2004 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of councillors by three. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 33.7%.

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	52			-3	82.5	60.0	48,652	-2.9%
	Liberal Democrats	11			0	17.5	33.4	27,088	+5.4%
	Conservative	0			0	0	3.0	2,471	-2.5%
	Independent	0			0	0	1.4	1,137	+0.0%
	Socialist Labour	0			0	0	1.2	979	+0.5%
	Green	0			0	0	0.8	675	-0.3%
	BNP	0			0	0	0.2	147	-0.2%

6 Labour councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Cherryfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Aston	uncontested
	Labour	Edward Grannell	uncontested
	Labour	Daniel Smith	uncontested

Halewood North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shelly Powell	857
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Smithson	849
	Liberal Democrats	David Smithson	834
	Labour	Andrew Moorhead	496
	Labour	Denise Allen	398
	Labour	Robert Whiley	377
Turnout			3,811	32.6

Halewood South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsay Moorhead-Taylor	720
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Smith	698
	Labour	William Cartin	696
	Labour	Roy Nicholson	689
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Powell	662
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Rigby	598
	Socialist Labour	Kevin Tyrrell	269
	Socialist Labour	Eric Mcintosh	187
	Socialist Labour	Ian Croft	153
	Independent	Andrew Thompson	126
Turnout			4,798	34.3

Halewood West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Swann	999
	Labour	Norman Hogg	998
	Labour	Thomas Fearns	863
	Liberal Democrats	David O'Hara	468
	Liberal Democrats	Cecelia Saleemi	321
Turnout			3,649	31.2

Kirkby Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brennan	uncontested
	Labour	Jacqueline Harris	uncontested
	Labour	John King	uncontested

Longview (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Kearns	914
	Labour	Diane Reid	912
	Labour	Samuel Lee	898
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Forrest	416
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Davis	374
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Rigby	346
Turnout			3,860	27.0

Northwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Connor	761
	Labour	Terence Garland	693
	Labour	Mark Hagan	605
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Williams	540
	Liberal Democrats	John Robinson	496
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Scully	484
Turnout			3,579	30.5

Page Moss (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Russell	882
	Labour	Kenneth McGlashan	804
	Labour	Laurence Nolan	771
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Robb	437
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wiggins	281
	Liberal Democrats	James Hope	265
Turnout			3,440	28.9

Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crummie	781
	Labour	Ernest Parker	736
	Labour	David Lonergan	651
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Rossiter	450
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa McLoughlin	449
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fisher	435
Turnout			3,502	31.3

Prescot East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Sommerfield	847
	Liberal Democrats	Joan McGarry	844
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph McGarry	833
	Labour	David Friar	810
	Labour	Derek McEgan	809
	Labour	Thomas Dolan	771
Turnout			4,914	36.7

Prescot West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	1,069
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Sommerfield	1,044
	Liberal Democrats	John Wynn	1,020
	Labour	Michael Foulkes	686
	Labour	Anthony Scoggins	685
	Labour	Patricia Devlin	679
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Whatham	256
	Socialist Labour	Daniel Croft	114
Turnout			5,553	39.2

Roby (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Quillaim	1,215
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,164
	Labour	Christina O'Hare	1,147
	Conservative	Robert Webster	665
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	663
	Conservative	Gillian Robertson	638
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Fricker	241
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Fricker	227
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Fricker	224
Turnout			6,184	43.2

Shevington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Halpin	759
	Labour	Thomas Grierson	673
	Labour	Malcolm Sharp	666
	Liberal Democrats	John White	382
Turnout			2,480	26.1

St Bartholomews (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Flaherty	932
	Labour	Arthur Murphy	932
	Labour	Anthony Cunningham	916
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Swainbank	489
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Ellis	488
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Estall	462
	Green	Catherine Leidstrom	132
	Green	Paul Monaghan	118
Turnout			4,469	36.2

St Gabriels (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Hare	687
	Labour	Joanne Hedges	664
	Labour	Michael Peers	663
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Fricker	613
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Farnell	570
	Liberal Democrats	Mahmood Surti	535
	Conservative	Susan Ford	178
	Conservative	Graham Parkin	167
	Conservative	Antony Read	160
Turnout			4,237	35.6

St Michaels (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Baker	1,229
	Labour	James Keight	1,227
	Labour	Kenneth Keith	1,193
	Liberal Democrats	June Porter	421
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Tennant	374
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tennant	335
Turnout			4,779	35.2

Stockbridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Weightman	867
	Labour	Dennis Baum	794
	Labour	Thomas Quirk	793
	Independent	Peter Muldoon	387
	Independent	Ian Williams	318
	Independent	Anthony Rainford	306
Turnout			3,465	26.8

Swanside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Round	1,513
	Labour	Robert Maguire	1,404
	Labour	Graham Wright	1,207
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Manser	438
	Liberal Democrats	John Neild	402
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Strannigan	355
Turnout			5,319	40.0

Whiston North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Gaffney	862
	Labour	Ronald Gaffney	838
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Lappin	762
	Labour	Michael Murphy	741
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Donnelly	736
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Petrie	674
Turnout			4,613	34.3

Whiston South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Howard	966
	Labour	Vincent Cullen	932
	Labour	Anthony Newman	901
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Southern	771
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Pryde	654
Turnout			4,224	35.0

Whitefield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clarke	906
	Labour	Norman Keats	889
	Labour	Doris Keats	888
	Liberal Democrats	John Gallagher	362
	Liberal Democrats	George Murphy	328
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Williams	328
	Green	James Oakley	227
	Green	Patricia Oakley	198
	BNP	Gary Aronsson	147
Turnout			4,273	36.5