2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
15 out of 45 seats to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Blank Blank
Leader Graham Morgan Kai Taylor
Party Labour Green
Leader's seat Swanside Prescot South
Last election 31 seats, 59.0% 7 seats, 23.2%
Seats before 31 7
Seats won 12 1
Seats after 31 7
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 16,273 5,388
Percentage 63.1% 20.9%
Swing Increase 4.1% Decrease 2.3%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader None Ian Smith
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Prescot North
Last election 4 seats, 7.9% 3 seats, 7.5%
Seats before 4 3
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 4 3
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,496 971
Percentage 9.7% 3.8%
Swing Increase 1.8% Decrease 3.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Graham Morgan
Labour

 Leader after election

Graham Morgan
Labour

The 2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day.[1] No seats changed party at the election, and so Labour retained its majority on the council.[2]

Background

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021
Result of the most recent council election in 2023

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Knowsley was a district of the Merseyside metropolitan county.[3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority was created in 2014 and began electing the mayor of the Liverpool City Region from 2017. The body was given strategic powers covering a region that encompassed the former Merseyside metropolitan county with the addition of Halton Borough Council.[4]

Since its formation, Knowsley has continuously been under Labour control. The Liberal Democrats had become the main opposition party by the late 1990s, and continued to win seats on the council until the 2010 election, when Labour won every seat. Labour continued to win every seat in subsequent elections until the 2016 election, when three Liberal Democrats were elected. The first Green Party councillor was elected to the borough in the 2018 election, with the Green Party winning a further two seats in each of the 2019 election and 2021 election to become the council's main opposition. After the 2023 election, Labour held 31 seats, the Greens held seven, independent councillors held four and the Liberal Democrats held three.[5]

The positions up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. That election was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, but was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] In that election, Labour won twelve seats on 55.3% of the vote, the Green Party and independents won two seats each on 23.1% and 9.8% respectively and the Liberal Democrats won one seat on 5.9% of the vote.[7]

Electoral process

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council elected its councillors in thirds, with one councillor in each of the fifteen wards elected for a four-year term in three years out of every four.[8][9] The 2024 election therefore elected fifteen of the council’s forty-five councillors. The election used first-past-the-post voting, with each elector able to vote for one candidate in their ward and the candidate receiving the most votes being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Knowsley aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different council areas, such as university students with separate term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to register and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and electors could apply for postal or proxy votes in advance.

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 31 Labour 31 Labour 31
Green 7 Green 7 Green 7
Independent 4 Independent 4 Independent 4
Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3

Result

2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election[10]
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 12 Steady 80.0 19 31 68.9 16,273 63.1 +4.1
  Green {{{candidates}}} 1 Steady 6.7 6 7 15.6 5,388 20.9 -2.3
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 1 Steady 6.7 3 4 8.9 2,496 9.7 +1.8
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 1 Steady 6.7 1 3 6.7 971 3.8 -3.7
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 325 1.3 -0.3
  TUSC {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 224 0.9 +0.4
  Reform {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 116 0.4 N/A

Ward results

The results for each ward were:[11] and in a combined results document.[12]

Cherryfield

Cherryfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Donnelly 1,254 84.1 +7.4
Green Patrick Francis Gilmore 237 15.9 −7.4
Majority 1017 68.2
Turnout 1491 18.8
Labour hold Swing Increase7.4

Halewood North

Halewood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Flute 1,300 71.8 +21.0
Independent Lili Berry 511 28.2 +7.2
Majority 789 43.6
Turnout 1811 22.4
Labour hold Swing Increase6.9

Halewood South

Halewood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edna Finneran 978 50.6 Increase4.3
Independent Suzanne Harvey 955 49.4 N/A
Majority 23 1.2
Turnout 1933 23.2
Labour hold Swing N/A

Northwood

Northwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Rawlinson 1,004 73.1 −4.9
TUSC Neill Dunne 224 16.3 +1.8
Green Russell Greenway 146 10.6 N/A
Majority 780 56.8
Turnout 1374 15.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease3.4

Page Moss

Page Moss
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Ken McGlashan 1,010 67.0 Increase8.9
Green John Carine 419 27.8 −7.6
Conservative Ruth Shuk Fun Lee 78 5.2 −1.3
Majority 591 39.2
Turnout 1507 17.0
Labour hold Swing N/A

Prescot North

Prescot North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith 971 49.7 −11.1
Labour Tommy Grierson 891 45.6 +13.6
Conservative Peter Stanley Leadbeater 91 4.7 −2.5
Majority 80 4.1
Turnout 1953 21.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease12.3

Prescot South

Prescot South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Graham Wickens 1,029 60.0 −1.1
Labour Diane Sedman 686 40.0 +1.1
Majority 343 20.0
Turnout 1715 23.3
Green hold Swing Decrease1.1

Roby

Roby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Megan Dever 1,383 59.2 +11.8
Green Carmen Escalante-Callejo 953 40.8 −0.2
Majority 430 18.4
Turnout 2336 30.3
Labour hold Swing Increase6.0

Shevington

Shevington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aimee Wright 1,150 80.4 +3.7
Green Cathy Connolly 281 19.6 +12.7
Majority 869 60.7
Turnout 1431 17.6
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.5

St Gabriels

St Gabriels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chantelle Lunt 923 52.0 N/A
Green Crispin Evans 852 48.0 N/A
Majority 71 4.0
Turnout 1775 24.8
Labour hold Swing N/A

St Michaels

St Michaels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Lilly 1,154 83.4 +7.6
Green James Brian Taylor 230 16.6 +1.5
Majority 924 66.8
Turnout 1384 19.9
Labour hold Swing Increase3.0

Stockbridge

Stockbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn O’Keeffe 1,086 83.1 +5.2
Green Paul Ryan 221 16.9 −5.2
Majority 865 66.2
Turnout 1307 15.3
Labour hold Swing Increase5.2

Swanside

Swanside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Morgan 1,595 82.3 +22.2
Green Jade Escalante-Callejo 259 13.4 −26.5
Conservative William George Finnan 83 4.3 N/A
Majority 1336 69.0
Turnout 1937 25.8
Labour hold Swing Increase24.4

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Byron 1,026 51.9 +7.1
Green Michael Antony Rutland 761 38.5 −5.4
Reform Adam Heatherington 116 5.9 N/A
Conservative Olusoji Arosanyin 73 3.7 −7.6
Majority 265 13.4
Turnout 1976 26.0
Labour hold Swing Increase6.2

Whitefield

Whitefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steve Smith 1,030 55.3 +7.7
Labour Co-op Louise Harbour 833 44.7 N/A
Majority 197 10.6
Turnout 1863 23.1
Independent hold Swing N/A

References

  1. ↑ "Notice of election | Knowsley Council". www.knowsley.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  2. ↑ Thorp, Liam; Haygarth, Dan; Jessett, Elliot (2 May 2024). "Knowsley Council local elections 2024 live results in full as they happen". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  4. ↑ "Establishment of a Combined Authority for the Liverpool City Region" (PDF). 21 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Thorp, Liam; Rand, Lisa (2023-05-04). "Knowsley Local Elections 2023: Results live as they happen". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  6. ↑ "Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year". BBC News. 2020-03-13. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  7. ↑ Thorp, Liam; McKeon, Christopher (2021-05-07). "Knowsley Council 2021 election results as they happen". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  8. ↑ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  9. ↑ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Borough Council Elections – 2 May 2024". Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. 2 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Election results archive". Knowsley Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Borough Council Elections – 2 May 2024". Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. 2 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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