,296 69.1 +1.4
Labour Robert Owens 580 30.9 +1.7
Majority 716 38.2
Turnout 25.4
Green hold Swing Decrease0.2

Roby

Roby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Paul Woodruff 1,280 49.0 +5.5
Labour Hugh Malone* 1,246 47.7 −0.2
Conservative Aaron Waters 87 3.3 −5.2
Majority 34 1.3
Turnout 2,613 33.8
Green gain from Labour Swing Increase2.9

Shevington

Shevington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Brennan* 1,242 86.1 +8.9
Green Russell Greenway 201 13.9 N/A
Majority 1,041 72.1
Turnout 1,443 17.9
Labour hold

St Gabriels

St Gabriels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Graham Golding 1,032 54.8 N/A
Labour Jo Schumacher 825 43.8 N/A
SDP Patricia Jameson 26 1.4 N/A
Majority 207 11.0
Turnout 1,883 25.9
Green gain from Labour Swing N/A

St Michaels

St Michaels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Kearns* 1,164 78.2 +2.1
Green James Taylor 324 21.8 N/A
Majority 840 56.5
Turnout 1,488 21.0
Labour hold Swing N/A

Stockbridge

Stockbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Donnelly* 1,047 79.6 +5.1
Green Paul Ryan 269 20.4 +0.2
Majority 778 59.1
Turnout 1,316 15.6
Labour hold Swing Increase2.4

Swanside

Swanside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Bannon* 1,606 81.2 +24.3
Green Graham Wickens 373 18.8 −20.5
Majority 1,233 62.3
Turnout 1,979 26.1
Labour hold Swing Increase22.4

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ron Gaffney* 976 52.1 +0.5
Labour Diane Sedman 897 47.9 +6.7
Majority 79 4.2
Turnout 1,873 25.2
Green hold Swing Decrease3.1

Whitefield

Whitefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Bennett 1,062 52.5 −32.9
Independent John Morgan* 916 45.3 Decrease40.1
Freedom Alliance Christine Dillon 45 2.2 N/A
Majority 146 7.2
Turnout 2,023 25.3
Labour gain from Independent Swing N/A

Changes 2023–2024

By-elections

Whitefield

Whitefield by-election, 21 March 2024[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Brian Johns 659 54.1 +8.8
Labour Robert Adrian Owens 558 45.9 −6.6
Majority 101 8.3
Turnout 1217 22.8
Independent hold Swing N/A

The Whitefield by-election was triggered by the disqualification of independent councillor Steve Guy after he failed to attend council meetings for six months.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Rand, Lisa (14 December 2022). "Row erupts over Knowsley councillor allowances". St Helens Star. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Knowsley Borough Council. 24 March 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Knowsley election result". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Election results archive". Knowsley Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Borough Council Elections – 4 May 2023". Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll: Prescot North Ward" (PDF). Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. 5 May 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Rand, Lisa (5 May 2023). "Greens gain as Labour retains control in Knowsley". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026 – via Inkl.
  8. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll: Whitefield Ward". Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Boothroyd, David (9 February 2024). "Quartet of change". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Teale, Andrew (21 March 2024). "Previewing the four local by-elections of 21st March 2024". Britain Elects (Medium). Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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